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Valve to lose $4 million for patent infringement with the Steam Controller

By Liam Dawe, 3 Feb 2021

Valve are yet again hitting the spotlight for the wrong reasons following the ruling from the EU Commission over geo-blocking, a lawsuit involving game pricing and now the Steam Controller too.

Try out a new FMV adventure in the The Parrot That Summons Demons demo

By Liam Dawe, 3 Feb 2021

Mixing together FMV with a Visual Novel adventure, The Parrot That Summons Demons will be bringing the deep, dark and unsettling story by the creators of Bloody Service to Linux.

How about a nice game of Chess with Lichess

By Liam Dawe, 3 Feb 2021

Chess, it's a classic right? So how about a nice game of Chess? I am in fact talking about Lichess, a free and open source browser-based online Chess game.

Story-driven tactical RPG 'The Way of Wrath' up on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe, 3 Feb 2021

Ready for your next story-based RPG? The Way of Wrath plans to fully support Linux and it's currently seeking funding on Kickstarter and it does look quite good.

Saber Interactive / Embracer Group acquire Aspyr Media, Gearbox

By Liam Dawe, 3 Feb 2021

Another day another acquisition with Saber Interactive / Embracer Group acquiring Aspyr Media and so we see the continuing worrying trend of consolidation in the games industry. Plus, Gearbox too.

Viking open-world survival game Valheim enters Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 2 Feb 2021

After a promising Alpha release on itch.io back in 2018, the day has finally come to enter purgatory in Valheim.

Ludusavi seems like a pretty good open source game save backup tool

By Liam Dawe, 2 Feb 2021

Need something to keep your game saves backed up with a friendly UI? Ludusavi is one such project that's free and open source, so anyone can help with it.

Try out the brand new demo for PRIM, a point-and-click with some fantastic art

By Liam Dawe, 2 Feb 2021

Inspired by the works of Tim Burton, PRIM is an upcoming point and click adventure that looks to be unmissable.

FOSS game engine GDevelop gets early support for tile-based maps

By Liam Dawe, 2 Feb 2021

Getting increasingly more useful and powerful, the open source game engine GDevelop has another new version up with the first iteration of support for tile-based maps.

First-person hack and slash Lichenvale has an Alpha Demo available

By Liam Dawe, 2 Feb 2021

Enjoy classic hack and slashers? Lichenvale looks like it could be promising and you can try out an early build now.

Collabora talk enhancing apitrace with gltrim to get replayable cut traces

By Liam Dawe, 2 Feb 2021

Developers working across different areas of Linux are always looking for ways to squeeze a bit more performance, and it seems Collabora came up with a new way to performance test with upgrades to apitrace.

Google shutting their internal game dev studios, focusing directly on Stadia tech

By Liam Dawe, 1 Feb 2021

In a move that is sure to raise plenty of eyebrows, and worry Stadia supporters, Google has announced they're shutting down SG&E (Stadia Games & Entertainment) and no longer doing first-party games.

Minetest 5.4.0 to make downloading mods and games a lot easier

By Liam Dawe, 1 Feb 2021

Minetest is the free and open source voxel game engine, inspired originally by Minecraft it's gradually becoming bigger and better with lots of available games for it.

Check out the free wonderful point and click mystery-comedy Loco Motive

By Liam Dawe, 1 Feb 2021

Love a good murder mystery? Check out the absolutely charming Loco Motive which was made for the AdvXJam 2020 Game Jam.

Next-gen escape room experience coming to Linux with Escape Simulator

By Liam Dawe, 1 Feb 2021

Escape Simulator from Pine Studio (SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell, Faraway: Director's Cut) is a next-generation escape room puzzler with both solo and co-op modes.

Imperator: Rome DLC Heirs of Alexander with a free 2.0 update out February 16

By Liam Dawe, 1 Feb 2021

Paradox Interactive and Paradox Development Studio have announced the next paid expansion and major free upgrade for Imperator: Rome and they're both launching February 16.

Valve abusing the market power of Steam on game pricing according to a lawsuit

By Liam Dawe, 1 Feb 2021

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Valve are in the legal spotlight again following the EU Commission Fine with a few more Steam troubles, as a new lawsuit has emerged with a claim about an "abuse" of their market power.