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Here's the top 50 most played games on Steam Deck for September 2026
Another month has landed and so here's our usual run over what was popular amongst players on Valve's Steam Deck.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
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Motion blur vs film grain - which is worse?
It's time for round 2 of our worst graphical effects in games tournament.
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"We want people to try and outsmart the game": No Law aims for Arkane-style reactivity within a dangerous walled city
Port Desire, the hemmed-in city setting of immersive sim No Law, is hard to place. At points, it reminds me of walking around Lisbon. It shares that Portuguese city's verticality, where hill-straddling streets shouldered by colourful houses and corner shops can feel like tiers on a wedding cake. The strong sunlight and bursts of foliage reinforce the mediterranean vibes. Yet, the port city's structure and history is much closer to Kowloon Walled City, the ungoverned Chinese enclave that existed
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Have you heard of the critically acclaimed MMORPG⌠oh, Final Fantasy 11, that's new
The FF11 trial follows in the FF14 trial's footsteps.
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GTA 6 Online release date estimate
We attempt to nail down a release date for GTA 6 Online - the only thing in the world thatâs going to be bigger than Grand Theft Auto 6.
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New Minecraft update freezes over as the Ice Caves biome opens for the first time
A new Minecraft update unlocks the Ice Caves biome, where youâll find frozen Zombies, deadly Icicles, and the freezing status effect.
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"Xbox is not for sale" despite all of the layoffs and neat repackaging of studios within Microsoft's corporate structure, CEO Asha Sharma says
Despite recently having overseen the laying off of 268 staff in the second of multiple rounds of cuts planned for this financial year, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has denied that their are plans to sell Microsoft's gaming division. The bloodletting at Xbox in recent months has not only seen workers let go, but the place of studios within the company's structure being altered. Rather than lots of studios with their own degree of independence, Xbox have been parting ways with many studios and consolidat
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AMD's new 'Gainsborough' APU rumoured to be the chip that powers the long-awaited Steam Deck 2
As Final Fantasy 7 fans will know, it's 'Gainsborough' because 'Aerith Gainsborough'.
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Micron CEO says it'll be tougher to get memory in the next couple of years than it is today, and keeps saying it over and over again
Alright, I get it already.
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I spent far too long assigning gaming mouse values based on their price-to-weight ratio, and the runner-up is the rodent on my desk right now
You know, I'm something of a rodent scientist myself.
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The Division developers Massive are now "the global brand" in charge of Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon, alongside a new Ubisoft dieselpunk MOBA
Tom Clancy's The Division and Star Wars Outlaws studio Massive Entertainment just got, er, massiver. Parent company Ubisoft have announced that they're now "the global label" for several other series, including Ghost Recon and Splinter Cell alongside at least one original game, World War fantasy MOBA March of Giants. Read more
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Blizzard walks back Starcraft 2's huge 2026 redesign, promising to try again later
The Starcraft 2 update 5.0.17 is now on the PTR, and the patch notes undo almost all the balance changes from its big multiplayer overhaul.
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Ubisoft shuffle people around bringing The Division, Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell together
Ubisoft expanded "Creative House 2" (now called Massive Entertainment) and will be responsible for The Division, Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell and March of Giants.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
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Nvidia says my RTX 4070 Super isn't capable of Multi Frame Gen, but I'm surprised by how smooth this unofficial unlock actually feels
Whatever it takes to stave off that pricey upgrade for a few more years.
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The excellent helicopter shooter Cleared Hot - Chapter 2 arrives October 15
Cleared Hot is one of my indie favourites from 2025, currently in Early Access this nostalgic helicopter shooter is about to get a big expansion in content.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
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A Game About Digging A Hole Together announced
The smash-hit A Game About Digging A Hole is getting a bigger and better sequel where you can dig a great big hole together with friends. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
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Get the Freedom Planet and River City Girls series plus more in the 2D Rewind Collection Bundle
The 2D Rewind Collection Humble Bundle is a great set of games to add to your library, one not to be missed with a good price for everything.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
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Petal Crash 2 brings more retro-styled tile-matching excellence in Early Access
Love tile-matching games and need something new to play that isn't full of micro-transactions? Petal Crash 2 is a safe bet here for you.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
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SUPERHOT VR expands Steam Frame support with eye-tracked foveated rendering
SUPERHOT VR has another update out now, and should be a good one for those of you lucky enough to have a Steam Frame strapped to your face.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
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ALLFATHER is an upcoming brutal, first-person roguelike with precise, stamina-driven combat
Coming from one of the devs of the excellent tower-defense game Gnomes, ALLFATHER is a new brutal, first-person roguelike with precise, stamina-driven combat.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
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Valve's Deadlock gets a massive update - still a while away from a public release
Valve's MOBA shooter Deadlock just had a massive upgrade with new visuals, new heroes, and lots more.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
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We're probably not getting a new Fallout game until well into the 2030s, but that's no reason to stop talking about them
The bombs may fall for real before then.
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TIL what may or may not be the oldest board game in recorded history is also, perhaps inevitably, now a roguelike
Oh!Ware on Steam slaps a little Slay the Spire onto a 5000-year-old game.