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After a mishap losing code, the dev of Exodemon has recovered some making a Linux build possible

By Liam Dawe,
Exodemon, a fast paced first person shooter that recently released on Steam has an unfortunate history with some code being lost. The good news is some has been recovered and work continues, with a Linux version possible again.

KDE has an unpatched security issue that's been made public

By Liam Dawe,
Here's your morning dose of uh-oh, a security researcher has made an unfortunate vulnerability in KDE public. Not something we usually cover, but since there's no fix available it's worth letting you know.

Non-linear RPG "Dark Envoy" from the developer of Tower of Time announced, planned for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Event Horizon has my attention, with the announcement of their brand new non-linear RPG called Dark Envoy.

Psyonix are removing randomized loot boxes from Rocket League

By Liam Dawe,
Rocket League, the awesome sports game about smacking balls into goals using rocket powered cars is going through some changes.

Lost Flame is a new roguelike in Early Access with a focus on the combat and different weapons

By Liam Dawe,
Need a new roguelike to sink some time into? Lost Flame recently arrived on Steam in Early Access and it now has Linux support included too.

Deadly Days continues to be a really fun strategic zombie survival rogue-lite

By Liam Dawe,
After leaving the strategic zombie survival rogue-lite Deadly Days to cook for a while, it's had a few major updates while in Early Access and it's really coming along nicely.

Want a copy of Slay the Spire? Enter our competition

By Liam Dawe,
Slay the Spire, the absolutely brilliant fusion of a roguelike and a deck-building card game released with Linux support in January, now is your chance to win a copy.

Looks like we might see the end of developers constantly changing their Steam release date

By Liam Dawe,
Steam isn't perfect, that's for sure and one particular issue that constantly comes up is how some developers have been abusing the release date display.

This War of Mine has a third narrative-driven episode now available with Fading Embers

By Liam Dawe,
11 bit studios have today released This War of Mine: Stories - Fading Embers, the third episode in their narrative-driven expansion set to the popular survival game.

Sweet indie RTS "The Fertile Crescent" adds female villagers, better AI and improved performance

By Liam Dawe,
Currently free during Alpha, The Fertile Crescent looks a bit like a retro Age of Empires and the development team continue advancing it.

The upcoming forgotten video game world "Village Monsters" has a new trailer

By Liam Dawe,
Village Monsters lets you step into a video game world, one long-forgotten and it finally has a new trailer to show off all the progress that has been made.

Triangulum is a minimalist logic puzzle game now out with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Perhaps you need something new to relax with while you're having a coffee break or you want to test your mind a little, without much stressing. Triangulum could fit there.

PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 continues to show off amazing progress, June's report is up

By Liam Dawe,
The RPCS3 team continue hacking away at their code for this impressive PlayStation 3 emulator and they've reached another milestone.

A look at how Steam Play is doing, based on the ProtonDB reports from July

By Liam Dawe,
Continuing our monthly look over the data dumps provided by ProtonDB, the unofficial reports website for tracking how well Steam Play games run, here's the July 2019 instalment.

DXVK 1.3.2 is out as a small and focused stability update to this Vulkan layer

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Philip Rebohle has put out a new point release of the Vulkan-based D3D11 and D3D10 implementation for Wine, with DXVK 1.3.2 now up.

Crazy-looking third-person action beat 'em up MADNESS: Project Nexus is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
MADNESS: Project Nexus popped up on Steam recently and this mix of a running, gunning and beat 'em up is planning to support Linux when it releases later this year.

I got shot in the head in Kindergarten 2 and helped a janitor declare war, it's out now

By Liam Dawe,
Kindergarten 2 from Con Man Games and SmashGames is a thoroughly odd game, one where Kindergarten is a very dangerous place.

Simple and relaxing trading sim "Merchant of the Skies" has entered Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Merchant of the Skies from Latvian developer Coldwild Games just recently entered Early Access, it's a strangely relaxing trading sim.

Laservasion looks like a nice twist on Asteroids with great music and colourful visuals

By Liam Dawe,
Laservasion is the next game from Red Phoenix Studios (prev. Poly Towns, A New World: Kingdoms), a shoot 'em up that resembles the classic Asteroids only it seems to get a lot more intense.

Co-op submarine adventure roguelike "We Need To Go Deeper" officially released

By Liam Dawe,
After over two years of Early Access, the silly co-op roguelike submarine adventure We Need To Go Deeper has released.