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Crusader Kings III gets another nice free update with AI & Warfare Improvements
Paradox are continuing to expand the excellent Crusader Kings III with another free update out now, which expands the game in a few nice ways.
Turns out some Valheim events weren't happening as expected so prepare for more now
Valheim is an epic game, selling multiple millions and clearly loved by many. Another fresh fixer-upper update is out now, which has some curious fixes.
Caves & Cliffs Part I is out for Minecraft with Axolotls, Goats and tons of blocks
The day many have been waiting for, the first part of the huge Caves & Cliffs update is out now for Minecraft.
Incredible top-down-shooter Brigador gets a huge free enhancement
Brigador: Up-Armored Edition, a beautiful cyberpunk top-down shooter with awesome city-wide destruction has a big free upgrade out now for all players.
KDE Plasma 5.22 is out now with a focus on 'stability and usability' and more Wayland
Stability and usability are the keys to the new KDE Plasma 5.22 release that's officially available today.
Critters for Sale is the most bizarre adventure you're ever going to have
After the first episode being available for some time, Critters for Sale is officially released in full now and it's certainly an wild and weird experience to go through.
The open source original Soldat is looking for a new maintainer
The absolute classic that is Soldat, which went fully open source back in 2020 is now in need of someone to take over as the original creator has announced.
fheroes2 for playing Heroes of Might & Magic II adds The Price of Loyalty campaign support
fheroes2 is a game engine reimplementation project we highlighted recently for playing Heroes of Might & Magic II on modern systems, and they have a big new release available.
Astalon: Tears of the Earth is an 8-bit inspired action-adventure that looks magnificent
After a fresh pixel-art action-adventure? Look no further than Astalon: Tears of the Earth, which just released recently with Linux support from LABS Works and DANGEN Entertainment.
Collabora continue enhancing Wine for Wayland, now with Vulkan and multi-monitor support
Currently in the experimental stages, Collabora continue hacking away at the code for Wine to enable full Wayland support and they've reached some big new milestones with Vulkan and multiple monitor support.
Proton 6.10 GE is out as a recommended upgrade for users of this community-built version
Proton GE, the community-built version of Proton has a fresh major upgrade with Proton-6.10-GE-1 out now. This is also a recommended upgrade by the developer.
Dying Light - Hellraid gets a big upgrade from Techland with a fresh story
Dying Light - Hellraid, the much unloved expansion to the zombie-slasher that puts you into dungeons fighting skeletons has received a huge upgrade.
Open source Infinity Engine reimplementation GemRB 0.8.8 out now
While we have Beamdog taking care of the newer Enhanced Edition generation of classic RPGs like Baldur's Gate, we also have the free and open source GemRB reimplementation which has a big update out.
Legend of Keepers: Return of the Goddess announced with a free update
Goblinz Studio / TavroxGames have announced Legend of Keepers: Return of the Goddess, the first expansion for the popular dungeon defending management game Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager.
Mainframe Defenders: Meltdown - Prologue gives you a taste of the excellent tactical game
Mainframe Defenders released back in February 2020 is a quality turn-based tactics game with a very retrofuturistic visual style like old terminals and now there's a free Mainframe Defenders: Meltdown - Prologue to play.
Wizard school action-RPG 'StoryArcana' gets a re-reveal with a new trailer
After some time since the original reveal back in 2020, developer Cyomo has formally re-revealed StoryArcana with a fresh new trailer and some design changes.
Hollow Knight gets Vulkan on Linux in the new update out now
After being in Beta since February, Team Cherry have released a free upgrade to Hollow Knight so it should continue running nicely for years to come.
Valve need more testing of the latest Proton Experimental for input latency improvements
Recently we highlighted another upgrade of Proton Experimental, the special testing area of Steam Play Proton that pulls in new and advanced features - well it needs a lot more testing.
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