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GamingOnLinux ☛ A retro gem returns and rebuilt, Knytt Classic is out now and free | GamingOnLinux
Knytt Classic, a fully rebuilt version of the much loved indie platformer is out today completely free on Steam.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Chaotic rocket engine numbers-go-up space roguelite 'Glory On Pluto' has a fresh demo up | GamingOnLinux
Glory On Pluto is one that completely sucked me in with the initial demo back in May, and the refreshed demo is a good reminder that you need to try it.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Chaotic physics auto battler 'Auto Ball Arena' looks like a funny time | GamingOnLinux
Auto Ball Arena is an upcoming chaotic physics auto battler where you put together pieces and then watch the fireworks during auto battles. Unlike other auto-battlers, this one involves some actual physics too which will make it a fair amount more entertaining to watch during the fights. And perhaps, some unexpected outcomes.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Valve emailed about a cyberattack against their shipping partner CEVA Logistics in Europe | GamingOnLinux
If you ordered hardware from Valve in Europe recently, some of your details may have unfortunately been leaked. Valve just sent out an email today to those affected by their partner CEVA Logistics.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ MARBLE SOULS sounds hilarious bringing souls-likes systems with oldschool marble gameplay | GamingOnLinux
This sounds hilarious actually, bringing together some elements of souls-like with rolling marble gameplay into something I've not seen before. I spotted this being announced by Stuffed Wombat who originally made the fun Mosa Lina platformer.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ 26 more games join GeForce NOW during August 2026 | GamingOnLinux
NVIDIA have announced the next set of games coming to their cloud gaming service GeForce NOW for August 2026. Not everything has a date yet - we'll just have to wait and see on some of them.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Return to Castle Wolfenstein RealRTCW brings PS2 maps to the Cursed Sands DLC | GamingOnLinux
Cursed Sands brought over the previously console-exclusive prologue to PC back in May, and now it has expanded to include the PS2 maps as well. It's currently exclusive to the RealRTCW overhaul mod, which the developers said is due to an "important technical reason for that, which I will elaborate upon later on".
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Devolver Digital plan to go private again | GamingOnLinux
After going public with shares back in 2021, it seems the heads of Devolver Digital have realised it's not a very good fit for an indie publisher. They announced via investor relations their plans to delist from AIM so they can go private again.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ ProtonPlus v0.6.0 adds support for Faugus Launcher, improved controller navigation and more | GamingOnLinux
ProtonPlus v0.6.0 is out improving this fantastic manager for all the different community builds of Proton, with new advanced features and general improvements.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Heroic Games Launcher 2.22.1 brings Proton-CachyOS, controller improvements and more to come | GamingOnLinux
The Heroic Games Launcher just launched a small hotfix with some new features while they work on some bigger stuff still to come. What is it? A free and open source application for downloading games from GOG, Epic and Amazon.
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Tom's Hardware ☛ Steam hardware distributor hit by cyberattack, 'expect fake messages,' Valve warns — Europe vendor has personal information and hardware purchase details stolen
Steam hardware customers in Europe should 'expect fake messages' said Valve in an email bulletin, after a distributor's security was breached.
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GNOME ☛ Laureen Caliman: Vocab-style Crosswords Update | Final Stretch
The timeline for Surveillance Giant Google Summer of Code is coming to an end, and us interns are piecing together the final touches to our projects for submission. Thanks to the help of my mentors, and the duck sitting on my monitor, the algorithm that beats the heart of Vocab Crosswords in GNOME Crosswords has been tremendous strides in accuracy and testability. The primary focus shifted to getting the algorithm landed by the end of the summer, and working on the frontend of the application post-GSoC.
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PC World ☛ Quake turns 30, and its new surprise expansion is free
Quake, released in 1996 and still one of the most iconic FPS games ever made, celebrates its 30th anniversary this summer. In commemoration, id Software and MachineGames have put out a free expansion for the 2021 re-release of Quake. The expansion is called Quake: Dawn of the Machine and is already available as of August 6th, 2026.
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Tom's Hardware ☛ Xbox PC and Game Pass titles are coming to GNU/Linux through 'Xodus' — Heroic Launcher devs embark on new open-source reverse-engineering project
You might be able to enjoy Xbox PC and PC Game Pass titles on GNU/Linux very soon thanks to the efforts of the Xodus team, who're emulating the entire Xbox PC stack through open-source implementations of Microsoft's proprietary components and dependencies.