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Death Stranding absolutely sold me and you should play it

By Liam Dawe,
I don't actually often play the big AAA games but for Death Stranding, I finally took the plunge and thanks to Steam Play Proton running it on Linux was a fantastic experience overall.

This hilarious Doom mod takes aim at NFTs

By Liam Dawe,
NFTs, they're freaking everywhere and NFT bros have become some of the most annoying people on the planet and so of course there's now a Doom mod to mock them.

Selaco looks mental in the latest 'ridiculous' particle effects teaser

By Liam Dawe,
Built with the awesome power of GZDoom, the upcoming shooter Selaco is really looking to be something quite special and I absolutely need to play this.

Check out Ashes 2063 and Ashes: Afterglow, fantastic Doom II total conversions

By Liam Dawe,
An incredibly impressive double-episode total conversation for Doom 2, we have Ashes 2063 and Ashes: Afterglow.

Duke Smoochem 3D is turning into a hilarious look at Britain

By Liam Dawe,
What started off as a joke, Duke Smoochem 3D now seems to be turning into something of an actual game.

First-person shooter RPG 'Beyond Sunset' looks awesome in the new trailer

By Liam Dawe,
With a graphical style inspired by classic DOS games, Beyond Sunset is probably one of the absolute most promising looking retro shooters coming.

This new mod puts Jazz Jackrabbit in the Doom engine

By Liam Dawe,
Jazz Jackrabbit and Doom together? Can't say I ever expected that but Doom engine modders constantly surprise me. Jazz Jackrabbit Doom - Episode 1 is out now.

Steam Play tool Luxtorpeda for running games in native Linux engines sees a major upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
Steam Play allows Linux gamers to use many different compatibility layers like Proton for running Windows games but Luxtorpeda instead makes games use an available native Linux game engine.

Doom Fighters turns the classic Doom II into a beat 'em up

By Liam Dawe,
Doom mods do a lot of things from small adjustments to total conversions and Doom Fighters is one of the most interesting I've seen recently that turns Doom II into a beat 'em up.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 7: The Arena Eternal

By Hamish,
The bedrock of almost all the LAN parties played in my household, Quake III Arena also became a trusty reliable for when I felt the urge for a casual bot match. Whenever I felt the need for a fresh Linux installation, Quake III Arena always became the first game I would reinstall. This had as much to do with the game's technical achievements as my fondness for the gunplay.

Cyberpunk speedrunner platformer Aeon Drive is out now starring Kira Buckland

By Liam Dawe,
Developer 2Awesome Studio has released Aeon Drive, a cyberpunk themed platformer with a speedrunning theme.

Another month down, here's a round-up of what was big through September 2021

By Liam Dawe,
September 2021 is officially over and with it a whole lot of news came in. Here's our monthly overview round-up of what was big in case you missed it.

Valve's Steam Deck dev kit got the early benchmark treatment

By Liam Dawe,
Shared on a Chinese news website, one lucky recipient of the Steam Deck developer kit decided to show off some benchmarks although they probably weren't supposed to.

Thatcher’s Techbase, the Doom II mod where you take down Maggie Thatcher is out

By Liam Dawe,
A mod of Doom II that we covered a week ago set in the good old United Kingdom, Thatcher’s Techbase, is out now and sees you take down Subject M4GG-13 who is none other than former prime minister Margaret Thatcher.

Coding History: 3D from Mode7 to DOOM needs a last push for their open source 3D engine

By Liam Dawe,
Coding History: 3D from Mode7 to DOOM is a Kickstarter campaign from game developer Eniko, founder of Kitsune Games (Kitsune Tails, Super Bernie World, MidBoss, and more) to create a special tutorial series about how to replicate 3D effects seen in classic retro 3D games from the 80s and 90s.

Take down a resurrected Maggie Thatcher in this upcoming Doom II campaign

By Liam Dawe,
Yes that's right, Maggie Thatcher has somehow escaped from Hell in Thatcher's Techbase, a new Doom II campaign that has been announced that will be free to grab on September 24.

Ray Tracing on Linux with AMD GPUs gets closer with multiple games working

By Liam Dawe,
While Ray Tracing has worked on Linux for a long time with NVIDIA, the situation with Mesa+AMD is still being worked out but the good news is that it's all finally coming together.

Proton Experimental gets DEATHLOOP working on Linux with AMD GPUs (update: NVIDIA too)

By Liam Dawe,
Valve and CodeWeavers have updated Proton Experimental again, the special testing version of Proton that brings in some of the latest fixes for the Windows-game compatibility layer. UPDATED.

Zink driver for OpenGL over Vulkan adds more game support like Metro: Last Light

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Mike Blumenkrantz has continued hacking away on the Zink driver, that provides OpenGL over Vulkan to ensure it works with even more games.

Wild time-looping adventure Kraken Academy!! is out now

By Liam Dawe,
A high school like no other with ghosts, cultists, crocodiles and something about a magical kraken that can manipulate time. Kraken Academy!! sounds nuts and it's out now.
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