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GOG removes HITMAN after customer backlash over online features

By Liam Dawe, 10 Oct 2021

Recently we wrote about the stealth assassination game HITMAN landing on GOG. Not specifically Linux news but interesting industry news to keep an eye on, due to the massive backlash it had and now GOG has removed it for sale.

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Massive circuit-building game Logic World hits Early Access on October 22

By Liam Dawe, 10 Oct 2021

After repeated delays it seems Mouse Hat Games have finally settled on an actual release date for Logic World. What was once called TUNG - The Ultimate Nerd Game, shall hit Early Access on October 22.

Looks like the important futex2 work is finally going into the Linux Kernel to help gaming

By Liam Dawe, 10 Oct 2021

After a long bumpy road with many revisions, it appears that the futex2 work sponsored by Valve is finally heading into the upstream Linux Kernel.

Wine 6.19 is out new with more joystick work, more modules converted to PE

By Liam Dawe, 9 Oct 2021

The Wine 6.19 development release is out now following more weeks of hacking away trying to create the best possible Windows compatibility layer.

RC model flying simulator Wings is now available for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 8 Oct 2021

While celebrating the first anniversary of their game, Kitchen Sink Games have released a Linux version of their RC model flying simulator Wings.

Closed Hands is a deep work of interactive fiction following a terror attack

By Liam Dawe, 8 Oct 2021

Closed Hands is an experimental work of interactive fiction from PASSENGER, it's recently jumped over from itch.io to Steam.

Kröwns and Daggers is another big free upgrade for Northgard out now

By Liam Dawe, 8 Oct 2021

Kröwns and Daggers expands the ties between clans while also adding in a whole new neutral faction to Northgard.

Try out the new demo for the RTS game TFC: The Fertile Crescent on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 8 Oct 2021

Available now until at least the end of EGX on October 10, you can try out the new demo for the Bronze Age RTS game TFC: The Fertile Crescent on Steam.

Children of Morta: Ancient Spirits gives you a new character with two different forms

By Liam Dawe, 8 Oct 2021

Children of Morta: Ancient Spirits is the brand new expansion that's out now from Dead Mage and 11 bit studios, sounds like it's pretty great too.

Fly Dangerous is an open source love-letter to the Elite Dangerous racing community

By Liam Dawe, 8 Oct 2021

Racing is apparently a thing people do in Elite Dangerous and so one developer has decided to make a game as a love-letter to the community called Fly Dangerous.

Vagrus - The Riven Realms is a deep and slow post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG out now

By Liam Dawe, 7 Oct 2021

Slow, lots of reading involved and pretty deep mechanically with lots to keep an eye in, Vagrus - The Riven Realms is officially out now.

Ion Fury gets a big 2.0 patch ahead of the Aftershock expansion in 2022

By Liam Dawe, 7 Oct 2021

Developer Voidpoint has put up a rather big patch to fix up and improve various parts of the retro shooter Ion Fury. This 2.0 update prepares the game for the Aftershock expansion releasing later in 2022.

The Long Dark - Episode Four is out now

By Liam Dawe, 7 Oct 2021

Hinterland has released Episode Four "Fury, Then Silence" of The Long Dark story mode getting one step closer to reaching the conclusion with big updates planned in future.

NVIDIA Vulkan Beta Driver 470.62.05 rolls out for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 7 Oct 2021

More improvements and new extensions have landed for the NVIDIA Vulkan Beta Driver with version 470.62.05 out now.

Get a look inside the Steam Deck in Valve's latest video

By Liam Dawe, 6 Oct 2021

Want to see inside a Steam Deck? Valve has delivered in the latest video although they're keen to remind people not to do any of this yourself.

TUXEDO announce the new InfinityBook Pro 14 with RTX 3050 Ti and Tiger Lake H35

By Liam Dawe, 6 Oct 2021

TUXEDO have refreshed their InfinityBook Pro 14 model with some impressive new internals that makes for a good all-round laptop if you can afford it.

Qualcomm, Valve, AMD and more team up for Wi-Fi Dual Station

By Liam Dawe, 6 Oct 2021

Wi-Fi Dual Station is the name of what appears to be quite the leap for latency-sensitive gaming where a wired connection remains top but for how long? Probably forever but the gap is getting shorter.

Twitch has suffered a huge leak of source code with a possible Steam competitor (updated)

By Liam Dawe, 6 Oct 2021

Twitch is not having a good time lately. On top of battling bots engaging in hate-raids spamming chats with horrible things, it appears they've also suffered a massive data breach. UPDATED.

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Build and manage your own special resort in Hotel Magnate now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 6 Oct 2021

After the success on Kickstarter in 2019, Hotel Magnate from developer Arcade Oven and publisher Crytivo has arrived to let you build up your own special resort.

Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine recreation fheroes2 v0.9.8 out now

By Liam Dawe, 6 Oct 2021

Play the classic Heroes of Might and Magic II thanks to fheroes2, a fantastic game engine recreation project allowing you to play it cross-platform and it's open source.

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