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Plague Inc: The Cure DLC coming in early 2021 and free until COVID-19 is under control

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2020

Ready to cure the world? Ndemic Creations have released another small bit of info for Plague Inc: The Cure, the upcoming expansion to the excellent Plague Inc: Evolved.

Wine 6.0 hits a third Release Candidate with 19 bugs marked as fixed

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2020

Reaching that little bit closer towards the next major release, the Wine compatibility layer project has another Release Candidate that needs testing for Wine 6.0.

The absolutely genius Frick, Inc. from Kenney is now up on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2020

Driving trucks has probably never been this challenging before with on-screen controls, Frick, Inc. from Kenney is a fantastic idea for a game.

Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood to feature time-loops, branching stories - new trailer up

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2020

Devespresso Games (The Coma series, Vambrace: Cold Soul) have announced along with publisher Headup that their next game Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood will enter Early Access in February 2021.

War Thunder gets another major upgrade with the Hot Tracks update

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2020

Are you ready for another major update to the Dagor Engine 6.0 used in War Thunder? As the Hot Tracks update is rolling out across the battlefields.

Upcoming fighting game Fraymakers is a massive success on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2020

McLeodGaming, creators of the popular Super Smash Flash 2, have successfully funded Fraymakers on Kickstarter with Linux support confirmed and it was a big campaign for them.

The Mistwoods Update is up for Dota 2 - new hero Hoodwink plus Aghanim’s Shard for all

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2020

Oh no, I feel like I'm going to get sucked into Dota 2 again and lose another 500 hours. The Mistwoods Update has gone live and it's a major one with the new hero Hoodwink.

Kerbal Space Program 1.11 is out with an EVA Construction Mode

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2020

A little repair and reconstruction while doing a space walk? That's now a thing in the latest free expansion to the spaceship building simulation game Kerbal Space Program.

AWS are now funding Blender development for three years

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2020

Another surprise for 2020! Blender has pulled in yet another major company to help fund their awesome free and open source 3D creation suite.

Wasteland 3 now available on Linux from inXile Entertainment

By Liam Dawe, 17 Dec 2020

inXile Entertainment have today officially released Wasteland 3 for Linux (and macOS), following on from their successful Fig campaign in 2016 and Windows release in August 2020.

The Humble Winter Indie Mix Bundle is live with Deponia, Butcher, Armello

By Liam Dawe, 17 Dec 2020

Yet another chance for you to pick up a selection of great games with the Humble Winter Indie Mix Bundle.

Total War: WARHAMMER II - The Twisted & The Twilight now available on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 17 Dec 2020

Two weeks after the original Windows supported release, Total War: WARHAMMER II - The Twisted & The Twilight is now available for the Linux port.

Sublime indie racer art of rally has a big content update out with ghost cars

By Liam Dawe, 17 Dec 2020

art of rally is an astonishingly good racing game from the creator of Absolute Drift, and it just recently had a first major content upgrade that's available now.

WWII fantasy tactical-battler Broken Lines has an undead invasion in a free expansion

By Liam Dawe, 17 Dec 2020

Ready to face the horde? WWII fantasy tactics battler Broken Lines has a big free update out now focusing on the rising dead giving you an all-new way to play.

Story-based casual life sim Everafter Falls is fully funded and on the way to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 17 Dec 2020

Developer SquareHusky has managed to have their upcoming casual life sim Everafter Falls funded on Kickstarter, so that's another wonderful looking game coming our way.

Linux Mint 20.1 'Ulyssa' gets a first Beta release for their upcoming LTS

By Liam Dawe, 17 Dec 2020

Linux Mint, a beginner friendly Linux distribution, is getting ready to release a big new upgrade with Linux Mint 20.1 'Ulyssa' that will be their new Long Term Support version.

Free and open source space sim 'Naev' has a big overhaul update out now

By Liam Dawe, 17 Dec 2020

Naev returns! This classic free and open source 2D space exploration, trading and combat sim release version 0.8.0 and it's quite a big change for it.

NVIDIA has a small update to their Vulkan Beta Driver, plus naming changes to mainline

By Liam Dawe, 17 Dec 2020

NVIDIA have released a small and sweet update to their developer focused Vulkan Beta driver series with 455.46.04 out now for Linux.

Great nonogram puzzler Pixross from Kenney is now on Steam and upgraded

By Liam Dawe, 16 Dec 2020

After releasing for itch.io first Pixross, the nonogram puzzle game from Kenney, has now hopped on over to Steam and it also had a sweet upgrade for both stores.