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Pixel art survival horror "Lamentum" has been fully funded and it's heading to Linux
Lamentum is another crowdfunding success story, as the very freaky looking pixel art survival horror has hit the funding goal on Kickstarter.
Zink, the OpenGL implementation on top of Vulkan is still progressing
Remember Zink? The project announced in October last year from developer Erik Faye-Lund at Collabora, which provides a Mesa Gallium driver for getting OpenGL on top of Vulkan, well it's still going.
Extinction Protocol is a very stylish looking minimalist strategy game coming to Linux
As a huge fan of strategy games, Extinction Protocol has caught my eye. Using a stylish and minimalist visual style, it gives off a very alluring atmosphere.
The streamlined fighting game "Fantasy Strike" has now officially released
Featuring Linux support, Fantasy Strike is a fighting game that's quite streamlined giving more people an opportunity to enjoy it while still being difficult to master.
SDL 2.0.10 released, testing a more regular release cycle
If you're a game developer, you've likely heard of SDL 2 and plenty of you are probably already using it. In fact, SDL 2 helps power a huge amount of Linux games and a new release is out now.
Stone Story, an RPG animated entirely in ASCII symbols is releasing in Early Access next month
Stone Story is a name I've not heard for a while, after posting about it myself way back in 2017 it's one I completely lost track of. This rather different RPG is animated entirely using ASCII symbols!
Jupiter Hell has a new crazy trailer ahead of the Early Access release on August 1st
ChaosForge have managed to craft something quite special here with Jupiter Hell. Saying it's a turn-based roguelike DOOM would be a reasonably fitting description, but you need to play it to appreciate it.
The unique dice-rolling, deck-building roguelike "Dicey Dungeons" is releasing on August 13th
Dicey Dungeons from Terry Cavanagh (Super Hexagon and VVVVVV), chipzel, and Marlowe Dobbe now has a confirmed release date of August 13th.
Warfork, a fast-paced arena FPS based on Warsow is heading to Steam
Love fast-paced arena shooting? Warfork, a game based on Warsow is heading to Steam with an Early Access release due soon.
Take control of the Adeptus Mechanicus again, Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus - Heretek is out
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus - Heretek, the first DLC for the turn-based strategy game is now available.
The excellent shoot 'em up "Risk System" updated, now with better Linux support
Risk System doesn't seem to have gained much attention, a shame really since as far as shoot 'em ups go it's fantastic and at least tries to be a little different.
Blending 2D and 3D gameplay, Anodyne 2: Return to Dust is launching next month
With graphics and gameplay inspired by classics across the PS1, PS2 and N64 for the 3D design as well as the 2D art of the GBA and SNES, Anodyne 2: Return to Dust certainly looks and sounds good.
Space-colony sim "Oxygen Not Included" to leave Early Access on July 30th
Oxygen Not Included, the space-colony simulation game from Klei Entertainment now has a release date set, with it leaving Early Access on July 30th.
Blood Opera Crescendo, a 2D investigative adventure game will support Linux
Another new indie game in need of funding on Kickstarter, the 2D investigative adventure game Blood Opera Crescendo and it's planning Linux support.
The WWI FPS "Tannenberg" has a free Latvia expansion and a 50% off sale
M2H and Blackmill Games continue pushing out big free updates to both Tannenberg and Verdun, with Tannenberg today seeing a free expansion focused on Latvia.
Good news for VR fans in the US, the full Valve Index bundle is back in stock
Valve emailed a press release today, to mention that the full bundle of the Valve Index kit is back in stock for those in the US looking to pick it up.
Monolith, the top-down shoot 'em up with random levels is now available on GOG, it's a bit good
Okay, I might be pushing the "New Release" tag a bit far but Monolith is newly released on GOG today and it's a good one.
The Linux-powered Atari VCS sounds like it's coming along
The team behind the retro-inspired and Linux-powered gaming box, the Atari VCS, have put out an "Early Summer Update" of what's going on with the project.
Psyonix have put up a roadmap of what's coming next for Rocket League
Yes, more Rocket League news! While they've only just put up a new DLC for the K.I.T.T car from Knight Rider and the limited-time Beach Ball game mode, they've also now shown off their roadmap for what's coming to the game next.
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