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Have some physics fun with Poly Bridge 2, now released for Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
After a short delay, Poly Bridge 2 from Dry Cactus has now released for Linux so you can begin building bridges and playing with the fun physics system.

Theme park builder 'Parkitect' now uses the Vulkan API on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Parkitect, one of the most magnificent games from 2018 had one of it's usual monthly updates but it turns out for Linux it was more than just some bug fixing.

Chip designer Jim Keller has resigned from Intel

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Jim Keller, something of a legend when it comes to chip design has formally resigned from Intel over 'personal reasons'.

Defold Foundation awarded a grant to bring support of Web Monetization

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Defold Foundation recently announced another partnership, as they've secured a grant from Grant for the Web to bring in support for the Web Monetization API.

It seems Coreboot and Open Firmware will come to System76's NVIDIA laptops

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Back in April, System76 released the Lemur Pro laptop and one of the highlights was that it pulled in a lot more open source. It seems those clever engineers aren't stopping there.

Stadia gets resolution options per-device, discount for everyone and more Android

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Stadia might not be reaching the heights that Google initially promised but they continue to tweak their game streaming service. Some big updates are now available.

Whateverland: Prologue mixes a point & click adventure with turn-based strategy

By Liam Squires-Hand,
There seems to be a lot of unique genre blending going on lately. Whateverland: Prologue, the intro / demo to a much bigger game blends a point and click adventure with a 'turn-based strategy sports simulator'.

The Humble Codemasters Bundle 2020 is now live

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Here's an interesting game bundle for racing game enthusiasts. The Humble Codemasters Bundle 2020 is now live with a number of good games.

Valve adds OpenXR support to SteamVR in 'Developer Preview'

By Liam Squires-Hand,
This is quite exciting for the future of Virtual Reality, as Valve as now properly given their backing to the OpenXR standard and added support into SteamVR.

System76 announce their 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen powered Serval WS laptop

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Users have been pestering Linux hardware vendor and Pop!_OS distribution maker System76 for some time to make an AMD powered laptop, they listened and they've announced the 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen powered Serval WS.

Hyperspace Harvest has farming, bullet-hell and more inside an interstellar animal

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Not a selection of genres I would have expected to be put together but it's happened. Hyperspace Harvest is the second game from Sleeper Games and it's confirmed for Linux.

The itch.io charity bundle hits over $4 million and now over 1,500 items inside

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Well on it's way to raising 5 million dollars, the Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality over on itch.io has become a huge success and there's a lot that's been added to it.

Monster Crown enters Early Access July 31 playable at Steam Game Festival

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Studio Aurum and SOEDESCO have announced that the dark monster taming game inspired by Pokemon, Monster Crown, will be launching in Early Access on July 31.

AMD slides show Zen 4 CPUs and RDNA 3 GPUs before 2022

By Liam Squires-Hand,
AMD has released their latest set of slides going over the roadmap and it has some interesting tidbits inside.

Linux gaming overlay MangoHud levels up with a new release

By Liam Squires-Hand,
MangoHud has become the go-to Linux gaming overlay for us and from comments we've seen, a lot of other people too. It continues to get better!

Star Labs reveal their new Linux-powered Star LabTop Mk IV

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Star Labs, maker of custom Linux hardware have revealed the Star LabTop Mk IV and it looks like quite the little powerhouse.

Check out the latest Factions trailer for Wasteland 3

By Liam Squires-Hand,
During the first day of the IGN Expo, inXile Entertainment shared the latest trailer for their upcoming RPG.

Kharon's Crypt - Even Death May Die launches into Early Access

By Liam Squires-Hand,
You've played retro inspired games aplenty I'm sure but Kharon's Crypt - Even Death May Die takes that to another level with the artwork.

Brand new point & click The Hand of Glory is out, Linux build in testing

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Hand of Glory just released after a successful crowdfunding campaign and as promised by the developer, a Linux build is now in testing.

Puppygames classic 'Titan Attacks!' gets a Collectors USB Cassette

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Huey Games in partnership with Puppygames are offering a very fancy looking collectors set for Titan Attacks! that's on Kickstarter and it looks wonderful.