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Make My MMO: Epitome made $661K on Kickstarter, Elite Dangerous unveiled the Kestrel Mk II
The AI-driven MMORPG Epitome successfully concluded its Kickstarter campaign, raising approximately $661,000 from over 20,000 backers. Meanwhile, Elite Dangerous unveiled the Kestrel Mk II ship in early access, and various other crowdfunded MMOs like Pantheon, Star Citizen, and Project Gorgon provided updates on their development progress and upcoming patches.
No, Elite Dangerous probably wasn’t hacked, but it was down a significant part of the weekend
Elite Dangerous experienced significant server instability over the weekend, leading to player outages and speculation of a hack. Frontier Developments confirmed the issues were resolved and servers are back online. While a player named Big Chungus 40k was identified as trolling, they denied causing the widespread server problems.
Wine 11.3 released with vkd3d and Mono upgrades
The latest release of Wine 11.3 brings significant compatibility improvements for running Windows applications and games on Linux. This update includes upgrades to the Mono engine and vkd3d, along with numerous bug fixes for various games and applications. Key enhancements focus on graphics rendering, DirectSound, and PDB loading, alongside changes to Mono's reflection behavior for better compatibility.
More Ways to Play, More Games to Love — GeForce NOW Wraps CES With Linux Support, Fire TV App, Flight Stick Controls
NVIDIA announced several GeForce NOW updates at CES, including new native apps for Linux and Amazon Fire TV streaming sticks, and support for flight control peripherals. The service is also adding new AAA titles like 007 First Light, Resident Evil Requiem, and Crimson Desert to its library, enhancing cloud gaming accessibility across various devices.
NVIDIA Brings GeForce RTX Gaming to More Devices With New GeForce NOW Apps for Linux PC and Amazon Fire TV
NVIDIA is expanding its GeForce NOW cloud gaming service with new native applications for Linux PCs and Amazon Fire TV devices, offering GeForce RTX 5080-class performance. The service also introduces flight control support for simulation games and new single sign-on integrations for faster access to titles like Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and upcoming AAA games.
