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Ludusavi seems like a pretty good open source game save backup tool
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.
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Try out the brand new demo for PRIM, a point-and-click with some fantastic art
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Play some classic RTS with a new test release of OpenRA
Closing in on a big new stable release, the OpenRA project to play the classic Command & Conquer real time strategy games has a new test release that needs more people to try out.
Arcade flight combat in Pirates of Frontier's Reach arrives on Linux
Need more combat flight sims? Pirates of Frontier's Reach is a somewhat promising upcoming (Early Access) title that just recently made its way onto Linux officially.
A look back over the most popular articles for January 2021
Struggling to keep up? No worries, check out our round-up of what articles saw the most traffic over January 2021.
Factorio 1.1 update is out with blueprint flipping, performance upgrades
A big feature players have been asking for a long time is now live in the Factorio 1.1 update, and it should run smoother than ever with big factories.
Steam Festival returns February 3, plus new Steam Beta fixes up shader processing
Ready for another huge Steam Festival? It shall be returning with the Steam Game Festival, February 2021 edition. Plus there's a fresh Steam Beta that Linux users will want to try out.
Free social deduction hacking game Untrusted enters Early Access
After a new online experience to play with friends and one that's free to play? Untrusted is a new social deduction hacking game with two sides facing off.
Wine 6.1 released beginning another year of improvements
Now that the big stable Wine 6.0 release is out for the Windows compatibility layer, work begins again on another year of pulling in major new features with Wine 6.1 out now.
The Machinery game engine adds Linux support in Preview
The Machinery, an upcoming game engine from people who previously worked on the likes of Stingray, Bitsquid, and Diesel engines released a new build with the first Preview of Linux support.
Tough city-building strategy game As Far As The Eye now supported on Linux
As Far As The Eye is a strategy game that has you build a city, while also making you constantly move on before the world becomes submerged. It's tough and it's now available on Linux.
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