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Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine recreation fheroes2 v0.9.8 out now

By Liam Dawe,
Play the classic Heroes of Might and Magic II thanks to fheroes2, a fantastic game engine recreation project allowing you to play it cross-platform and it's open source.

Wasteland 3: Cult of the Holy Detonation is out now

By Liam Dawe,
inXile Entertainment has released the final expansion for Wasteland 3 with Cult of the Holy Detonation

Scream Fortress XIII is live in the free to play Team Fortress 2

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has now released the latest Halloween themed event for the still popular free shooter Team Fortress 2.

Humble Choice for October 2021 lands with Amnesia: Rebirth

By Liam Dawe,
Another fresh month has landed with a cool breeze and Humble Bundle have their next set of curated games available in their Humble Choice subscription.

A look at the top 100 Steam games and how many will work on Linux and the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Across various previous articles we've looked at how many games are supported on Linux and how many Windows games work with Steam Play Proton, so let's take a look at the current top 100.

Pawnbarian masterfully blends Chess-like rules with a puzzle-roguelike

By Liam Dawe,
Pawnbarian is a dungeon crawling roguelike but not one you've played before. It's turn-based and tile-based but your movement is based on the rules of various Chess pieces you have in cards.

Hexteria cleverly mixes together a tile-based puzzle game with a competitive strategy game

By Liam Dawe,
Turn tiles, spread across the board and hopefully capture all of the tiles before your opponent does. Hexteria is a game of tactics and constant thinking plus it’s rather good.

Bugvasion is a quirky comedy Tower Defense game out now for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Aliens have come to the Earth but they’re tiny so they’ve brainwashed various bugs to invade your home, so it’s time to step up and build some towers.

Proton Experimental expands NVIDIA DLSS support on Linux to DirectX 11 titles

By Liam Dawe,
Only a few days ago Proton Experimental saw an update to pull in NVIDIA DLSS support for DirectX 12 and as of today's update this has expanded to DirectX 11 titles too.

Euro Truck Sim 2 and American Truck Sim get expanded multiplayer with mod support

By Liam Dawe,
SCS Software have begun expanding what's possible with the newly introduced Convoy Mode multiplayer in both their truck sims Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator.

Valheim adds a Jack-o-turnip and tweaks melee weapons to use less Stamina

By Liam Dawe,
Following on from the big Hearth & Home update Iron Gate has tweaked Valheim once more, along with adding a new spooky themed item to build.

Recruit witches, train them up and battle in the upcoming Stardander

By Liam Dawe,
Stardander is the next title from Fancy Fish Games who previously developed Aground and I Can't Escape: Darkness that will see you run a school for witches.

Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory levels up with a new ET: Legacy release

By Liam Dawe,
Based upon the source code release of the classic multiplayer shooter Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, the ET: Legacy project continues maturing on modern platforms with ET: Legacy 2.78 out now.

Valve cancels Dota 2 live audience and refunds ticket sales for The International 2021

By Liam Dawe,
Seems like Valve can't catch a break with The International 2021 thanks to COVID-19. After having to move venues, they've now cancelled and refunded all live tickets.

GTA III & Vice City reverse-engineered code taken down on GitHub again by Take-Two DMCA

By Liam Dawe,
The saga continues for the GTA III and Vice City code that was reverse engineered and available on GitHub, as it has now been taken down once again from a DMCA request.

For a third month in a row, Linux remains above 1% on the Steam Hardware Survey

By Liam Dawe,
I still can't quite believe it but the Linux user share on Steam has not only remained above 1% for three months, it's actually risen again.

Steam Next Fest is live again with demos, livestreams and more

By Liam Dawe,
It's that time again! From now until October 7 you get to try out various new demos on Steam, watch developer livestreams and much more.

The upcoming No VR Mod for Half-Life: Alyx shows off amazing progress

By Liam Dawe,
I consider Half-Life: Alyx played in VR to be one of the greatest gaming experiences I've ever had but for a lot of people it's just not possible and so the No VR Mod is in progress.

Help change lives with the SpecialEffect One Special Day sale on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
SpecialEffect is a charity that uses specialist technology to help people of all ages who have severe physical challenges and their One Special Day 2021 event is going on right now.

Cyberpunk speedrunner platformer Aeon Drive is out now starring Kira Buckland

By Liam Dawe,
Developer 2Awesome Studio has released Aeon Drive, a cyberpunk themed platformer with a speedrunning theme.