Here’s what’s coming to NVIDIA GeForce NOW during October 2026
NVIDIA revealed a bunch of new games coming to their cloud gaming service GeForce NOW during October, plus we had a small fix in the Linux app.
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Steam Client Beta for October 1st brings many Remote Play Pyrowave improvements
The new Pyrowave video codec is seeing rapid improvements in the Steam Client Beta, with an update for October 1st now available.
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SteamOS 0.4.3 (Beta) for Steam Frame brings improved power efficiency and battery life
Valve are working quickly to improve their new Steam Frame VR kit running SteamOS Linux, with another major Beta now available.
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Steam Survey for September 2026 shows a drop in Linux with Simplified Chinese rising
The Steam Hardware & Software Survey for September 2026 is here, showing another swing for Simplified Chinese as a language on Steam.
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Steam Autumn Sale 2026 is live now with lots of discounts
One of the bigger sale events of the year has arrived - the Steam Autumn Sale 2026 is now live.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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NVIDIA security bulletin for Sept 30 notes many GPU issues
NVIDIA released a fresh security bulletin for September 30th that notes quite a lot of issues that have been found in their graphics drivers.
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Steam Deck / SteamOS support for Minecraft Dungeons II is being worked on
It was disappointing to see Minecraft Dungeons II launch broken on SteamOS / Linux systems like Steam Deck and Steam Machine but it is being sorted.
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Here comes the algorithm - Valve updating Steam to show different games for discounts and events
Valve have announced some big changes coming to how they display discounts and events - to hopefully help highlight more different games.
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Classic strategy game DEFCON from Introversion Software gets a free 20th Anniversary Edition upgrade
Introversion Software released a major upgrade for their 2006 classic DEFCON, a free 20th Anniversary Edition upgrade for all players.
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The Big Break Showcase was stacked with reveals from Coffee Stain and others
The Big Break Showcase from Coffee Stain just happened and it was absolutely crammed full of some really great looking games and updates for existing games.
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SteamOS 0.4.2 Beta for Steam Frame brings streaming improvements
Valve just put out SteamOS 0.4.2 Beta for Steam Frame, quickly fixing up more issues to hopefully give the early adopters a nicer streaming experience.
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D7VK version 2.3 released and mature enough to now be in maintenance mode
D7VK is a Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 7, 6, 5 and 3 for use with Wine / Proton, and with version 2.3 out now it’s entering maintenance mode.
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Valve made a Steam Frame Dongle troubleshooting script for Linux gamers
Are you one of the lucky people who got the new Steam Frame? Having issues streaming with the wireless Dongle? Valve are doing something about it.
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Check out Jarred Defense, a challenging maze-building tower defense game
If you’re a fan of challenging tower defense games that are a bit puzzling, Jarred Defense is one to stick onto that Steam wishlist you’ve got growing.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered is out now
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered from CD PROJEKT RED (developed in collaboration with Yigsoft) has now been officially released.
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PS1-inspired retro horror Bleach & Blood has you try to survive a night shift in a laundromat
Bleach & Blood is another interesting retro horror slayer for fans of the PS1 era style, with a demo available to play it right now.
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Devil May Cry HD Collection will now work properly on SteamOS / Linux
Capcom recently gave Devil May Cry HD Collection a small update, and as a result it will now work properly on SteamOS / Linux systems.
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The deeper you go the darker it gets in the roguelike shoot ‘em up Earth Atlantis Abyss
Earth Atlantis Abyss is a shoot ‘em up roguelike about going deeper than is sensible, the dark depths look a bit spooky.
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Test your brain with the Programming Puzzles Humble Bundle
Ready to test your brain and make something cool? The Programming Puzzles Humble Bundle is live with 7 highly rated games included.
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The truly hilarious co-op game How to Fish gets a first content update
How to Fish is a co-op game about fishing in the most ridiculous way with explosive weapons, it’s hilarious and now bigger and better.
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Minecraft Dungeons II doesn’t seem to run on SteamOS / Linux
Minecraft Dungeons II is about to release today and while the first game works, it currently appears that there’s issues running the sequel on SteamOS / Linux.
