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A new Civilization game is in development and XCOM designer leaves Firaxis
2K sent out a press release today confirming a number of things including a new Civilization game is on the way.
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All Your Base Are Belong to Us — Zero Wing (and other classics) hit Steam
Zero Wing along with other shoot 'em up classics Out Zone, Twin Cobra and Truxton from Toaplan and Bitwave Games have their brand new PC releases out.
Total War: WARHAMMER III update gives everyone Immortal Empires
Creative Assembly and SEGA have released the 2.4.0 version update to Total War: WARHAMMER III and it's quite a big one.
Steam had 83,000 new customers every day in 2022
Valve has put out their Steam Year In Review for 2022 and while they didn't give us a new monthly active user count, there were plenty of other details shared.
Hunt: Showdown added Easy Anti-Cheat for Steam Deck & Linux
While no announcement from the developer has been made yet, Hunt: Showdown now has the Easy Anti-Cheat file needed and works on Steam Deck and Linux Desktop.
Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector adds Steam Deck support
Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector from Black Lab Games and publisher Slitherine released back in 2021, and it just got upgraded for Steam Deck players.
Classic city-builder Nebuchadnezzar gets a big free update and DLC
Nebuchadnezzar, a classic isometric city-builder has continued to get some big upgrades with a new release out and an expansion DLC too.
The Force Engine for Star Wars Dark Forces improves Steam Deck & Linux support
Continuing the improvements from the previous release that added Linux support, the Modern "Jedi Engine" replacement supporting Dark Forces, mods and in the future Outlaws - The Force Engine has a new release out with lots of upgrades.
AMD releases source code for FidelityFX FSR2 v2.2
Last year AMD announced FSR version 2.2 and today AMD has actually released the source code on GitHub for FidelityFX FSR2 v2.2.
Returnal is just rough on Steam Deck but great on Desktop Linux
Returnal is now on Steam so naturally I gave this previously PlayStation exclusive a run on Steam Deck. It's quite sad though.
Shader cache downloads being a nuisance? Valve may have solved it
Valve's shader cache system can be extremely helpful for Linux gaming, however it can also at times be quite problematic but Valve may have solved a big problem with it.
Zink driver for OpenGL over Vulkan gets a 10x performance boost for DOOM 2016
A really small change to the Zink driver, that gives OpenGL support on top of Vulkan, has given an ~10x speed boost for DOOM (2016).
Pick up some sweet deals during the We Love Games Sale on GOG
You just love games right? Need some more? Check out the big We Love Games Sale over on GOG to continue building up that collection. GOG are also giving away the Alien Breed Trilogy.
You may want to run system updates, after a recent sudo security flaw
It was pointed out to me recently in the GamingOnLinux Discord, that the sudo package recently had a security flaw, so time to check for updates.
D8VK is an in-progress implementation of Direct3D 8 for DXVK
While we have VKD3D-Proton for Direct3D 12 to Vulkan and DXVK for Direct3D 9 / 10 / 11 to Vulkan translation, what about Direct3D 8? D8VK is an upcoming in-progress project for that.
EVERSPACE 2 gets a Steam Deck and Linux release update
For those of you curious on what's happening with EVERSPACE 2 for Linux, ROCKFISH Games have given an official update on what to expect.
10 years ago Steam released for Linux
I'm starting to feel old. I remember a time before Steam for Linux, back in the dark days even before the first set of Humble Indie Bundles, it's truly crazy how far Linux has come overall as a platform for gaming.
KDE Plasma 5.27 released with multi-monitor & Wayland upgrades, Steam Deck updater
KDE Plasma 5.27 sounds like a really great update to this desktop environment, the same one used on the desktop mode for the Steam Deck and my personal choice for my PC too.
Fanatical have another Play On The Go bundle for Steam Deck
Need more games for your Steam Deck or Linux Desktop? Fanatical have launched another Play On The Go bundle.
The new Vampire Survivors update is trippy and pulled me back in
Vampire Survivors is back with a brand new update that's real trippy, and also has a little Sonic flavour to it.
- There's now an unofficial GUI for Lossless Scaling's Frame Generation on Linux
- Valve restores the Steam page for Old School Rally after it got hit with a DMCA
- Steam Beta upgrades the in-game performance monitor for Linux
- GeForce Infinity is a new app for GeForce NOW on Linux
- Fallout: Bakersfield looks like an awesome Doom total conversion with a new trailer
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