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GOG has a huge sale on RPGs and sees the return of the classic Moonstone

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jan 2021

Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight is something of a classic, a game from my childhood and it has returned to GOG to give you an easy way to grab it and GOG are running a huge sale on RPGs.

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Möbius Front '83 from Zachtronics now has online and AI multiplayer

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2021

Möbius Front '83, the difficult turn-based strategy game from puzzle masters Zachtronics has seen a big free expansion adding in quite a lot.

Odin is finally pleased so the open-world survival game Valheim releases on February 2

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2021

Odin has finally had enough sacrifices and shall be releasing Valheim from Iron Gate AB will enter Early Access with Linux and Windows support on February 2.

Irena Genesis Metal Fury is an upcoming shoot 'em up for the Sega Mega Drive

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2021

Sega Mega Drive (Sega Genesis)? That's not a piece of Linux gaming hardware last I checked? No but Irena Genesis Metal Fury is a new game coming for the retro console and will provide the rom file for your favourite emulators.

Bytten Studio say not to sleep on Linux in their postmortem for Lenna's Inception

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2021

Lenna's Inception is a top-down Zelda-like action-adventure game with a world that is glitching, with a style that can switch between 8-bit and 32-bit pixel art styles.

Harvest Days is an upcoming open-ended country-life RPG

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2021

Currently in development by a father and son team, Harvest Days is another fresh 3D take on the casual farming-life RPG and it will be coming to Linux too.

Wine compat layer devs discuss new Kernel interface to better match Windows NT

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2021

Wine developer Zebediah Figura has sent in a proposal to work on a new Linux Kernel interface for Wine synchronization primitives, one that gets closer to performance and behaviour of Windows NT.

Godot Engine gets a sixth 3.2.4 beta with a new CPU lightmapper

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2021

The Godot team just keep on adding in big new features to make this one of the best free and open source game engines around and the next Beta update for Godot 3.2.4 is out now.

Stadia 'State Share' to launch with HITMAN 3

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2021

One of the features Google talked about early with Stadia is finally coming and that is State Share. Allowing players to share specific playable moments of captures and it's launching with HITMAN 3.

What we expect to come from Valve to help Linux gaming in 2021

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jan 2021

By now you've probably heard either through us in our previous article or elsewhere that Valve are cooking something up to help Linux gaming even further. We have an idea on what one part of it is.

Familiars.io is a MMO monster catching game where the creatures have permadeath

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jan 2021

Well this is quite unusual. You've played monster catching games before but not like this. Familiars.io put a fresh spin on it all and it's quite ingenious.

WRATH: Aeon of Ruin launching along with Linux support this Summer, third update out now

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jan 2021

WRATH: Aeon of Ruin is a dark fantasy-horror FPS powered by the original Quake engine from publishers 3D Realms and 1C Entertainment and developer KillPixel Games.

Rocket Shipment is a slick homage to Thrust and Crazy Gravity now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jan 2021

Rocket Shipment is a tricky, physics based, space delivery game. The game is a love letter to the old style lander games like Thrust, Solar Jetman and Crazy Gravity.

Valve's Source 2 shows early teasers of Ray Tracing - weirdly in Artifact updates

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jan 2021

We know that Source 2 from Valve is a pretty capable game engine, and we've seen what they've been able to do with it over the years (and Half-Life: Alyx turned it up a notch) but what's next? Ray Tracing perhaps.

Beamdog need your help to test Enhanced Editions of Icewind Dale and Baldur's Gate

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jan 2021

Getting real close to release now is the huge 2.6 upgrade for the Beamdog classic RPGs now including Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition, Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear and Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition.

Axiom Verge gets a first ever free update six years later with the Randomizer Mode

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jan 2021

While work continues on the sequel, Axiom Verge has a first ever free content update following the release back in 2015 with a new Randomizer Mode.

Stockholm to host the 2021 CS:GO Major, with the biggest ever prize pool

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jan 2021

Valve along with PGL have announced the return of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's next Major Championship that will take place this year in Sweden.

Proton 5.13-5 is now up bringing in some of the experimental changes

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jan 2021

The Proton compatibility layer for running Windows games on Steam for Linux has levelled up some more with the latest Proton 5.13-5 now available to everyone.

Get a free copy of Bomber Crew during the Humble Winter Sale

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jan 2021

How about a free game for the coming weekend? Humble Store has Bomber Crew going free during their new Winter Sale so you can pick up some other cheap games too.

Prison Architect: Going Green announced for release on January 28

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jan 2021

Paradox Interactive and Double Eleven have announced the next expansion and free update for Prison Architect with the Prison Architect: Going Green DLC launching on January 28.