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No Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation for Linux but Ashes II and future Stardock titles should be

By Liam Dawe, 1 Oct 2019

Good and bad news to share this Tuesday morning. Stardock Entertainment have given an update on the status of porting Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation to Vulkan and Linux.

Start your week with a cheap game, a look over some sales going on right now

By Liam Dawe, 30 Sep 2019

It's Monday, there's not enough caffeine in the office, it's raining outside but on the bright side there's plenty of games for Linux on sale right now.

Taking elements from XCOM and FTL, Galaxy Squad arrives on GOG with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 30 Sep 2019

Inspired by two games I absolutely adore, Galaxy Squad takes the node-based exploration and random events from FTL and adds in some turn-based XCOM-like combat.

The promising action-adventure rogue-lite UnderMine just got a big update

By Liam Dawe, 30 Sep 2019

UnderMine has you dig deep for riches, now with a little bit more of a purpose with the Collector update out now.

The Atari VCS team is finally talking about games as they're partnering with Antstream Arcade

By Liam Dawe, 30 Sep 2019

The team doing the Linux-powered Atari VCS gaming console are finally talking about games. After a lot of silence, they've announced a partnership with Antstream Arcade to bring tons of classics to it.

Hardware

Songs of Syx, the pixel-art city-builder with an epic scale now has a Steam page and newer demo

By Liam Dawe, 30 Sep 2019

One that you need to firmly keep on your watch list is Songs of Syx, a city-builder that starts off tiny and allows you to grow into something huge.

Graveyard Keeper is getting a 'Stranger Sins' DLC that will let you build your own tavern

By Liam Dawe, 30 Sep 2019

Graveyard Keeper, the dark and humorous medieval cemetery management sim is about to expand with a new story DLC releasing October 29.

Minecraft is set to get a huge update to the Nether with new mobs and biomes plus Bees

By Liam Dawe, 30 Sep 2019

Mojang have announced some pretty huge additions coming to Minecraft during MINECON and some of it sounds quite exciting!

Zombie Soup, a peculiar action-packed shooting adventure coming to Linux next year

By Liam Dawe, 30 Sep 2019

Zombie Soup from Aeonsparx Interactive recently popped up on Steam and I have to admit, after watching the trailer I do want to see a lot more from this. It also has a demo up for Linux!

A new teaser is up for the FPS 'TO4: Tactical Operations' with testing opening up soon

By Liam Dawe, 30 Sep 2019

TO4: Tactical Operations, the upcoming free first-person shooter that's planning Linux support is gearing up for a release with a new teaser video.

D9VK 0.22 released fixing The Sims 2 and games complaining drivers are too old

By Liam Dawe, 30 Sep 2019

Joshua Ashton released a small tidying up version of D9VK yesterday, fixing a few issues to give you a better experience with this D3D9 to Vulkan layer.

The Linux and gaming Sunday round-up paper

By Liam Dawe, 29 Sep 2019

Another week has passed already? There's simply not enough time in the week! Since we slow right down during the weekend to get a little downtime ready to be fresh for another week, here's some interesting bits for Sunday reading.

DXVK 1.4.1 is out fixing issues with Batman: Arkham City, Hitman 2 and Ni no Kuni Remastered

By Liam Dawe, 27 Sep 2019

The fresh releases just don't stop rolling off the production line recently. Developer Philip Rebohle announced the DXVK 1.4.1 update tonight to clear up some issues from the recent big release.

Wine 4.17 is out with new Mono, support for DXTn compressed textures and more

By Liam Dawe, 27 Sep 2019

Another Friday another tasty Wine development release is out with Wine 4.17, no pun this week as the bottle has run dry. What's with that blanc look on your face?

Chiaki, an open source PlayStation 4 Remote Play client is out and it works on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 27 Sep 2019

Streaming is all the rage now right? How about streaming your PlayStation 4 to your Linux box using Chiaki, a new open source Remote Play client.

The absolutely crazy Streets of Rogue is now available on GOG

By Liam Dawe, 27 Sep 2019

If you prefer to pick up your gaming fix from the DRM-free store GOG, you're in luck again. One of the best games all year, Streets of Rogue, is now available there too.

Valve are expanding Steam Remote Play with defaults for popular games and a new API

By Liam Dawe, 27 Sep 2019

Steam Remote Play (previously in-home streaming), the feature of Steam that allows you to stream a game from one PC to another device sure is handy and Valve are giving it a bit more of a push now.

Lovecraftian horror RPG Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones has launched

By Liam Dawe, 27 Sep 2019

With Linux support same-day as promised, Cultic Games and 1C Entertainment have launched their lovecraftian themed horror RPG named Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones.

The Jackbox Party Pack 6 now has a release date and pre-orders are open

By Liam Dawe, 27 Sep 2019

In the mood to party? Need a fresh set of amusing games to entertain your guests with? Good news everyone! The Jackbox Party Pack 6 is releasing quite soon.