Games: Quake, DOOM, and More

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2023

• Quake 2 Ported To Apple Watch

  DOOM always seems to spontaneously appear on any new device the day it’s released. From printers to industrial robots to pregnancy tests, it always makes its way on anything with an integrated circuit and a screen. But that’s not the only 90s video game with a cult following and and ability to run on hardware never intended for gaming. The early Quake games are still remarkably popular, and the second installment of this series was recently brought to the Apple Watch thanks to [ByteOverlord].

• DOOM Eternal removed Denuvo and it plays great on Steam Deck

  With all the new amazing games coming out basically every month, lets not forget some slightly older games worth playing. Like DOOM Eternal, that just removed Denuvo Anti-Tamper.

• Linux continues rising above 3% desktop user share on Statcounter

  Another month, another set of stats showing that Linux desktop seems to be doing better than ever. According to Statcounter, the Linux share has risen once again. A great sign for the health of the platform with more people using it.

• Merciless survival roguelite turn-based city builder 'Dotage' releases in October

  With a vision of a doomed future, you set off to build a new village in Dotage. Blending together a city-builder, with turn-based progress merged in with a survival roguelite? Sign me up. Sounds wild.

• DREAMM emulator for classic LucasArts games v2.1 out with Linux support

  DREAMM is another project focused on keeping classic games alive, designed originally for preserving classic DOS, Windows, and FM-Towns LucasArts games. After a previous Beta release added initial Linux support, the developer has released DREAMM 2.1 now with the Linux support added in along with plenty of other enhancements.

• Girl Genius: Adventures In Castle Heterodyne is out now

  Rain Games developer of Teslagrad has just released Girl Genius: Adventures In Castle Heterodyne, an action adventure game based on the graphic novel series, Girl Genius, by authors Phil & Kaja Foglio. This follows the successful Kickstarter campaign for the game in 2020 where they gained $256K in funding.

• Steam will soon show better controller support details like for PlayStation controllers

  Valve has announced to developers that they're going to be rolling out better ways to show off controller support for games on Steam.