Games: Tribute to Dustin 'Crusader' Reyes and Some Gaming News

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 15, 2023

• Rest in peace Dustin 'Crusader' Reyes, a pioneer of Linux gaming news

  Some sad news to share this Monday morning. A name I imagine a lot of newer readers won't actually know, Dustin “Crusader” Reyes sadly passed away (as confirmed on Nuclear Monster) - someone who was a pioneer of Linux gaming news.

• Theme Hospital open source reimplementation CorsixTH 0.67 is out now

  The best way to play the classic Theme Hospital on modern systems is here, with the release of the game engine reimplementation CorsixTH version 0.67. Read on for what's new.

• Heart of the Machine from Arcen Games dropping Native Linux for Proton

  Arcen Games developers of AI War, The Last Federation, Bionic Dues have said they're no longer doing Native Linux support for their upcoming game Heart of the Machine and will instead rely on Proton.

• Latest trailer for Crowsworn has me desperately wanting this Hollow Knight-like

  Crowsworn looks like it's coming along nicely and fans of Hollow Knight will want to keep a close eye on it. Celebrating two years since their Kickstarter, they have a new trailer up.

• Check out this modern rewrite of the classic racer wipEout

  Do you remember the original wipEout? An absolute classic racer originally released 1995 for Sony PlayStation, DOS and later the SEGA Saturn. Now there's a modern cross-platform remake available to try out.

• Overwatch 2 becomes the worst user-reviewed game on Steam

  While other developers like Larian are riding high with Baldur's Gate 3, it seems Blizzard are not doing so well with the recent Steam release of Overwatch 2 becoming the worst user-reviewed game of all time on Steam (via Steam 250). Overwatch 2 is playable on Linux and Steam Deck thanks to Proton.

• Rockstar Scoops Up Modding, Roleplay Communities In A Departure From Previous Policy

  It’s important coming into this story to know and note that Rockstar, the publisher behind hit franchises like Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, has waged a very public war on modding communities for its games for years now. Despite just how useful these modding communities tend to be in elongating the sales cycle for video games, Rockstar has gone after the tools for making mods for its games, has banned players for using mods even when those mods don’t change online gameplay, has DMCA blitzed the mods themselves, and so on. It’s a very purposeful series of actions clearly based on company policy.