Open source space trading and combat game 'Naev' has a fresh build up
Another wonderful classic free and open source game had a fresh update recently. This time it's Naev, a game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity.
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The Ethiopia Pack launches for Civilization VI on July 23
The New Frontier Pass expands on July 23, the Ethiopia Pack launches for Civilization VI as part of their plan to continue pushing out content over the next year.
The sleek Star Lite Mk III 11-inch Linux laptop is now taking orders
Star Labs have announced their latest Linux laptop refresh with the Star Lite Mk III 11-inch now available to order.
Steam Labs hits 1 year, Community Recommendations launches
After about a year of Steam Labs now being a thing, Valve have written up a blog post to celebrate and to go over what's shipped, what's not happening and more.
Inspired by Settlers II, the open source Widelands has a new test build up
Settlers II is an absolute classic and Widelands does a pretty good job of carrying the torch. Recently, a huge new update went out in the form of a Release Candidate.
The fab retro tactical RPG 'Fates of Ort' in now on GOG
Fates of Ort, a retro RPG with a tactical approach to the combat and one where time only moves where you move is now available on GOG.
Narrative-heavy RPG 'Vagrus - The Riven Realms' has a free Prologue out now
Vagrus - The Riven Realms, an upcoming turn-based narrative exploration RPG now has a Prologue available to get a feel for if it might be your thing.
CARRION brings on the grisly reverse-horror on July 23
Phobia Game Studio and Devolver Digital recently announced that CARRION, a reverse-horror where you're the thing lurking in the dark will release on July 23.
Cloud Miners is an upcoming 2D co-op space mining and exploration game
Inspired by Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, the upcoming Cloud Miners looks like it could be a fun blend of genres to play in some local co-op sessions.
Darkest Dungeon: The Butcher's Circus for Linux is getting really close
Darkest Dungeon: The Butcher's Circus, the free DLC that adds in an online PvP mode will be coming to Linux really soon going by their latest update.
WW1 top-down survival horror 'CONSCRIPT' gets a Kickstarter extension
Currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter, the promising looking top-down WW1 survival horror CONSCRIPT has been granted an extension to their campaign.
Tilekit looks like a great tilemap editor with auto tiling
Some parts of developing games can end up quite tedious like manually placing down tiles for 2D games, and it seems Tilekit might be able to help with that.
Gig economy firefighter parody 'Embr' has a new game mode
Embr, a game that pokes fun at the rise of the gig economy by letting anyone tackle fires adds a whole new game mode.
What have you been playing lately? It's chat time
Wow, the end of another week over here in the surprisingly hot and sunny UK. Perfect weather to be sat inside playing games.
NVIDIA open sourced part of NVAPI SDK to aid 'Windows emulation environments'
NVIDIA sneakily put out a little open source release recently, with a part of the NVAPI SDK now under the MIT license.
Wasteland 3 for Linux (and Mac) delayed, possible by end of 2020
inXile entertainment today put out a fresh update to go over Wasteland 3 details and they've decided to delay the Linux and Mac versions.
Open source voxel game engine Minetest has a new release
Inspired by Minecraft and Infiniminer, the open source and highly moddable voxel game engine Minetest has a new release available now.
Remembering an indie gem with Osmos over 10 years later
Ah Osmos, what an absolute gem that was back when it released for Linux in 2010. Looking back, it's one of the first set of new-wave indie games to kick-start Linux gaming.
Stadia round-up with F1 2020 out now, Celeste and El Hijo confirmed plus leaks
Time for another Stadia round-up, as we have a few interesting nuggets to go over for the Linux-powered game streaming service with new games coming.
Go sightseeing in the upcoming Idaho DLC for American Truck Simulator
Coming out sometime later this month, the Idaho DLC for American Truck Simulator has SCS Software trying something a little different.
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