A number of recent Linux driver patches has reportedly resulted in significant performance gains for the Steam Deck. Valve’s handheld runs on the Linux-based SteamOS, and these patches can apparently improve the Steam Deck’s 1% low frame rates by as much as 31%. A fresh ‘epp_boost’ feature for the AMD P-State driver is largely responsible…
What would it take to make you use Epic’s launcher? Free games? Even better revenue for devs? Or perhaps an experience that doesn’t make you want to pull your hair out? Well, Epic’s already tried the first two, so now it’s onto the third as it hires a new VP to oversee and hopefully fix…
AMD has launched a new graphics card, the RX 9050. This is an entry-level graphics card with a slim provision of cores and VRAM, more of a match for the 890M than the RX 9060. It’s even more entry-level than initial rumours suggested, and while you’d hope for a great price to match, we’re not…
A rally sneaky secret. Seasoned secret-spotter @memory_fallen has uncovered yet another interesting Easter Egg that has apparently gone undetected for decades. The game in question this time is the Saturn port of the 1996 arcade racer Sega Touring Car Championship, which launched on the console in 1997. Read the full article on timeextension.com A rally…
Sony won’t be producing game disks anymore—a decision that’s been met industry-wide with a mixture of frustration and ambivalence, depending on which side of the fence you fall on. Personally, I don’t think a videogame company or distribution platform having final say over whether you concretely own something is healthy, even if I am admittedly…
What a Croc. You may recall the announcement earlier in the summer that Nintendo was expanding its collaboration with Crocs for a new line of Mario-themed footwear. You may also remember the Bowser-themed variants going particularly hard. At least as hard as possible for a pair of rubbery clogs. If you don’t remember, well, just…
Tatsumi’s ‘TX-1’ joins Arcade Archives. Another week, another Arcade Archives release; this time, it’s the turn of Tatsumi’s 1983 racing game TX-1, with Hamster revealing it will be releasing the hidden arcade gem on Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S on Thursday, July 30th 2026. Released in arcades one year after…
Teases “Dreamtime Monty”, the “first official Monty Mole adventure in over 30 years”. A new heritage label focused on the games of Gremlin Graphics is set to launch later this year, with the help of Gremlin founder Ian Stewart. Gremlin Graphics Classics is the work of Allan Turvey, the founder of the homebrew publisher Midnight…
Microsoft’s Trusted Platform Module, specifically TPM 2.0, has been part of Windows 11’s system requirements since the operating system’s introduction in 2021. Now that the TPM is ubiquitous, being included with most CPUs for many years, Microsoft is looking to leverage it “to activate Windows devices at scale.” Currently, the enterprise sector activates Windows via…
New balls, please. The time has finally come. Devolver Digital and Kenny Sun have announced that BALL x PIT‘s final free update is on the horizon, marking the end of 10 months’ worth of content drops. The ‘Naturalist’ update will arrive on Switch 1 and 2 on 6th August, and it looks just as crammed…