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Dota 2 gets AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution, new event and Battle Pass

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have updated Dota 2 with a major new release featuring not only a brand new Battle Pass and a big new event, they also added in AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution.

Rail network management sim Rail Route is now out in Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
If you think you have what it takes to build and manage a connect network of rail tracks, Rail Route is a game you might want to go and take a look at.

The absolutely wonderful shape-building factory game 'shapez.io' has a Puzzle DLC out

By Liam Dawe,
Out now is the Puzzle DLC for shapez.io, a wonderful Factorio-like game about slicing up shapes to make new shapes.

Run Prop, Run! is a fresh take on the Prop Hunt idea now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Prop Hunt is a game mode that has been popularised in many mods for many games and now it's a whole game. Run Prop, Run! from PlayTogether Studio has entered Early Access.

Intel has formed a new graphics team with Raja Koduri leading

By Liam Dawe,
It seems Intel are going to be betting big on their upcoming standalone graphics cards powered by the new Intel Xe architecture with the formation of a new dedicated team.

Magical comedy point & click adventure Plot of the Druid is up on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe,
After a promising prologue demo a while ago with Plot of the Druid: Nightwatch, the full experience with Plot of the Druid that will support Linux is up on Kickstarter.

More Vulkan goodness arrives in Mesa with the PanVK driver for Arm Mali Midgard & Bifrost

By Liam Dawe,
Collabora has given word that another exciting development has been made for Arm Mali Midgard and Bifrost GPUs, as the new PanVK Vulkan driver has landed in Mesa.

The itch.io Summer Sale is now live

By Liam Dawe,
Ready to pick up something weird and a little unknown? Or a couple of the top indie gems available on itch.io? Now is your chance as their Summer Sale has gone live.

Valve releases a Team Fortress 2 update that helps somewhat against bots

By Liam Dawe,
It seems Valve has not forgotten Team Fortress 2 exists and a fresh update is out now, which pulls in some new security measures and the Summer 2021 Cosmetic Case.

Hello Engineer is out as a Stadia exclusive with State Share, Madden NFL 22 pre-order

By Liam Dawe,
It's been a little while since we talked about Stadia so it's time for another round-up of things happening for Google's cloud gaming service.

NVIDIA 470.42.01 for Linux adds DLSS for Proton, Xwayland, asynchronous reprojection

By Liam Dawe,
This is it. The big one! NVIDIA has today released the NVIDIA 470.42.01 beta driver which brings in lots of fun new things and further improves their Linux support.

AMD releases FidelityFX Super Resolution, source code dropping mid-July

By Liam Dawe,
Today AMD released FidelityFX Super Resolution, their attempt to answer NVIDIA's DLSS and the source code to it is coming soon for developers to look at.

TI10: The International for Dota 2 may not happen in Sweden now as it's not elite enough

By Liam Dawe,
The saga continues for the major upcoming Dota 2 tournament TI10: The International, with it now switching countries due to Sweden not accepting it.

Heroic Games Launcher for Epic Games sees a small bug fix release ahead of the big 1.8

By Liam Dawe,
Heroic Games Launcher is an application built on top of the a command-line client called Legendary, and Heroic has a fresh bug fix release out to help ahead of a major release.

Residual aims to give us a 'new breed' of survival platformer in Q3 2021

By Liam Dawe,
Residual, a "new breed" of survival platformer from OrangePixel and revived publisher Apogee Entertainment is set to release in "Q3 2021" and there's a new trailer.

Peachleaf Valley is an upcoming farming-sim inspired otome visual novel

By Liam Dawe,
Peachleaf Valley, currently having a big success on Kickstarter is a visual novel inspired by farming life sims like Harvest Moon and Stardew Valley.

NVIDIA to launch DLSS support for Proton on Linux tomorrow (June 22)

By Liam Dawe,
While DLSS has been technically available in the NVIDIA drivers for Linux for some time now, the missing piece was support for Proton which will be landing tomorrow - June 22.

Slimbook reveal the Slimbook Executive 14" ultrabook

By Liam Dawe,
Need a reasonably high-end Linux powered ultrabook? Slimbook think they have it ready with the Slimbook Executive.

Looks like a possible Valve Index 2 will make their VR kit go wireless

By Liam Dawe,
Thanks to a new patent that went public on June 17, we can see a little more behind the scenes work on what Valve has planned for their next VR kit with what could be a Valve Index 2.

Vulkan 1.2.182 released with extensions to help VR and the OpenGL over Vulkan driver Zink

By Liam Dawe,
Another specification update for Vulkan is out now with Vulkan 1.2.182. As usual it cleans up some issues but it also brings in multiple new and interesting Vulkan extensions.