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Stardew Valley has a massive 1.5 update out with a new Beach farm, local co-op and more

By Liam Dawe, 21 Dec 2020

Here's something to keep you busy over the holiday season! Stardew Valley, the awesome and relaxing farming life sim from ConcernedApe has the biggest update yet.

YoYo Games expand their Linux support in GameMaker Studio 2 to the Raspberry Pi

By Liam Dawe, 21 Dec 2020

The Raspberry Pi sure is a versatile device and thanks to GameMaker Studio 2 from YoYo Games, it might even end up as more of a gaming unit with newly added support for exported games.

Pulse-pounding 2D ninja action in 'Cyber Shadow' releases January 26, 2021

By Liam Dawe, 21 Dec 2020

Ready for some serious action-platforming with an awesome 8-bit inspired style? Cyber Shadow has been confirmed for release on January 26, 2021.

Portal 2: Desolation standalone mod gets a first proper teaser, coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 21 Dec 2020

Will the cake be a lie here too? Portal 2: Desolation is an upcoming very high-quality looking mod and they have revealed the first look.

Godot Engine hires another developer, this time for physics fun

By Liam Dawe, 21 Dec 2020

Through 2020 it seems the free and open source game engine Godot Engine has gone from strength to strength, and they've managed to hire another developer.

The latest big free Civilization VI update is out with a slightly less annoying AI

By Liam Dawe, 21 Dec 2020

As the last update of the year (and one we missed from last week), getting in one more turn in Civilization VI might be a little less annoying with the AI tweaks in the December patch.

Corsair open source driver and UI 'ckb-next' expands in the latest release

By Liam Dawe, 21 Dec 2020

Have some trendy Corsair hardware and you're a Linux user? You're in luck as ckb-next is a great open source alternative to their usual Windows-only applications.

Valve tweaks Proton Experimental further to get Red Dead Online running on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 21 Dec 2020

Proton Experimental is the new testing area where Valve and their partner CodeWeavers continue rolling out extra fixes and improvements to the Proton translation layer for Steam Play.

Plague Inc: The Cure DLC coming in early 2021 and free until COVID-19 is under control

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2020

Ready to cure the world? Ndemic Creations have released another small bit of info for Plague Inc: The Cure, the upcoming expansion to the excellent Plague Inc: Evolved.

Wine 6.0 hits a third Release Candidate with 19 bugs marked as fixed

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2020

Reaching that little bit closer towards the next major release, the Wine compatibility layer project has another Release Candidate that needs testing for Wine 6.0.

The absolutely genius Frick, Inc. from Kenney is now up on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2020

Driving trucks has probably never been this challenging before with on-screen controls, Frick, Inc. from Kenney is a fantastic idea for a game.

Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood to feature time-loops, branching stories - new trailer up

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2020

Devespresso Games (The Coma series, Vambrace: Cold Soul) have announced along with publisher Headup that their next game Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood will enter Early Access in February 2021.

War Thunder gets another major upgrade with the Hot Tracks update

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2020

Are you ready for another major update to the Dagor Engine 6.0 used in War Thunder? As the Hot Tracks update is rolling out across the battlefields.

Upcoming fighting game Fraymakers is a massive success on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2020

McLeodGaming, creators of the popular Super Smash Flash 2, have successfully funded Fraymakers on Kickstarter with Linux support confirmed and it was a big campaign for them.

The Mistwoods Update is up for Dota 2 - new hero Hoodwink plus Aghanim’s Shard for all

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2020

Oh no, I feel like I'm going to get sucked into Dota 2 again and lose another 500 hours. The Mistwoods Update has gone live and it's a major one with the new hero Hoodwink.

Kerbal Space Program 1.11 is out with an EVA Construction Mode

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2020

A little repair and reconstruction while doing a space walk? That's now a thing in the latest free expansion to the spaceship building simulation game Kerbal Space Program.

AWS are now funding Blender development for three years

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2020

Another surprise for 2020! Blender has pulled in yet another major company to help fund their awesome free and open source 3D creation suite.

Wasteland 3 now available on Linux from inXile Entertainment

By Liam Dawe, 17 Dec 2020

inXile Entertainment have today officially released Wasteland 3 for Linux (and macOS), following on from their successful Fig campaign in 2016 and Windows release in August 2020.