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It's the weekend and hopefully some of you will find the time to relax and play some games. There's been a lot of new releases lately too!
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Vulkan SDK 1.2.141 is out with GFXReconstruct to improve Vulkan dev
LunarG has released an updated version of their Vulkan SDK with version 1.2.141 out and it includes some new toys to help developers support Vulkan in their games and apps.
Steam Play Proton 5.0-8 has released (update: 5.0-9 too)
After a public testing period of only a few days, Valve has already pushed out Steam Play Proton 5.0-8 pulling in plenty of upgrades and fixes for the compatibility layer.
itch.io has a huge bundle going to support 'Racial Justice and Equality'
Game store itch.io has setup a big mixed bundle of all sorts to support 'Racial Justice and Equality' and there's a lot of interesting stuff in it.
Valve moves the Steam Game Festival to June 16
The upcoming Steam Game Festival Summer Edition has been delayed, as confirmed in a Valve email today.
Wine 5.10 out with more WineD3D Vulkan work and anti-cheat improvements
Alexandre Julliard, CodeWeavers staffer and Wine hacker today announced the Wine 5.10 development release with some more exciting work.
Steal everything and flee from the Burning Knight - out now
With some great lighting work, furious action and a good sprinkle of comedy Burning Knight is an fast-paced roguelike that's out now.
June's Humble Choice is out with Supraland, Overload, Barotrauma and more
Looks like the June 2020 Humble Choice is a pretty good one filled with some highly rated games. Time to take a quick look over what's on offer.
Interviewed - Veloren, an upcoming FOSS multiplayer voxel RPG
Today we have something a bit special for you, an interview with one of the team working to produce the free and open source multiplayer voxel RPG named Veloren.
A new update to Stoneshard makes ranged combat a lot more interesting
Stoneshard, an Early Access turn-based and open-world RPG from Ink Stains Games that has a ridiculously huge amount of potential just had another big update.
Tower Defense with a sprinkle of Deck-Building, Core Defense launches July 31
After being available in an Early Access stage on itch.io, with a demo available in the form of Core Defense: Prelude, the full Core Defense game is now set to launch on July 31.
Build an interplanetary industrial rail network in Space Trains
Two awesome things together: space and trains. I'm not going to question how that's even possible but it sounds like quite a fun little mix of strategy and puzzles.
Simply Puzzles: Codewords brings 100 code-cracking puzzles to Linux
Enjoy a good codewords puzzle and in need of some more? Simply Puzzles: Codewords released recently with 100 levels to tease your brain with.
FOSS transport building sim OpenTTD adds official Ubuntu 20.04 packages
Want to jump into the latest version of OpenTTD and you're on the latest Ubuntu 20.04 LTS? Good news, they now have some official packages setup for it.
Hidden Folks merges DLC into the game, big update out now
Hidden Folks, a somewhat hilarious hidden-object game that's like a much more interactive 'Where's Wally?' has a huge update.
Xbox One wireless dongle driver for Linux 'xow' gets a new release
xow is another fantastic bit of open source, enabling the use of an Xbox One wireless dongle on Linux to be a much nicer experience overall.
elementary OS now allows updates without admin permission
As part of the ongoing work to reduce authentication fatigue, the elementary OS team are going over everything with a fine-tooth comb to ensure asking for admin / root permission makes sense.
KeeperRL Alpha 30 adds Gnomes and enemies that steal your lair
Michał Brzozowski, developer of long-running roguelike KeeperRL, announced the release of the Alpha 30 and it's big with some seriously fun sounding features.
Stadia exclusive Crayta will show off the unique State Share feature
State Share, one of the features of Stadia that Google announced early on looks to be finally coming along with the release of the Stadia exclusive Crayta.
Keep up with Crusader Kings 3 info thanks to a new dev video
Working from home certainly has a lot of challenges but Paradox Development Studio has continued on with Crusader Kings 3 and they have another roundup of what's to come.
- Fanatical Bundle Fest is back and they have lots of goodies for you
- AMDVLK has been discontinued as AMD are throwing their "full support" behind RADV
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- Valve fixes Baldur's Gate 3 issue on Steam Deck / SteamOS
- Steam update gives wider store pages, library sorting, desktop accessibility controls and lots more
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