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Co-Founder Of Call Of Duty Studio Raven Retires After 36 Years And 42 Games Released
Brian Raffel, co-founder of Call of Duty studio Raven Software, is retiring after 36 years and shipping 42 games. Founded in 1990, Raven Software initially developed titles like Black Crypt and Heretic before becoming heavily involved with the Call of Duty series starting with Call of Duty: Black Ops. Raffel's career spanned 18 Call of Duty titles and 12 original intellectual properties.
Heretic II has a new reverse-engineered source port
A new reverse-engineered source port, Heretic2R, has been released for the classic 1998 first-person shooter Heretic II. This community-driven project brings several enhancements including widescreen support, improved loading times, and bug fixes. While it currently runs via Proton on Linux, efforts are underway to create a native build.
Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 51: It’s Not Easy Being Green
This article details the author's journey with graphics drivers for Linux gaming, starting with early ATI cards and their limitations with Mesa. It then transitions to using Nvidia's proprietary drivers on older hardware like the GeForce2 MX 400, discussing driver installation challenges and the performance improvements observed across various games.