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The Yogscast Jingle Jam bundle is back with 100% of the proceeds going to charity

By Liam Dawe, 1 Dec 2019

The Yogscast Jingle Jam, a bundle that Humble Bundle host each year is back with new games being added each day up until December 20 with 100% of the proceeds going to charity.

The Linux and gaming Sunday round-up paper is here

By Liam Dawe, 1 Dec 2019

Your Sunday paper has arrived, come pick up a copy and see what you might have missed out on lately.

Round-up

vkBasalt, the Vulkan post-processing layer has another new release with new effects

By Liam Dawe, 30 Nov 2019

Adding a little extra visual enhancement to games on Linux is getting more interesting, with the help of the Vulkan post-processing layer vkBasalt which has a new build up.

Epic Games have awarded the FOSS game manager Lutris with an Epic MegaGrant

By Liam Dawe, 30 Nov 2019

The Lutris team announced yesterday that Epic Games have now awarded them a sum of money from the Epic MegaGrants pot.

The Wine 4.21 development release is now available

By Liam Dawe, 29 Nov 2019

They say Wine improves with age, well my puns certainly don't get any better so you can relax as this week I'm all out of juice for the release of Wine 4.21.

Atari VCS enters the final stages of pre-production as it heads towards mass production

By Liam Dawe, 29 Nov 2019

Ah yes, Atari VCS, the delayed Linux-powered gaming box that was crowdfunded on IndieGoGo. It's still a thing and the team seem to think it's all going well.

Euro Truck Simulator 2 heads to the Black Sea with the next DLC release on December 5

By Liam Dawe, 29 Nov 2019

Euro Truck Simulator 2 is expanding again, with the Road to the Black Sea expansion that's now been announced for release on December 5.

Hinterland tease new info for the upcoming Survival Mode update to The Long Dark

By Liam Dawe, 29 Nov 2019

Cold and lonely survival game The Long Dark is getting a huge update to the survival mode next month, it sounds great too with some of the details Hinterland Studio have teased.

Impostor Factory, following on from To the Moon has a new trailer and more confusing details

By Liam Dawe, 29 Nov 2019

Freebird Games are finally starting to give us a little more information on the upcoming narrative-driven adventure Impostor Factory.

Techland have updated Dying Light again, Drop Attack should be fixed on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 29 Nov 2019

Techland continue to improve their 2015 game, Dying Light. Another patch went out this week and it's a nice one for Linux owners of Dying Light too.

Google Stadia Pro games for December, Buddy Pass is live and new hires - a roundup

By Liam Dawe, 29 Nov 2019

Google are pushing forward with their game streaming service Stadia, here's a little roundup of what they've been doing recently.

SDL is expanding gamepad support with 8Bitdo SN30 Pro, Google Stadia and more

By Liam Dawe, 29 Nov 2019

Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) the awesome cross-platform development library used by Valve, Feral Interactive, Unity, MonoGame, FNA, DOSBox and so many more is expanding.

MOLEK-SYNTEZ from Zachtronics is now DRM-free on GOG and it's great

By Liam Dawe, 28 Nov 2019

Combine and convert ordinary industrial chemicals into a variety of small molecules with various pharmacological effects in MOLEK-SYNTEZ, the latest puzzle sim from Zachtronics. Now available on GOG!

DRM-free store GOG have started up their own big Black Friday sale

By Liam Dawe, 28 Nov 2019

No store will miss an opportunity to run a big sale now of course, we already have Steam and Humble Store running their own and now the DRM-free store GOG has a massive sale too.

Tactical top-down shooter Police Stories now has online multiplayer on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 28 Nov 2019

After having a bit of a rough patch with the online support in Police Stories, the team at Mighty Morgan and HypeTrain Digital have now rolled out the feature in the Linux version.

Checking up on the latest huge updates to sci-fi mining game, Rings of Saturn

By scaine, 28 Nov 2019

ΔV: Rings of Saturn continues to expand, adding new POIs, crew, upgrades and more in their latest series of updates.

Love the classics? The Atari Vault has added 50 more retro titles with a new DLC

By Liam Dawe, 28 Nov 2019

Sometimes you just can't beat the classics, if you feel like that and love the old Atari games this is for you.

The Shadow & The Blade pack announced for Total War: WARHAMMER II

By Liam Dawe, 28 Nov 2019

Total War: WARHAMMER II is set to expand again with another Legendary Lords Pack, this time it's The Shadow & The Blade and it actually sounds like it includes quite a lot for one of their smaller packs.

Heroes Of Avranche, a new action RPG is heading to Linux in early December

By Liam Dawe, 28 Nov 2019

The endless dungeons await in Heroes Of Avranche, an Early Access action RPG that's going to appear on December 3 on Steam.

Lutris game manager 0.5.4 released with Python 3.8 support and lots of fixes

By Liam Dawe, 28 Nov 2019

Managing games across multiple stores, emulators and compatibility layers doesn't need to be a hassle. Lutris takes the majority of that annoyance away and a big new release is now available.