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Dota 2 gets a new hero with Marci and DOTA: Dragon's Blood gets a new Season 2 trailer

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Busy time in Dota 2 land for Valve with a major update just being shipped for the free to play MOBA, with Marci hopping over from the anime to the game. Plus a new trailer for season 2 of DOTA: Dragon's Blood.

Zink driver (OpenGL on top of Vulkan) has Bioshock Infinite working, close to OpenGL 4.6

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Zink is something quite wonderful. A Linux Mesa driver that creates an OpenGL implementation on top of Vulkan and it just keeps on getting more impressive.

Submarine survival sim Barotrauma gets a huge 'Among the Ancients' update

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Among the Ancients is the latest update for the tough submarine survival game Barotrauma, bringing with it new alien ruins and character progression to give you more of everything.

Colonize the red planet in Terraformers: First Steps on Mars, a free prologue out now

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Terraformers: First Steps on Mars is the free prologue for the upcoming colony sim from Asteroid Lab and Goblinz Publishing. Available now to try out.

The Battle for Wesnoth hits new landmark with release 1.16

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After three years of continuous development, the FOSS strategy classic has finally put out a new stable release.

Valve adds support for games using CEG DRM through Steam Play Proton

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If you have the latest version of Proton Experimental, Valve just recently put up a new Steam Client Beta too which allows playing Windows games on Linux that make use of their older CEG DRM.

Steam and GOG both have their big Halloween Sale live

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You have money left from all the previous sales right? Well, prepare your wallet (again) for even more sales from two of the biggest stores around.

Cause chaos in the pixel-art god sim WorldBox when it releases December 2 on Steam

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After being available for direct purchases for some time now, the popular pixel-art god sim will enter Early Access on Steam on December 2.

Tame wild jellies in Alchemic Cutie when it releases on November 12

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Ready for your next super-sweet casual adventure? Alchemic Cutie is set to finally see a Steam release with native Linux support on November 12.

Love Sonic? Check out the Sonic 30th Anniversary Bundle

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I grew up playing Sonic on the Sega Mega Drive, so this looks like an awesome bundle for me. Humble Bundle has put up a small but nice collection with the Sonic 30th Anniversary Bundle.

X.Org 21.1.0 sees a release with Variable refresh rate support in the modesetting driver

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After three years without a full release, X.Org 21.1.0 has finally landed with new features and a lot of bug fixes.

New build of Proton Experimental helps Project CARS 3, Control and more on Linux

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We continue seeing lots of quick fixes coming into Proton Experimental, the special testing version of the Steam Play Proton compatibility layer with another release up now.

Mind-bending puzzler Superliminal is getting a multiplayer mode

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Superliminal is a pretty great puzzle game all about using the ambiguity of depth and perspective and to celebrate a year since the Steam release it's getting multiplayer.

Little Big Adventure 1 & 2 get open sourced under the GPL

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Little Big Adventure 1 and 2 are two classic titles originally developed by Adeline Software International and now they've both had their engine source code officially released.

Paradox needs a bit more time to finish Crusader Kings III - Royal Court

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Crusader Kings III, the popular strategy game from Paradox is expanding with the upcoming Royal Court DLC but it's just not ready yet.

12th Gen Intel Core processors announced with the 'world's best gaming processor'

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Amongst a varied list of other announcements today, Intel formally introduced the 12th Gen Intel Core processors with the top end Intel Core i9-12900K that they claim is the "world's best gaming processor".

NVIDIA 495.44 stable driver is out for Linux, adds in GBM API support

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Following on from the NVIDIA Beta 495.29.05 earlier this month, today NVIDIA has a fresh 495.44 stable driver release that builds upon it with some additional extras. This is the big one for Wayland fans, since it now works with the GBM API.

The '90s mystery adventure Kathy Rain: Director's Cut is out now

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Kathy Rain: Director's Cut is the definitive edition of the popular point and click mystery adventure from Clifftop Games and Raw Fury. It's out now and it comes with native Linux support.

Megaquarium: Architect's Collection expansion announced for November 11

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Megaquarium: Architect's Collection is the next expansion for the great aquarium building game from developer Twice Circled and it's ready to release on November 11.

Horizon Chase Turbo gets a DLC dedicated to the life of Ayrton Senna

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Horizon Chase Turbo is a popular and well-reviewed retro arcade racer and the developer just released a DLC dedicated to the legend that is Ayrton Senna who died in 1994.