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Last Epoch is an RPG well worth supporting on Kickstarter, it's now fully funded

By Liam Dawe, 14 May 2018

With only a couple of days left to go, the Kickstarter for the RPG Last Epoch has just managed to scrape by to get fully funded and their demo has seen a few good updates.

The Linux version of squad based Roguelike 'Steam Marines' has nearly become profitable

By Liam Dawe, 14 May 2018

It's taken quite a while, but it seems the Linux version of squad based roguelike Steam Marines has nearly become profitable.

Valve are paying hackers for finding security flaws, plus a website refresh teased top secret games

By Liam Dawe, 13 May 2018

Valve seem to be pretty serious about increasing the security of their services, as it turns out they've been paying hackers for finding flaws. They also updated their company website recently, which mentions some secret games.

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Ships, choices and gods – some more thoughts on Pillars of Eternity II

By BTRE, 13 May 2018

Pillars of Eternity II released earlier this week and I was only able to share some basic thoughts about the experience. Now, with more time sunk into the game I have a more nuanced perspective I can talk about.

Vulkan layer for Direct3D 11 & Wine 'DXVK' updated with fixes for Dark Souls 3, Overwatch & more

By Liam Dawe, 13 May 2018

DXVK is such an incredible project to bring Direct3D 11 support to Wine using Vulkan and another exciting release is now out.

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The open-world RPG 'Smoke and Sacrifice' is currently not coming to Linux, despite reports saying it will

By Liam Dawe, 13 May 2018

Sad news, as the great looking open-world narrative RPG 'Smoke and Sacrifice' is currently not coming to Linux.

Rocket League to get a new arena and music later this month, cross-platform parties due this summer & more

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2018

Looks like there's a lot going on with Rocket League at the moment and some of it sounds pretty darn exciting.

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Shoot 'em up Hyper Sentinel, a love-letter to Uridium is officially released with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2018

Have fond memories of Uridium? Love shoot 'em ups? Hyper Sentinel is now out and it's pretty damn good.

A new Steam Client Beta adds Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) support to the Steam Controller

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2018

In preparation for the upcoming Steam Link app release, the Steam Beta Client has been updated with support for the Steam Controller using a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) mode.

The developer of Crazy Justice has shown off a quick teaser of it on Ubuntu

By Liam Dawe, 11 May 2018

Black Riddles Studio has finally shown Crazy Justice on Ubuntu, although it's only a small teaser of their third-person shooter it has me excited.

Wine 3.8 is out with an MP3 decoder and plenty of fixes

By Liam Dawe, 11 May 2018

The latest bi-weekly Wine development release is out with 3.8 and it brings a few notable features and bug fixes.

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Classic sci-fi adventure 'Mission Critical' is now on GOG with a Linux version

By Liam Dawe, 11 May 2018

Fancy a space adventure? How about a classic? Mission Critical has recently made its way onto GOG and it has a Linux version.

Lead a robot revolt in 'Robothorium', entering Early Access in June

By Liam Dawe, 11 May 2018

Robothorium is a turn-based RPG roguelike where you lead the charge in the robot uprising. It does look pretty good and it's going to enter Early Access on June 7th.

Open-world action & adventure RPG 'Wild Mage - Phantom Twilight' has hit the Linux stretch goal

By Liam Dawe, 11 May 2018

Great news for those who love their open-world games, as Wild Mage - Phantom Twilight is officially heading to Linux as it's fully funded on Kickstarter.

Bum Simulator will simulate life as a homeless person

By Liam Dawe, 11 May 2018

Yup, this seems to be a very real game. Bum Simulator is a game that's going to turn a few heads, with it show off life as a homeless person.

Portal puzzler 'Portarius' is now available on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 11 May 2018

Portarius is a puzzle-adventure game about a little spaceship equipped with some sort of portal gun and it's now on Linux.

Sounds like Linux game downloads are popular on game store itch

By Liam Dawe, 10 May 2018

The creator of game store itch has been tweeting out about Linux gaming and Linux games seem to be quite popular in terms of downloads on the store.

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Humble Store is having a huge Spring Sale, thousands of games going for cheap

By Liam Dawe, 10 May 2018

What's that? Another big sale?! We have the Humble Spring Sale which is going on until May 24th and there's a lot of Linux games going cheap.

Need some art for your games? Kenney Game Assets 3 has added a lovely pixel art interface pack

By Liam Dawe, 10 May 2018

Kenney really do make some awesome free and paid-for art to use in games and they just updated their Kenney Game Assets 3 with a lovely set of pixel art interfaces.