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Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 25: Quantum Axcess

By Hamish,
Back when I first played through Quake: The Offering I found that I enjoyed the two mission packs even more than I did the original Quake campaign, and while these were the only official addons sold for Quake, several third party expansions and total conversions exist that also had retail releases. Two of these, Shrak and Malice, were published on CD-ROM in 1997 by Quantum Axcess. 

Classic 1990s series Catacomb lives on with the CatacombGL source port

By Liam Dawe,
CatacombGL is an open source project to run Catacomb 3D (1991), The Catacomb Abyss (1992), The Catacomb Armageddon (1992) and The Catacomb Apocalypse (1993).

Big open ocean adventure Sail Forth is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Sail Forth looks like a wonderful ocean adventure on the more chilled side of things (in a way), and if it's anything like the earlier versions I tried a while back, it would be an easy recommendation.

Tower-defense base-building mining game Lumencraft adds procedural maps

By Liam Dawe,
Lumencraft is a really interesting game that blends together elements of tower-defense, base-building, mining and a little Deep Rock Galactic in a top-down view. A big new release is out now and it's Steam Deck Verified with Native Linux support.

73 of the top 100 most popular Steam games are playable on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
It's been a little while since checking how well the top 100 most played games on Steam work on Linux and the Steam Deck, so here's a fresh run over the list for you.

Despot's Game: Dystopian Army Builder to leave Early Access this 'Summer'

By Liam Dawe,
Despot's Game: Dystopian Army Builder is a great little auto-battler with dungeon crawling that allows you to build up a truly ridiculous combination of characters and it's getting ready to leave Early Access.

DXVK v1.10 and VKD3D-Proton v2.6 out improving Proton for Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Two vital open source projects for the Steam Deck had new releases today, with the DXVK and VKD3D-Proton layers that translate Direct3D / DirectX to Vulkan.

Steam Deck Verified and Playable hit a thousand games

By Liam Dawe,
Just about a week after the Steam Deck formally released, we have officially hit over one thousand games that are either Steam Deck Verified or Playable.

Proton Experimental heats up with fixes coming, plus a disk space saving measure

By Liam Dawe,
Now that the huge release of Steam Play Proton 7.0-1 is out, work begins again on Proton Experimental as it pulls in all the latest changes for you to play with.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 11: Forgotten Heresies

By Hamish,
Almost from the very start Raven Software and id Software had a symbiotic relationship. Given the Linux friendly atmosphere at id, it is no surprise that some of that would start to rub off on Raven, culminating in Loki Software negotiating to make a port of Heretic II.

Get some quality games and help charity in the F*CK CANCER Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Get some top quality games, while also helping a charity doing good work in the Humble F*CK CANCER Bundle.

A look at the top 100 Steam games on Linux - January 2022 edition

By Liam Dawe,
To begin 2022, let's take a fresh look at the current top 100 Steam games and see how well (or not) the run on Linux.

Get Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun free during the GOG Winter Sale

By Liam Dawe,
GOG have put up their Winter Sale and it's a good chance to not only grab some cheap games but also get a free copy of the truly excellent Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun.

More BattlEye titles for Proton on Linux including DayZ, ARMA 3 now supported

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has announced today that BattlEye support on Linux with Steam Play Proton has expanded, with new titles available.

Kingdom Two Crowns: Norse Lands expansion is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Kingdom Two Crowns: Norse Lands is a brand new expansion for the popular mix of strategy and exploration from publisher Raw Fury and developers Stumpy Squid / Fury Studios.

A look at the top 100 Steam games and how many will work on Linux and the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Across various previous articles we've looked at how many games are supported on Linux and how many Windows games work with Steam Play Proton, so let's take a look at the current top 100.

Kingdom Two Crowns will expand again with Norse Lands coming soon

By Liam Dawe,
Kingdom Two Crowns: Norse Lands is the latest announced expansion for the side-scrolling kingdom builder and it sounds like it's going to be quite an exciting addition.

The final version of the free FPS, Wolfenstein: Blade of Agony, is out now with Chapter 3

By Liam Dawe,
Get ready for some of the best retro-FPS action you've played in some time, as Wolfenstein: Blade of Agony the high-quality shooter in the spirit of the classics is out now.

Relaxed narrative-adventure about a struggling writer Forgotten Fields is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Forgotten Fields from Frostwood Interactive and Dino Digital, a casual and quite relaxing adventure about a struggling writer is out now with Linux support.

Wolfenstein - Blade of Agony releases Chapter 3 plus a revamped Chapter 1 & 2 on April 30

By Liam Dawe,
Even more glorious retro FPS goodness is coming! Wolfenstein - Blade of Agony, the incredible GZDoom story-driven free game will be getting a brand new release on April 30.
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