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Action survival game 'Sipho' where you create a creature opens up the sandbox Aquarium mode

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Sipho is a little favourite of mine to keep an eye on, a game where you create a creature from parts inspired by real-life sea creatures (zooids) and attempt to survive against the many other types.

Portal could have had a prequel called F-STOP/Aperture Camera, as a new documentary shows

By Liam Squires-Hand,
LunchHouse Software have announced a sort-of documentary focusing on a cancelled Valve game, apparently it was going to be called F-STOP/Aperture Camera and it was a prequel to Portal.

Free and open source racer SuperTuxKart 1.1 is out with tons of improvements

By Liam Squires-Hand,
SuperTuxKart, one of the stalwarts of the open source gaming space has a fresh new release out with version 1.1.

Steam for Linux was started by ex-Microsoft developers

By Liam Squires-Hand,
How about we start Monday off with an interesting little titbit? According to a former Valve staffer, Steam for Linux was started up by ex-Microsoft employees.

Slay the Spire's fourth character to be released on January 14

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Slay the Spire, a fantastic deck-builder roguelike that's one of my personal favourites released last year is finally getting the fourth character out.

Grave Days brings fast-paced survival rogue-lite action to the Zombie Apocalypse

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Inspired by the likes of some great games including Streets of Rogue, Death Road to Canada and Project Zomboid we now have Grave Days.

A fourth release candidate is out for Wine 5.0

By Liam Squires-Hand,
With a full release expected a bit later this month, Wine 5.0 has a fourth release candidate up to get in some last testing.

Police Stories gives you more chances to practice your tactics with custom missions

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Mighty Morgan keep improving their tactical top-down shooter Police Stories, with an update landing last month adding in a Custom Mission mode.

The Humble Choice bundle is up for January with 12 games to pick from

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Humble Choice (formerly Humble Monthly) has a new set of games up for January and this time there's 12 to pick from.

Some of our most anticipated games for Linux in 2020

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A new year has arrived, so let's have a quick look over some of the most promising titles to be coming to Linux across 2020. There's plenty to be excited about.

Exhumed/PowerSlave can now be played easily with a cross-platform game engine

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Exhumed, also known as PowerSlave, a retro shooter from the 90s has been revived with the power of open source.

Survive the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse in Z Dawn, recently released for Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
One missed from early last month is Z Dawn from GoldenGod Games, a fast-paced turn-based survival strategy game about getting through the zombie apocalypse.

With wireframe-like visuals, the dungeon crawler Der Geisterturm is releasing this month

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Graverobber Foundation are back with another dungeon crawler, after previously releasing Das Geisterschiff / The Ghost Ship they're releasing Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower later this month.

My top 5 Linux games released in 2019, those that truly won me over

By Liam Squires-Hand,
As 2019 is now properly over and done with, it's time to take a quick look back. Here's some thoughts on the Linux games released that sat above the rest.

Looks like EA might be banning Linux gamers using Wine to play Battlefield V

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A heads up: there's been reports of people being banned by EA and having EA claim their ban will stay, for playing Battlefield V with Wine + DXVK.

Open Fodder, the open source game engine for Cannon Fodder has a new release

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Now this is some classic gaming. Cannon Fodder is a game I remember playing on the Amiga and it's being kept alive with a cross-platform open source game engine called Open Fodder.

You can now easily control the AMD Wraith Prism RGB colouring on Linux with CM-RGB

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Thanks to an open source project, you can now quite easily adjust the colouring on the fan of the AMD Wraith Prism RGB cooler.

The remaster of turn-based RPG 'Stoneshard: Prologue' is now available on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Stoneshard: Prologue acts as the demo for the upcoming Early Access release of Stoneshard, a tough turn-based RPG inspired by Diablo and classic roguelikes.

Set in a comic-book world with Metal Slug inspired visuals, Fury Unleashed is coming to Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I do love a good action-heavy platformer and Fury Unleashed from Awesome Games Studio looks pretty intense.

Deck-building rogue-lite RPG, A Long Way Down, entering Early Access this month

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A Long Way Down mashes together elements of an RPG and a deck-building game, as you attempt to escape a maze and it's coming to Linux later this month.