The supervillains won, so fight back in superhero strategy game Capes - out now

From Spitfire Interactive, former members of Defiant Development who made Hand of Fate, comes the superhero strategy game Capes. It's out now with Native Linux support and it's Steam Deck Verified.

13 años de Sursiendo: transformaciones digitales | Sursiendo

Este mes de mayo de 2024 Sursiendo cumple 13 años de vida. En nuestro contexto del sur de México, territorio maya ancestral, el número 13 es muy importante.

It Takes Two now Steam Deck Verified, EA App launcher no longer required

Finally some good news from an Electronic Arts published title, as developer Hazelight just upgraded It Takes Two to get it Steam Deck Verified.

Vox Media and OpenAI Form Strategic Content and Product Partnership

In a multi-faceted agreement, Vox Media’s content will enhance the output of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and the company will build on OpenAI’s technology to develop products to better serve its audiences and advertisers.

We're giving away three copies of the open-world RPG roguelike The Doors of Trithius

The developer of The Doors of Trithius got in touch to provide some Steam keys to give away for their Early Access expansive open-world RPG roguelike.

Quest Master is basically Zelda-maker and it's now in Early Access

Giving classic Zelda vibes meets Mario Maker styled creation, Quest Master gives you plenty of tools to make dungeons, for you to go alone or in local co-op.

Make Sure You Have Good Backups!!

Don't be like me, make sure you actually have good backups, preferably not just a single backup but especially an offsite backupFull Episode: https://youtu.b...

Historical 4x strategy game Old World - Behind the Throne DLC brings plenty new

Old World is a quality historical 4x strategy game that you should not pass up, especially if you love you Civilization styled games and this latest DLC adds in plenty of new content.

Puppygames bring massive-scale asynchronous PvP battle simulator Battledroid to Kickstarter

Puppygames are launching a new game with Battledroid, a massively multiplayer online asynchronous PvP battle simulator that has a rather big scale to it.

Bella Wants Blood is a bite-sized "roguelike terror defense" game

After releasing the roguelike tower defense Core Defense in 2020, and then the rogue-lite survival base builder Landnama in 2023 developer Sonderland is back with something weird with Bella Wants Blood.

Inspired by the Philippines, cinematic story-adventure Until Then now releasing June 25

After having a bit of a delay, Polychroma Games have announced their their cinematic adventure game inspired by the Philippines, Until Then is now going to release on June 25th.

Steam Beta adds Bluetooth device battery info for Steam Deck, various desktop PC updates

Another round of Steam Client Beta updates are here with Steam Deck and Desktop PC seeing lots of improvements and bug fixes, and it's especially nice for people using Bluetooth on Steam Deck.

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Webinar on Nextcloud Hub 8: Regain control over your time - Nextcloud

Join us in this webinar about Nextcloud Hub 8

Writings and rehearsals by Nathan Schneider

Stop using Opera Browser and Opera GX

Opera Browser and Opera GX are bloated web browsers, and the company behind them has tried to cover up its controversies.

Gnome's Icon Theme Is Objectively Broken

For the longest time on Linux we've had the ability to set a default icon theme for our applications but in the journey of GNOME trying to be different this ...

Raphaël Bastide / Stolon · GitLab

Lightweight HTML, CSS, JS web IDE build with PHP. It generates flat files code prototypes that can be shared. https://stolon.raphaelbastide.com

Primitive purine biosynthesis connects ancient geochemistry to modern metabolism - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Constructing a biosphere-scale model of the evolutionary history of metabolism based on >12,000 biochemical reactions, the authors show that a bottleneck in purine synthesis prevents metabolic expansion from geochemical precursors.

NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters blends an inventory PvP auto-battler with a monster-fusing twist

Inventory management games are becoming another popular thing at the moment. We've had all those survivor-like bullet-heaven games and now another genre is springing to life. NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters looks like a sweet spin on the idea.

Zelda 64: Recompiled, the Majora's Mask PC port v1.1 brings various upgrades

Zelda 64: Recompiled was pretty interesting news recently, a PC port of Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask using the new N64: Recompiled tool and now a fresh update is out to improve it further.

Big Tech to EU: "Drop Dead"

The European Union’s new Digital Markets Act (DMA) is a complex, many-legged beast, but at root, it is a regulation that aims to make it easier for the public to control the technology they use and rely on.

We tried to design the perfect sellside note. How did we do?

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VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2) v0.87 released moving away from Minecraft

VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2), a free and open source sandbox game, has a brand new release available as they begin more movement to end the Minecraft clone wars.

‘I see little point’: UK university students on why attendance has plummeted

About half the students who got in touch skip lectures, with many ‘disappointed’ with the experience and others forced to prioritise paid work

Terraria: The Board Game live on Kickstarter - goal met almost instantly

Terraria the smash-hit indie game is being turned into a tabletop experience with Terraria: The Board Game. It's crowdfunding on Kickstarter, and obviously it was going to do well.

Ardnaculla Summer School — Hometree

Three days of workshops, discussions, and hands-on events for community, landowners, and farmers to explore and learn about the benefits of native woodlands and biodiversity restoration.

Inspired by immersive RPGs from the 90s Sonar Shock looks great

Sonar Shock looks a bit System Shock-like and that's a great thing, as it was inspired by various immersive RPGs from the 90s.

MangoHud performance monitor v0.7.2 out now

MangoHud, the performance monitor you can put on top of games on Linux has a brand new release available with new features and fixes. This is the tech that powers the performance overlay on Steam Deck!

staging: Add xdg-toplevel-icon to allow windows to set dedicated icons (!269) · Merge requests · wayland / wayland-protocols · GitLab

Hi everyone! Here is yet another controversial protocol, but I think it is a lot easier to discuss pros and cons if there is a concrete...

Co-op tower defense beat 'em up ChronoDojo adds various Steam Deck improvements

ChronoDojo blends together two genres that I didn't think would work. Putting together tower defense and a beat 'em up sounds a bit odd, but I've seen a lot stranger.

Physics-based roguelite bullet-hell Cosmo Rider improves Steam Deck controls

Cosmo Rider is a bhysics based roguelite bullet-hell-and-heaven horde-survivor action game. Upgrade your spaceship and traverse procedurally generated galaxies in this space survivors game.

Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine fheroes2 v1.1.0 released

Dear fans of Heroes of Might and Magic 2 and fheroes2 project supporters! The team is excited to present to you the release of version 1.1.

No leaving a Steam account in a will after you die according to Valve

Doing the rounds right now is a post from Valve's Steam support, when a user asked about what would happen to their Steam account when they died and it's not great news for anyone hoping to pass on your Steam account.