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Keeping the classic Heroes of Might and Magic II alive fheroes2 0.9.7 is out

By Liam Squires-Hand,
fheroes2 is a game engine reimplementation for the absolute classic that is Heroes of Might and Magic II. It's free, open source and a new release is out now.

Get a taste of dungeon crawling tower defense in Dwerve: Prologue out now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Dwerve mixes together elements of a dungeon crawling RPG with tower defense and you can now try it out with the new release of the Dwerve: Prologue.

Pick up lots of kids games in the Humble Humongous Back To School Bundle

By Liam Squires-Hand,
If you have younger children and want to get some family-friendly games for them, take a look at the Humble Humongous Back To School Bundle that's filled full.

Take-Two filed a lawsuit against the reverse-engineered GTA III and Vice City developers

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Well this is a shame but in many ways to be expected. Take-Two Interactive Software, the parent company of Rockstar Games, has filed a lawsuit against the developers of the reverse-engineered GTA III and Vice City code.

Historical adventure Svoboda 1945: Liberation has been released for Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Charles Games have released their second native Linux game today with Svoboda 1945: Liberation a historical adventure that offers a unique blend of adventure gameplay, full-motion video interviews with real actors, and historically accurate interactive memories and more.

Arcadian Atlas is an upcoming tactical-RPG and it looks freaking sweet

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Arcadian Atlas from Twin Otter Studios and Serenity Forge is a crowdfunded upcoming 2D isometric tactical RPG. It looks awesome and it's got a new trailer.

City Block Builder will allow you to become a 1950s business tycoon later this year

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Allowing you to customize "everything", the tycoon management and building game City Block Builder plans to enter Early Access shortly with a Linux version to come too.

Developer of the cosmic-horror RPG 'Death Trash' shows off some sales per-platform

By Liam Squires-Hand,
After being in Early Access for close to a month now, Stephan Hövelbrinks has posted a brief summary of sales for Death Trash on Steam across the different platforms.

The classic PowerSlave can now be picked up from GOG and Steam

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Another classic shooter is getting a Nightdive revival with Powerslave Exhumed and to celebrate the original classic PowerSlave is available on GOG and Steam.

Linux continues to remain above 1% on the Steam Hardware Survey

By Liam Squires-Hand,
We don't usually comment directly on the Steam Hardware Survey every month, not unless it's something real interesting and this is the second month where it is because we're still officially above 1%!

Impostor Factory from Freebird Games launches September 30

By Liam Squires-Hand,
From the same developer that gave us To The Moon and Finding Paradise, prepare for another wild adventure with Impostor Factory as it's finally going to release on September 30.

ARK: Survival Evolved releases on Stadia with a bunch more free games for Stadia Pro

By Liam Squires-Hand,
ARK: Survival Evolved, the still incredibly popular open-world game from Studio Wildcard is now on Stadia and along with a few other games it's free for Stadia Pro subscribers.

Linux on the Framework DIY Laptop has been very popular

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Framework is the high-performance, thin and light notebook that's "designed to last" with modular components along with a commitment to make it easy to repair and upgrade.

Caves of Qud gets new late-game content, new character creation and lots of items

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Caves of Qud is probably one of the best modern roguelikes around and Freehold Games have put up a huge new Beta version with lots of goodies to play through.

ScummVM issues a call to action on testing for the next major version

By Liam Squires-Hand,
ScummVM 2.3.0 is coming soon with many upgrades to this awesome free and open source project that keeps classic games alive. Now they need your help.

Wasteland 3 update 1.5.0 is out improving the DLC and co-op experiences

By Liam Squires-Hand,
inXile Entertainment have released the big 1.5.0 update for Wasteland 3 with an aim to improve the experience of getting into the DLC content and also lots of improvements to the online co-op.

Prop hunt hide & seek game Run Prop, Run! is now free to play

By Liam Squires-Hand,
After a fresh online multiplayer game to play and one that's family friendly too? The hide and seek game with prop hunting Run Prop, Run! recently became free to play.

Steam not working right on Arch Linux? It's an issue with FreeType and there's a fix

By Liam Squires-Hand,
If you're using Arch Linux or anything based on it (or other rolling update distributions) and you've recently run updates that included freetype2, you might unfortunately notice that Steam is now quite broken.

As it nears a new release, The Battle for Wesnoth is looking for new contributors

By Hythlodaeus,
The team behind the classic strategy title issues a call to arms, as it seeks to increase contributions and community participation.

A round-up of what was hot on GamingOnLinux through August 2021

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Here is a look back some of the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for August 2021, an easy way to for you to keep up to date on what has happened in the past month for Linux gaming, open source and other general Linux news that we cover!