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vkBasalt, the Vulkan post-processing layer has another new release with new effects

By Liam Dawe, 30 Nov 2019

Adding a little extra visual enhancement to games on Linux is getting more interesting, with the help of the Vulkan post-processing layer vkBasalt which has a new build up.

Epic Games have awarded the FOSS game manager Lutris with an Epic MegaGrant

By Liam Dawe, 30 Nov 2019

The Lutris team announced yesterday that Epic Games have now awarded them a sum of money from the Epic MegaGrants pot.

Hinterland tease new info for the upcoming Survival Mode update to The Long Dark

By Liam Dawe, 29 Nov 2019

Cold and lonely survival game The Long Dark is getting a huge update to the survival mode next month, it sounds great too with some of the details Hinterland Studio have teased.

The unique online RPG Book of Travels from the dev of Shelter has been funded

By Liam Dawe, 27 Nov 2019

Not exactly surprising to see but Book of Travels, the unique small online RPG from Shelter developer Might and Delight has been fully funded over on Kickstarter so that's another game coming to Linux.

Football Story sounds like an incredibly weird mix with a story-based campaign and competitive multiplayer

By Liam Dawe, 27 Nov 2019

From publisher Crytivo (The Universim) and Russian developer Fructus Temporum we have Football Story, an incredible intriguing Football adventure game with a narrative campaign and competitive multiplayer matches.

The big Steam Autumn Sale is now live, time to nominate for the Steam Awards

By Liam Dawe, 26 Nov 2019

Valve have today started the big Autumn Sale with tons of ridiculously good deals. On top of that, the Steam Awards have returned so it's time to make your nominations.

The latest Barotrauma update adds in a huge new sub and some big beasts

By Liam Dawe, 26 Nov 2019

Barotrauma is a strange one. Clunky in a many ways, ridiculous too but weirdly good fun when you get a good crew together. This latest update is a bit of a beast.

Planetary Annihilation: TITANS may finally work on Mesa for Intel and AMD GPUs on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 26 Nov 2019

Planetary Annihilation: TITANS, the massive-scale real-time strategy game from Planetary Annihilation Inc (who took over from Uber Ent) recently had another update and it seems to be a big improvement.

Quirky and engrossing space-colony sim Oxygen Not Included has a big free update out

By Liam Dawe, 25 Nov 2019

Klei Entertainment have recently pushed out the Meep's Mandatory Recreation Pack free update with plenty of fixes and some new content along with it.

Stadia also appears to work fine on plain Ubuntu 19.10

By Liam Dawe, 25 Nov 2019

After recently giving some first impressions of Stadia, mostly played on a desktop with Manjaro Linux I've done some additional testing with plain Ubuntu and the experience is just as good.

Improve your typing to fight hordes of monsters in retro arcade game Type Knight

By scaine, 24 Nov 2019

In Type Knight, you fight skeletons, bats, wraiths and more via the awesome power of your rapid (and hopefully accurate) typing.

Wield the power of the gods in the dungeon crawler Viking Vengeance, now on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe, 22 Nov 2019

Taking a lightning strike of Norse mythology with a pinch of alternate timeline, Viking Vengeance looks like a dungeon crawling rogue-lite that could be a lot of fun.

Try out some monster catching in Monster Sanctuary, now with an updated demo

By Liam Dawe, 22 Nov 2019

Currently in Early Access, Monster Sanctuary might not be finished by so far it's turned out a lot of fun. They're giving more people a chance to now try it, with an updated demo.

Dota Underlords adds Duos team creation and ranked play, next major update coming soon

By Liam Dawe, 22 Nov 2019

Dota Underlords is steadily getting better and another update is now out with some interesting new features for playing with a friend in the Duos mode.

Supernatural horror adventure ASYLUM looks creepy as hell in the latest footage

By Liam Dawe, 22 Nov 2019

ASYLUM is an upcoming supernatural horror adventure from developer Senscape, it's high up on our list to check out when it releases and the latest footage is looking great.

Set between Half-Life and Half-Life 2, Valve have now properly announced Half-Life: Alyx (updated)

By Liam Dawe, 21 Nov 2019

Half-Life: Alyx, the first Half-Life title in far too long has now been officially revealed with the Steam store page for it now available and you can also pre-purchase.

Warlords I + II given the DOSBox and DRM-free treatment over on GOG

By Liam Dawe, 21 Nov 2019

Sometimes a lot of newer strategy games can be a bit much, perhaps a little retro flavour is in order? Warlords I + II, two strategy titles from the 90's are now on GOG.

Confessing my continued love for Jupiter Hell, the super slick roguelike

By Liam Dawe, 18 Nov 2019

Regular readers won't be surprised by my love for Jupiter Hell, I've written about it a few times now and the latest update just continues to allow me to gush about it.

The surprisingly good deck-builder Fate Hunters has arrived on GOG

By Liam Dawe, 18 Nov 2019

Releasing originally back in July, Fate Hunters is another deck-building roguelike filled with random encounters and just recently it was released DRM-free on GOG.