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EVERSPACE 2 looks incredible in the latest footage, lots of player ship variation will be possible

By Liam Dawe,
As ROCKFISH Games continue developing the crowdfunded space combat sim EVERSPACE 2, they've gradually showed off more footage and revealed more info.

Extreme downhill freeriding sports game Descenders has a big discount and two new tracks

By Liam Dawe,
Descenders is fast, smooth and most importantly for an extreme sports game - it's intense. It's also now on a big discount with some fresh content added too.

Tasty Static, clone of the classic SkyRoads has a new release out

By Liam Dawe,
Remember SkyRoads? A classic 90's racing game with a bit of a twist, that acts a bit like a platformer. It has a free clone called Tasty Static, which recently had a big update. I've been a little obsessed over it too.

Software news: Inkscape finally hits 1.0 and Krita 4.3.0 gets a first Beta

By Liam Dawe,
Two big bits of software news for artists to share today as two major bits of FOSS software have big new versions up with Inkscape and Krita.

Vulkan 1.2.140 spec out and NVIDIA has a new Vulkan Beta Driver up with new extension support

By Liam Dawe,
Two bits of Vulkan related news to share today. Recently the Vulkan specification was bumped again with new extension and today a new NVIDIA Vulkan Beta Driver went up.

Set in the Killer Queen universe, ABS vs THE BLOOD QUEEN brings the side-scrolling arcade game home

By Liam Dawe,
Crowdfunding now on Kickstarter for release later this year is ABS vs THE BLOOD QUEEN, a return to the Killer Queen universe from BumbleBear Games.

Jupiter Moons: Mecha gives deck-building roguelikes a metal makeover

By Liam Dawe,
Currently in development with a Prologue coming first, Jupiter Moons: Mecha pulls deck-building roguelikes into the far future with you being a Mech pilot.

Seeds of Chaos, an adult (NSFW) dark fantasy tale with RPG & Strategy elements is now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Not a genre we cover often here but we always try to highlight a bit of everything. If you enjoy games very much aimed at adults, with plenty of NSFW elements (nudity, sex etc) then Seeds of Chaos might be for you.

Rise up and fight in the crowd-based retro brawler Tonight We Riot - confirmed for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Tonight We Riot, developed by a worker-owned cooperative Pixel Pushers Union 512, is a 'revolutionary' crowd-based retro brawler that looks like good messy fun and it's confirmed for Linux.

Upcoming survival horror 'Skin Witch' looks set to land on Linux shortly after release

By Liam Dawe,
Releasing in late May, the survival horror title Skin Witch from Blackwood Specter looks like it will release for Linux.

Adventure RPG 'Driftmoon' gains an Enchanted Edition update with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Driftmoon, an adventure RPG that released back in 2013 is back with an Enchanted Edition update that added Linux as a supported platform.

You can now use the Discord Overlay on Linux thanks to a new community project

By Liam Dawe,
Once again the developer community is picking up the slack where the official stuff isn't working on Linux. This time it's the turn of the Discord Overlay.

Linux gaming overlay 'MangoHud' improves OpenGL support, better NVIDIA detection and more

By Liam Dawe,
MangoHud has firmly filled a hole in tools available for Linux gamers, benchmarking and more. A handy HUD that works across OpenGL and Vulkan games and a fresh build went up.

Endless Sky, a free and open source space trading & combat game expands with a new update

By Liam Dawe,
Endless Sky, a free and open source classic 2D space game continues expanding with the first stable release in quite some time.

May the Fourth be with you - a look over what Star Wars games are playable on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Today is May 4th, which means it's also Star Wars day so here's a look at what Star Wars games are possible to play on Linux plus a quick run over the sales to pick up some discounted pew-pew fun.

Classic Westwood strategy games live on as 'OpenRA' has a new major stable release

By Liam Dawe,
OpenRA, the excellent free and open source RTS game engine for playing classic Westwood titles has a huge new release finally out as stable today.

Godot Engine has more impressive progress towards Vulkan API support

By Liam Dawe,
Godot Engine is free, open source, cross-platform in both editor and exports and the next major update will bring in Vulkan API support and progress sounds great.

What are you clicking on this weekend? Come have a chat in the comments

By Liam Dawe,
Another week down, most of us are still in lockdown with the Coronavirus and there's plenty of time to play games.

Team Fortress 2 gets a nice tribute to Rick May, plus a few minor fixes

By Liam Dawe,
Rick May, voice of The Soldier in Team Fortress 2 died earlier this year and now Valve has added a small dedication to May in Team Fortress 2.

Valve has delayed The International tournament for Dota 2 and it may not happen until 2021

By Liam Dawe,
As health concerns continue worldwide, Valve has done the expected and delayed the next championship tournament The International for Dota 2.