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Seeds of Chaos, an adult (NSFW) dark fantasy tale with RPG & Strategy elements is now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
20
Not a genre we cover often here but we always try to highlight a bit of everything. If you enjoy games very much aimed at adults, with plenty of NSFW elements (nudity, sex etc) then Seeds of Chaos might be for you.
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Rise up and fight in the crowd-based retro brawler Tonight We Riot - confirmed for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
0
Tonight We Riot, developed by a worker-owned cooperative Pixel Pushers Union 512, is a 'revolutionary' crowd-based retro brawler that looks like good messy fun and it's confirmed for Linux.
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Upcoming survival horror 'Skin Witch' looks set to land on Linux shortly after release

By Liam Dawe,
3
Releasing in late May, the survival horror title Skin Witch from Blackwood Specter looks like it will release for Linux.
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Adventure RPG 'Driftmoon' gains an Enchanted Edition update with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
9
Driftmoon, an adventure RPG that released back in 2013 is back with an Enchanted Edition update that added Linux as a supported platform.
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You can now use the Discord Overlay on Linux thanks to a new community project

By Liam Dawe,
11
Once again the developer community is picking up the slack where the official stuff isn't working on Linux. This time it's the turn of the Discord Overlay.
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Linux gaming overlay 'MangoHud' improves OpenGL support, better NVIDIA detection and more

By Liam Dawe,
9
MangoHud has firmly filled a hole in tools available for Linux gamers, benchmarking and more. A handy HUD that works across OpenGL and Vulkan games and a fresh build went up.
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Endless Sky, a free and open source space trading & combat game expands with a new update

By Liam Dawe,
1
Endless Sky, a free and open source classic 2D space game continues expanding with the first stable release in quite some time.
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May the Fourth be with you - a look over what Star Wars games are playable on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
10
Today is May 4th, which means it's also Star Wars day so here's a look at what Star Wars games are possible to play on Linux plus a quick run over the sales to pick up some discounted pew-pew fun.
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Classic Westwood strategy games live on as 'OpenRA' has a new major stable release

By Liam Dawe,
12
OpenRA, the excellent free and open source RTS game engine for playing classic Westwood titles has a huge new release finally out as stable today.
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Godot Engine has more impressive progress towards Vulkan API support

By Liam Dawe,
5
Godot Engine is free, open source, cross-platform in both editor and exports and the next major update will bring in Vulkan API support and progress sounds great.
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What are you clicking on this weekend? Come have a chat in the comments

By Liam Dawe,
73
Another week down, most of us are still in lockdown with the Coronavirus and there's plenty of time to play games.
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Team Fortress 2 gets a nice tribute to Rick May, plus a few minor fixes

By Liam Dawe,
4
Rick May, voice of The Soldier in Team Fortress 2 died earlier this year and now Valve has added a small dedication to May in Team Fortress 2.
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Valve has delayed The International tournament for Dota 2 and it may not happen until 2021

By Liam Dawe,
1
As health concerns continue worldwide, Valve has done the expected and delayed the next championship tournament The International for Dota 2.
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Monster-catching, dungeon-crawling RPG 'Siralim Ultimate' hits Kickstarter - funded in 1 hour

By Liam Dawe,
4
Thylacine Studios have launched the Kickstarter for Siralim Ultimate, a monster-catching RPG mixed with dungeon crawling and it's been quite a hit.
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Steam Play Proton 5.0-7 is officially out - Street Fighter V and more now playable on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
36
Valve and CodeWeavers have released the latest version of the Proton compatibility layer for Steam Play today.
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Humble Choice for May gives out XCOM 2, Rise of Industry and more

By Liam Dawe,
7
The latest monthly Humble Choice has been revealed today and with it a fresh selection of good games to pick from.
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Zoria: Age of Shattering Prologue is a promising early look at an upcoming tactical party-based RPG

By Liam Dawe,
2
Zoria: Age of Shattering Prologue is a chance to try out a new in-development party-based tactical RPG, as it's out now with Linux support.
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FNA 20.05 (XNA4 reimplementation) is out with a brand new 3D graphics library 'FNA3D'

By Liam Dawe,
5
Ethan Lee, porter of many games to Linux (and macOS) and the creator of the XNA4 reimplementation FNA today announced the release of FNA 20.05 and a brand new 3D graphics library FNA3D.
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Nimbatus - Drone Creator allows you to test building drones free and use in the full game

By Liam Dawe,
0
Nimbatus is a really fun game that mixes in building drones (autonomous or otherwise) and now you can try it free, using the Nimbatus - Drone Creator that just released.
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Silmaris: Dice Kingdom will have you rule over a kingdom using dice

By Liam Dawe,
1
Silmaris: Dice Kingdom caught my attention recently when it was announced this week, a story-based game full of random events where you're trying to restore your kingdom using...dice.
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