Raspberry Pi prices rise again, along with a new 3GB Raspberry Pi 4 announced

Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/raspberry-pi-prices-rise-again-along-with-a-new-3gb-raspberry-pi-4-announced/

As expected - Slay the Spire 2 leads the way for the most played Steam Deck games for March 2026

Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/as-expected-slay-the-spire-2-leads-the-way-for-the-most-played-steam-deck-games-for-march-2026/

If you love horror boomer shooters keep BLIGHTEN on your radar

Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/if-you-love-horror-boomer-shooters-keep-blighten-on-your-radar/

BOXROOM is a clever casual room builder to give your Steam games a shelf

Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/boxroom-is-a-clever-casual-room-builder-to-give-your-steam-games-a-shelf/

The Long Dark story reaches the finale with episode five out now and a big discount

Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/the-long-dark-story-reaches-the-finale-with-episode-five-out-now-and-a-big-discount/

Sprint City from the creators of SpeedRunners arrives on Steam

Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/sprint-city-from-the-creators-of-speedrunners-arrives-on-steam/

OptiScaler tool gets a huge new release with more upscaling and frame generation goodies

Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/optiscaler-tool-gets-a-huge-new-release-with-more-upscaling-and-frame-generation-goodies/

Grab some great strategy games in the Strategy Minds Collection Humble Bundle

Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/grab-some-great-strategy-games-in-the-strategy-minds-collection-humble-bundle/

NVIDIA announce a preview of "DRM Per-Plane Color Pipeline API" support on Linux (good for HDR)

Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/nvidia-announce-a-preview-of-drm-per-plane-color-pipeline-api-support-on-linux-good-for-hdr/

^ NVIDIA note that nearly all the code was produced by generative AI. ^

Linux smashes past 5% on the Steam Survey for the first time

Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/linux-smashes-past-5-percent-on-the-steam-survey-for-the-first-time/

Steam store home page gets a refresh in Beta, plus another Linux SteamRT3 Beta fix

Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/steam-store-home-page-gets-a-refresh-in-beta-plus-another-linux-steamrt3-beta-fix/

Mesa 26.0.4 open source graphics drivers released for Linux

Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/mesa-26-0-4-open-source-graphics-drivers-released-for-linux/

Breath of Fire IV plus classic Resident Evil 1-3 from GOG arrive on Steam - but with DRM

Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/breath-of-fire-iv-plus-classic-resident-evil-1-3-from-gog-arrive-on-steam-but-with-drm/

The US Patent Office have rejected a Nintendo Pokemon patent for summoning subcharacters

Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/the-us-patent-office-have-rejected-a-nintendo-pokemon-patent-for-summoning-subcharacters/

A future Wine release could use Zink to run OpenGL via Vulkan

Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/a-future-wine-release-could-use-zink-to-run-opengl-via-vulkan/

Counter-Strike 2 gets a Beta with a fancy new animation system

Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/counter-strike-2-gets-a-beta-with-a-fancy-new-animation-system/

Death Stranding 2 gets a performance patch, including improvements for Steam Deck

Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/death-stranding-2-gets-a-performance-patch-including-improvements-for-steam-deck/

If you want to know when Valve will announce pricing and dates for the Steam Machine and Steam Frame...next week, because I am away all week. Guaranteed to happen then 😆

Steam Beta adds Remote Downloads Management

Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/steam-beta-adds-remote-downloads-management/

OpenGOAL project adds the Naughty Dog classic Jak 3

Link: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/opengoal-project-adds-the-naughty-dog-classic-jak-3/