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New patent from Valve appears for "instant play" of games and more
Published today is a new patent from Valve that (amongst other things) might allow for an "instant play" feature for games being downloaded from Steam.
NVIDIA 470.74 for Linux is out fixing up memory usage for Direct3D 12 with VKD3D-Proton
NVIDIA today released the NVIDIA 470.74 driver for Linux from their "Production Branch" which includes some important bug fixes so you might want to upgrade now if you've been holding off.
DXVK 1.9.2 goes out with improvements to CPU overhead for D3D9
DXVK, one of the major parts of Steam Play Proton that translates Direct 3D 9 / 10 / 11 to Vulkan has a new release out and there's plenty of nice fixes.
Call of Saregnar is a nod to 90s party-based RPGs and it's on the way to Linux
Do you miss earlier party-based RPGs? Call of Saregnar is an in development title from Damjan Mozetič inspired by the likes of Betrayal at Krondor, TES: Daggerfall and Realms of Arkania.
Open source dungeon builder KeeperRL adds a Dwarves faction in the latest big release
KeeperRL continues expanding as a mix of dungeon building, adventuring and RPG mechanics all blended together and now there's a playable Dwarves faction.
The Jackbox Party Pack 8 arrives on October 14
It's back again with some new games to make you laugh at your friends through. The Jackbox Party Pack 8 is set to release on October 14 along with continued Linux support.
Free and open source flight sim FlightGear is working on VR support
While it's a little while off yet it seems the developers behind the free and open source flight sim FlightGear have been working on adding VR support.
Laser Chess game Deflection is out now providing a fun new strategy game
Take down the enemy King with a great big laser, that's the aim of the game in Deflection. It's basically the original Laser Chess updated for modern platforms by Coreffect Interactive.
Minecraft has a proper snapshot up now for Caves & Cliffs: Part II
The second part of the next major Minecraft update with Caves & Cliffs: Part II is now available as a proper snapshot available to test out the latest features.
Steam Next Fest gets a fresh trailer ahead of the event on October 1
Steam Next Fest is fast approaching with it set to go live on October 1 so Valve has made a fresh trailer to give a little tease on what to expect from it.
Humble has a nice looking VR bundle if you need some more games
Do you have a VR kit that's begging to be played? Check out the Fall VR Emporium Bundle over on Humble Bundle.
Take down a resurrected Maggie Thatcher in this upcoming Doom II campaign
Yes that's right, Maggie Thatcher has somehow escaped from Hell in Thatcher's Techbase, a new Doom II campaign that has been announced that will be free to grab on September 24.
Ray Tracing on Linux with AMD GPUs gets closer with multiple games working
While Ray Tracing has worked on Linux for a long time with NVIDIA, the situation with Mesa+AMD is still being worked out but the good news is that it's all finally coming together.
Dota 2 to drop OpenGL and 32bit, Vulkan default on Linux and TI 21 tickets on September 22
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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