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Devolver launch Big Fan Games a label for indie devs to work on licensed games
Devolver Digital have just announced the proper launch of Big Fan Games, a new label that will work with indie developers to work on licensed content to make games from their favorite movies, comics, TV shows, and cult heroes and more.
Steam's Turn-Based RPG Fest is now live
Another week, another little mini games festival on Steam! This time it's the Turn-Based RPG Fest for you to perhaps find your next favourite.
GE-Proton 9-15 released with an important fix for NVIDIA GPUs
Have an NVIDIA GPU? Use GE-Proton? You should probably make sure you're on GE-Proton 9-15 which was just released.
Jurassic World Evolution 1 & 2 plus loads of DLC in this Humble Bundle
Okay this is an absolutely awesome deal. The Jurassic World Evolution Completionist Bundle from Humble Bundle is one not to be missed.
Valve (Steam) begin a direct collaboration with Arch Linux
This is some pretty exciting news! The Arch Linux team have announced a new direct collaboration with Valve (Steam).
System76 release COSMIC Alpha 2
System76 are continuing to expand and improve their new Linux desktop environment, COSMIC, with a second Alpha release now available for testing.
Steam Subscriber Agreement updated for disputes removing the need for individual arbitration
Valve announced a change to the Steam Subscriber Agreement, which has been updated to remove the need for individual arbitration during disputes.
Major flaw found in CUPS - time to run Linux system updates
Yesterday details went public about a major security issue that was found in CUPS, the open source printing system.
EmuDeck 2.3 out now with a fresh UI design, 3DS emulators return
After a short Beta period I covered previously, the EmuDeck team have released EmuDeck 2.3 that comes with the big user interface overhaul.
Get the 2021 remake of the original Myst plus Obduction and more in this Humble Bundle
For exploration puzzle game fans you may want to look at the Enter the Mysterium Humble Bundle that has some goodies for you. A nice bit of gaming history in this one.
DXVK 2.4.1 brings improvements for launchers, more robust D3D8, lots of game fixes for Linux
The Vulkan-based implementation of Direct3D 8, 9, 10 and 11 for Linux used in Wine / Proton, DXVK version 2.4.1 is out today. This is a huge part of what makes Valve's Proton able to run so many Windows games on Linux / Steam Deck.
Valve dev Mike Blumenkrantz details a new proposal for speedier Wayland Protocols development
With the news recently about Frog Protocols for Wayland coming from another frustrated Valve developer, now Mike Blumenkrantz has jumped in with a different proposal to speed things up.
Assassin's Creed Shadows and Star Wars Outlaws head to Steam as Ubisoft return to same-day releases
Seems they all come back in the end. Ubisoft put out a new financial targets statement, and in it they confirmed a move back to same-day releases on Steam starting with Assassin's Creed Shadows. Star Wars Outlaws is also coming to Steam.
Cross-platform Nexus Mods app adds support for Mod Collections, fixes REDmod on Linux
The open source and cross-platform Nexus Mods app that's currently in development has a new 0.6.1 release available for testing with some nice improvements.
GOG Autumn Sale now live with the re-release of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Time again for some big savings, along with completing your Resident Evil collection with the GOG Autumn Sale now live with the re-release of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis.
Behaviour Interactive has acquired Darkest Dungeon developer Red Hook Studios
Today, Behaviour Interactive who made Dead by Daylight announced they have acquired Darkest Dungeon developer Red Hook Studios.
GE-Proton 9-14 brings fixes for Star Citizen, God of War Ragnarök and other games
GE-Proton 9-14 has been released bringing in more game fixes for Linux desktop and Steam Deck, for those who need the extras.
Steam Deck - SteamOS 3.6.15 Beta: Zoomer Edition released
Valve sure do love their funny code-names don't they. Steam Deck - SteamOS 3.6.15 Beta: Zoomer Edition has been released with a bug-fix.
Frog Protocols announced to try and speed up Wayland protocol development
One day, Wayland will truly take over the Linux world, but it's not quite there yet with plenty still using X11 due to various problems some of which the new Frog Protocols aim to solve.
- Portal: Revolution drops Native Linux support to focus on Proton
- ZOOM Platform also had payment processor issues, say they "have no plans to remove any titles"
- NVIDIA are working on a "general optimization" for VKD3D / DirectX12 games on Linux
- Bottles app for running Windows apps / games on Linux gets NGI Zero Commons funding
- JetBrains now a Platinum sponsor of Godot Engine
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