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AMD releases FidelityFX SDK 1.1.0 with FSR 3.1 and Vulkan support

By Liam Dawe,
Good news for developers and open source, as AMD have now finally put up a new release of the FidelityFX SDK which now has FidelityFX FSR 3.1.

DXVK 2.4 brings D8VK for Direct3D 8 support, frame rate limiter adjustments, lots of game fixes

By Liam Dawe,
Another big release of DXVK, the Vulkan-based implementation of Direct3D for Linux with Wine / Proton, has arrived. Version 2.4 expands the Direct3D support to version 8 now thanks to D8VK.

Relaxing nature-stacking puzzle-building game Preserve launches August 8

By Liam Dawe,
Preserve from developer Bitmap Galaxy is a relaxing puzzle nature-building game that's going to enter Early Access on August 8th.

Sea Sniffers is a cozy fishing RPG from the dev of Mighty Goose

By Liam Dawe,
Mighty Goose developer Blastmode recently revealed Sea Sniffers, a cozy fishing RPG in which you explore the ocean with your trusty seal companion.

90s styled Old School Rally hits Early Access on July 19

By Liam Dawe,
Old School Rally is bringing some serious vibes from retro 90s racers like Colin McRae Rally and it's confirmed to hit Early Access on July 19th.

From the dev of Parkitect, Croakwood is a chill town building simulation game about frogs and nature

By Liam Dawe,
Texel Raptor are moving on from Parkitect now and they recently revealed Croakwood, a relaxed town building simulation game about frogs and nature that looks simply wonderful.

NonSteamLaunchers for installing popular stores on Steam Deck has big improvements

By Liam Dawe,
NonSteamLaunchers is a tool for installing various popular game stores / launchers on Steam Deck and desktop Linux with the latest release being a big improvement.

Warzone 2100 - the Campaign Choices Update is out now

By Liam Dawe,
The free and open source RTS Warzone 2100 has a big new upgrade out with the Campaign Choices Update. Making it better than ever and a great time to pick it back up.

Clean up the ocean in the demo for Spilled!

By Liam Dawe,
Spilled! from developer Lente is a sweet casual game about driving your little boat around to clean up the ocean. It has a new demo available with a big graphics upgrade.

Dimhaven Enigmas is a new first-person puzzler from the team behind Quern

By Liam Dawe,
Zadbox Entertainment who created the Myst-like Quern - Undying Thoughts are working on another interesting first-person puzzler with Dimhaven Enigmas.

Chaotic multiplayer physics-brawler Bare Butt Boxing releases in August

By Liam Dawe,
After being in Early Access since May last year, Tuatara Games are readying up their chaotic brawler Bare Butt Boxing for release on August 1.

Bite-sized roguelike tower defense game Bella Wants Blood releases July 24

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Sonderland (previously worked on Landnama, Core Defense) announced their roguelike tower defense game Bella Wants Blood is going to release on July 24 and it's a perfect coffee-break game. Note: the developer sent over a key, thoughts will be up around release.

VR game streaming tool ALVR adds PipeWire support on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
While the Linux support of ALVR is still quite rough due to various issues with SteamVR, ALVR is a very promising way to stream VR games to your headset via Wi-Fi and a new release is out now with v20.9.1.

Fast-paced classic 3D platformer Frogun Encore is out now

By Liam Dawe,
A game that would have fit right at home on the Nintendo 64 or PlayStation 1, fast-paced classic 3D platformer Frogun Encore is now available.

Valve fixes up the new Riven from Cyan Worlds videos on Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Cyan Worlds Inc recently released the brand new Riven that's a re-imagined, and expanded version of the classic from 1997. It had a bit of trouble with videos on Linux / Steam Deck though.

GE-Proton 9-10 adds ELDEN RING EAC fix, pulls in latest DXVK code for d8vk

By Liam Dawe,
GE-Proton 9-10 was released July 7th updating various internal tech as usual to improve gaming on Linux / Steam Deck so here's what's new.

Tech-noir musical tactics game All Walls Must Fall is now permanently free

By Liam Dawe,
Developer inbetweengames announced that their game All Walls Must Fall from 2018 is now permanently free.

Proton Experimental gets fixes for Farlight 84, Shadow Warrior 2, video improvements for 32bit games

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released their usual weekend upgrade of Proton Experimental for Linux desktop and Steam Deck, with an assortment of game improvements.

The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak adds English support plus Steam Deck upgrades

By Liam Dawe,
The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak from Nihon Falcom, PH3 GmbH and NIS America, Inc. hit Steam back in March 2023. However, it was only supported for the Japanese language, now it's been updated in a big way with English language support and Steam Deck improvements too.

Comedy adventure 3 Minutes to Midnight set to release in August

By Liam Dawe,
After a good bit of silence, 3 Minutes to Midnight is pretty much done now with the developers noting they're reading it for release in August.
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