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ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE shows online play not working on SteamOS / Linux
ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE is now in Advanced Access, and while the single-player works the online play appears blocked on SteamOS / Linux.
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Space bullet heaven roguelike Sublight is full of chaotic battles
Sublight is a new Early Access release from CODEBREW SOFTWARE LTD, bringing survivor-likes into the space age. I took a look to see what I thought.
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Legacy Code is a bizarre looking mechanical creature action-physics sim
Legacy Code is one of the more quirky games to enter the GamingOnLinux inbox recently, where you build up a mechanical creature in a action-physics sim.
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Minecraft LIVE Fall 2026 reveals a new dimension for Minecraft called The Sift
The first new Minecraft dimension in over 14 years – joining the Overworld, the Nether and the End is The Sift.
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King in the Mountain is like if Dwarf Fortress was a mini casual incremental
Time for you to check out King in the Mountain if you like casual incremental games, with a demo available that works great on Linux systems.
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PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 gets a new showcase of big improvements
RPCS3 is a multi-platform open-source Sony PlayStation 3 emulator that keeps pulling in some massive improvements - check out their new showcase.
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Hytale Chapter 1 arrives October 12 with lots of new content
Hytale is set for a huge content expansion with Chapter 1 arriving October 12th, bringing the first hand-crafted dungeon and a multi-phase boss fight.
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FEX code cache enabled for Proton Experimental (ARM) to improve frame timings
Valve have upgraded Proton Experimental (ARM) with a feature that should hopefully improve some frame timings for devices like the Steam Frame.
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Steam Beta fixes non-Steam games to failing to launch
Now and then a fresh Steam Beta comes with issues - and for Linux, Valve recently broke non-Steam games.
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Proton Experimental brings fixes for Crysis, Crysis Wars, CEG-protected games, early support for 32bit OpenXR
Another smaller but great sounding upgrade for Proton Experimental to run more Windows games smoothly on SteamOS / Linux is here.
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SteamOS 3.9.2 Beta brings fixes for VRR, VR Streaming, Remote Play, Boot Time and more
A bumper weekend of Steam updates - with a SteamOS 3.9.2 Beta now available with a whole bunch of extra fixes and improvements for all devices.
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Steam Client Beta - September 25th brings more Remote Play and Linux fixes
Valve released a Steam Client Beta update for all desktop / handheld users bringing more enhancements and bug fixes for the likes of Remote Play and Linux.
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SteamOS 0.4.1 Beta for Steam Frame fixes some nuisance bugs
Valve released an opt-in Beta update with SteamOS 0.4.1 for Steam Frame, bringing some new features and fixing up a bunch of nuisances.
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Get some spooky games, god games and more across some great Humble Bundles
Humble Bundle have recently launched multiple new interesting game bundles, giving you some great picks across different genres.
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Get your DRM-free goodies in the GOG Autumn Sale
The GOG Autumn Sale is now live and a great chance for you to pick up some more DRM-free games.
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ARC Raiders Frozen Trail update sounds awesome, and they’re going to test a PvE mode
ARC Raiders is set for the biggest update ever with the Frozen Trail update and just as exciting - they’re going to be testing a PvE mode.
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SteamOS 3.8.28 stable released with big improvements for Steam Deck, Steam Machine and more hardware support
Valve just released SteamOS 3.8.28 as stable for everyone - bringing another load of improvements for all devices.
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CONTROL Resonant launches - works on SteamOS but Unsupported on Steam Deck
Despite what Remedy Entertainment said before releasing CONTROL Resonant, it does not run well at all on Steam Deck but will work on other SteamOS systems.
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Faugus Launcher 2.4.0 adds a backup system, new game overviews and more customization
Faugus Launcher is easily becoming one of the absolute coolest looking ways to manage games from different launchers on SteamOS / Linux.
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VAXEE NP-01 Ergo Wireless (8K) mouse thoughts
VAXEE sent over another mouse to take a look at with the VAXEE NP-01 Ergo Wireless (8K), so I’ve been using it for a few weeks to see what I think.
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