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The "video game preservation service" Myrient is shutting down in March


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Myrient is a popular "video game preservation service" that has over 390 terabytes of classics but it's about to go offline forever.

Heroic Games Launcher v2.20.1 brings more essential bug fixes


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Heroic Games Launcher continues to bring improvements to run games from Epic, GOG, Amazon and more on Linux / SteamOS systems with v2.20.1 out now.

Smash everything apart together as Teardown goes multiplayer on March 12


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The physics-based voxel destruction game Teardown is set for a huge free upgrade on March 12th, when the multiplayer update arrives.

Frostrail gets a new trailer to showcase its freezing train-survival gameplay


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Frostrail is another exciting game to keep an eye on, an open-world survival game where you and friends travel through a frozen world on a train.

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction arrives April 28


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Another good one for fans of retro-styled beat 'em ups, as He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction is releasing April 28th.

SpaghettiKart the Mario Kart 64 fan-made PC port gets a big upgrade


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The Harbour Masters team recently released a big upgrade for SpaghettiKart, their Mario Kart 64 fan-made PC port with a bunch of new features.

Run your own band in the pixel art management game Legends of Rock


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Legends of Rock is coming later this year from the developer of Dude, Where Is My Beer? that sees you build up and manage your own band.

Retro games bundle MARVEL MaXimum Collection announced


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Coming from Limited Run Games, MARVEL MaXimum Collection will be a bundle of retro classic Marvel titles "from the golden age of gaming".

Topdeck Automat blends the worlds of roguelike deckbuilder and autobattlers


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Topdeck Automat gives you hundreds of cards to build a deck where your printer droid spits them out at random - sounds like quite a fun mixture.

Kick fascists so hard they fly into the sun in Verminsteel


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Verminsteel is a new announcement from Glass Bottom Games that will see you hack and slash your way through hordes of fascists and take down their leaders.

Grim Dawn celebrates 10 years - set for a big free upgrade with a modern scaleable UI and an expansion


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Grim Dawn is getting an update that will hopefully make the ARPG classic work better across different screen sizes and resolutions (like the Steam Deck).

Longterm supported Linux kernels get a longer life


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Linux developer Greg Kroah-Hartman announced that the Longterm supported Linux kernels are going to be supported for longer than previously announced.

New York sues Valve over "illegally promoting gambling" for loot boxes


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New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a lawsuit against Valve (Steam) for what they say is illegally promoting gambling.

Open source graphics drivers Mesa 26.0.1 released with various bug fixes and a security fix


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Developer Eric Engestrom announced the Mesa 26.0.1 update for open source graphics drivers, the first set of bug-fixes for the latest release.

Brotato gets a DRM-free release on GOG


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GOG fans can finally get in on the Brotato action, just keep in mind - it might suck away endless hours of your time if you're not careful.

KDE Plasma 6.6.1 rolls out with lots of fixes for KWin


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The KDE team have released the latest release for the Plasma desktop, with version 6.6.1 bringing quite a lot of bug fixing.

The Boomer Shooter Blueprint bundle is an epic deal with Selaco, CULTIC and more


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Digiphile, the indie bundle site started by former Humble Bundle staffers, has an excellent Boomer Shooter Blueprint bundle out that's worth grabbing.

Happy four years to the Steam Deck - still the top PC gaming handheld


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Four years ago today, the original Steam Deck LCD released, with it going on to change how everyone sees handheld gaming PCs and Linux for gaming.

Lutris v0.5.21 and v0.5.22 arrive with Valve's Sniper runtime support and new game runners


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Lutris is an all-in-one open source game manager for launching games from various stores on Linux and emulators too - with multiple new versions released.

D7VK version 1.4 brings further enhancements for older Direct3D via Vulkan


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Even more improvements have arrived for D7VK that brings Direct3D 5, 6 and 7 via Vulkan for use with Wine / Proton in version 1.4.