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System76 reveal the Thelio, their new custom-built Linux desktop with three versions

By Liam Dawe,
The day has finally arrived, Linux hardware vendor System76 has officially revealed their new custom-built desktop the Thelio.

Time-management thriller 'Out of The Box' released earlier this year with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
One from the 'inbox of no return' that I sadly missed, Out of The Box from developer Nuclear Tales is a time-management thriller where you decide the fate of the quirky customers of a luxurious club and it has Linux support.

Graveyard Keeper has a free Breaking Dead update allowing some automation

By Liam Dawe,
If there's one thing I didn't like about Graveyard Keeper is all the constant manual labour. Well, not so much now as you will be able to resurrect bodies to do your bidding.

Popular retro-inspired FPS DUSK still coming to Linux, due sometime next year

By Liam Dawe,
The developer of DUSK, a pretty popular retro-inspired FPS has confirmed again that Linux support is still in their plans.

Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor is going to add drone racing, weather effects and more goodies

By Liam Dawe,
Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor is an excellent Early Access game where you snap blocks together to make some truly ridiculous creations. Stray Fawn Studio have now outlined their future plans and it sounds fun.

Steam Play thoughts: A Valve game streaming service

By Liam Dawe,
With the talk of some big players moving into cloud gaming, along with a number of people thinking Valve will also be doing it, here’s a few thoughts from me.

Open source cross-platform event-driven game engine 'GDevelop' now on itch, progressing well

By Liam Dawe,
GDevelop is an open source cross-platform event-driven game engine that's quite promising. It's currently closing in on a new major release and it's also now on itch.io.

Valve have pushed out another Steam Play update with the 3.16-4 beta including corefonts support

By Liam Dawe,
Another exciting set of changes for Valve's new Steam Play system. This time the Proton beta 3.16-4 includes some really good stuff.

Two Point Hospital now has a sandbox mode allowing you to be a little more creative

By Liam Dawe,
To keep you entertained a little longer, Two Point Studios have updated Two Point Hospital with a new sandbox game mode.

Cross-platform development library SDL2 2.0.9 is out

By Liam Dawe,
SDL 2.0.9 has been released today featuring some rather interesting new stuff. It's been a while, with 2.0.8 being released back in March of last year.

Planet Nomads updated with optimisations and some needed fixes to the Linux version

By Liam Dawe,
After waiting a while, developer Craneballs has now fixed up the Linux version of Planet Nomads along with providing some optimisations.

GOG adds a Linux version of the RPG 'Silver', still has a graphical glitch during combat

By Liam Dawe,
After THQ Nordic released the RPG 'Silver' on Steam with Linux support back in June last year GOG now have the Linux version too.

The RPG Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues has gone free to play

By Liam Dawe,
After a successful Kickstarter gathering nearly two million dollars and gathering millions more afterwards they've now gone free to play.

Free and open source RTS 'Wyrmsun' has a big update with a new civilization, new buildings and more

By Liam Dawe,
Wyrmsun, the free and open source retro-looking RTS just had a sizeable update with some great new stuff included.

This War of Mine to get a second story DLC with The Last Broadcast, releasing next month (UPDATED)

By Liam Dawe,
This War of Mine, the rather bleak survival game where you take care of a group in besieged city is getting a second story DLC named The Last Broadcast. UPDATED.

Retro inspired arcade-style racer Slipstream had a big update with local multiplayer and new modes

By Liam Dawe,
Slipstream is a racing game that looks like it was ripped out of the 90's and it's very cool. To make it sweeter, the latest and possibly last update expands it quite a lot.

Free and open source racing game 'Yorg' has a new release with a new track, a new camera and more

By Liam Dawe,
For those who love their arcade-style racing games Yorg is actually quite amusing. The developers just release Yorg 0.10 and it's quite an improvement.

Sluggish Morss: Pattern Circus, a claymation dark sci-fantasy adventure will support Linux

By Liam Dawe,
This looks absolutely fantastic! Sluggish Morss: Pattern Circus is a non-linear claymation dark sci-fantasy adventure on Kickstarter and it will support Linux.

Project Zomboid has a massive update with a simulated weather and climate system

By Liam Dawe,
Surviving the zombie apocalypse just got a lot more interesting! Project Zomboid, the Early Access survival game just added a simulated weather and climate system along with some more treats.

Wrongworld, the bizarre survival adventure is still coming to Linux and it's next on their to-do list

By Liam Dawe,
After a rather long wait, the bizarre and amusing looking survival adventure game Wrongworld is still coming to Linux.