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The Big Adventure Event is live on Steam with plenty of demos to try until Jan 25


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Got a slow weekend ahead? Well now it might be a little busier as there's a good few developers participating in The Big Adventure Event which is now live on Steam.

System76 reveal the brand new Darter Pro with Intel Xe graphics and their open firmware


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Looking to power up your Linux computing on the go or for around the house? System76 have refreshed the Darter Pro with a brand new build powered by the latest tech.

Kathy Rain: Director's Cut announced and will support Linux


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Kathy Rain: Director's Cut is the upcoming expanded and improved enhancement over the original that launched in 2016 and the developer has confirmed Linux support too.

Stadia has games free to try this weekend for Stadia Pro, 'Project Hailstorm' is teased


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More new games, free games to try out on Stadia Pro from now until the end of the weekend and some super secret projects currently in the works for Stadia.

Jumpala is an intense score-fighting highly competitive action-platformer out now


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Jump across platforms to turn them your colour, use abilities to mess with your opponents and try to keep platforms your colour as they fall off the screen to score - Jumpala is a lot of fun.

Team17 have acquired the full rights to Golf With Your Friends


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Seems January is the time for acquisitions! Following the news recently of YoYo Games (GameMaker Studio) being acquired by Opera, we now have Team17 buying the full rights to Golf With Your Friends ("GWYF").

Space Otter Charlie looks like a truly charming upcoming Zero-G puzzle platformer


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Space Otter Charlie is a Zero-G platformer puzzler with cute characters and visuals, odd weapons and it looks thoroughly charming. It's due out later in this year.

Valve have multiple games in development they will announce says Gabe Newell


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Gabe Newell of Valve Software (Steam) recently spoke to 1 NEWS in New Zealand about everything that has been going on and teased a few fun details.

Vietnam joins Civilization VI in the next DLC for the New Frontier Pass on January 28


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Firaxis has confirmed the next DLC that forms part of the New Frontier Pass for Civilization VI will be releasing on January 28. Here's some highlights of what's to come.

Linux on the Apple M1 takes another step closer with Ubuntu working thanks to Corellium


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ARM virtualization company Corellium has managed to get Ubuntu Linux running on the next-generation Apple M1.

Play the charming co-op construction game Unrailed! free for a few days plus big sale


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Unrailed! from Daedalic Entertainment and Indoor Astronaut released back in September 2020 and now you have a chance to play for free to end your week.

Valve and others fined by the European Commission for 'geo-blocking' (updated)


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The European Commission just announced that they've now issued formal fines against Valve, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Focus Home, Koch Media and ZeniMax for breaching their antitrust rules. Update: added statement from Valve.

Aveliana is a beautiful upcoming infiltration-action game mixing 2D and 2.5D styles


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TheFrenchDev have announced Aveliana, what they're calling an infiltration-action-adventure game that mixes together 2D and 2.5D to create a unique looking style.

YoYo Games developer of GameMaker Studio sold for $10M (updated)


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Game Maker and later GameMaker Studio is a very popular game engine with indie developers and YoYo Games just recently sold it off and it appears they did so at a loss. Update: Opera confirmed as the new owner.

Steampunk survival game Volcanoids has a huge combat upgrade


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Stuck on an island where the volcano is erupting constantly, Volcanoids is an interesting setting for a survival game that gives you a big moving drill for a base.

Steamworks gets Denuvo Anti-Cheat, here's what Irdeto say about Linux support


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Irdeto, the company behind Denuvo and the newer Denuvo Anti-Cheat have announced that developers on Steam can now get direct anti-cheat integration through Steamworks. Here's what they said about working with Linux.

NERTS! Online from Zachtronics gets expanded public multiplayer


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NERTS! Online is the free to play card game from the clever people at Zachtronics (Eliza, Opus Magnum, Infinifactory) that was created to help them play together that they released free to the public.

Stellaris will get more mysterious with Intel gathering and Espionage systems


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Stellaris from Paradox Development Studios gets a lot right in how it deals with grand space strategy but some parts of it are still being expanded.

Silly comedy adventure Edgar - Bokbok in Boulzac gets a permanent price drop


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Edgar - Bokbok in Boulzac, a comedy point and click adventure by La Poule Noire that released in early 2020 has been given a big permanent price cut.

Open source PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 Remote Play client Chiaki has a final release


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The developer of Chiaki, a free and open source Remote Play client that supports both the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 has gone out with a bit of a bang.