ScummVM officially testing Ultima IV, Ultima VI, and Ultima VIII
Want to play some classic RPGs? ScummVM is helping to keep many classics alive and multiple Ultima titles should now work nicely in it.
One Dreamer: Prologue is now supported on Linux
One Dreamer: Prologue, a narrative-driven story about indie game developers is now supported on Linux.
Reminder: Update your PC info for the next round of statistics updates
This is your once a month reminder to make sure your PC information is correct on your user profiles. A fresh batch of statistics is generated on the 1st of each month.
Even more Linux games confirmed for the Steam Game Festival
We're getting close to the launch of the Steam Game Festival, running from June 9 - 15 and we have more games confirmed to get a Linux demo for you.
Wine 5.9 is out with major WineD3D Vulkan work
Alexandre Julliard of CodeWeavers today announced the Wine 5.9 development release, which sounds quite an exciting one.
Pawnbarian turns Chess into a card-based roguelike
Oh my, what have they done to Chess! Something glorious, that's what. Pawnbarian is coming to Linux and the demo is out for Linux now too.
You can sign up for the Artifact 2.0 Beta now, plus a video
Valve have opened up the process to get into the Beta for Artifact 2.0, the revamp of their failed competitive card game.
Humble has a big Spring Sale Encore, save on Humble Choice
Humble Bundle announced they're doing a little encore of their Spring Sale for this weekend and there's some pretty huge discounts going on some great games.
Prepare for toxic rain and lots of fire in The Universim
The Universim, the game that mixes in a god sim with a city-builder has expanded once again and in quite a big way with the environment.
Stylish literary mystery Sarawak will be in the Steam Game Festival
We have another confirmed game that will have a Linux demo available for the Steam Game Festival, and it's the very clever and stylish looking interactive fiction Sarawak.
Spaceship colony sim Space Haven arrives in Early Access
Build a spaceship, look after your crew and travel the stars in Space Haven as it's now available in Early Access and it's good.
The Steam Spring Cleaning event is up to get you to play your old games
Surprisingly, Valve are running an event that is not trying to get you to buy new games. The Steam Spring Cleaning event is now live.
XPRIZE Connect is trying to get kids coding with a competition
The non-profit XPRIZE Foundation has announced XPRIZE Connect, a new "learning initiative" with the first being Code Games: A Global Game-Making Challenge to get kids coding.
Comedy point and click Nine Noir Lives coming to Linux, demo soon
Nine Noir Lives asks the question, "how many things need to be licked to solve a murder?". A comedy point and click adventure that looks genuinely good.
A look at the Penumbra Collection on Linux with Mesa in 2020
The Penumbra Collection is always going to hold a special place in my heart. It pains me to see, in spite of the still excellent support that Frictional Games gives to our platform, that the state of the Penumbra Collection for a number of Linux users has become such a mess.
Civilization VI - New Frontier Pass launches without Linux and macOS
Civilization VI - New Frontier Pass went live yesterday, well the first part anyway and it appears it's launched without Linux and macOS.
Editorial - Linux Gaming's Ticking Clock
Years ago, when we could still meet in the hundreds in small enclosed spaces, I was speaking to a Valve employee and brought up the topic of integrating Wine into Steam.
Awesome looking racer DRAG getting a Steam Game Festival demo
With some fun sounding 4CPT physics (4-way contact point traction technology), DRAG looks to be a great racer and it's getting a demo soon.
GNOME and Rothschild Patent Imaging settle
Back in October 2019, the GNOME project announced they had been hit by what they called a patent troll with Rothschild Patent Imaging. Now it seems it has been resolved and it's a big win for open source.
G2A has paid Wube Software over illegitimate Factorio keys
Last year, the website G2A once again went into the spotlight due to their market place allowing anyone to sell game keys and often they're from dubious sources. Now G2A has given an update.
