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Want a more up to date Proton for Steam Play? Proton GE has a big new release out

By Liam Dawe, 2 Sep 2019

There's no need to wait for Valve and CodeWeavers to update Proton for Steam Play, if you're willing to do a little bit of extra work with a custom build like Proton GE.

A big new release of the RTS Warzone 2100 has finally made it out the door

By Liam Dawe, 2 Sep 2019

Warzone 2100, a proper classic real-time strategy game that's open source just had the first update in some years.

Godot Engine continues advancing the Vulkan rendering system, 3D work has begun

By Liam Dawe, 2 Sep 2019

Godot Engine developer Juan Linietsky has another progress report up on the status of moving over to Vulkan and it's sounding great.

Devader, possibly the most insane twin-stick shooter I've ever played is out now

By Liam Dawe, 2 Sep 2019

You think you know bullet-hell? Devader will challenge that thought. Released today with Linux support from developer Falkenbrew, Devader is one twin-stick not to be missed.

Total War: WARHAMMER II is getting huge Forts to take down in a free update

By Liam Dawe, 2 Sep 2019

The team working on Total War: WARHAMMER II have put out a new development post about one of the free features being added in the next update and it sounds really fun.

OSK is a beautiful looking 2.5D platformer about a squirrel escaping an apocalypse

By Liam Dawe, 2 Sep 2019

Points here for a little originality and a beautiful style. The one-person studio Diax Game have announced their "2.5D" platformer OSK.

Survival game Vintage Story adds food spoilage, preservation and improved visuals

By Liam Dawe, 2 Sep 2019

I have to say, every new release of Vintage Story brings me closer to tapping that buy button as it's really starting to sound pretty sweet.

Valve just turned the gameplay of Dota Underlords on its head with Contraptions

By Liam Dawe, 31 Aug 2019

Valve seem to be using Early Access to really mix things up for Dota Underlords, with a new update out adding in Contraptions you can put on the board.

The Wine 4.15 development release is out now

By Liam Dawe, 30 Aug 2019

What's a Friday without a little Wine? Thankfully today we don't have to find out as the Wine 4.15 development release is now out.

Abandon Ship, a naval adventure game with an oil painting inspired art-style is now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 30 Aug 2019

Just like Fireblade Software said they would some time ago, they've delivered. The naval adventure game with an incredible style, Abandon Ship, is now available on Linux.

The surprisingly good and challenging rogue-lite Gerty is now "Content Complete"

By Liam Dawe, 30 Aug 2019

Gerty from developer Spawn Point OSK was a huge surprise when I initially tried it out in December last year. An absolutely action packed rogue-lite with ruthless aliens and destructible terrain.

DRM-free store GOG are doing a back to school sale with lots of discounts

By Liam Dawe, 30 Aug 2019

Absolutely any excuse for a sale and since the Summer holidays are coming to a close, GOG have decided to do a back to school sale. Yes, nothing says school like buying more games.

Give the Linux demo of the action RPG Space Robinson a try and let the developer know your thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 30 Aug 2019

Developer Luxorix Games and publisher Alawar Premium are currently working on Space Robinson, an action RPG with a fun graphical style that's supposed to really test you.

One of our favourite games Slay the Spire is getting even better on Linux with a new beta up

By Liam Dawe, 30 Aug 2019

Slay the Spire, a roguelike deck-builder from Mega Crit Games that released earlier this year is one of our absolutely favourite games. It's also getting even better and a beta is now up.

Post-apocalyptic road-trip strategy game Overland is releasing September 19th

By Liam Dawe, 30 Aug 2019

A day I've been waiting for after playing hours of the early builds, Overland from developer Finji is finally going to release on September 19th.

NVIDIA Vulkan beta driver 435.19.02, plus 435.21 stable driver released

By Liam Dawe, 30 Aug 2019

NVIDIA have release two new drivers over the last day! An update to their Vulkan beta driver as well as a new stable driver update for everyone.

DXVK 1.3.3 is out, a small and tidy release for the D3D11 and D3D10 to Vulkan layer

By Liam Dawe, 30 Aug 2019

Developer Philip Rebohle pushed out a fresh update to DXVK yesterday with a couple little fixes and improvements.

Bag a free copy of DiRT Rally during the Humble Store end of Summer sale, some deals on Steam too

By Liam Dawe, 29 Aug 2019

For 72 hours Humble Store are giving away DiRT Rally (has Linux support - ported by Feral Interactive) during their big end of Summer sale.

Go on a wild Cornish adventure in Knights And Bikes, out with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 29 Aug 2019

Knights And Bikes is a tale of two lost souls discovering friendship, going on an adventure inspired by Earthbound, Secret of Mana and The Goonies.

The Hunter & The Beast expansion announced for Total War: WARHAMMER II

By Liam Dawe, 29 Aug 2019

Arriving on Linux "shortly" after the Windows release, the next expansion for Total War: WARHAMMER II has been announced and it does sound quite enticing.