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Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine fheroes2 v1.0.6 out now

By Liam Dawe,
fheroes2 continues to improve the classic Heroes of Might and Magic II, with a new release available now with plenty of tweaks and improvements.

FACEIT Anti-Cheat to support Linux / Steam Deck with BattleBit Remastered

By Liam Dawe,
The developers of BattleBit Remastered have now given a much more clear answer to what their plans are for their anti-cheat and it seems it's great news for gamers on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

Proton Experimental fixes up New World and Aura: Fate of the Ages

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a small and sweet update for Proton Experimental, fixing up more game issues. Here's what's changed for July 14th.

Get some at-home arcade game fun in this latest bundle

By Liam Dawe,
The Humble At-Home Arcade Bundle is live and it has a couple of games you might want to add to your collection. Here's what compatibility to expect on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

CodeWeavers blog about their Linux / Steam Deck work on Proton with PooShooter

By Liam Dawe,
PooShooter: Toilet Invaders, yes it's a real game and we all had a bit of a chuckle when we saw Valve noted it fixed in a Proton changelog recently. CodeWeavers, Valve's partner on Proton development, have a blog post up talking about why it was interesting to solve.

Retro-inspired JRPG 'Alterium Shift' enters Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Love your classic JRPG-likes? Alterium Shift is another good looking entry that recently entered Early Access on Steam with Native Linux support.

Cartridges game launcher adds support for Legendary for Epic Games and Flatpaks

By Liam Dawe,
Remember Cartridges? The simple launcher that aims to be a sort-of all in one solution, to bring together games from all of your sources. Well, it just had a nice upgrade.

Star Labs announced the compact Byte Mk II PC

By Liam Dawe,
Need a new mini-PC? Hardware vendor Star Labs have announced their refreshed Byte Mk II and it looks like quite a tidy little unit.

Try out the new demo of the upcoming JRPG inspired Quartet

By Liam Dawe,
Following a success on Kickstarter, turn-based pixel-art JRPG inspired title Quartet now has a demo available with Native Linux support.

New DLC info for retro-style beat-'em-up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

By Pengling,
More information and a new trailer have been published for the recently-announced Dimension Shellshock DLC for the native Linux beat-'em-up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, revealing a new Survival Mode.

Factorio upgraded with controller support - now in the stable release

By Liam Dawe,
Factory building and automation sim Factorio has a fresh stable release out, continuing years of free upgrades and it now has gamepad controller support.

Godot Engine has a new funding platform and they're calling for help

By Liam Dawe,
With Godot Engine moving over to being supported by the Godot Foundation directly, they've begun pushing for people to support their efforts via their new funding platform inspired by Blender.

Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu makes some big progress in the latest report

By Liam Dawe,
The incredible team building the Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu have a new progress report out for June 2023 and it's quite a doozy. Yes June, they're running over previous work.

AMD opens up the FidelityFX SDK and it's now on GitHub

By Liam Dawe,
Helping game developers integrate various AMD FidelityFX technologies into their games, AMD yesterday open sourced the FidelityFX SDK.

Team Fortress 2 - Summer 2023 Event is live as it smashes player records

By Liam Dawe,
Finally it's here! Valve has updated Team Fortress 2 with a Summer Event for 2023 and it appears to have exploded the player counts.

Get a bunch of cyberpunk games in this latest bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Love the whole cyberpunk theme? Humble have put up the Cyberpunk Playground bundle. Here's what to expect for compatibility on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

After being removed from Steam, Betrayer is now free on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
After vanishing from Steam quite a while ago in 2021, Betrayer from Blackpowder Games has resurfaced on GOG and it's free to add to your account.

Infinity Engine replacement GemRB 0.9.2 improves Planescape: Torment support

By Liam Dawe,
GemRB is a free and open source game engine reimplementation for Infinity Engine games including Baldur’s Gate, Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale 1 and more.

Realms Deep returns with more explosive games on September 30th

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for more first-person shooter goodies? 3D Realms announced last week that the event is set to return on September 30th.

Tabletop inspired roguelike adventure Abalon adds Linux & SteamOS support

By Liam Dawe,
Abalon (formerly known as Summoners Fate), a roguelike adventure game inspired by tabletop classics recently announced official Linux and SteamOS support.