Games: SuperTuxKart, Steam, Witcher 3 Remastered

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 01, 2026

• Evolving Candela City

  Candela City was first introduced in SuperTuxKart in version 0.9.3 in 2017, and remained essentially the same in subsequent versions.

  For SuperTuxKart Evolution, it is receiving a very large set of changes to make it fresher, more fun, and more beautiful. In this blog post, we will discuss them in detail, as well as explore the motivation behind them. You can also watch our video below, which offers a complementary look at the new Candela.

• GamingOnLinux ☛ Here comes the algorithm - Valve updating Steam to show different games for discounts and events | GamingOnLinux

  Valve have announced some big changes coming to how they display discounts and events - to hopefully help highlight more different games. Instead of using a curated static approach to what's shown, they're going to be bringing in something much more dynamic.

• GamingOnLinux ☛ Classic strategy game DEFCON from Introversion Software gets a free 20th Anniversary Edition upgrade | GamingOnLinux

  Introversion Software released a major upgrade for their 2006 classic DEFCON, a free 20th Anniversary Edition upgrade for all players. Love to see older games improved like this.

• GamingOnLinux ☛ The Big Break Showcase was stacked with reveals from Coffee Stain and others | GamingOnLinux

  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.

• Valve's Steam Frame dongle script says do not switch your Wi-Fi region to US

  Valve's troubleshooting script for the Steam Frame wireless adapter tells Linux owners whose Wi-Fi regulatory domain has no 6GHz band not to switch it to US, and to tether the headset over USB instead. The script, frame-dongle-troubleshoot.sh, reached Valve's public SteamVR-for-Linux repository in five commits between September 25 and September 28.

• Valve confirms Nvidia's 580 driver branch breaks Steam Link VR on Linux

  Valve has confirmed that Nvidia's 580 driver branch cannot run Steam Link VR on Linux, calling it "the NVIDIA 580 series driver incompatibility" in a reply on its own SteamVR-for-Linux tracker on September 28. Seven owners have posted in the thread since it opened on September 7, on cards ranging from a GTX 1080 Ti to an RTX 5090, and the four failing machines whose driver version is given were all on 580 releases: 580.159.03, 580.173.02 and 580.178.04.

• XDA ☛ The Witcher 3 Remastered only just released, and Linux gamers already got it running "with no issues"

  Getting games running on Linux has never been easier, but it still requires a little bit of elbow grease. That being said, it feels like you need less and less grease the more time goes on and the more compatibility layers like Proton evolve.

  Now, Linux gamers have managed to get their hands on The Witcher 3: Remastered, and they've already got it running pretty well a few hours after release.