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Stone Kingdoms is an in-development open source remake of Stronghold

By Liam Dawe,
Anyone remember the original Stronghold from FireFly Studios? Well, there's an open source remake named Stone Kingdoms.

GE-Proton 7-44 is out with multiple game-specific fixes, plus initial HDR work

By Liam Dawe,
The community-built version of Proton, the Windows compatibility layer, GE-Proton 7-44 is out now and here's what's new.

Bluetooth support for the Stadia Controller is now live

By Liam Dawe,
Google has put up a web-based tool to turn on the Bluetooth mode for the Stadia Controller, as we finally say goodbye.

Stellaris: First Contact story pack announced focusing on pre-FTL and cloaking

By Liam Dawe,
Stellaris: First Contact is the next DLC for the space sci-fi strategy game from Paradox, with more of a focus on the early game.

GameImage turns games, emulators and Wine into an AppImage - useful perhaps for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Formerly named Agape, GameImage is a way to package up games with either Wine or an Emulator into a portable AppImage that could be useful for the Steam Deck.

The Division 2 launched on Steam but no support of Steam Deck or Linux

By Liam Dawe,
In another clear case of anti-cheat woes for Steam Deck and Linux desktop gaming, The Division 2 is another broken game.

The longest beard wins in wizard brawler MageQuit

By Liam Dawe,
In the mood for a simpler action game to play with friends in local or online multiplayer? MageQuit isn't a new game, but I did miss that it added full Native Linux and Steam Deck support.

Old World - The Sacred and The Profane DLC adds a lot of new events

By Liam Dawe,
Old World - The Sacred and The Profane is a new DLC for the impressive historical strategy game from Mohawk Games and publisher Hooded Horse.

The next Valheim biome will be Ashlands, a land of the dead

By Liam Dawe,
Valheim developer Iron Gate AB has begun teasing the next biome update, and they're doing things a little bit differently with Ashlands.

Steam desktop and Steam Deck Beta fixes up more on-screen keyboard issues

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has released a fresh Steam desktop and Steam Deck Client Beta, with more fixes for the on-screen keyboard and other adjustments.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 21: Fluffy Bunnies

By Hamish,
While their foray into interactive storybooks did fail to impress, it did help remind me of BlackHoleSun Software, one of the earliest Indie developers to create games with Linux in mind. Their most famous game Bunnies was released as shareware in 2001, providing a demo version you could later update through use of a retail key. Thankfully, the story does not have to end there.

Tabletop Club is a free and open source physics-based 3D tabletop game sim

By Liam Dawe,
Want a Tabletop Simulator like experience but prefer free and open source games? Keep an eye on Tabletop Club.

Breachway is a deck-building Slay the Spire meets FTL: Faster Than Light

By Liam Dawe,
Breachway looks like one to watch, a game the blends together the deck-building of Slay the Spire and space antics of FTL.

Stop an alien substance spreading in the Regulator City demo

By Liam Dawe,
Regulator City is an upcoming action rogue-like from developer Orangepixel, where you're tasked with stopping the spread of a strange powerful alien substance.

State of the industry: MSI offered a chance to win the ability to buy a GPU

By Liam Dawe,
The GPU industry is so broken right now and to make things worse, MSI thought it would be a good idea to do a lottery for a chance to win the ability to buy a GPU.

Skul: The Hero Slayer adds a whole new Dark Mirror mode for a new challenge

By Liam Dawe,
Popular rogue-lite 2D platformer Skul: The Hero Slayer recently got a big upgrade with The Dark Mirror and it looks pretty great.

Valve suffers a huge leak from various games like Portal, Half-Life 2 and Team Fortress 2

By Liam Dawe,
It seems the season of leaks is continuing with Steam developer Valve now having a bunch of content from their games leaked online.

Proton Experimental fixes Splinter Cell, Final Fantasy XIV Online and Asian text

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a fresh build of Proton Experimental on January 13th which include a few notable improvements across various games for Steam Deck and Linux desktop.

Gamescope (used on Steam Deck) adds in some VR support

By Liam Dawe,
What are you up to Valve? Gamescope, software used on the Steam Deck for Gaming Mode that handles displaying everything recently had some VR work pulled in. Perhaps for the upcoming Deckard VR HMD?

System76 teasing new fully AMD powered Pangolin Linux laptop

By Liam Dawe,
System76 saw your many comments and they're going to deliver. The Pangolin is making a return, powered by all AMD.