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Adventure Mode for Dwarf Fortress enters Beta on April 17

By Liam Dawe,
Bay 12 Games / Kitfox Games have announced that the Adventure Mode for Dwarf Fortress will be entering a Beta on April 17th. Anyone who owns it on Steam will be able to test it out!

Metroidvania-inspired action roguelike 'An Amazing Wizard' now on Kickstarter with a demo

By Liam Dawe,
One game you should keep an eye on that was briefly covered here recently is An Amazing Wizard, an upcoming action roguelike that looks pretty fun.

Steam Deck hits over 14,000 games rated Playable or Verified

By Liam Dawe,
Another milestone for Valve here, as the Steam Deck has now managed to hit the 14,000 mark for games that are rated either Playable or Verified.

Command & Conquer The Ultimate Collection launched on Steam (and other classics)

By Liam Dawe,
EA just surprised launched the Command & Conquer The Ultimate Collection on Steam in a big bundle, along with a few other classic titles.

Retro-gaming Linux distribution Batocera 39 released

By nwildner,
Batocera.linux is an open-source and completely free retro-gaming distribution, and a new release is now available.

Fedora Workstation 41 will drop GNOME X.Org session as fallback option

By nwildner,
While defaulting to Wayland since version 25 of Fedora Workstation (GNOME), and Fedora version 34 for the KDE Plasma Desktop spin, this Linux distribution intends to completely ditch X.Org session as fallback for GNOME on release 41.

Squad-based shooter Enlisted: Reinforced from Gaijin is coming to Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Enlisted: Reinforced is a World War II squad-based shooter from War Thunder publisher Gaijin, and it was recently revealed to be finally coming to Steam.

KeeperRL 1.0 is out now, merging Dungeon Keeper and a little Dwarf Fortress

By Liam Dawe,
Something around 11 years later, KeeperRL 1.0 has officially been released! A good choice perhaps for people who find Dwarf Fortress a little too much, and enjoy dungeon building.

Nintendo DS emulator DraStic became free of charge after Yuzu case

By nwildner,
After Yuzu emulator owners agreed to pay Nintendo $2.4 million USD and EmuDeck also announcing Yuzu and Citra removal right after the court settlement became available on the internet, Nintendo DS emulator DraStic is now free.

FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage updated with Steam Deck support and no more DRM

By Liam Dawe,
Now known as FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage Collector's Edition, this classic racer has received a fresh big upgrade to ensure it runs nicely and is now Steam Deck Verified.

Plasma 6 lands in Arch Linux, KDE neon teething issues and Plasma 6.1 heating up

By Liam Dawe,
The dust is starting to settle now the huge KDE Plasma 6 release is out in the wild, with it beginning to land for more distributions but there's been some issues.

OpenRCT2 for RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 adds Ukrainian language, partial underground building

By Liam Dawe,
OpenRCT2 continues to keep the dream of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 alive, with a new release v0.4.9 now available adding in some new features and plenty of bug fixes.

Horizon Forbidden West system requirements up, devs mention 'portable gaming devices'

By Liam Dawe,
Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition lands on PC soon on March 21st, with Nixxes once again handling the porting of this previously PlayStation exclusive. The system requirements are also now up so we can see what to expect.

Ghost of Tsushima comes to PC on May 16

By Liam Dawe,
Another PlayStation exclusive is heading to PC! Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT has been announced with a May 16th release date.

EmuDeck 2.2 adds a new Pegasus Frontend, better Linux support, new emulators

By Liam Dawe,
EmuDeck 2.2 has rolled out, for those of you that want easy install and configuration of emulators across various different systems like Steam Deck, Desktop Linux PCs and more.

Humble Choice for March 2024 has Nioh 2, Saints Row, Citizen Sleeper

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for more games to fill up your PC or Steam Deck with? Humble Bundle revealed the latest monthly selection in the Humble Choice for March 2024.

Crusader Kings 3 adds plagues, a legitimacy system and male pattern baldness

By Liam Dawe,
Oh hey, some representation for me, I can be as bald as real life in Crusader Kings 3 now with the latest free update adding a bunch of new features. Oh there's also a big new DLC too.

Wine Direct3D 12 to Vulkan translation library vkd3d v1.11 released

By Liam Dawe,
While Valve continue pushing forward for gamers with VKD3D-Proton, the Wine team continue building up their own separate Direct3D 12 to Vulkan translation library with a new release out now.

Proton 9.0 has another Beta release fixing DEATHLOOP and Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

By Liam Dawe,
Getting closer to the stable release of Proton 9, the compatibility layer that allows running Windows games on Steam Deck and Linux Desktop PCs with another Beta update.

Albion Online is finally getting a server for Europe

By Liam Dawe,
Albion Online is one of the few MMOs with Linux support, and it's set to have a big change soon with the introduction of a server for Europe.