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GameCube emulator Dolphin adds RetroAchievements support

By Liam Dawe,
Another nice win for people who love hitting challenges, as RetroAchievements support has now been added to Dolphin for GameCube.

Get ready to beat 'em up in Steam's Fighting Games Fest that's now live

By Liam Dawe,
Time to choose your fighter? Steam's Fighting Games Fest is now live and will run through July 22nd so you can get some delicious discounts.

Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess is a quality shoot 'em up throwback to Desert Strike

By Liam Dawe,
Inspired by the Strike series (Desert/Jungle/Urban Strike) and Choplifter, Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess is a lot of fun if you love fast-paced shoot 'em up action.

Here's more of the latest Steam Deck Verified games including Sea of Thieves

By Liam Dawe,
Another round of games have gone through Valve's official testing for Steam Deck, so here's a fresh mid-July round-up of Steam Deck Verified games for you to begin your week with.

Nexus Mods new cross-platform app adds experimental Cyberpunk 2077 support

By Liam Dawe,
On top of fixing up various issues with Stardew Valley modding, the new Alpha of the cross-platform and open source Nexus Mods app introduces experimental Cyberpunk 2077 support.

Wine 9.13 brings more CMD.EXE engine rewrites, supports loading ODBC Windows drivers

By Liam Dawe,
A little later than they usually put out a release, the Wine 9.13 update is out now bringing more new features and bug fixes to bring better Windows compatibility to Linux.

Linux kernel 6.10 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux kernel 6.10 and with it, plenty of new hardware support and improvements to existing hardware. You know the drill.

Free to play customizable platform fighter Counterpick Labs is out in Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Here's your chance to play a platform fighter that's a bit different, and help shape its development with Counterpick Labs now in Early Access from developer UrbanMotmot.

Check out Quantum Witch, a platformer meets point and click choose your adventure

By Liam Dawe,
Developer NikkiJay recently revealed Quantum Witch, a rather quirky sounding mix of game genres that blends a platformer with a sort-of choose your adventure style.

Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine fheroes2 v1.1.1 released

By fheroes2,
The team is excited to present the new version of the fheroes2 engine - 1.1.1 for Heroes of Might and Magic II after more than a month of hard work.

Get a bunch of different simulators in the Summer Sims 2 Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
For those gamers who love a bit of busywork, the Summer Sims 2 Humble Bundle has some popular simulation games available.

RPG Maker MV / MZ for Linux tool now supports TyranoBuilder, RPG Maker XP / VX / VX Ace

By Liam Dawe,
While it's in need of a better name, the RPG Maker MV / MZ for Linux tool had a new release recently that expanded the support for running games on Linux from TyranoBuilder, and RPG Maker XP / VX / VX Ace.

PS2 Emulator PCSX2 2.0 is out now and it's a huge upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
PCSX2 is a popular open source emulation for the Sony PlayStation 2 (PS2) and PCSX2 version 2.0 is now officially available with a great many changes and improvements.

RPG Maker / Pixel Game Maker devs move to Godot for Action Game Maker

By Liam Dawe,
Well this is certainly an interesting one. Gotcha Gotcha Games known for the RPG Maker series and Pixel Game Maker have announced Action Game Maker and it's being made with the open source Godot Engine.

OBS Studio 30.2 is out now with native NVENC encode for Linux, shared texture support

By Liam Dawe,
Video recording and livestreaming tool OBS Studio version 30.2 is officially out now, bringing with it various new features and a nice few Linux improvements too.

Open Source implementation of GOG Galaxy's Communication Service, Comet sees a first release

By Liam Dawe,
While it still has plenty of work ahead of it, Comet is a very promising project to bring the full power of GOG Galaxy over to Linux without needing to run their client in Wine.

Cute pet sim Hamster Playground is out now, free and Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
Hamster Playground has today left Early Access as a finished game, ready for you to jump in and get adopting cute little furry friends. It has Native Linux support and is now Steam Deck Verified too!

Legends of Adventure is an upcoming Sierra On-Line documentary on the rise of adventure games

By Liam Dawe,
Do the names Ken and Roberta Williams ring any bells for you? If so, you might want to keep an eye on Legends of Adventure: The Story of Sierra On-Line.

Super reaKtor is the most insane-looking bullet hell I've seen in a good while

By Liam Dawe,
Think you have fast reflexes? Super reaKtor looks like it will thoroughly test you with its rather unique take on bullet hell.

Double Dragon is coming back from Arc System Works with Double Dragon Revive

By Liam Dawe,
Due out for release in 2025, Double Dragon Revive is bringing the almighty classic beat 'em up back for modern audiences from Arc System Works.