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KDE Discover gets update to prevent you breaking your Linux system

By Liam Dawe, 20 Nov 2021

I must say, I appreciate the attention to make things not only simpler but less breakable lately. First we had APT being patched to stop users removing essential packages, now the KDE Discover software manager gets a similar upgrade.

Wolfire versus Valve antitrust lawsuit gets dismissed

By Liam Dawe, 20 Nov 2021

Well this was very much expected wasn't it? A judge has ruled in the case of Wolfire versus Valve to dismiss the case.

Wine 6.22 is out bringing Mono 7, more Joystick work

By Liam Dawe, 20 Nov 2021

The Wine hackers continue to be exceptionally busy trying to catch up with Windows and a new development release is out with Wine 6.22.

If you love the JRPG style, keep an eye out for Alterium Shift

By Liam Dawe, 19 Nov 2021

Alterium Shift is an in-development indie RPG styled like JRPG classics including inspiration from Chrono Trigger and FFVI.

Set off chain reactions in the explosive upcoming Bomb Club Deluxe

By Liam Dawe, 19 Nov 2021

Bomb Club Deluxe is an upcoming casual comedy game about setting off many explosions across hundreds of levels from Antoine Latour and Lozange Lab (Swim Out / Rip Them Off).

Nobodies: After Death is a point & click where you clean up after assassins

By Liam Dawe, 19 Nov 2021

Nobodies: After Death is another point & click game where you're part of the cleaning crew for a top-secret intelligence agency from developer Blyts.

Kingdom Two Crowns: Norse Lands screenshot

Kingdom Two Crowns: Norse Lands expansion is out now

By Liam Dawe, 19 Nov 2021

Kingdom Two Crowns: Norse Lands is a brand new expansion for the popular mix of strategy and exploration from publisher Raw Fury and developers Stumpy Squid / Fury Studios.

Deck-building RPG Xenotheria looks like it's worth keeping an eye on

By Liam Dawe, 19 Nov 2021

Ganymede Games have announced Xenotheria, a story-driven deck-building RPG with turn-based combat with plans to support Linux at the full release.

Proton Experimental update fixes up DEATHLOOP, Forza Horizon 5 and more

By Liam Dawe, 19 Nov 2021

More fixes made their way into Proton Experimental yesterday, with Valve / CodeWeavers fixing up some issues in a few different games.

Terraria x Don't Starve Together crossover

Terraria x Don't Starve Together is an indie crossover live for both games now

By Liam Dawe, 18 Nov 2021

Today the Terraria x Don't Starve Together crossover event is live, with both games seeing an update with elements of the other appear. Sounds like a lot of fun and a surprisingly good fit between them.

Disco Elysium meets Cloudpunk meets Divinity: Original Sin

Soul Tolerance, an investigative RPG from Chaosmonger Studio is on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe, 18 Nov 2021

Soul Tolerance is the newest title planned by Chaosmonger Studio developer of previous titles like ENCODYA, Clunky Hero and the Robot Will Protect You animation.

APT 2.3.12 package manager released, will no longer let you break everything

By Liam Dawe, 18 Nov 2021

After the issues that happened with Linus from Linus Tech Tips breaking Pop!_OS during the switch to Linux challenge, the APT package manager has been upgraded to prevent future issues happening.

The Zink driver for OpenGL over Vulkan shows good performance on NVIDIA

By Liam Dawe, 18 Nov 2021

Recently developer Mike Blumenkrantz wrote an interesting post in regards to a future upgrade to Zink, the driver that provides an OpenGL implementation on top of Vulkan and the performance with it is looking impressive.

GTA modders behind re3 and reVC fire back in court

By Liam Dawe, 18 Nov 2021

The ongoing saga of modders versus Take-Two continues on, after some people behind the Grand Theft Auto fan projects "re3" and "reVC" got their work taken down from GitHub and then sued.

Beyond All Reason is shaping up to be a truly massive RTS

By Liam Dawe, 18 Nov 2021

Based on the SpringRTS game engine, which itself started off by turning Total Annihilation 3D, Beyond All Reason is going to be a standalone free RTS and it's coming along nicely.

Minecraft Caves & Cliffs Update: Part II releases November 30

By Liam Dawe, 18 Nov 2021

Mojang has announced that Minecraft Caves & Cliffs Update: Part II is releasing November 30, plus there's a new pre-release available to try out.

Mesa 21.3 drivers out, plus NVIDIA 470.62.12 Vulkan Beta for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 18 Nov 2021

Two sets of driver releases are now available. First we have the open source Mesa 21.3 release and we also secondly have the NVIDIA Vulkan Beta 470.62.12 also out now.

The Go Godot Jam 2 starts November 19

By Liam Dawe, 18 Nov 2021

Ready to try out the free and open source Godot Engine? Here's a fun chance. As part of the month-long Go Godot Jam 2 Festival, their Game Jam will start soon!

SteamVR Overlay not working on Arch or Manjaro Linux? Here's a fix

By Liam Dawe, 17 Nov 2021

Sadly, SteamVR on Linux continues to have quite a lot of quirks and over time it's gotten a little rough, here's a way to fix the SteamVR Overlay not working.

Baba Is You gets a level editor, new levels and more

By Liam Dawe, 17 Nov 2021

Baba Is You, the puzzle game where you push word blocks around to link them and change all the rules has a big free update out now with a level editor.