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Colourful action-adventure 'Sparklite' is in need of Linux Beta testers
Recently we wrote about how Red Blue Games were planning to bring Sparklite to Linux, now they're looking to expand their testing and you can get involved.
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Free to play competitive deck-builder 'DragonEvo' now on itch.io and it had a big revamp
As far as turn-based card battlers go, DragonEvo was quite promising when I tried it out recently and now it looks even better with a big update and a release on itch.io.
Slick roguelike 'Jupiter Hell' has a huge update out with Master Traits, new weapons and more
It's a great day to be a roguelike fan, as the impressive Jupiter Hell (which uses Vulkan!) has a brand new release out and it continues to be stupidly fun.
Mixing real-time battles with turn-based strategy, Total War: SHOGUN 2 is FREE right now
Total War: SHOGUN 2 is now FREE to grab until May 1st on Steam. This is not a free week or weekend, this is your chance to grab an entirely free copy of the game.
Legendary is an in-development community-made open source version of the Epic Games Store
While it wasn't made specifically for Linux, the in-development community made application 'Legendary' has an aim to be a cross-platform and open source version of the Epic Games Store.
Filament is out now and might be my favourite puzzle game of 2020
Filament, a stylish narrative puzzle game set aboard a seemingly abandoned spaceship has officially released along with Linux support from Beard Envy and Kasedo Games.
You can now play the chaotic train-track building game Unrailed! in single-player
Unrailed! is a fantastic local and online co-op experience, one where you will be shouting and screaming with laughter at your partner and now you can play it in single-player too.
Open-source graphics rendering engine 'OGRE' has a major new release up
OGRE, a classic open source graphics rendering engine has a major new release available and the first big release in some time.
Skullgirls is getting improved online play, plus updated sound code for Linux in a Beta up now
Skullgirls, the seriously good fighting game from Lab Zero Games that released originally in 2013 is still being updated and a major improvement is in testing.
Open source PS4 Remote Play client 'Chiaki' major release up with VA-API support
Giving you another way to enjoy your games from various sources on Linux, the free and open source PlayStation 4 Remote Play client 'Chiaki' has a new major update.
Seriously scary game Alien: Isolation hits an all-time low price for Alien Day
A quick tip for you this morning! Alien: Isolation, one of the scariest games I've ever played has hit an all-time low price.
Manjaro Linux 20.0 Lysia released with Xfce, KDE and GNOME editions - Snap and Flatpak support included
Manjaro Linux 20.0 Lysia has been released today, as the latest major refresh for this Arch Linux based distribution.
Wine 5.7 is out with more WineD3D Vulkan work, a start on a USB device driver
The Wine compatibility layer has another development release out today with Wine 5.7 adding in some new features.
LudoNarraCon digital festival starts today on Steam with a sale and livestreams
LudoNarraCon has returned, with another digital event now live on Steam to celebrate narrative games.
NVIDIA have a new Vulkan Beta Driver out with some important Linux fixes
Last week NVIDIA released a new Vulkan Beta Driver which came with some issues, a new build has gone out today fixing some of the most pressing.
Lenovo are to start shipping Fedora Linux as an option on their ThinkPad laptops
As a nice win for open source, hardware vendor Lenovo are going to begin offering Fedora Linux on their ThinkPad line.
Dark fantasy turn-based tactical roguelike RPG 'Iratus: Lord of the Dead' is out now
Iratus: Lord of the Dead from developer Unfrozen and publisher Daedalic Entertainment has now left Early Access, with it full Linux support is now also up.
It appears that Valve are preparing Half-Life: Alyx for Linux
Half-Life: Alyx, Valve's return to the Half-Life franchise in VR-only form released for Windows last month and it appears they're now preparing a Linux version.
Verdant Village puts a high-fantasy spin on Stardew Valley styled gameplay - try it free
Currently in development with it classed as being in an "alpha state", Verdant Village seems like a sweet and promising high fantasy alternative to Stardew Valley with some new themes.
You can play XCOM 2 free until April 30 and you definitely should try it
XCOM 2, likely one of my absolutely all-time favourite strategy games can be played for free until April 30.
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