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Heroes of Might and Magic II reimplementation gets big audio improvements and AI speedup

By Liam Dawe,
4
Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine reimplementation, fheroes2, has another great new release out continuing to be the absolute best way to play this classic on modern platforms.
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Windows compatibility layer Wine 7.11 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
3
The Windows compatibility layer that allows you to run various applications and games on Linux (and forms part of Steam Play Proton) has a new development release out with Wine 7.11.
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LightSpeed Studios (Tencent) joins the Open 3D Foundation

By Liam Dawe,
14
LightSpeed Studios, owned by Tencent, has joined up with the Open 3D Foundation who oversee the Open 3D Engine (O3DE).
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Heroic Games Launcher has a bug fix release AND a huge new overhaul Beta

By Liam Dawe,
20
Two goodies for fans of the open source Heroic Games Launcher today. Those sticking with the stable release get some fixes, and those who want some fun can try out a huge new Beta.
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Wine manager Bottles gets a bit of a makeover

By Liam Dawe,
6
Bottles, the fantastic and fast-moving free and open source application for managing the Wine compatibility layer has a new release out with a new code-name and a refreshed look.
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Proton 7.0-3 is out further improving compatibility on Steam Deck and Linux

By Liam Dawe,
10
Proton 7.0-3 is the latest stable version of the compatibility layer, that allows you to run Windows games on Steam Deck and Linux and it's out now. Here's what's new.
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Proton Experimental updated for June 14th, more video playback and bug fixes

By Liam Dawe,
4
Another smaller update is now available for Proton Experimental, the special version of Proton that has all the latest fixes first for you to try.
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KDE Plasma 5.25 is out now, here's some of what's new

By Liam Dawe,
54
Ready to get the latest and greatest from the KDE team? The awesome Plasma 5.25 release is officially out now.
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Microphone noise suppression app NoiseTorch returns with a new release

By Liam Dawe,
14
NoiseTorch, a popular real-time microphone noise suppression app recently had a possible security issue but it's been reviewed thoroughly and it's back.
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Here's how to get Steam Deck and Gamepad controls in Minecraft

By Liam Dawe,
2
Want to get a better Minecraft experience on Steam Deck or with Gamepads as a whole? Thanks to a new mod, it's easily possibly with the latest versions of Minecraft.
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GZDoom 4.8.0 with cut-scene system, Discord integration, HUD scaling

By Liam Dawe,
1
The free and open source retro FPS game engine, GZDoom, has a brand new release available with some big new features.
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Linux Panfrost driver for Mali GPUs now supports the new Valhall architecture

By Liam Dawe,
0
Good news for fan of Arm devices, as developer Alyssa Rosenzweig has announced that the Panfrost driver for Mali GPUs now supports the new Valhall architecture.
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Action Quake 2 (AQtion), considered the 'precursor' to Counter-Strike now on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
3
Action Quake 2 (AQtion), a free and open source first-person shooter that the developers say "spawned one of the most popular and influential games of all time, Counter-Strike" is now available on Steam.
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ScummVM 2.6 is incoming, devs asking for testing help of more retro games

By Liam Dawe,
3
ScummVM, the excellent open source software that bundles together multiple game engines has a new release coming and now it's time to help test.
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Wine 7.10 rolls out with 56 bug fixes

By Liam Dawe,
0
Wine is the compatibility layer that allows you to run games and applications developed for Windows - on Linux (plus also macOS and BSD). A new biweekly development release is out now with Wine 7.10.
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The QuickLaunch plugin for the Steam Deck is a great time-saver

By Liam Dawe,
2
With the Steam Deck you can install various third-party games and applications in desktop mode. However, it's a bit annoying adding them all to Steam and so the QuickLaunch plugin can save you some time.
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Heroic Games Launcher gets more Steam Deck and Flatpak improvements

By Liam Dawe,
12
Heroic Games Launcher for Epic Games and GOG on Linux and Steam Deck has a new update out, mostly focused on cleaning up some problems but also sprinkles in some new features like a command-line interface.
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Corsair driver and UI for Linux ckb-next version 0.5.0 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
6
Have some fancy Corsair hardware that you want to tweak on Linux? You need the ckb-next project, which has a new release out with version 0.5.0.
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Get some classics working better on Steam Deck with Luxtorpeda upgrades

By Liam Dawe,
5
Luxtorpeda is a Steam Play tool (like Proton) but for running various Native Linux games engines. A fresh update is out, further improving Steam Deck support.
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Morrowind gets shiny in OpenMW with post-processing shaders coming

By Liam Dawe,
15
OpenMW, the free and open source game engine reimplementation of Morrowind is about to get a lot better looking, with post-processing shaders coming in the next release.
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