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Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 4: Installing Red Hat Linux 7.3

By Hamish,
I had some grief installing Red Hat Linux 7.3 but with persistence I was able to get it installed. In terms of compatibility though Valhalla proved to be far superior, so I decided to stick with it and focus on improving other parts of the system instead.

GOG have their absolutely huge Spring Sale live now

By Liam Dawe,
Running until April 5, DRM-free store GOG have announced their Spring Sale is now officially live to get some great games for cheaps.

Mixing strategy, puzzles and cards 'Astral Towers' comes to Linux with the latest update

By Liam Dawe,
Combining together a turn-based card game that needs strategy and a little puzzle solving, Astral Towers along with the open source game engine powering it comes to Linux.

The open source Epic Games client for Linux, Heroic Games Launcher can now run offline

By Liam Dawe,
The open source Heroic Games Launcher is a game launcher that currently works with the Epic Games Store, providing Linux users with an easy way to manage it and play games.

Arrow is a new open source app for developing text adventures and game narratives

By Liam Dawe,
Are you designing a game narrative or want to make some sort of text adventure? Even if it's just prototyping or storyboarding the free and open source app Arrow can help.

OpenRA has a massive new release improving the classic Westwood RTS games

By Liam Dawe,
A day I've been waiting for! OpenRA, the game engine reimplementation of Command & Conquer, Red Alert and Dune 2000 has a huge new release out for 2021 and a flashy new website.

Free and open source multiplayer voxel RPG 'Veloren' has a huge 0.9.0 release

By Liam Dawe,
The community of volunteers building up the next-generation open source multiplayer RPG named Veloren have pushed out another massive release, which includes some big new features.

Terraria hits another milestone with 35 million sold, the number 1 user rated Steam game

By Liam Dawe,
Despite being nearly 10 years since the full release, Terraria appears to show absolutely no signs of slowing down with more milestones being hit and a tease of more content to come.

The Humble Daedalic 15th Anniversary MEGA Game Bundle is now live

By Liam Dawe,
More games for the weekend? Take a look over at The Humble Daedalic 15th Anniversary MEGA Game Bundle.

Upcoming building and management game Diluvian Winds looks great

By Liam Dawe,
Alambik Studio and Goblinz Publishing recently revealed Diluvian Winds, a game that mixes people management with a community building game in a pretty thought-provoking setting.

Valheim hits 6 million sales, gets a small teaser for a big update

By Liam Dawe,
As things start to calm down a little for Iron Gate AB after a massive Early Access launch of Valheim, they've announced another big sales milestone and more to come.

Build the track while another player races it in Can't Drive This out now

By Liam Dawe,
Can't Drive This is a pretty unique multiplayer racing game that sees players go head to head but in very different ways.

Try out the cute demo of survival game Little Martian and try to get home

By Liam Dawe,
Stranded on an Unknown Planet, Little Martian needs your help to survive and perhaps eventually be able to leave.

Lorwolf is an upcoming virtual pet game you play in a web browser

By Liam Dawe,
Browser gaming is alive and well it appears with Lorwolf, an upcoming online wolf-themed pet site that's currently a big success on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter.

Paradox reveal the 3.0 'Dick' update for Stellaris due in April

By Liam Dawe,
Paradox Interactive and Paradox Development Studios have announced the big 3.0 update named 'Dick' for Stellaris that will release alongside the Nemesis expansion on April 15.

Linux driver releases - NVIDIA 460.67 and Radeon Software for Linux 20.50 out now

By Liam Dawe,
Two new drivers went out this week with both NVIDIA and AMD getting in on the update action so let's take a look.

D-Corp mixes frantic co-op action with tower defense, latest update brings it to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
What do you get when you cross resource gathering, local co-op and towers that need manual reloading? Good old fashioned chaos, that's what. D-Corp has recently been updated and now it's available for Linux too. We also have a few keys to give away!

FMV adventure Dark Nights with Poe and Munro gets a Linux Beta

By Liam Dawe,
From the creators of The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective, D'Avekki Studios have put up a Linux Beta version of Dark Nights with Poe and Munro.

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark confirmed for release on April 15

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for more weird and wonderful cases to solve? The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark (season 2) confirmed for release on April 15.

V3DV Vulkan driver for the Raspberry Pi 4 keeps on improving

By Liam Dawe,
Soon, the Raspberry Pi 4 will become even better with the constant improvements being made to the V3DV Vulkan driver.