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Summer Game Fest 2026 livestream: Join our liveblog for all the main show and Day of the Devs announcements
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Summer Game Fest 2026 livestream: Join our liveblog for all the main show and Day of the Devs announcements

Our annual Summer Game Fest liveblog returns this evening, June 5th, for another up-to-the-minute updatening of all the news, trailers, and announcements unveiled during the Summer of Geoff’s main showcase. And, since it follows straight after, we’re sticking around for the indie-focused Day of the Devs. That’s - hang on - two liveblogs in one. Unprecedented, except for those times we did it before. Read more

KDE turns 30 this year - and they want your support
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KDE turns 30 this year - and they want your support

This October, KDE will turn 30 and they're celebrating with an extra funding drive to try and attract more regular donation support.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Gothic's remake is out today, adding new detail and awfulness to the 2001 RPG's bustling prison world
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Gothic's remake is out today, adding new detail and awfulness to the 2001 RPG's bustling prison world

Hey you! You're finally awake – oh, hang on, I'm thinking of the other fantasy yarn in which you start out as a shackled prisoner. Today is release day for Alkimia Interactive and THQ Nordic's remake of Gothic, the 2001 first-person RPG from Piranha Bytes. It'll be live on Steam in a matter of hours, with a demo still available as of writing. While much plumped up with expanded questlines, more NPC routines, new traversal abilities and "modernized" combat, it's still broadly the same t

The Steam Machine and Steam Frame are shipping this summer, Valve confirm as the pair join the Verified program
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The Steam Machine and Steam Frame are shipping this summer, Valve confirm as the pair join the Verified program

It's coming home. It's coming to your home (provided you've got the money and desire to buy it). The Steam Machine is coming to homes this summer, Valve have confirmed as they've added both the Machine and Steam Frame to their verified doodads program. Previously ushed back by ongoing RAM shortages, the pair are now following in the footsteps of the already released Steam Controller. Read more

Lexispell is Balatro for people that love spelling bees and hate gambling
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Lexispell is Balatro for people that love spelling bees and hate gambling

Game gets popular, games gets clones, that's just how the cookie crumbles. Vampire Survivors, Buckshot Roulette, Lethal Company; as soon as those games blew up, derivatives were a guarantee. This is true of Balatro too of course, a game which has produced so many clones that wildly swing between dealing with gambling in a tactful manner and outright just saying that it's good, actually. So how about a Balatro-like that forgoes the gambling, and asks you to whip out a dictionary instead? Read

Rust's latest update asks you to say goodbye to your old outdated face and hello to your new, handsome one
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Rust's latest update asks you to say goodbye to your old outdated face and hello to your new, handsome one

It's time to say hello to your new face! This would be a creepy as all hell a sentence in just about any other context (perhaps it still is), but I am not a plastic surgeon, I am a person that writes about video games and the things they do. This time, in things that video games are doing, is brought to you by Rust, as it's received an update that gives the player character model a bit of a glow-up. Read more