GamingOnLinux News

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/