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Intel talks up new hardware at Intel Architecture Day 2021
Intel Architecture Day 2021 happened and Intel has put out quite a bit more information on upcoming processors, GPUs and more. So here's the major points announced relevant to desktop users.
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The free creative Mario Maker-like platformer MakerKing is out now on Steam
After having regular early public releases available for around 4 years now MakerKing (previously called Jumpaï), has formally entered Early Access on Steam and it's free to play.
The GOG Games Festival is live with new games and lots on sale
It seems GOG have been watching what Valve are doing with Steam and they've announced the GOG Games Festival.
Splitgate to remain in Open Beta 'for the foreseeable future', adds 2v2 Ranked mode
1047 Games have announced that due to the explosion in popularity that Splitgate, the FPS with portals will see the current Open Beta extended with no end date.
MATE 1.26 is out now with big changes like initial Wayland support
The MATE desktop environment version 1.26 has released after 18 months of development and excitingly adds some more Wayland support to various parts of the stack.
Save your school in Kraken Academy!! with the help of a time-loop on September 10
Kraken Academy!! sounds like a wonderfully weird game where you attending the most unusual high-school that's full of ghosts, cultists, crocodiles and a magical Kraken.
Play through a sci-fi cooking competition show in Galactic Chef
Thoughtquake Studios are currently developing Galactic Chef, a fun spin on cooking games with a sci-fi theme where you take part in a competitive cooking show.
ScummVM continues keeping games alive with early Macromedia Director support
Remember any classic games made with Macromedia Director? Well you're in luck, as the ScummVM project is adding in some early support for it.
Icculus has released MultiZork, making the 1980 classic Zork multiplayer
Some games live on forever and that's very much the case with Zork, a true classic interactive fiction adventure from 1980 and thanks to Ryan "Icculus" Gordon there's also now MultiZork.
Having VR issues on Linux? You should look to disable async reprojection
Virtual Reality is still a niche and doing it on Linux is a niche within a niche, that said when it works it's brilliant but there's a few problematic issues that have arisen recently.
Manjaro Linux 21.1.0 Pahvo is out with installer improvements, new desktop upgrades
Manjaro Linux, the distribution based on Arch Linux but with an aim to make it more suitable for less advanced users, has a big new version released with Manjaro 21.1.0.
Zink Vulkan driver Suballocator lands in Mesa, certain games get 'over 1000%' more FPS
Zink, the OpenGL implementation on top of Vulkan continues to be an exciting development for Linux open source graphics drivers, with some new code landing in Mesa to improve its performance.
Among Us not connecting on Linux with Proton? Here's a simple fix
Among Us continues to be a very popular game and it can run quite nicely on Linux with Steam Play Proton, however if you have issues with it not connecting or getting a black screen - there's a really simple fix.
Check out the pumping new trailer for SPRAWL an upcoming hardcore FPS
SPRAWL is yet another promising upcoming FPS that we managed to get some new footage of thanks to the Realms Deep 2021 event, and it's looking really good.
Iron Gate explain the new Valheim blocking and staggering mechanics in Hearth & Home
In another video about the upcoming Hearth & Home update for the co-op survival game Valheim, developers Iron Gate did a short explainer video about some new mechanics.
Bronze Age RTS game The Fertile Crescent adds Wonder building and victory option
Like a retro-pixel Age of Empires, the RTS game The Fertile Crescent continues getting bigger with two recent updates expanding on what you can do in the game.
FPS adventure Hedon 2 arrives as a free update on August 30
Another that was announced during Realms Deep 2021 is that Hedon is getting a sequel, although it will be released as a free update for all existing players.
Death Trash is doing well and has made back its development costs
Developer Stephan Hövelbrinks of Crafting Legends recently gave an update on how Death Trash is doing, after it entered Early Access on August 5.
Prodeus is set to get co-op support and shows off the character art
Prodeus is a crowdfunded retro-inspired first-person shooter currently in Early Access and it's set to get a huge upgrade soon with online co-op support.
Proton GE sees another new release pulling in lots of fixes
Proton GE, the community-built version of the Windows compatibility layer Proton has a new release available and there's quite a lot of fixes included.
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