Simple local-multiplayer PvP real-time strategy title 'Rover Wars' is out now
Rover Wars strips down the RTS genre to some of the basics and makes it a competitive local multiplayer game, it's actually pretty darn fun and it's out now.
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New release of Steam Audio and the next Steam Labs project is up focused on game searching
Valve continue to improve Steam at quite a rapid pace lately. Recently, they not only released a new beta of Steam Audio but they also put up a new experiment.
Distro News - Ubuntu 20.04 'Focal Fossa', Ubuntu MATE and other flavours released
Today is the big day for Canonical and their partners. Ubuntu 20.04 'Focal Fossa' is officially released as their new LTS (Long Term Support) edition along with other desktop flavours like Ubuntu MATE.
Prison Architect getting a free 'Cleared for Transfer' expansion on May 14
Today, Paradox Interactive and Double Eleven announced that Prison Architect will be getting a free expansion on May 14 named 'Cleared for Transfer'.
Collabora continue expanding the FOSS 'Panfrost' driver to cover Mali Bifrost GPUs
Some interesting open source GPU driver news to share today, as Collabora continue working on their open source Panfrost driver to cover newer generations of Mali ARM GPUs.
Literary mystery adventure 'Sarawak' announced, developed on Linux - releasing early 2021
Ready to do a deep-dive into a new text-adventure? Sarawak definitely rises high on my curiosity scale with gameplay split between interactive narrative choices and image-based puzzles.
The classic Escape Velocity: Override is getting remastered with Cosmic Frontier: Override
Escape Velocity: Override, something of a classic from the 90s is getting remastered with Cosmic Frontier: Override and it's seeking funding on Kickstarter.
Linux game launcher 'GameHub' has a brand new release, with game tweaking support
GameHub is another game launcher available for Linux, one we've talked briefly about before, and it just recently had quite a nice looking update.
Gain fame as well as fortune as Tropico 6 goes social with the Spitter DLC that's out today
Tropico 6 always leans on the side of silliness and it appears the latest DLC for this strategy / city-builder is taking aim at social networks. The Tropico 6 - Spitter DLC is out today.
Get ready to putt as 'Golf With Your Friends' releases on May 19
Blacklight Interactive and Team17 have announced that their super fun casual sports game, Golf With Your Friends, is leaving Early Access on May 19.
Dead Cells expands with the 'Bestiary Update' adding in six new enemies and new item affixes
Evil Empire & Motion Twin have updated the excellent Dead Cells again, after release a Half-Life themed patch last month, the larger 'Bestiary Update' is out now.
Latest Steam Beta has Linux fixes plus (speculation) possible Steam Rewards, Subscriptions and Cloud Gaming
Recently, Valve released another fresh Steam Beta and it does include some handy Linux fixes but it seems they have some more exciting changes upcoming.
With a demon trapped in a weird tiny body, the 2.5D platformer 'WarriOrb' is out on April 28
Play as a mighty demon trapped in an unlikely body - a talking ball with agile limbs. Weird right? WarriOrb releases in full on April 28.
Old source code for Valve games CS:GO and TF2 ended up leaked online
Seems the steampipes sprung a bit of a leak recently, as it's been confirmed that both Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Team Fortress 2 had their source code put up online.
There's now over 6,000 Linux games on Steam plus thousands more playable with Steam Play Proton
Seven years ago, Valve officially released the Steam client for the Linux desktop and since then the amount of games playable on Linux has continued rising. Thanks to Steam Play Proton, that's grown drastically too.
AMD announces the Ryzen 3 3100 and Ryzen 3 3300X budget processors and a new B550 chipset
On a budget? Good news for you, as AMD are expanding their third-gen Ryzen processor list with the Ryzen 3 3100 and Ryzen 3 3300X.
Unique and stylish looking survival adventure 'Help Will Come Tomorrow' released with Linux support
Help Will Come Tomorrow, a crowdfunded game developed by Arclight Creations, that takes place around the Russian October Revolution is out now.
Paradox are giving away Cities: Skylines - Parklife DLC free until April 26
Cities: Skylines is pretty much the gold standard of city building on any platforms and it has some good expansions too. One of which, Cities: Skylines - Parklife, can be picked up free.
Serfs is a new in-development medieval RTS that looks promising, it just added Linux support
Currently in development, Serfs, a medieval styled real-time strategy game that feels quite like a city-builder with warfare now has Linux support.
FOSS Ultima 7 game engine 'Exult' has a new big stable update after 16 years
Ultima 7, what a classic. Released originally back in 1992 it continues to live on thanks to open source. Exult is a FOSS game engine for it and it finally has a fresh release.
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