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Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is out on Steam and runs well on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Want to get into a new card game? Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel just released on Steam from Konami Digital Entertainment and the great news is that it works out of the box with Steam Play Proton Experimental on Linux.

A whole bunch of games just got Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
Seems Valve has now properly started verifying games ahead of the Steam Deck launch, with a bunch of titles now verified ready to play so let's take a look.

Total War: WARHAMMER III gets a short hype-trailer for The Daemon Prince

By Liam Dawe,
Total War: WARHAMMER III is getting real close to the release now, and it's getting exciting for strategy fans to see the conclusion of this epic.

Action-packed 'combat-puzzle' roguelite Red Tether is out now

By Liam Dawe,
It's actually called ---Red---Tether--> but that would look a bit odd in the headline. A new release from indie dev Sleeper Games, it's a thoroughly unique looking shoot 'em up with pretty fun looking gameplay.

KDE begin the 15-Minute Bug Initiative to make Plasma great

By Liam Dawe,
KDE Plasma is a pretty frelling great desktop environment - but couldn't it be better? The KDE team have begun the previously announced 15-Minute Bug Initiative.

RetroArch need your feedback on their Open-Hardware planned for 2022

By Liam Dawe,
RetroArch announced back in February 2021 their plans for the Open-Hardware project. This was to bring an easy way for you to play your legally owned physical games directly in emulators and they have an update on their plans.

One of the most challenging VR rhythm games releases February 10

By Liam Dawe,
VR rhythm game Groove Gunner from BitCutter Studios Inc will be leaving Early Access on February 10. If you own a VR kit, this is one you need to try.

dbrand are cooking up something big for the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
It's not entirely clear what dbrand has planned, however their team are clearly cooking up something with a teaser being posted on Twitter.

Wine 7.0 is officially out now bringing better compatibility

By Liam Dawe,
Just over a year since the last major version bump, Alexandre Julliard has announced the final release of Wine 7.0.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive updated, more tweaking for Steam Deck + Vulkan

By Liam Dawe,
Valve continues to tweak more of their games ahead of the Steam Deck release in February and their focus now appears to be on CS:GO with a fresh update out.

Penguin Heist game hits 25,000 sales with 5% on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The Greatest Penguin Heist of All Time developers That Fish / That Other Fish have announced their Early Access game seems to be doing reasonably well.

Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard

By Liam Dawe,
A bit of wider industry news today. News which completely blows my mind - Microsoft are out to acquire Activision Blizzard.

Mad Experiments 2: Escape Room releases on March 8

By Liam Dawe,
March 8 will bring more puzzle / escape room antics with Mad Experiments 2: Escape Room from PlayTogether Studio.

We'll always have Paris is a narrative adventure about loving someone with dementia

By Liam Dawe,
Cowleyfornia Studios, developer of Sarawak have recently announced their next story-based adventure game with We'll always have Paris.

Ys IX: Monstrum Nox gets improvements ready for the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox from developers Nihon Falcom, PH3 GmbH, Engine Software and publisher NIS America, Inc. has released an update to get the game ready for the Steam Deck.

Valve continues tweaking their new Store Hubs for tags

By Liam Dawe,
With Valve's latest store updates experiment that's ongoing, they gave a new look to Store Hubs for all the various tags and they just release an update with plenty of tweaks.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 9: Ancient Archaeology

By Hamish,
After the demise of Loki Software, one of their former employees found himself forced to work behind a cash register for a living. Desperate to get back to porting games, he found the email address of an artist working for the Croatian developer Croteam, creators of the game Serious Sam.

Collabora pulls in Jason Ekstrand to work on Linux graphics drivers

By Liam Dawe,
Jason Ekstrand, a name that many big Linux fans will know, who previously worked at Intel until very recently has announced today the move to open source consulting firm Collabora.

Love cracking locks? Check out Museum of Mechanics: Lockpicking

By Liam Dawe,
Museum of Mechanics: Lockpicking is a wonderful little idea to bring together many different ways to crack locks from various styles in video games.

After 12 years development, business sim GearCity is officially out now

By Liam Dawe,
Built with FOSS tooling, GearCity is a complex and in-depth business simulator where you run your own car company.