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Mayhem in Single Valley sounds like quite a unique adventure, coming to Linux this year

By Liam Dawe, 13 Sep 2019

Mayhem in Single Valley from developer Fluxscopic seems like an adventure not to be missed and it's releasing later this year, sometime in the "Fall", with Linux support.

Hello Games continue fixing up Linux issues for No Man's Sky in Steam Play

By Liam Dawe, 13 Sep 2019

While not available for Linux, No Man's Sky can be run through Steam Play and it appears Hello Games continue to keep an eye on it.

Beautiful open-world action adventure Pine is releasing next month

By Liam Dawe, 13 Sep 2019

3D open-world action adventure game Pine from Twirlbound and Kongregate is going to officially release on October 10th.

Highly rated action rpg rogue-lite 'Unexplored' now has a Linux test build available

By Liam Dawe, 12 Sep 2019

Something we've been waiting on quite some time, Unexplored from Ludomotion released in 2017 and now game porter Ethan Lee has given it a go with a Linux test build up.

Valve have tweaked Steam's mighty algorithms and fixed some bugs with a new store update out

By Liam Dawe, 12 Sep 2019

Valve aren't just rolling out more experimental features in the Steam Lab, they're also taking a stab at improving how Steam recommends games to you with some adjustments now live.

It's the pre-weekend deals section, plus Endless Space - Collection (Steam Play) free on Humble

By Liam Dawe, 12 Sep 2019

It's coming up to the weekend, here's our usual column taking a quick look over what good deals are going on right now.

War Thunder 1.91 'Night Vision' is out with the Chinese nation, new sound engine and Easy Anti-Cheat

By Liam Dawe, 12 Sep 2019

The online free to play combat sim War Thunder just had a huge new release, adding in an entirely new nation with China and plenty of upgrades elsewhere.

Hotel design and management sim Hotel Magnate should be on Linux at release

By Liam Dawe, 12 Sep 2019

After a successful crowdfunding campaign, it looks like Hotel Magnate will actually be coming to Linux.

FOSS painting program Krita now has the Linux version on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 12 Sep 2019

Okay, not exactly gaming news but good to see anyway. Krita, the high quality FOSS painting program now has a Linux version available on Steam.

Harvested, a game that blends city-building strategy with a top-down shooter

By Liam Dawe, 12 Sep 2019

Nice to see more games blend entirely different genres together. Harvested has you build a city like a strategy game and become a soldier on the field in a top-down shooter style.

While not on Linux officially, Far Cry New Dawn seems to work amazingly well on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 12 Sep 2019

A recent benchmark video is currently doing the rounds showing off Far Cry New Dawn from Ubisoft, despite it not supporting Linux thanks to Wine, DXVK and Steam Play it seems to run beautifully.

Ultra Strangeness will bring clay graphics and stop-motion to Linux next year

By Liam Dawe, 12 Sep 2019

I absolutely love hand-made clay stop-motion animation, ever since watching Trap Door when I was much younger it left a lasting impression so I'm always keen to see what games can do with it. Ultra Strangeness is one such title that caught me here.

Shiro Games have announced that Northgard is getting a big free expansion with Northgard Conquest

By Liam Dawe, 12 Sep 2019

Northgard Conquest, that's the name of the next big free expansion coming to Northgard, the strategy game based on Norse mythology.

Manjaro Linux 18.1.0 'Juhraya' has been officially released

By Liam Dawe, 12 Sep 2019

Manjaro, the Linux distribution based on Arch has just put out a major new release with Manjaro 18.1.0 - Juhraya.

Distro News

Try the demo of the amusingly quirky point & click adventure Edgar - Bokbok in Boulzac

By Liam Dawe, 11 Sep 2019

Edgar - Bokbok in Boulzac is an upcoming in-development point and click adventure game, one that I came across recently and it's well worth taking a look at the demo.

Harebrained Schemes continue to tweak BATTLETECH with a new update out

By Liam Dawe, 11 Sep 2019

Ready for one more turn? Harebrained Schemes have some new tweaks ready in the BATTLETECH 1.7 update that's out now.

Seems like Discord's new "Go Live" feature is not coming to the Linux version

By Liam Dawe, 11 Sep 2019

Recently, the voice & text chat app Discord released a pretty fun sounding new feature called "Go Live" which sadly seems like Linux will miss out on.