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Quake II RTX adds support for the official cross-vendor Vulkan Ray Tracing


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Great news for AMD fans as Quake II RTX has been updated again, and it now features support for the newly released official cross-vendor Ray Tracing support with the Vulkan API.

Incredible puzzle game Baba is You gains a level editor and easy sharing


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As one of my absolute favourite games from 2019, Baba is You really is an exceptional puzzle game that really makes you think outside the box and break some rules.

Horror themed adventure Almost My Floor: Prologue adds a Linux version


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Almost My Floor: Prologue is the short demo of a much bigger upcoming point and click adventure, with a horror theme along with a sprinkle of comedy it does look good.

Valve continues tweaking the new 'Proton Experimental' for Cyberpunk 2077


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With Cyberpunk 2077 being the hot new thing in gaming, Valve and CodeWeavers are trying to ensure it can run nicely through the Steam Play Proton compatibility layer since it doesn't support Linux directly.

The best Linux distros for gaming in 2021


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For newer Linux users or people looking to switch, it can be a minefield to try and find accurate and up to date info on what Linux distro to game with. Here to help. What is the best Linux distribution for gaming? It's actually not a tough question.

Ubisoft+ begins rolling out on Stadia for players in the US


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While the selection available to play on Stadia from Ubisoft isn't currently very big, Ubisoft+ has now started rolling out on Stadia and it doesn't need Stadia Pro either.

Valve officially launches the Steam News Hub


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Giving you much more control over what news you see from games, applications and curators on Steam - Valve officially launches the Steam News Hub.

NIGHT/SHADE is an upcoming 18+ LGBTQ romantic thriller visual novel


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What looks like one to watch - NIGHT/SHADE is an upcoming romantic visual novel thriller from KingAsphy Studio.

Shield Cat is a thoroughly charming in-development action-adventure with a free demo


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With a strange otter/cat as the protagonist, Shield Cat seems like one to keep on your watch list with some really charming visuals and you can try the free demo.

Direct3D 12 to Vulkan translation layer VKD3D-Proton version 2.1 is out


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With more titles out and planned to release that will use DirectX 12, the VKD3D-Proton translation layer is another essential bit of open source tech and a new release is out now.

Steam broke some huge all-time high records over the weekend


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A sign that Steam as a release platform and store continues to grow, over the weekend two big concurrent user records were totally smashed.

OBS Studio 26.1 rolls out with Virtual Camera output on Linux


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After only two Release Candidates for testing, OBS Studio 26.1 has now officially rolled out with some fun new features for all supported platforms.

Grab an up to date MangoHud with NVML, GOverlay and vkBasalt on Ubuntu with a new PPA


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Canonical (Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE) developer Martin Wimpress has announced a fresh PPA for Linux gamers.

Quirky family-friendly animal racing game Slide releasing February 2021


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Enjoy your family-friendly kart-racing styled arcade games? Slide was pretty good from the demo we tried back in September, and it now has a release date.

Linux Kernel 5.10 is officially out now as a Long Term Support release


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A brand new Long Term Support release is out now with the Linux Kernel 5.10, the very beating heart of the whole Linux system which brings plenty of new features and hardware support.

Godot Engine set to get better VR support with a new hire thanks to Facebook


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Godot Engine, the free and open source game engine for 2D and 3D games is getting a nice VR boost - thanks to Facebook Reality Labs. We can expect great things from this by the sounds of it.

Make some sweet honey in the 1 year anniversary update to beehive builder Hive Time


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Hive Time, the sweet beehive building and management sim from Cheeseness hits the one year mark, celebrates with a new upgrade and a fresh little trailer.

Wine 6.0 comes closer with a second Release Candidate


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The Wine compatibility layer is closing in on a big new release, with the second Release Candidate now available for testing on Wine 6.0.

TUXEDO launch their smallest Linux gaming notebook with the Book XP14


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With a rather unassuming and plain case that doesn't give much away, the new TUXEDO Book XP14 is their smallest and lightest gaming notebook now available.

Open Source Game Achievements with Gamerzilla


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For a while, I've been suggesting an open source game achievement system. Some people liked the idea but no one wanted to build it. Finally after LibrePlanet 2020, I decided to tackle the problem.