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Real-time tactical RPG 'City of the Shroud' has a Linux demo build available for testing

By Liam Dawe, 13 Aug 2018

City of the Shroud, a real-time tactical RPG just recently launched on Steam and it turns out it's had a Linux demo build for testing for a long time, with hardly anyone stepping up to check it out.

Gladiabots, the AI combat arena now has a test release for Linux on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 13 Aug 2018

Fancy having a team of robots you program with drag and drop AI fight in an arena? As that's exactly what you will be doing in Gladiabots.

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy now has a Linux build for testing

By Liam Dawe, 13 Aug 2018

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy is a rather popular punishing climbing game, made as a tribute to Jazzuo's 2002 B-Game classic 'Sexy Hiking' and it now has a Linux build.

DXVK 0.65 is out for Vulkan-based D3D11 in Wine, fixes for Monster Hunter World, Yakuza 0

By Liam Dawe, 12 Aug 2018

DXVK continues to astound me in both the speed of development and just how much it can do. This Vulkan-based layer to provide D3D11 in Wine has matured with another new release.

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Kingdom Rush Origins to release on Steam in the next few months, looks like Linux will be supported

By Liam Dawe, 11 Aug 2018

I have no idea how long it's been a thing that Kingdom Rush Origins would be making it's way to PC, but it seems it will release soon.

Comedy cosmic horror adventure 'Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure' has a new trailer and Steam page

By Liam Dawe, 11 Aug 2018

Ahead of a release that will be "Soon!", the comedy cosmic horror adventure Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure has a new trailer and the Steam page is now live.

The GOG weekend sale has some great Linux games like Darkest Dungeon and Ziggurat

By Liam Dawe, 11 Aug 2018

If you need something to keep you going across a rainy weekend (rain has returned to my part of the UK, a lot of it too) then head on over to GOG as their weekend sale is pretty good.

Valve have hired another developer to upstream SteamOS driver changes, including Xbox One S rumble support

By Liam Dawe, 11 Aug 2018

Valve's Pierre-Loup Griffais announced on Twitter that they've hired Andrey Smirnov to help them get some SteamOS changes upstream into the main Linux Kernel.

Graveyard Keeper releases August 15th, should include Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 10 Aug 2018

Despite the SteamOS icon (meaning Linux support) no longer showing on Steam, tinyBuild confirmed to us today via email that the plan is to still have a Linux version of Graveyard Keeper at launch.

Language learning game Lingotopia to release on August 16th with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 10 Aug 2018

If you fancy learning a new language, Lingotopia might make it less of a chore as this adventure game has you play as a little girl shipwrecked on the shores of a strange island.

The Linux version of Forsaken Remastered is now available on GOG

By Liam Dawe, 10 Aug 2018

Awesome news for those waiting on it, as GOG now have the Linux build of Forsaken Remastered from Nightdive Studios with porting help from Ryan "Icculus" Gordon.

Planetary god sim 'The Universim' has a new trailer ahead of Early Access later this month

By Liam Dawe, 10 Aug 2018

The Universim, a god sim with multiple planets is shaping up pretty well. It has a new trailer ahead of release on August 28th.

The developer of Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus has posted about possible issues with the Linux release

By Liam Dawe, 10 Aug 2018

Bulwark Studios seem to be remaining cautious in their approach to the Linux (and Mac) versions of Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus.

The next Linux patch for Civilization VI will be out soon with cross-platform online play

By Liam Dawe, 9 Aug 2018

It's been a long time coming and the wait should hopefully be over soon, as Aspyr Media have confirmed the next Linux patch for Civilization VI is waiting for approval.

EXAPUNKS from Zachtronics is now out in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 9 Aug 2018

How do you feel about hacking to save your life? In EXAPUNKS it's 1997 again and you've made a deal for one hack, one dose to prevent dying from the phage.

Talking point: Leaving user reviews for Linux games can really help a developer

By Liam Dawe, 9 Aug 2018

We all know the current Linux gaming market share isn't turning heads and it can be tough to persuade developers that having a Linux version is worth it. I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about user reviews and how they can help out.

Editorial

The Linux version of Into the Breach is in active development

By Liam Dawe, 9 Aug 2018

Exciting news for those of you waiting for Into the Breach, the second title from Subset Games (FTL) as they're working on the Linux version right now.

The next release of DXVK for Vulkan-based D3D11 with Wine will use per-game configuration files

By Liam Dawe, 9 Aug 2018

The developer of the very interesting DXVK project has mentioned that the next release is going to do away with environment variables in favour of per-game configuration files.

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Wine

The excellent survival racer Distance is officially releasing on September 18th

By Liam Dawe, 9 Aug 2018

After being in Early Access for a few years, the rather good survival racer Distance which is the spiritual successor to Nitronic Rush, is going to officially release next month.