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Subset Games are a developer I was especially keen to speak to about Valve's Steam Play system, since Into the Breach is included as a white-listed game by Valve even though they're working on a Linux version.

It's been a rather turbulent time for Black Riddles Studio, with Crazy Justice originally being scheduled to release in Early Access in July. I contacted Fig to see if they knew what was going on, who got an answer from Black Riddles for me.

Do you like your meditative exploration games? 0°N 0°W looks absolutely surreal and it added Linux support.

I don't think I will ever tire of seeing more games that let you build your own spaceship, BlockShip Wars: Roguelike added Linux support recently.

Shovel Knight: King of Cards is the final campaign in the Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove saga which has now been pushed back until next year. Also announced is Shovel Knight Showdown, a local multiplayer version of the game.

Gift of Parthax is an arena fighting game where you play as a Wizard who can create their own spells, looks interesting and it now has a Linux beta available for testing.

For those of you who love over the top fast-paced action, Galaxy Champions TV is now officially available on Linux.

Positech Games have announced Democracy 4, the next evolution of their political strategy game and it's coming with Linux support.

Good news for those who want games that perform well, as Feral Interactive confirmed that Total War: WARHAMMER II will use Vulkan on Linux.

Wizard of Legend, the dungeon crawler that has you take on the role of a Wizard is getting a fresh content update named Sky Palace.

I've seen a lot of games in my time, yet developers somehow still find ways to surprised me. Pig Eat Ball looks totally weird, but also quite fun.

Ready for more adventures? The Darkside Detective: Season 2 will follow on from the original and it's currently on Kickstarter.

It seems NVIDIA have been working on some improvements to their Linux driver, as the 396.54.05 beta driver seems to have improved performance in various games.

State of Mind is the latest title from Daedalic Entertainment. It's a mix of over-the-shoulder exploration and old-school adventure, but presented in beautiful graphics rendered by Unreal Engine 4 with some of the finest voice acting you’ll hear in a video game.

Frozen Synapse 2 from Mode 7 released yesterday for Windows, the good news is the developer is getting the Linux version out soon.

Another treat for the weekend is a new Wine development release with Wine 3.16 now available with a few features and bug fixes.

DXVK 0.72 just got released and this version brings along some handy extra configuration options as well as some specific game fixes.

Honestly, I'm extremely surprised at this. The Battle Royale game The Culling has today gone free to play and the Linux version once again works to an extent. UPDATED.

We Were Here is a series of games that forces players in co-op with walkie-talkies to work together in separate locations, each describing something to the other to help them progress. The third game, We Were Here Together has been announced.

Deep Sky Derelicts is a pretty great looking dark turn-based RPG from Snowhound Games and 1C Company. They've announced that it's going to leave Early Access on September 26th, which is when the Linux version will also become available.