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Stellaris set for a big 'Lem' update in September with 'The Custodians' initiative
It appears that Paradox will continue to push ahead with upgrading Stellaris with a new team formed to help with free upgrades for all players every few months.
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OpenTTD gets a first 12.0 version Beta to make playing with others easier
After the release of OpenTTD on Steam recently, the popularity of the game got a healthy boost but it came with a lot of feedback about some parts that could be improved so this is the first step with OpenTTD 12.0 Beta 1.
Fortune's Run is an upcoming retro-styled hard-scifi shooter worth watching
Announced during the recent Realms Deep 2021 event, Fortune's Run is an upcoming retro-styled first-person shooter set in a hard science fiction universe.
OpenRazer 3.1 rolls out with new Razer device support and bug fixes
OpenRazer is the excellent free and open source driver collection for a big growing list of Razer devices. A big new release is out with OpenRazer 3.1.
The Humble Jackbox Summer Party Bundle is live
Ready to party and play some rather silly games? The Humble Jackbox Summer Party Bundle went up and it has good Linux support for the big packs and a few of the standalone games too.
Didn't last long: Back 4 Blood no longer working on Linux with Proton
Well, looks like the previous excitement around Back 4 Blood and the Open Beta for Linux users is over, as it appears whatever they tweaked recently now stops Linux players with Proton.
Valve puts up a Steam Deck trailer and the head of Xbox seems to really like it
Valve has remembered they have an official YouTube channel with the release of a new advert for the Steam Deck, plus the Steam Deck gets a nod of approval from an unlikely source.
Debian 11 "bullseye" is officially out now
Seeing more than two years in development, the Debian team has announced the release of Debian 11 "bullseye" as their latest major stable upgrade.
Wine 6.15 is out seeing more PE library conversions, work for the GDI syscall interface
The latest and greatest development release is available for Wine so you can defeat those Sunday blues with some tasty fresh bottled code. Wine 6.15 brings various new features and bug fixes.
Zorin OS 16 Pro brings a little Windows 11 flavour to Linux
Zorin OS 16 Pro, the upcoming release that will replace Zorin OS Ultimate has been announced and one of the features they're showing off is a pre-made style to look like Windows 11.
Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu gets much improved performance and rendering accuracy
While it's still a real PITA to setup, the Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu has released what they call Project Hades, a massive rewrite to their shader decompiler which is a big thing for it.
s&box from Facepunch 'works great' on the Steam Deck but no native Linux plans
s&box is the upcoming game from Facepunch Studios that acts as a sequel to Garry's Mod although it won't actually be Garry's Mod 2. Recently Facepunch were asked about Linux support since it uses Valve's Source 2 game engine.
Don't Starve Together: Waterlogged is out adding a new ocean biome
Ready to set sail once again? Don't Starve Together: Waterlogged is the latest free expansion for the popular gloomy survival game from Klei Entertainment.
Developer ehmprah gives an update on how Core Defense did a year later
Core Defense is a "roguelike tower defense game with a dash of deckbuilding" and now it's been out for little over a year, developer ehmprah gives an overview of how the indie release went.
CS:GO gets some fun new music and a music video from various video game composers
Introduced back in 2014, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) added in Music Kits to replace music in game and to play if you're the MVP to bug everyone else with and they just released a fun sounding Tacticians Music Kit Box.
Proton 6.3-6 gets a Release Candidate with new game support and fixes
Valve and CodeWeavers are working towards a fresh release of Proton with plenty of goodies including like more games working, and plenty of bug fixes too.
Looks like the fresh Back 4 Blood Beta is working on Linux with Proton GE
Back 4 Blood is releasing in October from Turtle Rock Studios (original developer on Left 4 Dead) and they now have an Open Beta that anyone can try out and it appears to work with Proton GE.
Chaos is the name of the game in CreatorCrate as you devour everything
CreatorCrate from developer Jori Ryan is all about running around and causing chaos. It's fast, totally ridiculous and a lot of fun to blast through.
The V3DV Vulkan driver for Raspberry Pi 4 is nearing Vulkan 1.1 support
Iago Toral of Igalia has written up a blog post going over a bunch of work done for the V3DV Vulkan driver for Raspberry Pi 4 and it's coming along nicely.
Mojang continue tweaking Minecraft with a new Caves & Cliffs biome in testing
With the second part of the Caves & Cliffs update in progress, Mojang put up a snapshot to try in July and they've continued tweaking it since.
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