RetroArch 1.8.6 is out with Savestate Compression, 3DS improvements and plenty of fixes
The RetroArch team have put up another fresh release of their front-end for emulators, game engines and more. RetroArch 1.8.6 comes with some big new tricks.
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Steampunk first-person, base building survival game 'Volcanoids' gets co-op on May 20
Volcanoids is a fantastic idea for a survival game, that lets you build and customize a great big moving drill and this month on May 20 it's getting online co-op support.
Bullet Express seems like an amusing upcoming 2D action-RPG loot shooter you can try now
LazyGemsGames are working on Bullet Express, a new 2D action-RPG shooter where you level up and merge guns together to create their ultimate form.
Steamdolls - Order of Chaos will bring brutal steampunk metroidvania to Linux
Steamdolls - Order of Chaos was announced recently from developer The Shady Gentlemen, giving a metroidvania a steampunk style with some brutal action.
According to NetMarketShare during April we saw a big bump in Linux use - Ubuntu gains big
It appears that during the Coronavirus lock-down, the Linux market share according to website NetMarketShare has seen quite a large bump.
Steam has a huge indie game sale for The Indie MEGABOOTH live now
The Indie MEGABOOTH, a team that have supported indie game developers for a long time through events are now running a huge sale on indie games on Steam and there's some awesome stuff.
Unreal Engine 4.25 is up with tons of Linux improvements and Vulkan API fixes
While the Epic Games Store may not support Linux, at least Unreal Engine does and it appears to have been given quite a lot of attention in the Unreal Engine 4.25 release that went out officially today.
Stadia finally gets wireless Stadia Controller support in the web browser
Google have again rolled out a feature they've been promising for some time, as today you can now use the Stadia Controller over wireless with a Chromium browser.
Clever and quirky musical platformer 'Songs for a Hero - A Lenda do Herói' gets an English version
Songs for a Hero - A Lenda do Herói has been around for a few years now, and it ended up quite popular for a good reason. It's a platformer with a clever musical twist but until now it wasn't available in English.
Manjaro Linux and Star Labs team up for their Linux-focused hardware
Star Labs, a small Linux vendor from the UK has teamed up with Manjaro Linux to offer Manjaro as an option on their custom Linux laptops.
Free-moving fast-paced rogue-lite 'ScourgeBringer' adds a whole new awesome world
ScourgeBringer entered Early Access back in February and very rapidly became one of my favourite games of this year, and it has continued being awesome with the latest update.
EVERSPACE 2 looks incredible in the latest footage, lots of player ship variation will be possible
As ROCKFISH Games continue developing the crowdfunded space combat sim EVERSPACE 2, they've gradually showed off more footage and revealed more info.
Extreme downhill freeriding sports game Descenders has a big discount and two new tracks
Descenders is fast, smooth and most importantly for an extreme sports game - it's intense. It's also now on a big discount with some fresh content added too.
Tasty Static, clone of the classic SkyRoads has a new release out
Remember SkyRoads? A classic 90's racing game with a bit of a twist, that acts a bit like a platformer. It has a free clone called Tasty Static, which recently had a big update. I've been a little obsessed over it too.
Software news: Inkscape finally hits 1.0 and Krita 4.3.0 gets a first Beta
Two big bits of software news for artists to share today as two major bits of FOSS software have big new versions up with Inkscape and Krita.
Vulkan 1.2.140 spec out and NVIDIA has a new Vulkan Beta Driver up with new extension support
Two bits of Vulkan related news to share today. Recently the Vulkan specification was bumped again with new extension and today a new NVIDIA Vulkan Beta Driver went up.
Set in the Killer Queen universe, ABS vs THE BLOOD QUEEN brings the side-scrolling arcade game home
Crowdfunding now on Kickstarter for release later this year is ABS vs THE BLOOD QUEEN, a return to the Killer Queen universe from BumbleBear Games.
Jupiter Moons: Mecha gives deck-building roguelikes a metal makeover
Currently in development with a Prologue coming first, Jupiter Moons: Mecha pulls deck-building roguelikes into the far future with you being a Mech pilot.
Seeds of Chaos, an adult (NSFW) dark fantasy tale with RPG & Strategy elements is now on Linux
Not a genre we cover often here but we always try to highlight a bit of everything. If you enjoy games very much aimed at adults, with plenty of NSFW elements (nudity, sex etc) then Seeds of Chaos might be for you.
Rise up and fight in the crowd-based retro brawler Tonight We Riot - confirmed for Linux
Tonight We Riot, developed by a worker-owned cooperative Pixel Pushers Union 512, is a 'revolutionary' crowd-based retro brawler that looks like good messy fun and it's confirmed for Linux.
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- Fedora proposal to drop 32-bit support has been withdrawn
- SteamOS 3.7.13 update gets fixes for more handhelds, fixes WiFi regression on Steam Deck OLED
- GE-Proton 10-7 out now with fixes for Wuthering Waves, Anno 1800, Wine Wayland
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