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Games: ArcRunner, Dead by Daylight, The Last of Us, Stellaris: Galactic Paragons, Thrive, and More

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 11, 2023

ArcRunner: Roguelike + Cyberpunk, Reviewed on Linux

ArcRunner is a roguelike over the shoulder third-person shooter set in a Cyberpunk universe, developed by Trickjump Games Ltd and published by PQube. It works well with Proton, on both PC and Deck.

Get MONSTER HUNTER RISE and Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen in this game bundle

Need even more games? You can't possibly, you already have hundreds (thousands?) but a few more can't hurt right? A fresh Humble Bundle is up to help you save some monies. This time it's the Capcom Heroic Collection!

Dead by Daylight gets Steam Deck Verified

Well, I've been waiting to see what the public official word would be on Dead by Daylight and now it's official. Dead by Daylight is now Steam Deck Verified.

The Last of Us closer to playable on Steam Deck, but the Deck still has RAM problems

The Last of Us Part I from Naughty Dog has another big performance patch out, and the result on Steam Deck is quite surprising. But the Steam Deck still suffers from a major problem.

Direct3D 8 to Vulkan translator D8VK 'production-ready' 1.0 is out now

D8VK translates Direct3D 8 to Vulkan, just like DXVK for Direct3D 9 / 10 / 11 and VKD3D-Proton for Direct3D 12 used with Wine and Proton on Linux and Steam Deck. Fantastic to see the progress on this. I reported on an earlier release, but now the "production-ready" 1.0 is available for you to play with.

Humble Store's Spring Sale 2023 has tons of great deals

Here's your next chance to pick up some absolute bargains, as Humble Store are running their Spring Sale for 2023 which is live until May 23rd. Every two days they will be putting up extra special discounts too, so keep checking back.

Stellaris: Galactic Paragons released, along with free 3.8 update adding co-op modes

A big one for Stellaris is here with the Stellaris: Galactic Paragons expansion launched along with the 3.8 "Gemini" patch for all players. Stellaris: Galactic Paragons expands the political system quite a bit with some new features, allowing for a fair bit more role-play with specialized abilities.

Open source evolution sim Thrive adds prototypes for going on land

Thrive is a free and open source in-development evolution sim, a bit like a more scientific version of EA's Spore and Thrive 0.6.2 expands the gameplay even more with some new prototypes.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 re-implementation OpenRCT2 now lets trains go backwards

Another wonderful update to OpenRCT2 is live, the re-implementation of the classic RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 bringing some new features and plenty of fixes. While it's already fully playable and quite popular, that hasn't stopped the community of developers constantly working to improve it further.