2022 is the year of Linux on the desktop

After years of complaints that the reason people had to stick with Windows was there were no games for Linux, Steam has released figures which say that 75 percent of the top 1,000 games run on Linux now, and the figure is even higher, at 80 percent, for the top 100 games.

DRM software breaks Valhalla

Intel has posted a release that the hybrid CPU core architecture on Alder Lake can be incompatible with certain games, specifically some protected by the anti-piracy DRM software from Denuvo.

Less than ten percent

While women make up almost half of all gamers, there is far from an equal representation of women in games and the situation is getting dire according to a new study.

Should see them through winter

The Finance Committee of the German Bundestag has decided to spend 50 million euro to promote computer game development in Germany.

Content and comms pay off

The global video and electronic games market will generate $152.1 billion in 2019, up 9.6 percent over last year.

Must have been playing halo 

Young people who play video games, including violent titles, display more developed moral reasoning skills than their non-gaming peers, a study has found.

At least among developers

A PC is the most popular gaming platform among developers, and its lead over consoles and mobile is growing.

Sir Clive Sinclair’s nephew follows in his footsteps

Spectrum inventor Sir Clive Sinclair’s nephew Grant is hoping to replicate that success with a build-your-own pocket gaming computer.

While defending Trump

A new computer game that allows you to slaughter gay men, Jews, minorities and journalists while protecting Donald (Prince of Orange) Trump is out..

Darksiders III, SCUM, and more

Nvidia is pushing hard to bring as many developers on the RTX train and while support for Nvidia Ray Tracing might be limited to a couple of titles at launch, Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) support is gaining much more ground with nine new titles added to the list.