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ChimeraOS 27 is out with touch-screen improvements for the AYA NEO
ChimeraOS (previously called GamerOS) is a Linux distribution aimed at full-screen devices and console styled couch-gaming, much in the same way that SteamOS is.
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GOG's Made in Poland sale has lots of goodies going cheap again
Celebrating Polish creativity in gaming, GOG's Made in Poland sale is live and it's yet another chance to save lots of pennies on some great games.
XWayland 21.1.3 rolls out supporting NVIDIA 495.44 with the GBM API
Another big tick in the box for switching over to Wayland from Xorg, with the release of XWayland 21.1.3.
Minigalaxy, a simple and open source GOG client for Linux version 1.1 is out
After many months a fresh release of the rather good Minigalaxy is out. It's a free and open source client for GOG, helping you manage your game library from the DRM-free store.
System76 creating their own desktop environment written in Rust
Do we need another desktop environment? There's already KDE Plasma, GNOME Shell, Xfce, MATE, Cinnamon and the list goes on for a while. System76 at least seem to think another is needed, one they control.
Time to update your Raspberry Pi with the new OS based on Debian 'bullseye'
It's that time! The Raspberry Pi OS (formerly known as Raspbian) has done a major upgrade moving the package base from Debian buster to Debian bullseye.
Fantastic retro-FPS DUSK gets The New and Old Update for Linux
A little later than expected but DUSK now has The New and Old Update available in the native Linux version.
Paradox continue attempting to make Surviving Mars: Below and Beyond worth it
Surviving Mars: Below and Beyond released back in early September, and to say the reviews have been poor would be quite the understatement but they're continuing to try and improve it.
Valheim gets another small release fixing up crashes, a little optimization too
Ahead of another week of survival, Iron Gate has updated their popular co-op survival game Valheim with a mixture of different improvements
Splitgate expands the options available for making Custom Games more unique
1047 Games recently released a big update to Splitgate, their free to play first-person shooter with portals to enable players to make more interesting Custom Games.
Heroes of Might and Magic II recreation fheroes2 v0.9.9 further improves the original
Another great sounding releasing for the game engine reimplementation of Heroes of Might and Magic II (fheroes2) is available right now to play on modern systems.
HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed details Steam Deck support, shows a quick video
HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed is another developer who will be ensuring their games works nicely with the Valve Steam Deck.
Bohemia Interactive are 'looking into' DayZ for the Steam Deck
One tough uphill battle currently facing Steam Play Proton and the Steam Deck is still anti-cheat. While there has been improvements, it's still not an ideal situation but at least one more developer is looking into it with Bohemia Interactive for DayZ.
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 reimplementation OpenRCT2 v0.3.5 brings new features
OpenRCT2 continues being an impressive free and open source game engine reimplementation for RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, allowing you to play it nicely cross-platform on modern systems.
Open source game development levels up with Godot Engine 3.4 out now
Probably the most exciting free and open source game engine around, Godot Engine has a brand new release available.
Windows compatibility layer Wine 6.21 is out now
More fixes and new features are ready for another development release with Wine 6.21 going out, the compatibility layer for Windows games and applications.
9 years ago Valve put out a Beta of Steam for Linux
9 years to the day, Valve officially put up a limited Beta release of the Steam Client for Linux. It's safe to say it's been a rather bumpy but exciting ride.
Supporting Linux / Proton and the Steam Deck with BattlEye is just an email away
Recently we had announcements from both Easy Anti-Cheat and BattlEye in regards to Linux, specifically for the Steam Play Proton compatibility layer and the Steam Deck and now BattlEye are making it easier.
Liftoff: Micro Drones races off into Early Access on November 30
Get ready for a race around various indoor arenas in the upcoming Liftoff: Micro Drones, as it's now confirmed to be releasing in Early Access on November 30 with Linux support.
Total War: WARHAMMER III launches February 17 - 2022, Linux port soon after
Creative Assembly has now confirmed that Total War: WARHAMMER III will be officially launching on February 17, 2022 but if you're waiting on the Linux port it will be a little after.
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