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Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 18: Run Away and Join the Circus

By Hamish,
Although being sold for Windows, I found a listing for a physical copy of the free game Circus Linux! as published by Alten8. At first I figured it would just be another keep case in my collection with "Linux" on the cover, but with the source code included, I decided it would be trivial to also build the game for Linux.

I hate to admit it but I like Disney Dreamlight Valley — works well on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Well here's a game I didn't expect to like or actually be any good. It's Disney Dreamlight Valley from Gameloft, a game that's a mixture of Harvest Moon and Stardew Valley but for Disney fans.

Valve are still fixing up Left 4 Dead 2, over 10 years after release

By Liam Dawe,
Valve seem to be continuing to give some love to their older titles, with Left 4 Dead 2 recently getting a nice bug-fix release.

Distrobox can open up the Steam Deck to a whole new world

By Liam Dawe,
Distrobox is a way to use pretty much any other Linux distribution in your terminal, along with full GUI apps and now it supports the Steam Deck with SteamOS too.

Defend humanity from an alien organism in puzzle game Xenospore

By Liam Dawe,
A mixture of strategy and puzzling elements together, Xenospore is a currently free game about defending humanity by prevent a strange alien organism from spreading too far.

The Minecraft Live event returns October 15 with a fresh mob vote

By Liam Dawe,
If you still love Minecraft and want to find out all that's coming, mark the calendars for October 15 as Minecraft Live is set to return.

GE-Proton 7-33 and Wine-GE-Proton 7-28 are out now

By Liam Dawe,
Two very popular open source compatibility layer projects from developer 'GloriousEggroll' are out now, with updates to both GE-Proton and Wine-GE-Proton too.

Heroic Games Launcher version 2.4.3 is another critical bug-fix release

By Liam Dawe,
The open source Heroic Games Launcher for running Epic Games and GOG has another important bug-fix release now available.

Windows compatibility layer Wine 7.17 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
This is the compatibility layer that allows you to run various Windows applications and games on Linux (and forms part of Steam Play Proton). Once a year or so, a new stable release is made but the development versions are usually fine to use.

Voxel Doom brings voxel goodness to the original DOOM

By anewson,
Voxel Doom is a mod for GZDoom which replaces 2D characters and props from Doom with fully 3D voxel-based models.

The Starlight Children's Foundation Bundle has a really odd selection

By Liam Dawe,
Humble recently launched the Starlight Children's Foundation Bundle and it's a thoroughly odd selection but some of you might want to check it out.

Valve opens official Steam Deck repair centers

By Liam Dawe,
Need to get your Steam Deck fixed up? Well, you no longer have to do it yourself as Valve have officially opened up some repair centers.

Prison Architect is getting a 'Free for life' update (and yes it's free)

By Liam Dawe,
Double Eleven and Paradox Interactive just announced a new free update coming to Prison Architect named 'Free for life'.

Fight against socks and sandals, grey suits and more in Fashion Police Squad

By Liam Dawe,
What do people have against socks and sandals exactly? Fashion Police Squad is a funny new first-person shooter from Mopeful Games and No More Robots and might be one of my favourite games this year.

Intel reveals Arc Graphics A-Series desktop GPU specifications

By Liam Dawe,
As Intel ready up their dedicated desktop graphics, they have released fresh details on the specifications so here's what's about to arrive.

The new Library Mode in Wine manager Bottles looks awesome

By Liam Dawe,
Here's an update I missed recently somehow. Bottles, the application you can use for managing various Windows games and apps installed with Wine had a fresh update with a fancy new Library Mode.

Crusader Kings III: Friends & Foes out with free update and Free Weekend

By Liam Dawe,
Crusader Kings III has a big free update out now, plus the Crusader Kings III: Friends & Foes event pack is out now. You can also try the game free this weekend.

Classic racer Re-Volt returned to Steam — here's how to work it on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Re-Volt is a retro delight from the year 1999 that originally came to GOG in 2013. Sadly it was pulled from sale when it was found to contain code written by the community, that the release did not have permission to use. Now it's back and on Steam too.

AMD announces FidelityFX Super Resolution 2.1 upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
AMD continue pushing ahead with improvements to their upscaling tech FidelityFX Super Resolution with version 2.1 already available now.

Proton Experimental fixes up Red Dead Redemption 2, gets more games working

By Liam Dawe,
Recently Red Dead Redemption 2 had a big update which amongst other things, added in FidelityX Super Resolution (FSR) 2.0. Sadly, it broke it on Linux and Steam Deck but Valve already have a fix out but you need to pick it manually for now.