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Vulkan Quake port vkQuake 1.32 adds external WAD, WAD3, and Half-life format support

By Liam Dawe,
vkQuake is an advanced port of id Software's Quake using Vulkan instead of OpenGL for rendering. It's impressive, one of the best ways to play, and the recent update sounds pretty delightful.

DEFICIT is an exciting looking new FPS with chaotic close-quarters combat

By Liam Dawe,
Developer ITEM42 recently announced DEFICIT and it's not often I feel I really need a game after seeing a trailer but DEFICIT looks juicy.

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault open source remake new Beta gets lots of fixes

By Liam Dawe,
I'm genuinely looking forward to replaying through Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and the expansions thanks to the open source OpenMoHAA project that just put out a new Beta release.

Selaco won IndieDB's 2024 Indie of the Year Award plus a big sales milestone was hit

By Liam Dawe,
The epic retro-fuelled shooter Selaco managed to win an award as IndieDB crowned it their 2024 Indie of the Year and it seems overall the game has done really well on sales.

Half-Life 3 rumours are about again after a teaser from G-Man's voice actor

By Liam Dawe,
2025 is shaping up to be potentially one of the most exciting in recent memory, with more rumours about Half-Life 3 being a very real thing.

Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl gets a massive patch with an AI overhaul and lots of A-Life fixes

By Liam Dawe,
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl from GSC Game World has a huge patch out now, that attempts to fix up a lot of the disappointments and bugs with their A-Life system and other AI issues.

Epic Games update the Unreal Tournament website linking to the free downloads from OldUnreal

By Liam Dawe, [updated]
Back in November, I reported on Epic Games giving their approval for Unreal 1 and Unreal Tournament becoming completely free to download. Now, Epic Games have updated the official Unreal Tournament website to link to the OldUnreal community.

Delta Force developer mentions they will look at supporting Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The new Delta Force has launched with kernel level anti-cheat, which sadly doesn't support Linux platforms yet but it seems hope for it is not entirely lost.

Half-Life 2 co-op mod Synergy upgraded for the Half-Life 2 20th Anniversary Update

By Liam Dawe,
Synergy is a free mod for Half-Life 2 that allows you to play the Half-Life 2 series and many other singleplayer Source Mods cooperatively with friends. It was recently upgraded to support the Half-Life 2 20th Anniversary Update.

Incredible retro FPS Selaco adds a new 'Special Campaign' in another huge update

By Liam Dawe,
Celebrating six months since the intial Early Access release, the awesome retro-fuelled Selaco has another really big update out now.

Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core teaser trailer has me excited for more rock and stone

By Liam Dawe,
Deep Rock Galactic is a truly excellent online co-op game, one of the best in fact. Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core takes all the cool bits of it and turns it into a rogue-lite.

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault open source remake gets a first Beta release

By Liam Dawe,
The day has arrived! Medal of Honor: Allied Assault including the Spearhead and Breakthrough expansions can be played easily on modern systems, with various enhancements thanks to the OpenMoHAA project.

Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl review - works on Linux Desktop with Proton but poorly on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl from GSC Game World has now been released and after playing it pre-release, I've had a damn fun time with it.

ROSE is a free rogue-lite arena shooter where you sacrifice your body parts to progress

By Liam Dawe,
A free game to play midweek? Why not eh? You really should check out ROSE, a violent rogue-lite arena shooter where you sacrifice your body parts to progress and gain new weapons and abilities. Developer Zakroutil launched it free on Steam, with an optional donation DLC on November 18th.

Half-Life: Blue Shift remake mod Black Mesa: Blue Shift - Chapter 5: Focal Point released

By Liam Dawe,
Black Mesa: Blue Shift is a remake of the classic Half-Life: Blue Shift, made as a mod for the Half-Life remake Black Mesa. A big new update just landed for Black Mesa: Blue Shift that includes the new Chapter 5 of the story.

Half-Life 2 free to keep until November 18th, Episodes One & Two now included with a huge update

By Liam Dawe,
To celebrate that Half-Life 2 has turned 20, Valve has made it free to claim and keep for a limited time. Not only that, but Episodes One and Two are now included with a huge upgrade.

Get a fresh look at Half-Life 2 RTX in a new video plus the Steam page is now live

By Liam Dawe,
Half-Life 2 RTX looks like it's coming along quite nicely, if you're a fan of everything being a bit shinier.

Team Fortress 2 gets an update to improve matchmaking

By Liam Dawe,
Yup, Valve are still updating and improving Team Fortress 2, and another fresh upgrade is out now improving the matchmaking experience.

Classic Unreal Tournament and Unreal now easier to download free thanks to OldUnreal (updated)

By Liam Dawe, [updated]
Epic Games announced back at the end of 2022 that they were pulling a whole bunch of classics like Unreal Tournament and Unreal from stores, along with turning off servers, but now it's a bit easier to get them running again. ARTICLE UPDATED.

Train finally returns to Counter-Strike 2 in the latest big update

By Liam Dawe,
Train! It's back! A fan favourite map returns that was annoyingly missing from the release of Counter-Strike 2. But it's now back and looking better than ever in the latest update to Valve's FPS.
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