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Great nonogram puzzler Pixross from Kenney is now on Steam and upgraded

By Liam Squires-Hand,
After releasing for itch.io first Pixross, the nonogram puzzle game from Kenney, has now hopped on over to Steam and it also had a sweet upgrade for both stores.

Grab a FREE copy of Prison Architect in the GOG Winter Sale

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The DRM-free store GOG.com are now doing their own Winter Sale and for 72 hours you can grab a FREE copy of Prison Architect direct from their store.

Don't Starve Together adds a whole new farming and crop system

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Don't Starve Together from Klei Entertainment has a huge new update out now, completely overhauling the way survivors deal with farming and crops.

Tropico 6 gets a new developer and a new DLC out now with Caribbean Skies

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Caribbean Skies is the name of the latest DLC for the satirical city-builder Tropico 6, and not just that there's a new developer taking over development.

Glitchangels is a fantastic glitchy retro-arcade shooter out now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Love twin-stick shooters? Need a fresh modern take on retro classics with plenty of upgrades? Glitchangels is pretty much all you need and it's fantastic.

Transport Fever 2 adds Vulkan API support in the latest Beta

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Want to test out another Linux game that uses the Vulkan API? Prepare to lose a lot of your free time with Transport Fever 2 as they've just enabled it.

Unity rolls out the Unity 2020.2 TECH release available now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Unity 2020.2 is the latest 'TECH' release with all the latest features, that eventually make their way into a more stable LTS release.

Command & Conquer game engine OpenRA has a new test release, working towards Tiberian Sun

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Play classics like Command & Conquer, Dune 2000 and Red Alert in a fantastic open source game engine with OpenRA.

Collabora announce their Wayland driver for Wine

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Wine compatibility layer for running Windows apps and games on Linux currently needs X11 or XWayland but that looks like it could change with a new Wayland driver for Wine.

Get some cheap games in the Humble Québec Indies Bundle, and a big Paradox sale

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Ready for more games to add to your collection? The Humble Québec Indies Bundle is now live, as is the Paradox Holiday Sale over on Humble Store.

NVIDIA release big new Linux driver with 460.27.04, LunarG Vulkan SDK Ray Tracing ready

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Today along with upgrading Quake II RTX to support cross-vendor Ray Tracing, NVIDIA had another surprise with the release of the new 460.27.04 Beta driver with quite a number of changes. On top of that, there's also a big new release of the LunarG Vulkan SDK for Ray Tracing.

Quake II RTX adds support for the official cross-vendor Vulkan Ray Tracing

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Great news for AMD fans as Quake II RTX has been updated again, and it now features support for the newly released official cross-vendor Ray Tracing support with the Vulkan API.

Incredible puzzle game Baba is You gains a level editor and easy sharing

By Liam Squires-Hand,
As one of my absolute favourite games from 2019, Baba is You really is an exceptional puzzle game that really makes you think outside the box and break some rules.

Horror themed adventure Almost My Floor: Prologue adds a Linux version

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Almost My Floor: Prologue is the short demo of a much bigger upcoming point and click adventure, with a horror theme along with a sprinkle of comedy it does look good.

Valve continues tweaking the new 'Proton Experimental' for Cyberpunk 2077

By Liam Squires-Hand,
With Cyberpunk 2077 being the hot new thing in gaming, Valve and CodeWeavers are trying to ensure it can run nicely through the Steam Play Proton compatibility layer since it doesn't support Linux directly.

The best Linux distros for gaming in 2021

By Liam Squires-Hand,
For newer Linux users or people looking to switch, it can be a minefield to try and find accurate and up to date info on what Linux distro to game with. Here to help. What is the best Linux distribution for gaming? It's actually not a tough question.

Ubisoft+ begins rolling out on Stadia for players in the US

By Liam Squires-Hand,
While the selection available to play on Stadia from Ubisoft isn't currently very big, Ubisoft+ has now started rolling out on Stadia and it doesn't need Stadia Pro either.

Valve officially launches the Steam News Hub

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Giving you much more control over what news you see from games, applications and curators on Steam - Valve officially launches the Steam News Hub.

NIGHT/SHADE is an upcoming 18+ LGBTQ romantic thriller visual novel

By Liam Squires-Hand,
What looks like one to watch - NIGHT/SHADE is an upcoming romantic visual novel thriller from KingAsphy Studio.

Shield Cat is a thoroughly charming in-development action-adventure with a free demo

By Liam Squires-Hand,
With a strange otter/cat as the protagonist, Shield Cat seems like one to keep on your watch list with some really charming visuals and you can try the free demo.