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Award-winning strategy game The Battle of Polytopia is now on Linux PC
After winning awards and gaining popularity in the mobile space, Midjiwan AB have ported over The Battle of Polytopia to PC (Linux, macOS, Windows) and it's out now.
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LunarG releases new Vulkan SDK with DirectX Shader Compiler for Linux and more
LunarG have today, August 4 2020, released a new and enhanced version of their Vulkan SDK (software development kit).
Littlewood is a seriously peaceful town-building RPG out now
After a successful Kickstarter campaign in the beginning of 2019 and an Early Access release later that same year, Littlewood has grown into a wonderful town-building RPG.
Free to play collectible card game 'Doomtrooper' enters Early Access
Reviving the collectible card game from the 90s, developer Secret Cow Level has now launched Doomtrooper CCG into Steam's Early Access program.
GOverlay makes Linux gaming overlay MangoHud even easier to use
MangoHud has become the go-to way to get a decent readout of game performance with an overlay on Linux, and now with the latest improvements the GOverlay interface has made it much easier to use.
Ecosystem building sim 'Terra Nil' now gives you a whole continent to restore
A building sim that's as relaxing as it is challenging, Terra Nil has a truly wonderful idea and I absolute love following it along in development with a new big update out now.
The fab physics bridge-builder Poly Bridge 2 gets a huge free content update
Already finished Poly Bridge 2? Looks like it's time to jump back in as Dry Cactus have just released a huge free content upgrade with lots of new goodies to play with.
Unrailed! is gearing up for launch with a discount before the price goes up
Unrailed! is an absolutely fantastic co-op game from Indoor Astronaut and Daedalic Entertainment that has you frantically build a train track to keep your train going as far as possible.
xoreos, the FLOSS game engine for titles like Knights of the Old Republic has a new update
xoreos is an in-development effort to create a free and open source game engine reimplementation of the BioWare Aurora Engine that powers games like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
Vulkan API gains new extension to aid translation layers
Today, the Vulkan API 1.2.149 spec update went out and it includes another extension that's aimed at helping translation layers like DXVK.
With less than a month to go there's a new Crusader Kings III dev video
Going over more features we can expect to see in Crusader Kings III, Paradox Interactive have a new dev video up ahead of the release next month.
Aliens and enemy ships weren't enough for Space Haven so now there's space hazards too
Space Haven is an Early Access game that blends together elements of FTL, RimWorld and other such building and survival sims to create a promising mix of space exploration and people management.
Summer camp building gets a little supernatural in the upcoming Camp Canyonwood
Coming from the same team as We Need To Go Deeper, Deli Interactive LLC have announced Camp Canyonwood which looks like it puts a quirky spin on building up a summer camp.
X4: Foundations update 3.30 arrives with a crew transfer system overhaul
Egosoft are continuing to improve and expand their detailed space trading, exploration and combat sim X4: Foundations.
Arcane Fortune is a grand strategy empire building game you can play in your terminal
Newly released is Arcane Fortune, a free game inspired by Civilization and SimCity with their ultimate goal to have the same 'detail and realism as Dwarf Fortress'.
Aloof looks like a wonderful feature-filled upcoming puzzle-battler
Something of a recent discovery is Aloof, an in-development puzzle-battler somewhat inspired by the likes of Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo and Puyo Puyo Tetris with its own unique take on it.
System76 are teasing their own brand Keyboard again
System76, the company that provides various Linux hardware along with their own Pop!_OS Linux distribution have started teasing their upcoming Keyboard again.
Looks like the recent upwards trend of the Linux market share has calmed down
Recently, the NetMarketShare website and the Steam Hardware Survey showed the Linux share was rising but it appears both have now calmed down.
FNA and FAudio get a 20.08 release, with FNA3D and Vulkan getting closer
Game porter and software developer Ethan Lee announced the 20.08 releases of both of FNA and FAudio, as work continues on the newer FNA3D.
You can now support Wine Staging directly on Patreon
Wine Staging, the highly experimental area where all the latest (and often not "greatest") code comes in for Wine testing now has a Patreon so you can support it directly.
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