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Zelda 64: Recompiled, the Majora's Mask PC port v1.1 brings various upgrades

By Liam Dawe,
Zelda 64: Recompiled was pretty interesting news recently, a PC port of Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask using the new N64: Recompiled tool and now a fresh update is out to improve it further.

VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2) v0.87 released moving away from Minecraft

By Liam Dawe,
VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2), a free and open source sandbox game, has a brand new release available as they begin more movement to end the Minecraft clone wars.

Terraria: The Board Game live on Kickstarter - goal met almost instantly

By Liam Dawe,
Terraria the smash-hit indie game is being turned into a tabletop experience with Terraria: The Board Game. It's crowdfunding on Kickstarter, and obviously it was going to do well.

Inspired by immersive RPGs from the 90s Sonar Shock looks great

By Liam Dawe,
Sonar Shock looks a bit System Shock-like and that's a great thing, as it was inspired by various immersive RPGs from the 90s.

MangoHud performance monitor v0.7.2 out now

By Liam Dawe,
MangoHud, the performance monitor you can put on top of games on Linux has a brand new release available with new features and fixes. This is the tech that powers the performance overlay on Steam Deck!

Co-op tower defense beat 'em up ChronoDojo adds various Steam Deck improvements

By Liam Dawe,
ChronoDojo blends together two genres that I didn't think would work. Putting together tower defense and a beat 'em up sounds a bit odd, but I've seen a lot stranger.

Physics-based roguelite bullet-hell Cosmo Rider improves Steam Deck controls

By Liam Dawe,
Cosmo Rider is a physics based roguelite bullet-hell-and-heaven horde-survivor action game. Upgrade your spaceship and traverse procedurally generated galaxies in this space survivors game.

Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine fheroes2 v1.1.0 released

By fheroes2,
Dear fans of Heroes of Might and Magic 2 and fheroes2 project supporters! The team is excited to present to you the release of version 1.1.0 - the second major release of the fheroes2 engine! This release features a significant update that we are thrilled to share with you.

No leaving a Steam account in a will after you die according to Valve

By Liam Dawe,
Doing the rounds right now is a post from Valve's Steam support, when a user asked about what would happen to their Steam account when they died and it's not great news for anyone hoping to pass on your Steam account.

Steam's Open World Survival Crafting Fest is live now

By Liam Dawe,
The Steam Open World Survival Crafting Fest is live now showing off demos, discounts, upcoming games and much more in another event that will swallow up your time.

2 Ship 2 Harkinian, another unofficial PC port of Zelda: Majora's Mask is out now

By Liam Dawe,
While we only recently had the Zelda 64: Recompiled release, we've now also got another PC port of Zelda: Majora's Mask thanks to the Harbour Masters team with 2 Ship 2 Harkinian.

The Rogue Prince of Persia arrives on Steam, devs will "constantly" improve it on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
The Rogue Prince of Persia is now in Early Access on Steam, and the good news is that it should already work well on Steam Deck but the developer plans to keep improving it. So that's good news for desktop Linux players too.

The Cozy Space Survivors post-release update has some simple lessons for indie devs

By Liam Dawe,
Released on May 3rd, Cozy Space Survivors is a cute survival roguelite in space, one for those of you who don't have a lot of free time. It's a little gem and the developer has posted up some post-release thoughts.

Besiege: The Splintered Sea is out now with a free major sound system update

By Liam Dawe,
Remember Besiege from 2020? A physics building game about constructing mechanical machines to annihilate armies, obliterate castles and overcome challenging obstacles. Well, now you can go sailing in it.

TUXEDO Stellaris Slim 15 revealed for high performance in a small package

By Liam Dawe,
Another new laptop is on the way with the TUXEDO Stellaris Slim 15, the second revealed in the 6th generation of new Stellaris laptops from TUXEDO.

Free & open source RPG 'Veloren' update compilation - weeks 229 to 232

By nwildner,
This is a compilation series from the last updates provided at the Veloren blog, the free and open source voxel action-adventure RPG.

Steam Deck hits 15,000 games rated Playable and Verified

By Liam Dawe,
Valve's popular Linux-powered gaming handheld the Steam Deck has hit a new milestone, with 15,000 games now rated either Playable or Verified. And it continues to sell well.

Latest stable Steam Deck update fixes a boot game mode issue

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a small stable update for the Steam Deck, while work continues on SteamOS 3.6 that's currently in Preview.

KDE Plasma 6.1 Beta released with Wayland Explicit Sync support

By Liam Dawe,
Time for testing, especially for those of you with an NVIDIA GPU as the KDE Plasma 6.1 Beta is now live with some new features.

Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers puts a new spin on Blackjack for deck-builder fans

By Liam Dawe,
Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers is a different kind of deck-builder and given the popularity of Balatro, this could be another fun one to try. Set in a tavern packed with the rough and ready, where everyone plays a very different version of traditional Blackjack.