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If you need a new retro boomer shooter check out Ctesiphon

By Liam Dawe,
Released in November, Ctesiphon puts you in the role of a Galactic Bounty Hunter extraordinaire in a fresh retro styled futuristic boomer shooter.

NVIDIA have discontinued Quake II RTX

By Liam Dawe,
Quake II RTX released back in 2019, with NVIDIA using it to show off more ray tracing effects for their RTX GPUs but now they're done with it.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 49: One More to Go!

By Hamish,
Candy Cruncher stands as an interesting piece of Linux gaming convergence, with it pulling on almost all of the major threads that defined the industry.

Unreal Tournament 2004 is getting revived by OldUnreal with approval from Epic Games

By Liam Dawe,
Just like Epic Games did for the original Unreal Tournament, they're giving full approval to OldUnreal to revive Unreal Tournament 2004 and keep it updated.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 48: Byzantine Labyrinthine

By Hamish,
Part 48 of the long running series of retro Linux gaming goodness. This time it's all about point and click adventuring.

A retro Acorn RISC OS gem returns with Exodus: The Colonization of Space now on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
A bit of gaming history returns to modern platforms with the release of Exodus: The Colonization of Space now available on Steam.

UZDoom the successor to GZDoom has a first proper release out now

By Liam Dawe,
What will now be the main modern feature centric port for all Doom engine games, UZDoom has a first proper release out to take over from GZDoom.

Nightdive Studios present a Blood: Refreshed Supply deep dive in a new video

By Liam Dawe,
Want to know more about the upcoming Blood: Refreshed Supply? You're in luck as we have a fresh developer video from Nightdive Studios.

TRX an open-source reimplementation of Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2 version 1.0 released

By Liam Dawe,
With lots of enhancements for the classics Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2, the TRX project version 1.0 is out now with an LUA scripting engine for modders.

Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior shows off a new prototype trailer of the heavy metal platformer

By Liam Dawe,
Chaosmonger Studio continue working on Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior a retro-styled heavy metal platformer in partnership with the band Voivod.

The Nightdive Studios enhanced Quake II re-release is now Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
With the latest minor update, the newer Quake II re-release that saw Nightdive Studios jump in to improve it is now Steam Deck Verified.

Zork I, Zork II and Zork III are now officially open source

By Liam Dawe,
Microsoft announced today that they're preserving a bit of history here - with Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III now officially and clearly open source.

Outlaws + Handful of Missions: Remaster has launched from Nightdive and it's Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
Nightdive Studios today released Outlaws + Handful of Missions: Remaster, and Valve have rated it Steam Deck Verified now too.

Nightdive recently showed off Outlaws + Handful of Missions: Remaster footage in a dev diary video

By Liam Dawe,
Looking forward to the next remaster from Nightdive? They recently put up a new dev diary video for Outlaws + Handful of Missions: Remaster to show it off.

Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.12 has been released

By fheroes2,
A brand new version of the modernised Heroes of Might and Magic 2 game engine fheroes2 has released with version 1.1.12 now available.

The classic Unreal Tournament gets a big upgrade with the v469e patch from OldUnreal

By Liam Dawe,
The team from OldUnreal have put up a rather big patch for the classic Unreal Tournament, bringing lots of improvements and fixes to the classic Epic shooter.

GZDoom successor project UZDoom gets a first preview release

By Liam Dawe,
After the GZDoom implosion, the rest of the developers split off to form UZDoom and the first preview release has rolled out with some essential improvements.

Terminator 2D: NO FATE delayed yet again into December

By Liam Dawe,
Terminator 2D: NO FATE has a delay once again with the developers pushing it back into December due to issues with the physical releases.

The classic Serious Sam 2 gets a big upgrade and now Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
A blast from the past returns in style, with Serious Sam 2 from Croteam recently getting a huge 20th Annviersary Update and now it has been Steam Deck Verified.

GOG Preservation Program expands with Splinter Cell, Hitman and more + Autumn Sale is on

By Liam Dawe,
Along with the launch of the GOG Autumn Sale, the GOG Preservation Program has expanded to include even more games the GOG team will be keeping alive.
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