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Games DatabaseDefconAn ambitious turn-based world simulator from Anonymes, Defcon drops you into a near-future where the UN has collapsed and 140+ nations are at each…2006

Games DatabaseWargame: AirLand BattleHardcore Cold War tactics, now with air power.2013

Games DatabaseTotal War: Rome IIGrand strategy and epic battles in the ancient world.2013

Games DatabaseMarch of the EaglesNapoleonic grand strategy from Paradox.2013

Games DatabaseCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveThe definitive competitive tactical shooter.2012

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NewsAug 6, 2026PS3 emulation just got 60 percent faster on ARM, and it started with one busy-wait bugSix months of ARM64 work in RPCS3 lands 60 percent more performance at 25 percent less power. One timer bug was worth a quarter of it on its own.→

NewsAug 6, 2026MagicX shows off the Mini Dream’s renders, and the number that stands out is the chipMagicX says the Mini Dream's design renders are finished: a 3.3in OLED, four variants, and an $80 entry model reportedly running an RK3566.→

NewsJul 30, 2026Ocarina of Time gets its first native iOS port with HarkinianPadHarkinianPad is a free native iOS port of Ocarina of Time built on Ship of Harkinian by Chris Sotraidis, running at 60fps with widescreen and touch support.→

NewsJul 22, 2026RPCS3 Now Runs PS3 Games on GPUs From 2007, Because Someone Went and Bought the Old Cards to TryRPCS3 added support for ATI's TeraScale 1 GPUs from 2007 to 2009, running PS3 games on hardware older than the console itself. Open source keeps ancient cards alive.→

NewsJul 17, 2026One PC Gamer Turned Cheap SSDs Into Working Steam Cartridges, and It Struck a NerveA Redditor turned €7 SSDs into working Steam 'cartridges' that auto-launch when docked, and has now open-sourced the 3D files and code so anyone can build their own.→

NewsJul 14, 2026Linux 7.2-rc3 includes Sega Dreamcast driver fixes as i486 support dropsLinux 7.2-rc3 reportedly includes Dreamcast driver fixes while older architectures are dropped, keeping the console alive in modern kernels for emulation and homebrew.→

NewsJun 26, 2026Bohemia Has Opened the Source Code to the Game That Became ArmaFor Operation Flashpoint's 25th anniversary, Bohemia Interactive released the GPL source code to Arma: Cold War Assault, plus a remastered demo.→

NewsMar 1, 2000Terminus Targets Mac, PC, And Linux In One BoxVicarious Visions previews Terminus, a persistent space sim built for Linux, PC, and Mac in one release.→

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