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Dota 2 to drop OpenGL and 32bit, Vulkan default on Linux and TI 21 tickets on September 22

By Liam Dawe,
With The International 2021 tournament fast approaching Valve has given an update on the future of Dota 2 with some major underlying tech changes planned to come in.

Proton Experimental gets DEATHLOOP working on Linux with AMD GPUs (update: NVIDIA too)

By Liam Dawe,
Valve and CodeWeavers have updated Proton Experimental again, the special testing version of Proton that brings in some of the latest fixes for the Windows-game compatibility layer. UPDATED.

City-builder Nebuchadnezzar gets another huge upgrade with fire, crime and diseases

By Liam Dawe,
A game that at release was pretty good but clearly lacking in many areas, Nebuchadnezzar has expanded yet again with more major new game mechanics.

SkateBIRD does a fancy kickflip onto Steam and itch.io as it's out now

By Liam Dawe,
Combining tiny little fancy birds with skateboarding is highly unusual but it continues to show how indie developers will try things AAA won't. SkateBIRD is exactly that and it's out now.

Valheim update Hearth & Home is out now with lots new

By Liam Dawe,
The big Hearth & Home update for the co-op survival game Valheim is out now and it's a big one. Touching on many aspects of the game to make it feel quite different overall.

Get out together in Escape Simulator, a game with 'highly interactive' escape rooms

By Liam Dawe,
Playable in solo or online in co-op, Pine Studio (Faraway: Director's Cut, SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell) have announced their escape room game Escape Simulator is releasing on October 19.

Grand Cathay gets a big introduction for Total War: WARHAMMER III

By Liam Dawe,
While it may be sad that Total War: WARHAMMER III has been delayed until 2022 so we've got a while to wait, we're at least getting more info on what will be included like the new Grand Cathay nation.

Kingdom Two Crowns will expand again with Norse Lands coming soon

By Liam Dawe,
Kingdom Two Crowns: Norse Lands is the latest announced expansion for the side-scrolling kingdom builder and it sounds like it's going to be quite an exciting addition.

Check out the first hour of a point and click thriller in Slender Threads: Prologue

By Liam Dawe,
Slender Threads: Prologue gives you a small slice of what to expect from the full point and click thriller and it's out now with a Linux version.

The Humble Be the Bad Guy Bundle has Dungeons 3, Postal and more

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for a another set of games to get you through the week? The Humble Be the Bad Guy Bundle is out now with some goodies to get into if you like to be on the other side.

Chilled puzzle game Unpacking is set to release on November 2

By Liam Dawe,
On November 2 you'll be able to experience the joy of sorting through boxes in a new home thanks to Unpacking. Developed by Witch Beam, known for the ace twin-stick shooter Assault Android Cactus.

Legend of Keepers: Return of the Goddess expansion is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Legend of Keepers: Return of the Goddess is an expansion for the reverse dungeon crawler, where you're setting up a dungeon to keep away pesky heroes.

Steel Assault will offer some intense looking 16-bit retro-style action on September 28

By Liam Dawe,
Coming from Zenovia Interactive and Tribute Games Inc, Steel Assault is a retro-styled 16-bit action platformer that's confirmed to release on September 28 and it's coming to Linux too.

Couch gaming Linux distribution ChimeraOS has a new release

By Liam Dawe,
ChimeraOS (originally GamerOS) is a big-screen Linux gaming experience designed for couch gaming (think like SteamOS) and there's a brand new release available.

The universe expands with Stellaris 3.1 'Lem' out now, Stellaris free to try until Sept 20

By Liam Dawe,
Now is the absolute best time to love space and strategy games! Paradox Interactive has today released the 3.1 Lem update for Stellaris and you can play free until September 20.

1047 Games raise $100 million to continue Splitgate development

By Liam Dawe,
For the second time 1047 Games have announced a big load of cash coming their way for Splitgate, the very popular free to play first-person shooter with portals.

RetroArch gets a Steam release bringing emulation to even more gamers

By Liam Dawe,
While it might not be the first application to provide emulation on Steam it's probably one of the biggest projects as RetroArch is not a single emulator. Instead, it provides a tidy user interface to get lots of different emulators, as well as play media and all sorts.

Steam Deck dev-kits are on the move Valve say, as some already have it

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has given a short update on the dev-kits for the upcoming Linux powered handheld Steam Deck, with more developers being able to get their hands on it soon.

The new work on futex2 from Collabora to improve Linux gaming and Proton has third attempt

By Liam Dawe,
It seems the ongoing saga of getting the futex2 work into the Linux Kernel, which is supposed to help Linux gaming and Steam Play Proton, has another attempt up.

Zink driver for OpenGL over Vulkan adds more game support like Metro: Last Light

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Mike Blumenkrantz has continued hacking away on the Zink driver, that provides OpenGL over Vulkan to ensure it works with even more games.