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Open source evolution sim Thrive gets procedural maps, better gameplay

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jul 2022

Thrive is a free and open source science-based game about evolution, currently allowing you to swim around as a little cell and attempt to survive. The latest release brings in some major improvements.

fheroes2 game engine for Heroes of Might and Magic II gets even more AI upgrades

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jul 2022

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Fully playable but they're not done yet. The team behind the Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine reimplementation 'fheroes2' continue to improve it even further for playing it on modern platforms.

Wine manager Bottles default runner now based on Valve's Wine fork and Proton

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jul 2022

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Bottles is a thoroughly great application for managing Windows applications and games on Linux. It's fast moving and a new release is out with their new default runner called Soda, which is based on Valve's fork of Wine and Proton patches.

Steam Deck Beta update and a Proton Experimental update out now

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jul 2022

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More extra fixes have come trickling down from Valve with the Steam Deck Beta updated and a new release of Proton Experimental too so here's what's new.

Direct3D to Vulkan layer DXVK version 1.10.2 is up with lots of fixes

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jul 2022

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DXVK is the translation tool used inside of Steam Play Proton that translates Direct3D 9 / 10 / 11 to Vulkan and a new release is out now with version 1.10.2.

Proton Experimental fixes up Disgaea 5, Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jul 2022

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Valve has released another fresh update to Proton Experimental, the opt-in version of Proton you can try that often pulls in new features and fixes. This new update landed on July 7th.

OpenRCT2 the re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 upgraded

By Liam Dawe, 6 Jul 2022

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More goodies have arrived for OpenRCT2 the open source re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2. Although it's fully playable already, the developers of this FOSS project continue to improve it a lot.

winesapOS is another way to get something like SteamOS on desktop

By Liam Dawe, 6 Jul 2022

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While Valve has still yet to produce an official installable image of SteamOS 3 for desktops, as always the community provides and another worth looking into is winesapOS.

Wine 7.12 is out now for improving Windows compatibility on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jul 2022

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Another two weeks have gone by so the Wine hackers have put out their latest development work with Wine 7.12 now available.

Free and open source arena shooter Xonotic 0.8.5 now available

By Liam Dawe, 1 Jul 2022

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Love some fast-paced first-person shooting action? Xonotic (a fork of the original Nexuiz) has a brand new release available with tons of improvements.

Proton Experimental sees fixes for Persona 4 Golden, Final Fantasy XIV, Black Ops II

By Liam Dawe, 30 Jun 2022

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Valve put out a new upgrade for Proton Experimental on June 30th which brings some nice looking fixes to Linux desktops and Steam Deck.

CorsixTH the modern game engine for Theme Hospital v0.66 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jun 2022

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CorsixTH is the absolute best way to play the classic Theme Hospital on any modern system and version 0.66 is now out.

Pokete is a Pokemon-like game for your terminal

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jun 2022

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Fancy catching some creatures? How about directly in your terminal window? Pokete is a free and open source Pokemon-like.

Proton Experimental gets Paladins working on Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jun 2022

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Valve released a fresh upgrade for Proton Experimental on June 22nd which brings even more game compatibility to Linux desktops and Steam Deck.

AMD publishes the source code for FidelityFX Super Resolution 2 (FSR 2)

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jun 2022

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As they promised they would, AMD has now officially published the source code for FidelityFX Super Resolution 2 (FSR 2) under an open source license.

Westwood classic RPG 'Nox' lives on with the OpenNox game engine

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2022

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Westwood Studios made quite a lot of games like Dune II and the Command & Conquer series but they also made an RPG called Nox, that now lives on with the OpenNox game engine.

Proton and Wine updater ProtonUp-Qt now shows anti-cheat status

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2022

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Another update to the free and open source app ProtonUp-Qt giving you a proper user interface for downloading GE-Proton, Luxtorpeda, Wine-GE and others for Steam Deck and Linux.

Microsoft chucks GNOME $10,000 from their FOSS Fund

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2022

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Everyone knows that Microsoft absolutely loves Linux right? Well, that's debatable but hey they did just reach down the back of the sofa and chuck GNOME some cash.

Heroes of Might and Magic II reimplementation gets big audio improvements and AI speedup

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2022

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Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine reimplementation, fheroes2, has another great new release out continuing to be the absolute best way to play this classic on modern platforms.

Windows compatibility layer Wine 7.11 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jun 2022

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The Windows compatibility layer that allows you to run various applications and games on Linux (and forms part of Steam Play Proton) has a new development release out with Wine 7.11.

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