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Ravva and the Cyclops Curse looks like a rather nice NES-inspired platformer

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Another lovely looking retro-inspired platformer! Ravva and the Cyclops Curse from developer Galope just released this week with Linux support.

Battle Motion, a really silly massive fantasy battle game will have Linux support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Sometimes when looking around for new games I come across something that really catches my eye, Battle Motion is one such game as it looks completely silly.

Steam Play versus Linux Version, a little performance comparison and more thoughts

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Now that Steam has the ability officially to override a Linux game and run it through Steam Play instead, let's take a quick look at some differences in performance.

Quake 2 now has real-time path tracing with Vulkan

By Liam Squires-Hand,
If you have one of the more recent NVIDIA RTX graphics cards, here's an interesting project for you to try. Q2VKPT from developer Christoph Schied implements some really quite advanced techniques.

Dicey Dungeons, the new unique roguelike from Terry Cavanagh and co introduces quests

By Liam Squires-Hand,
We have a lot of roguelikes available on Linux (seriously, we do) yet Dicey Dungeons from Terry Cavanagh, Marlowe Dobbe, and Chipzel still remains fresh due to the rather unique game mechanics.

The Beta of Zombie Panic! Source was updated recently, should work better on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Zombie Panic! Source is currently going through an overhaul, as part of this it's coming to Linux with a version now in beta and the latest update should make it a better experience.

Another Steam Client Beta is out, adds the ability to force Steam Play

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve are working fast to improve the Steam client this year, with another beta now available including an option that was highly requested.

Gravel, the 'ultimate off-road experience' is now officially supported on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The second racing game from Milestone has arrived on Linux with Gravel, what they claim is the 'ultimate off-road experience'.

Space station building sim 'Meeple Station' is now on Steam, with the new publisher Modularity

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Meeple Station from Vox Games (Regions of Ruin) officially arrives on Steam today in Early Access, backed up by the new publisher Modularity from the folks behind Indie DB and Mod DB.

LandTraveller, the really sweet 2D RPG had a pretty huge update recently

By Liam Squires-Hand,
LandTraveller from WolfCoder Workshop is a sweet 2D RPG that combines elements from traditional action-RPGs with sandbox building options and it continues to grow.

Comedy point and click adventure 'Guard Duty' to arrive on Linux this Spring, looks awesome

By Liam Squires-Hand,
If you need a sprinkle of comedy in your life, the comedic point and click adventure Guard Duty looks like it could hit the spot.

Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus updated, fixes a few Linux issues and it's looking great

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus update 1.1.1 is out and the Linux beta has seen some nice fixes making it in.

Dis Pontibus will have you solve puzzles and connect islands together in a procedurally-generated archipelago

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Who would have thought something as simple as connecting blocks together could be so good? Dis Pontibus will keep you going for hours.

The Tyranids have arrived in Warhammer 40,000: Gladius

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Things are about to get a little more intense on Gladius Prime as the Tyranids have arrived to consume everything in their path.

HyperRogue, the unique roguelike with a non-Euclidean world has been updated

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Probably one of the most unique roguelikes around, HyperRogue has such a mind-bending world it's really quite something.

Valve put out a new Steam beta client, plenty of Linux fixes and no more Steam Play zero-byte downloads

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve have put out their second beta update to the Steam client this year and this is actually a rather nice one.

Unity have updated their Terms of Service and they seem a lot more fair

By Liam Squires-Hand,
After the debacle over Unity and Improbable's SpatialOS, it seems Unity has made some solid steps after a lot of feedback on their Terms of Service.

An update on the situation with NVIDIA graphical distortions in some Unity games on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Recently, I highlighted an issue in multiple Unity games where the graphics were distorted on Linux with using an NVIDIA GPU and I offered some workarounds. I now have an update on the issue to share from both Unity and NVIDIA.

DYSMANTLE from 10tons is an open world action RPG where you can ruin everything

By Liam Squires-Hand,
10tons Ltd the team behind Crimsonland, Neon Chrome, Time Recoil, JYDGE, Tesla vs Lovecraft and more have revealed their next title, DYSMANTLE.

ECON - Elemental Connection, a pretty sweet puzzle game about making a mosaic

By Liam Squires-Hand,
ECON - Elemental Connection was quite a surprise, a puzzle game that can be played both offline and online that has you take it in turns to build a mosaic.