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Surreal Engine is an open source reimplementation of Unreal Engine for classic games

By Liam Dawe, Jan 23

Originally called UTEngine, Surreal Engine is a community-made attempt to reimplement enough of the original Unreal Engine to get games like the original Unreal Tournament (99) working.

Riot Games cutting 11% of staff (about 530 people)

By Liam Dawe, Jan 23

Ouch. Yet another developer is getting rid of staff in a move to cut some costs and this time it's Riot Games, who will be waving goodbye to 11% of their people.

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Proton 8.0-5 brings more HDR gaming to Linux / Steam Deck plus lots of fixes

By Liam Dawe, Jan 22

Proton 8.0-5 is here marking more games as playable, bringing HDR support to even more games and of course the usual bug fixes aplenty to Steam Deck / Desktop Linux.

Unified Linux Wine Game Launcher aims to improve Windows games on Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Jan 22

Oh no! Another launcher! Well, not quite. In fact, Unified Linux Wine Game Launcher (ULWGL) is actually meant to be used by existing game launchers like Heroic Games, Lutris and others on Linux desktop and Steam Deck.

Palworld overtakes Counter-Strike 2 for most players on Steam and hits 5 million sales

By Liam Dawe, Jan 22

There seems to be absolutely no stopping Palworld. It just keeps on growing and pulling in more players with its enticing theme of Pokémon with guns and crafting.

Last Epoch crosses 1 million Early Access sales, new trailer and pre-order bonuses

By Liam Dawe, Jan 22

Eleventh Hour Games are ramping up their plans for the 1.0 release of Last Epoch, the popular ARPG with a rather unique sounding item trading system. Now there's a new trailer and details of pre-order bonuses if you pick it up before February 21st.

You slept through the end of the world in Aground Zero

By Liam Dawe, Jan 22

Aground Zero just recently released from Fancy Fish Games, as a spin-off from their popular side-scrolling survival game Aground. This time it's in full 3D and you're deep underground and you slept through the end of the world.

Edge ISO available for Linux Mint 21.3 with newer Linux kernel

By Liam Dawe, Jan 22

The Linux Mint team have announced the release of the Edge ISO for the latest Linux Mint 21.3, making it easier to use with newer hardware.

31% of devs already using AI and the PC platform looks strong from GDC Survey

By Liam Dawe, Jan 22

The annual GDC Survey is out now and it's an interesting look into what developers are up to and how the industry is changing, and some of the info this time around is pretty eyebrow raising.

MONSTER HUNTER RISE adds new DRM that breaks it on Steam Deck (UPDATED)

By Liam Dawe, Jan 22

Capcom have rolled out an update to MONSTER HUNTER RISE, and sadly it has broken it on Steam Deck. As they continue attempting to change their DRM in older games. ARTICLE UPDATED: Valve fixed it.

Palworld is Steam Deck Playable and runs on Desktop Linux with Proton

By Liam Dawe, Jan 19

Palworld is a new release on Steam in Early Access from Pocketpair. A fusion of Pokémon with monster catching, farming, building and much more. It is Steam Deck Playable and does work on Desktop Linux too.

VCMI, open-source engine for Heroes of Might and Magic III v1.4.3 brings lots of bug fixes

By Liam Dawe, Jan 19

If you want to play the classic Heroes of Might and Magic III, the open source engine VCMI is easily the best way on modern platforms and version 1.4.3 is out now with plenty of bug fixes.

Steam Beta adds explainers to Steam Deck performance menu - plus fixes for Desktop too

By Liam Dawe, Jan 19

Valve has released a new Beta for the Steam Deck and Steam Desktop that improved numerous bugs, and for Steam Deck makes the performance menu a little easier to understand.

GPU Reshape is a fancy new open source tool for developers

By Liam Dawe, Jan 18

A fresh announcement for developers today is GPU Reshape, a free and open source tool that could be really useful for game developers working with Vulkan and DirectX 12 to deal with potentially undefined behaviour.

Deep survival game Vintage Story adds cave-ins, improved first-person, lots more animals

By Liam Dawe, Jan 18

Vintage Story is a brutal deep survival game that I just love to watch expand, because it's so filled full of content it's spilling over the sides. The latest release, v1.19.0 Dejank Redux brings in even more content.

Tomb Raider I-III Remastered gets Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe, Jan 18

Tomb Raider I-III Remastered is releasing from Aspyr and Crystal Dynamics on February 14th, and now Valve have given it the green tick of approval as it is now Steam Deck Verified.

Exiled is a new compact puzzle thriller from the director of My Friendly Neighborhood

By Liam Dawe, Jan 18

Up for being puzzled and thrilled at the same time in a compact setting? John Szymanski, director of My Friendly Neighborhood, has released a standalone version of Exiled.

Need more Left 4 Dead 2? Check out the huge Cold Front mod

By Liam Dawe, Jan 18

Inspired by Fuze Studios' Left 2 Die for Roblox, Left 4 Dead 2 just got a huge new mod campaign for you to play through with Cold Front and it looks great.

Popular mobile puzzle game classic Threes! is launching on PC for its 10th anniversary

By Liam Dawe, Jan 18

Threes! took the mobile world by storm back in 2014 winning the Apple Design Award, and finally for its 10th anniversary it will be coming to Steam so we can all get in on the fun. Releasing on February 6th, it appears it will have Native Linux support too!

Time Survivors is the most completely absurd Vampire Survivors-like yet

By Liam Dawe, Jan 18

Time Survivors just released on Steam and like many horde survival games it takes the idea of Vampire Survivors, and puts a few little different ideas into the mix and it's probably the most insane one yet.

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