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The Sundew is a story-rich point & click set in the aftermath of a devastating future war

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After your next futuristic point and click adventure? Check out The Sundew which is out now along with native Linux support.

Proton Experimental sees another small update fixing up Fallout 76, updating VKD3D-Proton

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Proton Experimental continues to see rapid development to give us more great fixes to run Windows games under Linux.

Half-Life 2 and the episodes get a Beta with Vulkan (DXVK) and more

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Valve has put up a Beta for Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One and Half-Life 2: Episode Two as they prepare more of their own games ready for the Steam Deck.

Valve launches Deck Verified, to show off what games will work well on the Steam Deck

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We've been wondering what Valve had planned to show off Steam Deck compatibility for games and now they've launched Deck Verified as their answer.

VKD3D-Proton v2.5 is out for Direct3D 12 on top of Vulkan, improving DirectX Raytracing

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VKD3D-Proton is the project that translates Microsoft's Direct3D 12 to Vulkan, another big part of Steam Play Proton and there's a new release out.

Playing Deltarune: Chapter 2 natively on Linux

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So, some time ago Toby Fox released the second chapter of the Deltarune series. Sadly, as was the case with the previous chapter, this one too comes without official Linux support. However, if the [HeartShapedObject] is willing, there is a way to play the game natively on Linux, albeit without official support.

Hugely popular mobile roguelike Shattered Pixel Dungeon is coming to Steam

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Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a free and open source roguelike RPG that originally had a focus on mobile where it's proven very popular and now it's getting upgrades to come to Steam.

War Thunder is getting more terrain deformation in the upcoming 'Ground Breaking' upgrade

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Ground Breaking is the name of the next major update for War Thunder and it sounds quite exciting, with some game engine upgrades to allow for more terrain interactions and deformation.

Swarming RTS Age of Darkness: Final Stand is in Early Access and works great on Linux

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Age of Darkness: Final Stand is like a fantasy version of They Are Billions, and compared with the latter it runs great on Linux thanks to Steam Play Proton.

Steam Play tool Luxtorpeda for running games in native Linux engines sees a major upgrade

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Steam Play allows Linux gamers to use many different compatibility layers like Proton for running Windows games but Luxtorpeda instead makes games use an available native Linux game engine.

OpenTTD 12.0 is out now improving multiplayer for fans of Transport Tycoon Deluxe

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Based on Transport Tycoon Deluxe, the free and open source OpenTTD has release version 12.0 as the multiplayer update.

Marci from the DOTA: Dragon's Blood anime will join Dota 2 later this year

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Valve has announced that the next hero joining the ranks in Dota 2 will be Marci, the silent companion to Mirana from the DOTA: Dragon's Blood anime.

The Wild Update announced for Minecraft, new allay mob on the way

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Minecraft Live came and went and with it we got a lot of information on what's coming next to Minecraft.

Valve banning games that allow exchanging cryptocurrencies or NFTs

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It seems Valve aren't a big fan of cryptocurrencies or NFTs as they've updated their onboarding guide with a new point about disallowing games that allow you to exchange them.

Check out this crowdfunding campaign to learn Godot Engine from GDQuest

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GDQuest, a well-known name in the free and open source Godot Engine land has launched a new crowdfunding campaign aiming to get you to go from zero to hero with Godot programming.

Uh oh, looks like Despot's Game: Dystopian Army Builder is going to suck all my time away

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Despot's Game: Dystopian Army Builder is a brand new release from Konfa Games and tinybuild that sees you command a bunch of naked people and send them through a strange post-apocalyptic labyrinth.

Techland continue expanding the Hellraid DLC as they try to improve reviews

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When Techland released the Hellraid DLC in August 2020 inspired by their unreleased dark fantasy slasher Hellraid the reviews were not kind, as it was very basic but they've kept at it and another big update is out now.

Brawlhalla to get Easy Anti-Cheat, dev puts up Beta with EAC working on Linux with Proton

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Blue Mammoth Games announced that later in October that the platform-fighter Brawlhalla will be getting Easy Anti-Cheat. Thankfully, they've put up a Beta for Linux users playing it using Steam Play Proton and it works.

Apple is now funding Blender development joining many big names

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There's apparently absolutely no stopping the Blender train, with the developer announcing that Apple has now joined their development fund.

The Jackbox Party Pack 8 is out now with improved Linux support

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The Jackbox Party Pack 8 is the latest set of funny games from Jackbox Games, Inc. and they teamed up with porter / FNA developer Ethan Lee to deliver improved Linux support.