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Quirky family-friendly animal racing game Slide releasing February 2021
Enjoy your family-friendly kart-racing styled arcade games? Slide was pretty good from the demo we tried back in September, and it now has a release date.
Linux Kernel 5.10 is officially out now as a Long Term Support release
A brand new Long Term Support release is out now with the Linux Kernel 5.10, the very beating heart of the whole Linux system which brings plenty of new features and hardware support.
Godot Engine set to get better VR support with a new hire thanks to Facebook
Godot Engine, the free and open source game engine for 2D and 3D games is getting a nice VR boost - thanks to Facebook Reality Labs. We can expect great things from this by the sounds of it.
Make some sweet honey in the 1 year anniversary update to beehive builder Hive Time
Hive Time, the sweet beehive building and management sim from Cheeseness hits the one year mark, celebrates with a new upgrade and a fresh little trailer.
Wine 6.0 comes closer with a second Release Candidate
The Wine compatibility layer is closing in on a big new release, with the second Release Candidate now available for testing on Wine 6.0.
TUXEDO launch their smallest Linux gaming notebook with the Book XP14
With a rather unassuming and plain case that doesn't give much away, the new TUXEDO Book XP14 is their smallest and lightest gaming notebook now available.
1C Entertainment to publish sci-fi fantasy arena FPS Viscerafest - coming in 2021
1C Entertainment announced today that they've teamed up with Acid Man Games and Fire Plant Games as publisher for Viscerafest, their colourful retro themed sci-fi fantasy FPS.
Sci-fi submarine suffering sim Barotrauma has a big overhaul in Uncharted Depths
Uncharted Depths is the name of the latest upgrade to Barotrauma, a sci-fi exploration sim that puts you and friends (or random people / AI) inside a submarine in the depths of Jupiter's moon Europa.
Head-swapping rogue-lite Skul: The Hero Slayer to release January 21, 2021
SouthPAW Games and NEOWIZ have confirmed that Skul: The Hero Slayer, their head-swapping 2D rogue-lite action game will leaving Early Access on January 21, 2021.
Open-world RPG with freaky hand-painted organic locations Death Trash moves to 2021
One particular indie game I am very excited to eventually get my hands on is Death Trash, a blending of real-time action and RPG mechanics in a very strange post-apocalyptic world.
Atari VCS has some game announcements, actually shipping soon
The story of the Atari VCS is definitely an eventful one but it appears it might finally be coming to an end, with units actually about to ship and a couple of game announcements.
Valve updates Steam with more Linux improvements, new game properties UI
A fresh Beta update for the Steam Client has rolled out and it seems Valve have begun modernising more parts of the UI, along with Linux fixes.
INZANE is an upcoming cinematic side-scroller adventure that looks awesome
With some pretty impressive visuals at time, the upcoming side-scroller INZANE is one to keep on your watch list or help fund it if it catches your attention like it did mine.
Check out 30 minutes of the upcoming TMORPG Book of Travels
Might and Delight (Shelter, Meadow and more) are currently developing Book of Travels which they're calling a TMORPG (Tiny Multiplayer Online RPG) and it looks seriously gorgeous.
Desperados III has a final free update as Mimimi Games move to self-publish their next
Mimimi Games are giving Desperados III a "proper goodbye" with the final free update, and it's quite an exciting one for an already amazing game.
Valve upgrade the Steam browsing experience in the latest Steam Labs experiment
With so many thousands of games available on Steam, discovering what you want can be a serious pain in the arse and Valve are clearly aware of that with a new Steam Labs experiment.
After a new visual novel? Tokyo Re:Connect is coming to Linux with a demo up
What looks like it could be a really high quality romance visual novel, Tokyo Re:Connect from KONEKO now has a demo available and they're crowdfunding on Kickstarter.
Valve puts up Proton 5.13-4 to get Cyberpunk 2077 working on Linux for AMD GPUs
Two bits of major news to cover for the Steam Play Proton compatibility layer, with some exciting major changes coming in with updates.
Amusing multiplayer party game Gang Beasts has a huge update and big sale
Gang Beasts from Boneloaf is the super-silly party game that sees various gelatinous characters engage in brutal fisticuffs and it's bigger and better than ever.
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