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Space is a little more hostile in Space Haven, with Alpha 6 introducing ship to ship combat

By Liam Dawe, 19 Feb 2020

One of my most anticipated releases to come from a crowdfunding campaign, Space Haven continues to get some really fun features and another huge Alpha release recently went up.

Space Impossible has a huge new release out for you to get building a starship

By Liam Dawe, 14 Feb 2020

Explore space in a fully customizable and destructible spaceship in Space Impossible, which just had a massive update as they bring it into Beta.

Urban turn-based tactics arrives on Linux with Black Powder Red Earth

By Liam Dawe, 14 Feb 2020

Black Powder Red Earth, a new urban turn-based tactics game from Echelon Software has released for Linux with the latest update.

FS2 Open for playing Freespace 2 on modern systems had a big update

By Liam Dawe, 11 Feb 2020

One I'm genuinely surprised I missed (Hat tip to Timo) is a big update to FS2 Open, the project that continues updating the game engine for Freespace 2 - one of the best space action games ever.

Inspired by Master of Orion, free and open source 'FreeOrion' has a new release up

By Liam Dawe, 10 Feb 2020

The free and open source space strategy sim FreeOrion has a new release out, the first in quite some time.

The Linux GOTY Award 2019 is now over - here's the winners

By Liam Dawe, 8 Feb 2020

The Linux GOTY Award 2019 is now over, there were thousands of votes across many categories and we have the winners in.

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Mess with everything in the physics sim 'Universe Sandbox' now DRM-free on GOG

By Liam Dawe, 8 Feb 2020

Originally Universe Sandbox 2, Giant Army has since stopped selling the original and the 2 was wiped from the name. A massive space simulation game about screwing with physics, creating and destroying.

Impressive space sandbox 'Avorion' leaving Early Access on March 9

By Liam Dawe, 7 Feb 2020

Boxelware have officially set a date for their spectacular space sandbox game, Avorion, to leave Early Access.

Unitystation, a cross-platform remake of Space Station 13 has a first public build up

By Liam Dawe, 6 Feb 2020

Space Station 13 is something of a classic, released way back in 2003 on the BYOND service. It's being remade with Unity to have a more modern experience, as well as being cross-platform.

Hellpoint, dark sci-fi action RPG launching on April 16 with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 4 Feb 2020

Three years after the Kickstarter campaign, the great looking dark sci-fi action RPG Hellpoint from Cradle Games and tinyBuild is confirmed for launch with Linux support on April 16.

Pioneer, the classic open-source space sim has a big new release out

By Liam Dawe, 4 Feb 2020

Inspired by the classic Frontier: Elite II, Pioneer is a free and open source space adventure sim. Open-ended exploration, allowing you to do whatever you want and there's a big release out now.

Fast-paced competitive party game 'Armed and Gelatinous' releasing later this year

By Liam Dawe, 4 Feb 2020

Three Flip Studios have announced their local/online competitive multiplayer party game Armed and Gelatinous is releasing with Linux support in Q3 this year.

Stuck for a new game? Here's over 50 great games released for Linux in 2019

By Liam Dawe, 3 Feb 2020

I know how it is, you look at your list of games and think "I need something new!" and then you click around Steam, GOG, Humble, itch and more and end up going back to the safety of what you already know. Here to help with that!

The Linux version of Starcom: Nexus is now officially live and out of Beta

By Liam Dawe, 1 Feb 2020

Ready for a new space adventure and a little action? Starcom: Nexus, an open-world sci-fi game with some RPG elements is now properly out and supported on Linux.

Godot Engine continues advancing Vulkan support, plus Nakama Godot first release

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jan 2020

Two bits of news relating to the free and open source game engine, Godot Engine, to share today and it's quite exciting.

Co-op first-person spaceship command game PULSAR: Lost Colony now has a proper tutorial

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jan 2020

PULSAR: Lost Colony is a fantastic idea for a game, always has been but it lacked a good experience for new players and it was easy to bounce off it. Giving each player a dedicated role on a spaceship, this co-op game can be a lot of fun.

Six years after the original release Out There: Ω Edition gets a big new free The Alliance expansion

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jan 2020

Originally starting off as a mobile game in 2014, then coming to PC with a bunch of new features in Out There: Ω Edition back in 2015 the team at Mi-Clos Studio are back.

Try the demo for CreatorCrate, a wild roguelike platformer with a curved world and physics fun

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jan 2020

CreatorCrate is currently in development, a little rough around the edges but it's showing a lot of promise to be a very fun roguelike platformer with plenty of uniqueness.

Wx3 Labs continue polishing the Linux Beta of Starcom: Nexus - it's looking good

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jan 2020

After getting a Linux Beta build back in December, the open-world space action and adventure game Starcom: Nexus continues getting polished up for Linux support.