Rover Wars, a streamlined local multiplayer mix of strategy and action coming soon
Sakari Games have taken the basic idea of a real-time strategy game, made it local multiplayer for up to 8 people and basically turned it into chaos with Rover Wars.
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Jackbox Games are going international with 'Quiplash 2 InterLASHional'
Jackbox Games, makers of popular party game packs are readying their first fully localized title with Quiplash 2 InterLASHional.
Tactical single-player team FPS 'Ravenfield' adds a Domination game mode
Ravenfield continues to be a really fun single-player FPS, with tons of mods available and a big update is out now adding in a brand new Domination game mode.
Core Defense: Prelude is out giving you a taste of Tower Defense mixed with a little deck-building
With the full Core Defense game currently in development, they decided to release Core Defense: Prelude for free to give players a taste of Tower Defense and deck-building.
Brilliant 2D racer 'Bloody Rally Show' has a big permanent price drop
Kodo Linija have given Bloody Rally Show quite a big permanent price drop, as they're no longer going to rely on it for their main income.
If you have problems with the Paradox Launcher, there's now an open source alternative
Cities: Skylines, Stellaris and more now use the Paradox Launcher and for quite a lot of people it has caused some problems. Now, there's an alternative.
RetroArch 1.8.5 is out replacing the XMB UI with Ozone plus lots of bug fixing
RetroArch is a wonderful and expansive front-end for tons of emulators and other gaming engines, it's just had a fresh release that entirely replaces the user interface.
Lair of the Clockwork God, Darklands and NAM arrive on GOG with Linux builds
Turns out we missed some rather interesting DRM-free releases over GOG recently. Not only do they continue adding new and interesting indie games, they're also getting more classics revived too.
Half-Life: Alyx arrives today (Linux should come later) and CS:GO gets Alyx cosmetics
As Half-Life: Alyx arrives today, just a reminder that it should hopefully be coming to Linux in a post-release update. On top of that, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive got some fancy cosmetics for it.
Steam and CS:GO break records again, plus a look over February's top releases
If this seems like a bit of Déjà vu you would be right, as both Steam and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive have repeatedly smashed user records lately. Plus let's take a look over February's top releases.
Here's another quick pick of some games currently free for you to pass the time with
It's not possible to get sick of hearing about free games is it? I hope not, as I have another few here for you to help you pass the time with if you're stuck somewhere.
Help GamingOnLinux beat Coronavirus, join us on Folding@home
Alright Coronavirus, this has gone on long enough. It's time to kick your arse. Want to help? We've made a team on Folding@home for you to spare your unused CPU/GPU cycles for research.
Steam Play Proton 5.0-5 is out with updated OpenVR, Vulkan and fixes
Valve published Proton 5.0-5 for Steam Play which includes some helpful additions and bug fixes, should help you play those Windows-only games while quarantined.
Valve's card game Artifact is still being worked on for a big revamp
Artifact, the failed card game from Valve, released in November 2018 and within the space of only two months had lost almost the entire player-base. Valve don't appear to have given up, quite the opposite.
Get Tomb Raider and Drawful 2 to keep FREE, plus others to check out
Even more developers have begun to offer their games up for FREE. We now have Tomb Raider and Drawful 2 joining in.
Xbox One controller wireless on Linux gets better with 'xow' release 0.4
Xbox One wireless dongle and controller on Linux? Yes it's a thing, people use it and the xow project is making it better and easier than ever.
DXVK the D3D 9/10/11 to Vulkan translation layer 1.6 update out
DXVK, the almighty translation layer that takes D3D 9/10/11 and spits out Vulkan, that paired up with Wine allows many Windows-only games to perform will on Linux has a new update out.
Free real-time strategy 'The Fertile Crescent' has a big update focused on overall quality
The Fertile Crescent, a (currently) entirely free to play real-time strategy that's a little like a retro Age of Empires just had a big update focusing on the overall quality.
Get Mable & The Wood free in the GOG Spring Sale for 48 hours
During the GOG Spring Sale, they've teamed up with Triplevision Games / Graffiti Games to offer their unique Metroidvania experience free for 48 hours.
Helms of Fury looks like a wonderful and colourful action rogue-lite coming to Linux
Helms of Fury from developer A Bit Awake was just recently announced as a dungeon crawling rogue-lite with a focus on fast combat, discovering items and combining runes to create insanely powerful builds.
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