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Isometric city-builder Nebuchadnezzar gets Fire, Crime & Diseases on September 15

By Liam Dawe,
Nepos Games have announced that their city-builder Nebuchadnezzar, which was inspired by the likes of Pharaoh, will be getting another big free update on September 15.

Steam Next Fest appears to be a success with a 421% wishlist jump for half the titles

By Liam Dawe,
It appears that Valve's regular event with Steam Next Fest has done a whole lot of good for developers, with plenty more wishlists and sales happening.

Wayland gets DRM lease protocol support to help VR on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Another tick in the box for Wayland to eventually properly replace X11 for all workloads, as the work on DRM lease protocol support aimed at VR has been merged in.

AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) comes to the PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3

By Liam Dawe,
Thanks to the power of open source, AMD's answer to NVIDIA's DLSS is spreading with FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) now available in the PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3.

Imagine if you could customize the Steam Deck colours - try it out with this tool

By Liam Dawe,
With the upcoming Steam Deck from Valve only (currently) coming in one colour, it's fun to imagine what it would look like if you could customize the casing colours - so let's try it out.

Impressive free and open source RTS 0 A.D. Alpha 25 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
The twenty-fifth Alpha version of 0 A.D., a very impressive free and open source RTS is out now. Much earlier than usual since they managed to get over some development hurdles in the previous release.

Seems the Valve Steam Deck has been impressing people with some hands-on time

By Liam Dawe,
Recently a bunch of people from other sites went to Valve's offices for some hands-on time with the Steam Deck and it seems the overall impression was pretty positive.

Jupiter Hell shows off how brutal and thrilling a roguelike can be and it's out now

By Liam Dawe,
It's done! Jupiter Hell, the roguelike from ChaosForge is officially out now and it's easily one of the best turn-based action games I've played in some time.

GameMaker Studio 2 introduces an Ubuntu Linux editor in Beta

By Liam Dawe,
Well this is certainly a surprise. YoYo Games have announced an early Beta for GameMaker Studio 2 version 2.3.4 that brings with it a new IDE for Ubuntu Linux. So you can make GMS games on Ubuntu now.

NVIDIA release a new Vulkan Beta Driver with 470.56.05

By Liam Dawe,
Following on from the huge recent 470.57.02 stable release that added in the likes of DLSS for Proton, hardware accelerated OpenGL and Vulkan rendering on Xwayland, and asynchronous reprojection - there's a new Vulkan Beta Driver out today with 470.56.05.

A Monster's Expedition gets a free upgrade with over 100 new puzzles

By Liam Dawe,
Quite possible the best puzzle game from 2020 just got much bigger with A Monster's Expedition seeing a free Museum Expansion out now for all platforms.

Narrative-heavy adventure game Near-Mage announced from the dev of Gibbous

By Liam Dawe,
Time to adventure through Transylvania with the upcoming Near-Mage from the developer of Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

Pokémon for adults? Monster Crown to release in full on October 12

By Liam Dawe,
The monster taming and battling game Monster Crown is set to leave Early Access on October 12. This follows their Kickstarter campaign in 2018 and then little over a year in Early Access.

Extreme sports game Descenders added new bike parks, new customization options

By Liam Dawe,
Descenders, the extreme sports downhill freeriding game recently had another big free upgrade and after a delay the Linux version is back up to date.

Cosmic horror, fleshy monsters and the post-apocalypse meet in Death Trash out now

By Liam Dawe,
After many years in development Crafting Legends have now released Death Trash into Early Access, and it's one of the most promising games we've seen all year.

Relax and rebuild a campsite in the chilled-out Haven Park out now

By Liam Dawe,
Haven Park is a short and casual experience for people who love to do a little exploring, while also doing a little building and repair work too.

Open source Linux GPU drivers Mesa 21.2 released

By Liam Dawe,
Here we go, we have another big upgrade for open source graphics drivers with Mesa 21.2 officially out now.

Feral Interactive confirms Total War: WARHAMMER III for Linux is in progress

By Liam Dawe,
After recently mentioning that A Total War Saga: TROY for Linux was no longer happening, the other side of the coin here is that Total War: WARHAMMER III is still coming to Linux officially from Feral Interactive.

Space station building sim Starmancer has entered Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
After a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2018, Starmancer from Ominux Games and Chucklefish is now actually out and available for all to buy in Early Access.

Total War: WARHAMMER II - The Silence & The Fury out now for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
After a few weeks of waiting, porter Feral Interactive has updated Total War: WARHAMMER II to support The Silence & The Fury DLC along with the latest huge free update.