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12th Gen Intel Core processors announced with the 'world's best gaming processor'

By Liam Dawe,
Amongst a varied list of other announcements today, Intel formally introduced the 12th Gen Intel Core processors with the top end Intel Core i9-12900K that they claim is the "world's best gaming processor".

NVIDIA 495.44 stable driver is out for Linux, adds in GBM API support

By Liam Dawe,
Following on from the NVIDIA Beta 495.29.05 earlier this month, today NVIDIA has a fresh 495.44 stable driver release that builds upon it with some additional extras. This is the big one for Wayland fans, since it now works with the GBM API.

The '90s mystery adventure Kathy Rain: Director's Cut is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Kathy Rain: Director's Cut is the definitive edition of the popular point and click mystery adventure from Clifftop Games and Raw Fury. It's out now and it comes with native Linux support.

Megaquarium: Architect's Collection expansion announced for November 11

By Liam Dawe,
Megaquarium: Architect's Collection is the next expansion for the great aquarium building game from developer Twice Circled and it's ready to release on November 11.

Horizon Chase Turbo gets a DLC dedicated to the life of Ayrton Senna

By Liam Dawe,
Horizon Chase Turbo is a popular and well-reviewed retro arcade racer and the developer just released a DLC dedicated to the legend that is Ayrton Senna who died in 1994.

Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu has a new Resolution Scaler, AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution

By Liam Dawe,
yuzu, the free and open source Nintendo Switch emulator has advanced once again with the introduction of a brand new Resolution Scaler enabling you to play games at much higher resolutions.

Fantastic roguelike Caves of Qud gets more accessible with new game modes, new regions

By Liam Dawe,
Caves of Qud is a roguelike we've been writing about for years now and it continues to be one of the best modern iterations on the classic gameplay style. A huge new stable update just went out making it better than ever, for all types of players.

Prepare your wallet for the next confirmed Steam Sale dates

By Liam Dawe,
You may want to set aside some money and fill up that Steam Wishlist, as the next couple of big sale events now have their dates confirmed.

Vulkan 1.1 conformance achieved for the Raspberry Pi 4

By Liam Dawe,
Good news for fans of the tiny Raspberry Pi 4 Model B, as it has been announced that the v3dv Mesa driver has hit Vulkan 1.1 conformance officially now.

Corpse Party gets a new version for 2021 that's out now

By Liam Dawe,
Yes, there's another Corpse Party that's now been released. It can be a little confusing, as there's been a few but this is the latest from XSEED Games titled Corpse Party (2021).

KDE Plasma gets fingerprint reader support, plus preliminary support for NVIDIA GBM

By Liam Dawe,
The team at KDE are producing upgrades for Plasma very quickly, with another weekly update out from developer Nate Graham with some major new bits being hooked up.

Check out the demo for Big Boy Boxing, a playful boss-rush fighter

By Liam Dawe,
Get ready for the punchline! Soupmaster Games announced recently their intent to support Linux with Big Boy Boxing and there's now a demo available on Steam for you to try out.

Alisa is a horror game throwback to '90s 3D games like Resident Evil

By Liam Dawe,
Successfully funded on Kickstarter the horror game throwback Alisa is out after suffering a few minor release delays and so far it's looking pretty good.

Iron Gate tease the upcoming Mistlands update for Valheim, plus updates for Mountains

By Liam Dawe,
With the Hearth & Home update now behind them, Iron Gate are focusing on the next major biome update for Valheim with the Mistlands and some smaller updates too.

5.8% sales and over 38% of bug reports from Linux said one dev but it's been helpful

By Liam Dawe,
According to Kodera Software, developer of the space sim ΔV: Rings of Saturn, quite a lot of bug reports come from Linux users considering the smaller share but that's not actually a bad thing.

Reminder: Update your PC info for the next round of statistics updates

By gamingonlinux,
This is your once a month reminder to make sure your PC information is correct on your user profiles. A fresh batch of statistics is generated on the 1st of each month.

Wine 6.20 rolls out continuing the PE module conversion

By Liam Dawe,
Just before the weekend landed the Wine team released Wine 6.20 as the latest development version with all the latest code.

Humble has a Paradox Bundle up with plenty of strategy games and a Halloween sale

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for more games to keep you warm this coming Winter? Check out the Paradox StrataGems Bundle and there's also a nice Humble Store Halloween sale now live.

Star Labs introduce the small and mighty StarLite Mk IV

By Liam Dawe,
Usually when we get to talk about laptops from Linux hardware vendors they're on the pricey side but Star Labs are serving the underserved here with the new StarLite Mk IV.

The Kubuntu Focus M2 sounds like a great all-rounder laptop

By Liam Dawe,
Out for a new laptop for both work and play? The third-generation Kubuntu Focus M2 seems like it can hit the sweet spot so let's take a look. Revealed late in September, this new laptop has some pretty nice specifications.