Games: Star Wars Dark Force, Space looter-shooter EVERSPACE 2, Steam Next Fest, and More
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Star Wars Dark Forces source port The Force Engine adds Linux support
The Force Engine is a free and open source game engine reimplementation for Star Wars Dark Forces, with upcoming support of Outlaws. The latest release version 1.08 adds Linux support!
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Space looter-shooter EVERSPACE 2 set to launch on April 6
EVERSPACE 2 from ROCKFISH Games is ready to properly blast off on April 6th and it's looking mighty fine. I've been quite excited about seeing this one completed and I'll be taking a good look around the release or shortly after.
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Steam Next Fest - February 2023 edition brings lots of demos
Running until February 13th, you've again got a while to cram in trying out as many demos as possible in Steam Next Fest - February 2023 edition. Not only is there plenty to play but this also kicks off a full week of developer livestreams and chat, which you can see on the event page.
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Steam and Steam Deck Beta fixes pages not rendering, plus GE-Proton 7-49 out now
Valve put out another small Beta update for Steam Desktop and Steam Deck that fixes some more annoying bugs. Changelog again the same across both, since it's mainly about New Big Picture Mode that Desktop and Steam Deck now share.
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Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 24: Mother Knows Best
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Get some laid-back life sims and builders in this latest game bundle
The Sim-ple Life Bundle from Humble Bundle is another that has a few good looking indie gems you might want to relax with. As usual, I'll go over what to expect on Linux desktop and Steam Deck for compatibility. Noting if something is Native Linux or ProtonDB ratings (which goes: Platinum - Gold - Silver - Bronze - Broken) to save you some clicking around.
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OG DOOM Shows Off The Origins Of Multi-Monitor
We have a thing for DOOM, and we admit it. The source was released, and clever hackers have ported the engine to every system imaginable. It’s a right of passage, when hacking a machine, to run DOOM on it — be it a VoIP phone, or tractor. But the original 1993release does have a few notable tricks, and there’s something to be said for recreating that experience on period hardware. And that’s what we’re covering today: [Tech Tangents] discovered DOOM’s multi-monitor support, and built a 4-computer cluster to show it off.
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Superhero strategy game Capes now being published by Daedalic Entertainment
Daedalic Entertainment have now teamed up with Spitfire Interactive to help their work on the superhero strategy game Capes. It's a turn-based strategy game where you assemble a team of unique heroes who are fighting to take back their city, which is now controlled by evildoers.
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NVIDIA Vulkan Beta 525.47.07 supports extension to help VKD3D-Proton DXR
Seems like a future update of VKD3D-Proton that translates Direct3D 12 to Vulkan for Proton, for Windows games on Linux desktop and Steam Deck, will make use of a newer extension available in the new NVIDIA Vulkan Beta 525.47.07 release.
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Gorgeous puzzler Bonfire Peaks getting a 3-part DLC starting March 2nd
Easily one of the best puzzle games to release back in 2021 and frankly it's criminally overlooked (only 140 use reviews on Steam?!), is set to get a whole lot bigger with the Lost Memories 3-part DLC. The gorgeous blocky-voxel world with great lighting and bite-sized puzzles won me over easily.
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Zero Wing, Twin Cobra and other Toaplan classics get upgraded for PC
All your base are belong to us. Toaplan are having some absolute classics revived including Zero Wing, Out Zone, Twin Cobra and Truxton with a PC release and enhancements. Oh, and Native Linux support to ensure they're great on Steam Deck too.
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Superfluous Returnz is an unnecessary video game of a useless superhero
French comedy point and click adventure Superfluous Returnz is all about a useless superhero and it's releasing on May 15th. Coming with Native Linux support, I must admit one particular scene in the trailer made me laugh a bit, probably more than it should have.
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touchHLE is a new emulator for iPhone OS apps
Want a way to emulate old Apple iOS apps and games? Well, touchHLE just had its first release to prevent some more things being lost to time.