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Proton GE 5.4 released for Steam Play on Linux with Warframe gamepad fixes

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Proton GE, the custom-built fork of Proton for Steam Play that adds in numerous extra tweaks and fixes has another release now available.

vkBasalt the Vulkan post processing layer for Linux has a new release up

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Need to add some fancy effects to your Linux games? vkBasalt can help with that and a brand new release is now up.

Primal Light is an action-platformer that has some seriously good art - releasing on July 9

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Primal Light, built with the free and open source Godot Engine, is an action-platformer with pixel artwork that looks divine like some of the classics on Amiga and it's releasing on July 9.

Indie fighting game "Them's Fightin' Herds" releasing in April, Linux coming later

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Them's Fightin' Herds has been in Early Access for a while, and they confirmed a Linux port during their original crowdfunding campaign on IndieGoGo and now a release date has been set.

Village-building god sim strategy 'Rise to Ruins' passes 1.5 million dollars net revenue

By Liam Squires-Hand,
One of my favourite pixel-art indie games, Rise to Ruins, has now officially passed the 1.5 million dollar net revenue mark showing that indie games can really sell well.

Wrath: Aeon of Ruin engine source code released - a quick look

By Samsai,
The developers of Wrath: Aeon of Ruin, an FPS game built on the Darkplaces engine, have seemingly been a bit sneaky and released the source code to their engine fork with little fanfare on GitHub.

If you're self-isolating and in need, here's a bunch of awesome free Linux games

By Liam Squires-Hand,
It's a scary time, with more restrictions being announced regularly across the world to prevent the spread of Coronavirus. Here's a list of some really great free games for Linux if you find yourself stuck with self-isolation/distancing and low on funds.

MangoHud, the excellent Linux overlay layer adds OpenGL support in addition to Vulkan

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A huge update for the Linux overlay layer, MangoHud, as it can now work with OpenGL games in addition to Vulkan making it many times more useful and awesome.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive hits over 1 million online, Steam breaks user records again

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Valve's free to play competitive shooter which also features the newer Danger Zone mode which is like a Battle Royale has today hit over a million players online. Additionally, Steam itself broke another record.

Wine 5.4 is out improving Direct2D, Unicode 13 and a real old D3DX9 issue is solved

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Wine hackers have released the latest development build this week, with Wine 5.4 now available. Here's your usual GOL look over the highlights.

Preview: Check out our footage from 'Resolutiion' - it's got some serious style

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Resolutiion, currently in development by 'two angry German brothers' that make up Monolith of Minds recently had a press demo sent out so I took a look.

A look over what's on sale this weekend for Linux gaming fans

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Is it Friday already? Apparently it is. If you're stuck in across this weekend, we've rounded up some of the best deals going on for Linux gamers.

Deep Space Battle Simulator has two teams face off in a big space battle now on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Deep Space Battle Simulator, an Early Access first-person online team-based game about two capital-ships facing off is now available on Linux.

Wheely World is an unusual top-down scrolling racer available on itch.io for Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Wheely World is one of my more unusual discoveries lately. It's a racing game, it's top down and it's completely crazy.

If you think you know pain you haven't played Devader - check out their new trailer

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Devader is one of my favourites released last year that flew under the radar of most. A twin-stick shooter with action that takes place in a single map, with enemies so varied it will make your head spin.

Have you played Slayaway Camp? A killer-puzzle game that's genuinely good fun

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Slayaway Camp might not be a new game but it's something I only jumped into recently and it's a really great puzzle game.

Ridiculously fun party-platformer 'Ultimate Chicken Horse' has a big update and sale on now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Ultimate Chicken Horse, an amusing name and a very funny game to play with others locally and online. A big update and sale just went live for this party-platformer where you build the level as you play.

GOverlay, the open source Linux app for managing overlays is progressing quickly

By Liam Squires-Hand,
GOverlay, the open source Linux application which currently works to help you really easily configure MangoHud has progressed quickly since the initial release.

AMD announce a big sale going for their 3rd Gen Ryzen desktop processors

By Liam Squires-Hand,
From now until the end of March, AMD have cut the price of some popular 3rd Gen Ryzen desktop processors across multiple stores with discounts in many countries.

Ubisoft games head to Stadia starting with The Division 2, The Crew 2 and Monopoly

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Stadia are now started to finally build up their game collection, as multiple Ubisoft titles will be appearing this month including The Division 2, The Crew 2 and Monopoly. Let's have another round-up of news for the Linux-powered game streaming service.