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Epic city-state simulator 'Songs of Syx' fully funded and coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 6 May 2020

Songs of Syx blends quite a lot of genres together. It's part city-builder, real-time strategy, grand strategy and more. Thankfully it's also been funded with a successful Kickstarter.

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

By Liam Dawe, 4 May 2020

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.

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

By Liam Dawe, 4 May 2020

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.

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

By Liam Dawe, 2 May 2020

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

Monster-catching, dungeon-crawling RPG 'Siralim Ultimate' hits Kickstarter - funded in 1 hour

By Liam Dawe, 2 May 2020

Thylacine Studios have launched the Kickstarter for Siralim Ultimate, a monster-catching RPG mixed with dungeon crawling and it's been quite a hit.

Linux Mint 20 "Ulyana" due in June with fractional HiDPI scaling, brighter icons and better performance

By Liam Dawe, 1 May 2020

The team behind popular Linux distribution Linux Mint have a monthly update out to go over what their plans are and their funding, and it's all sounding great.

The classic Escape Velocity: Override is getting remastered with Cosmic Frontier: Override

By Liam Dawe, 23 Apr 2020

Escape Velocity: Override, something of a classic from the 90s is getting remastered with Cosmic Frontier: Override and it's seeking funding on Kickstarter.

Unique and stylish looking survival adventure 'Help Will Come Tomorrow' released with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 21 Apr 2020

Help Will Come Tomorrow, a crowdfunded game developed by Arclight Creations, that takes place around the Russian October Revolution is out now.

Iratus: Lord of the Dead releasing April 23 - a Linux beta is up ready for testing

By Liam Dawe, 10 Apr 2020

Iratus: Lord of the Dead, a turn-based tactical roguelike RPG set in a dark fantasy universe that looks fantastic is now due for release on April 23.

The System76 'Lemur Pro' laptop is available now with Coreboot and open source firmware

By Liam Dawe, 9 Apr 2020

System76 have now fully revealed the 'Lemur Pro' laptop, and not only is it powerful and good-looking it's also their most open laptop yet.

Shortest Trip to Earth should be releasing for Linux and hopefully soon

By Liam Dawe, 8 Apr 2020

Shortest Trip to Earth, a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles is now officially coming to Linux and hopefully soon.

Dark narrative RPG 'Vagrus - The Riven Realms' has a massive new update with an open-world

By Liam Dawe, 27 Mar 2020

Vagrus - The Riven Realms is one of the most promising game in-development right now, a dark narrative RPG with a supreme style and fantastic writing that continues expanding.

Epic city-state simulator 'Songs of Syx' is very promising and now on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe, 26 Mar 2020

Songs of Syx is a grand-strategy city-builder that has an impressive scope, and to complete it the developer is now seeking a little funding on Kickstarter.

The big Stadia round-up from the 'Google for Games Keynote' - Splash Damage exclusive, open source and more

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2020

Recently, Google held an online Google for Games Keynote and quite a lot of new information came out of it including new games to come to Stadia.

Deep fantasy RPG-strategy hybrid 'Vagrus - The Riven Realms' has hit another funding milestone

By Liam Dawe, 17 Mar 2020

Vagrus - The Riven Realms continues smashing through their Open Access funding goals on Fig, this special hybrid of Crowdfunding and Early Access together seems to be paying off.

StarCrossed has crazy looking action with a magical girl aesthetic and it's out for Linux now

By Liam Dawe, 11 Mar 2020

StarCrossed, an action-arcade game with a magical girl aesthetic and a cooperative twist has now officially released for Linux shortly after the Windows version became available last month.

Lazr, the cyberpunk platformer with a love of cloth physics sim has a massive demo update

By Liam Dawe, 11 Mar 2020

Lazr is a cyberpunk platform that's quickly shaping up to be like nothing else, where parts of the level and enemies are made from simulated cloth and a massive demo update is out.

mod.io secures funding to expand their cross-platform and cross-store modding service

By Liam Dawe, 9 Mar 2020

mod.io is a cross-store and cross-platform modding solution founded by Scott Reismanis (Mod DB, Indie DB) and it appears they're expanding to bring their fancy modding tech to everyone.

Test Tube Titans has you create and mutate massive creatures to destroy everything

By Liam Dawe, 9 Mar 2020

Test Tube Titans is such an amusing game, allowing you to create freakish looking creatures, blast them with radiation and make them even more menacing. Then you send them out into the world to crush and destroy.