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The Barony crowdfunding was a success, incoming big updates for everyone

By Liam Dawe,
Barony is a wonderful, challenging co-op first-person roguelike RPG that recent had quite an interesting crowdfunding campaign. It was a success, which means this already released game is going to see some huge upgrades.

Linux Mint teams up with Peppermint OS on a WebApp Manager

By Liam Dawe,
In the latest monthly news on the Linux Mint distribution blog, Mint's Clement Lefebvre talks about a new and interesting application being made.

The itch.io app can now use a system installed Wine on Linux for Windows-only games

By Liam Dawe,
Without any announcement, the open source application for the indie store itch.io added support for Wine in their Linux builds so you get more choice.

Bringing together audio and video, PipeWire for Linux is really coming along

By Liam Dawe,
PipeWire, the next-generation of modern Linux audio and video appears to be coming along nicely and it appears it's ready for wider testing.

What have you been gaming on Linux lately? Come chat

By Liam Dawe,
Another week full of game updates, new releases and plenty still to come. Time for another of our weekly chats about all the wonderful gaming we've been doing.

Valve gives update on the Dota 2 competitive scene, TI 10 for August 2021

By Liam Dawe,
As the Dota 2 Battle Pass for The International 10 tournament continues shattering records, Valve have given an update on when they expect the competitive scene to get going again.

Pixel art survival horror Lamentum gets a publisher, new trailer and a delay

By Liam Dawe,
The upcoming pixel-art survival horror adventure Lamentum is coming along in development, although it's going to see a delay with it now releasing in 2021.

Glitchy kingdom action-adventure RPG Lenna's Inception has a big post-release update

By Liam Dawe,
Lenna's Inception, the wonderful top-down Zelda-like action-adventure that takes place in a world that's glitching away has a big first post-release upgrade.

Ready for another good laugh? The Jackbox Party Pack 7 releases later this year

By Liam Dawe,
Jackbox Games have announced The Jackbox Party Pack 7, a brand new set of amusing party games that will be releasing with Linux PC support later this year.

Valve's card game Artifact 2.0 takes another step closer to launch

By Liam Dawe,
Valve's failed deck-building card game Artifact continues undergoing major changes in the closed beta for Artifact 2.0, with another big step taken towards releasing for everyone.

Free local multiplayer battler 'Hammer Dongers' gets more frantic in the latest update

By Liam Dawe,
Stop. It's hammer time. Hammer Dongers time to be exact, as the currently free local multiplayer arena battler has a new update out and it's as frantic as ever.

Humble Choice's latest has Golf With Your Friends, Evoland, Lethal League Blaze plus more

By Liam Dawe,
Humble's curated monthly selection of games for subscribers is up now with the September 2020 Humble Choice and there's a number of nice games inside.

Intense action-focused RTS 'Abstractanks' is coming to Steam with Linux PC support

By Liam Dawe,
After being available on indie store itch.io for some time now, the real-time strategy game Abstractanks is now confirmed to be heading to Steam with Linux PC support.

Mythicard is an oddly relaxing free online card battler in Early Access for Linux PC

By Liam Dawe,
Available in Early Access, Mythicard has a fresh take on battling online with cards and it's free to play so you can jump right in and try it out.

Co-op space sandbox ship builder Avorion is getting a free update & Black Market DLC

By Liam Dawe,
Build ships block by block, explore space and now perhaps do a little shady dealing? That's what's coming with the Black Market DLC and big free update for space sim Avorion.

BOY BEATS WORLD is an upcoming rhythm action-adventure for Linux PC

By Liam Dawe,
Love your musical rhythm adventures? Duckbridge, developer of hiphop western game Luckslinger is coming back with BOY BEATS WORLD.

Crazy rogue-lite Streets of Rogue gets a major Unity upgrade that needs testing

By Liam Dawe,
Matt Dabrowski continues updating the absolutely fantastic rogue-lite action game Streets of Rogue, with a major Unity game engine upgrade and they need your help.

Valve update open source GameNetworkingSockets with P2P connections

By Liam Dawe,
GameNetworkingSockets is just one in a list of open source projects worked on by Valve developers, and this doesn't even require Steam so developers can use it anywhere.

Skullgirls developer Lab Zero lays off everyone who hadn't quit

By Liam Dawe,
Things continue not going well for Lab Zero Games, after many essential staff up and quit over the behaviour of studio owner Mike Zaimont.

Jumpala: Tryouts Edition offers free competitive fast-paced platform-hopping fun

By Liam Dawe,
Jumpala: Tryouts Edition, the free edition of the upcoming competitive platform-hopping game is out now and allows you to get a proper taste of what to expect from it.