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Absurd comedy puzzle adventure Helheim Hassle is out now for Linux PC

By Liam Dawe,
Available now for Linux PC is Helheim Hassle, a comedy narrative adventure game with puzzle platforming elements that's a bit of a Viking battle-culture parody.

A Short Hike, probably 2019's most chilled game gets a boating update

By Liam Dawe,
A Short Hike is a game that doesn't need much of an introduction, or does it? Developer adamgryu crafted a ridiculously relaxing little adventure and it's still being updated.

Stadia round-up, more games live including DOOM and SUPERHOT: MCD

By Liam Dawe,
Today we round up some more Stadia news about new and upcoming titles for the game streaming store and service.

NVIDIA driver 450.66 released for Linux, includes a useful Vulkan sync fix

By Liam Dawe,
More NVIDIA news for you today, not only is it possible to use GeForce NOW on Linux in the browser, we also have a new stable NVIDIA driver release.

The 'Humble Headup Games Band Boost Bundle' is up with some fun looking stuff

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for a gaming boost to push through the week? The Humble Headup Games Band Boost Bundle is out now and it has some rather sweet looking games.

Total War: THREE KINGDOMS - The Furious Wild announced, on Linux 'shortly' after Windows

By Liam Dawe,
Creative Assembly today announced Total War: THREE KINGDOMS - The Furious Wild, a full expansion coming to the hit strategy game and there's a lot of content.

NVIDIA GeForce NOW adds Chromebook support, so you can run it on Linux too

By Liam Dawe,
I'm sure this will excite some of our readers who are fans of game streaming: NVIDIA has added the ability to play GeForce NOW game streaming via the browser.

Half Human Games announced Dwerve, a tower defense and dungeon crawler RPG hybrid

By Liam Dawe,
Today, Half Human Games announced Dwerve, a tower defense game that mixes in dungeon crawling and it looks like it's going to be a lot of fun.

Team Fortress 2 Classic should now work better on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Team Fortress 2 Classic is the re-imagining of the 2008-2009 era of the original Team Fortress 2 designed as a casual mod that anyone can get into and enjoy a little FPS action.

Civilization VI gets another free upgrade on August 27, some highlights

By Liam Dawe,
As the team at Firaxis Games continue to improve Civilization VI with the New Frontier Pass, they're also pushing out free game upgrades in between DLC releases.

Flying and shape-shifting sim 'Fugl' continues improving Vulkan support

By Liam Dawe,
Do a barrel roll! Actually, now you can in Fugl, the shape-shifting bird flying sim just had another Early Access upgrade to improve their Vulkan API support and more.

Story-driven platformer metroidvania Clunky Hero gets new trailer and IndieGoGo campaign

By Liam Dawe,
After a successful crowdfunding campaign, Nicola Piovesan of Estonian team Chaosmonger Studio is now doing an extra funding campaign for Clunky Hero. Plus, there's a new trailer.

Five years later, free and open source DDraceNetwork is now on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
DDraceNetwork, originally just a mod for the platform shooter Teeworlds that eventually spawned its own game is now up and free on Steam.

The impressive Seasons Update for wilderness survival sandbox Vintage Story is out

By Liam Dawe,
Vintage Story, the wilderness survival sandbox inspired by lovecraftian horror themes with some impressive depth to it has a huge new stable release up.

Linux gaming overlay MangoHud version 0.5.1 released

By Liam Dawe,
Continuing to be the go-to for people needing a good HUD while gaming, MangoHud has a new release up.

Powerful Linux video editor Kdenlive gets a huge new release

By Liam Dawe,
Promising to be more stable and feature-filled, the Linux video editor Kdenlive has a massive new release out.

Roguelike shoot 'em up Good Robot is now open source

By Liam Dawe,
Fast-paced roguelike shoot-em-up Good Robot released in 2016 from Pyrodactyl has now had the code opened up under the MIT license.

Anstoss 2022 / Club Manager 2022 hits the goal for Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Reviving a classic from the days of the Amiga, Anstoss 2022 / Club Manager 2022 is currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter with 5 days to go. Thankfully, it's hit the stretch-goal to properly support Linux.

An interview with Elden Pixels, creators of Alwa's Legacy and Alwa's Awakening

By Liam Dawe,
As part of our ongoing series of speaking to indie game developers, we had a chat with Mikael Forslind of Elden Pixels.

OpenRCT2, the open source game engine for RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 has a major update

By Liam Dawe,
You don't always have to give up classics, thanks to open source. RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 continues living on with a fresh update of the re-implementation OpenRCT2.