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Heroic Games Launcher for Epic Games sees a small bug fix release ahead of the big 1.8

By Liam Dawe,
11
Heroic Games Launcher is an application built on top of the a command-line client called Legendary, and Heroic has a fresh bug fix release out to help ahead of a major release.
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Residual aims to give us a 'new breed' of survival platformer in Q3 2021

By Liam Dawe,
1
Residual, a "new breed" of survival platformer from OrangePixel and revived publisher Apogee Entertainment is set to release in "Q3 2021" and there's a new trailer.
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Peachleaf Valley is an upcoming farming-sim inspired otome visual novel

By Liam Dawe,
1
Peachleaf Valley, currently having a big success on Kickstarter is a visual novel inspired by farming life sims like Harvest Moon and Stardew Valley.
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NVIDIA to launch DLSS support for Proton on Linux tomorrow (June 22)

By Liam Dawe,
46
While DLSS has been technically available in the NVIDIA drivers for Linux for some time now, the missing piece was support for Proton which will be landing tomorrow - June 22.
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Slimbook reveal the Slimbook Executive 14" ultrabook

By Liam Dawe,
6
Need a reasonably high-end Linux powered ultrabook? Slimbook think they have it ready with the Slimbook Executive.
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Looks like a possible Valve Index 2 will make their VR kit go wireless

By Liam Dawe,
24
Thanks to a new patent that went public on June 17, we can see a little more behind the scenes work on what Valve has planned for their next VR kit with what could be a Valve Index 2.
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Vulkan 1.2.182 released with extensions to help VR and the OpenGL over Vulkan driver Zink

By Liam Dawe,
1
Another specification update for Vulkan is out now with Vulkan 1.2.182. As usual it cleans up some issues but it also brings in multiple new and interesting Vulkan extensions.
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Rolled Out! is a wonderful spiritual successor to Super Monkey Ball

By Liam Dawe,
2
While Rolled Out! from Polarbyte Games / Skymap Games is currently in Early Access so it's not finished, it clearly has an excellent setup ready for you to get rolling.
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Classic open source RTS Warzone 2100 has a Beta out for the upcoming 4.1 release

By Liam Dawe,
3
After the huge 4.0 release back in April that added in the Vulkan renderer, a new update for Warzone 2100 is in need of testing as they clean up a backlog of bug fixes.
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Pawn of the Dead is a fun Zombie twist on Chess in the style of Battle Chess

By Liam Dawe,
2
Love Chess but want something a little different? Pawn of the Dead seems like it could be exactly what you want.
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Theme Hospital game engine reimplementation CorsixTH 0.65 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
1
Another fantastic free and open source game engine reimplementation just had a new release. This time it's CorsixTH 0.65 for playing Theme Hospital on modern systems.
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GemRB 0.9.0, the game engine reimplementation for the likes of Baldur's Gate

By Liam Dawe,
2
Less than a month after the last release, the Infinity Engine reimplementation for the likes of Baldur's Gate and other RPGs has another big release with GemRB 0.9.0.
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Free and open source evolution game Thrive 0.5.4 is out now with cell colonies

By Liam Dawe,
2
Bringing you the latest in open source evolution simulation, Thrive 0.5.4 is out now with a big new gameplay feature with the possibility of forming cell colonies.
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The development release Wine 6.11 is out now, pulls in patch to help Roblox work on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
6
Another two weeks and another bottle of Wine has been opened. This Wine 6.11 development release pulls in an interesting patch too for Roblox.
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The Polacolour Update is now live for art of rally with a dark mode UI

By Liam Dawe,
3
A big highlight from 2020 was art of rally, the indie racer from Funselektor Labs developer of Absolute Drift and there's a big overhaul update out now.
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Steam Play Proton 6.3-5 has a first Release Candidate out with lots of changes

By Liam Dawe,
11
Time for a weekend of testing as the next version of Steam Play Proton is closing in with Proton 6.3-5 having a first Release Candidate now available.
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Learn how locks really work in Sophie's Safecracking Simulator now on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
8
After appearing on itch.io, the very clever Sophie's Safecracking Simulator is now available on Steam if that is your preferred way to grab Linux games.
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Linux Mint 20.2 has a Beta version now available

By Liam Dawe,
9
Linux Mint 20.2 is close to being ready with a first Beta version now available with the Cinnamon, MATE and Xfce desktop variants up for some testing.
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Melvor Idle is probably one of the best idle games around

By Liam Dawe,
4
Ever played an idle / clicker game? They've been popular in the past, especially in the earlier days of web gaming and Melvor Idle is probably one of the best.
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co-open is a wholesome game about shopping by yourself for the first time

By Liam Dawe,
2
Remember the first time you were allowed to be in a shop by yourself? For some it was seriously exciting, others perhaps a little terrifying and that's what co-open is all about.
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