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D3D9, D3D10 and D3D11 to Vulkan translation layer DXVK 1.8 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Usually used for Wine and Steam Play Proton, the translation DXVK layer that moves Direct3D 9, Direct3D 10 and Direct3D 11 to Vulkan has a new release available with DXVK 1.8.

Mutropolis is a sci-fi adventure where you revisit Earth in the year 5000

By Liam Dawe,
Set in the year 5000 when we're all living on Mars after some kind of great disaster on Earth, it's time to go back and discover what's still left.

Learning Factory is like Factorio with lots of cats and plenty of automation

By Liam Dawe,
Combining the ideas found in Machine Learning with automation and Factorio styled conveyor belts everywhere, Learning Factory from Luden.io has entered Early Access.

Open-world, turn-based RPG 'Relic Space' gets a trailer and release window

By Liam Dawe,
Love turn-based tactical battles in space? Well the upcoming Relic Space is showing a huge amount of promise and it will be entering Early Access later this year.

Dungeon crawler Ultimate ADOM - Caverns of Chaos is out in Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for another game that makes you stay up all night for one more run? Ultimate ADOM - Caverns of Chaos is now out in Early Access on the Steam store.

Blasphemous: Strife & Ruin free upgrade out now with a Boss Rush Mode

By Liam Dawe,
Blasphemous has another free expansion out now with Blasphemous: Strife & Ruin, pulling in Miriam from Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night along with more free content.

CrossCode: A New Home expansion announced for February 26

By Liam Dawe,
CrossCode, the retro-inspired 2D Action RPG set in the distant future is set to get an expansion with CrossCode: A New Home confirmed to be releasing on February 26.

NVIDIA continues tweaking their work for hardware accelerated Xwayland support

By Liam Dawe,
Back in January we reported on how NVIDIA was looking to support hardware accelerated GL and Vulkan rendering with Xwayland, and it seems it's continuing to progress.

Pharaoh-like isometric city builder Nebuchadnezzar is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Nebuchadnezzar is an isometric city builder styled like classic Impressions Games titles like Pharaoh and Zeus and it's out now across both GOG and Steam.

Closed Hands is an upcoming interactive fiction examining extremism and radicalisation

By Liam Dawe,
Set to release with Linux support in March, Closed Hands from developer Passenger Games led by Dan Hett, is an experimental and political video game that explores the complex effects of extremism on a range of cultures and communities.

GTA III and Vice City get reverse engineered with a new game engine

By Liam Dawe,
Want to revisit the classic GTA III and Vice City? You should take a look at re3 and reVC which not only provide the source code, they also upgrade the experience for both.

Civilization VI will be expanding the Barbarians in the next free update

By Liam Dawe,
Announced for release on February 25, the next free update for all Civilization VI players will include some updates to the Barbarians with a new game mode.

Viking strategy game Northgard releases the free Expeditions expansion

By Liam Dawe,
Offering up a new way to play the game and unlock some cosmetic items, Northgard Expeditions is the 5th major expansion to the Viking strategy game and it's a free update too.

Imperator: Rome 2.0 Marius and the Heirs of Alexander content pack out now

By Liam Dawe,
Ready to try Imperator: Rome again? Paradox have been busy overhauling quite a lot of it, with it still being one of the worst rated Paradox titles by users overall.

Have a NZXT Kraken? You can use GKraken to configure it on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
If you own one of the NZXT Kraken coolers you might want to check out the GKraken project to configure it under Linux.

Valve & Netflix teamed up for a Dota anime series

By Liam Dawe,
If, like me, you're a bit of an Anime fan you might want to keep an eye on Netflix as DOTA: Dragon's Blood has been announced for release in March.

The Humble Plug In (And Play!) Digital Bundle is live and worth a look

By Liam Dawe,
In need of a few new games? The Humble Plug In (And Play!) Digital Bundle is now live and worth a look.

Adventure game about Death's daughter 'PRIM' is up on Kickstarter - try the great demo

By Liam Dawe,
PRIM is a point and click adventure game with some of the best art and most impressive demos I've seen for a while in the genre, and now you can help make the full game a reality.

DemonCrawl the Minesweeper-roguelite RPG is adding an online multiplayer mode

By Liam Dawe,
DemonCrawl was already highly unique with the Minesweeper styled roguelite gameplay, now it's going a step further with an online multiplayer mode inspired by auto-battlers.

Plasma 5.21 rolls out as one of the best looking Linux desktops available

By Liam Dawe,
Love your PC to look flashy? The KDE team put in a lot of effort to be both beautiful and functional with the latest Plasma 5.21 release which is out now.