Gaming

Ubisoft is pulling For Honor from Linux: citing anti-cheat limits, the medieval fighter becomes unplayable on Steam Deck, SteamOS and Linux desktops, with only a vague promise of a return.

The maintenance release of the open-source graphics driver stack turns on Intel’s Nova Lake iGPUs and delivers around 70 fixes for AMD, Intel and Qualcomm hardware on Linux.

At IFA 2026 in Berlin Samsung shows the Odyssey G6, which it calls the world’s first gaming monitor to hit a 1,100 Hz refresh rate.

Valve’s new stable Steam Client update enables HDR streaming via Remote Play on the Steam Deck OLED, improves color range across all platforms and lets you switch accounts while a game is running.

At IFA 2026 in Berlin, Dreame shows a mopping robot that cleans with hot water and steam, plus an action camera, an all-wheel-drive mower and more robots.

In Berlin, Roborock unveiled a wide vacuum lineup: a stair-climbing Saros Rover, the threshold-crossing Saros 20 series, and a steam mop that the company says reaches 180C in 30 seconds.

At IFA 2026 Acer unveiled the Predator Atlas 7, a 7-inch handheld with Intel Arc graphics, a 120 Hz display and an 80 Wh battery. Price still open; on sale from Q4 2026.

Rockstar aired roughly 26 minutes of GTA VI gameplay on August 27, debuting first on Netflix. The release date stays November 19, 2026.

Proton has laid out its Proton Drive roadmap: full-text search, a new sync engine for macOS, the return of the iOS integration and an official Linux beta.

Valve opens SteamOS further: beta 3.8.25 supports more handhelds like the MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ and OneXPlayer Apex. Linux grows as a gaming platform.