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Hollow Knight gets Vulkan on Linux in the new update out now

VR is absolutely insane, I am officially a convert and it works mostly great on Linux

Super chilled-out life sim The Garden Path looks absolutely gorgeous

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Wildermyth is a fantastic papercraft styled party-based RPG out now

By Liam Dawe, 3 days ago

Worldwalker Games have now officially released Wildermyth, a game that very much deserves plenty of attention and it's easily one of the best releases this year.

Two Point Campus is coming to Linux from the Two Point Hospital team

By Liam Dawe, 3 days ago

Two Point Studios shared today that the upcoming Two Point Campus due in 2022 will have a native Linux supported build, just like they did with Two Point Hospital.

Latest Steam Client Beta improves Proton startup times, fixes login issue

By Liam Dawe, 3 days ago

Been having trouble logging into Steam lately? You're not alone, it seems there was a problem with the auto-login which has now been solved.

Creation and evolution sim The Sapling adds in flight, extended combat, family trees

By Liam Dawe, 3 days ago

Starting off very simplistic with a vegetation system, The Sapling has expanded to become a rather curious evolution sim to spend a couple of hours in and see what horrors you end up creating.

Alternate Quake II game engine Yamagi Quake II adds optional Vulkan support

By Liam Dawe, 3 days ago

Want another game engine reimplementation to play Quake II? Yamagi Quake II is another that's quite advanced and big new release is available with Vulkan support.

Control AMD's Wraith cooler RGB on Linux using Wraith Master with a new release

By Liam Dawe, 3 days ago

Have a fancy AMD CPU with a Wraith Prism cooler? You might want to adjust some of the RGB settings on Linux and for that you should check out Wraith Master.

Left 4 Dead 2 updated with Vulkan support thanks to DXVK

By Liam Dawe, 4 days ago

We've only just seen a new release of the Direct3D to Vulkan translation layer DXVK, and now it's powering Left 4 Dead 2 with a fresh free upgrade out now.

Direct3D 9 / 10 / 11 to Vulkan translation layer DXVK 1.9 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 4 days ago

After a while between major releases, the DXVK project has splashed onto the scene again with a juicy new release ripe for picking with DXVK 1.9 out now.

Master of Orion inspired strategy Remnants of the Precursors had a new release

By Liam Dawe, 4 days ago

The original Master of Orion was certainly something special, and I personally put endless hours into the sequel. Remnants of the Precursors aims to play into your nostalgia and try to modernize the original mechanics.

Boppio is a promising new Early Access factory and automation building sim

By Liam Dawe, 4 days ago

Like a more peaceful Factorio in 3D, factory and automation building sim Boppio recently entered Early Access.

Kalypso Media to reduce pricing on their games as a result of doing well

By Liam Dawe, 4 days ago

Kalypso Media have announced something quite lovely. Since they're doing so well, they've decided that going forward they will be charging less for new and existing games.

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Blight looks like a challenging top-down survival game worth keeping an eye on

By Liam Dawe, 4 days ago

Appearing on Steam sometime recently was Blight, a new upcoming top-down survival game that looks quite pretty graphically and the developer says it will be "brutally challenging".

The new trailer for One Lonely Outpost has me hyped for this sci-fi farming game

By Liam Dawe, 4 days ago

Like Stardew Valley in space, the crowdfunded One Lonely Outpost has a brand new trailer out which appeared during E3 and it's a pretty good one.

Collabora give an overview on the status of Zink, the OpenGL over Vulkan driver

By Liam Dawe, 4 days ago

It seems the OpenGL over Vulkan driver, Zink, has been coming along at a ridiculously impressive pace. Open source consulting firm Collabora has given an overview on how it's doing.

Free and open source Settlers II inspired strategy game Widelands 1.0 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 4 days ago

The day is finally here after nearly 20 years, Widelands is a strategy game heavily inspired by the classic Settlers II and the big 1.0 release is out now.

Modern Wolf announces Mechajammer, a tactical cyberpunk turn-based RPG

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

Time to get your cyberpunk back on as Mechajammer from publisher Modern Wolf and developer Whalenought Studios has just been announced with confirmed Linux support.

Hellpoint is being given away by GOG for 48 hours during their Summer Sale

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

Free Game Monday! You can now claim a fully free copy to keep of Hellpoint, the souls-like action RPG during the GOG.com Summer Sale but the giveaway doesn't last long.

Fleshy RPG with cosmic horror 'Death Trash' hits Early Access on August 5 with a demo soon

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

It was only a few days ago we mentioned that Death Trash, which looks simply incredible will be getting a demo for the Steam Next Fest soon but we now also know it will enter Early Access on August 5.

Firaxis Games launch the Civilization VI Anthology Edition to get it all

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

Civilization VI Anthology Edition was recently launched as the easiest way to get all current DLC released along with the fulll game for Civilization VI.

Kitsune Tails gets another sweet trailer ahead of release next year

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

Kitsune Tails, the upcoming collaboration between Kitsune Games (Super Bernie World, MidBoss, Ultra Hat Dimension) and MidBoss (2064: Read Only Memories) has a fresh trailer.