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Hardcore top-down shooter 'Heat Guardian' will get a Linux release

By Liam Dawe, 9 May 2018

Heat Guardian, a hardcore top-down shooter set in a freezing world is set to release for Windows soon. Turns out it's going to come to Linux too!

Go mad over popping bubbles in the new puzzle game Tiny Bubbles

By Liam Dawe, 9 May 2018

Tiny Bubbles is a fresh puzzle game about filling soap bubbles with colours and getting them to pop, it’s surprisingly good.

Pixel art cinematic adventure Backbone looks good on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe, 9 May 2018

Canadian developer EggNut is hoping to secure funding for their cinematic pixel art adventure game Backbone, which does look and sound pretty interesting.

Dark fantasy shooter 'Apocryph' released recently with Linux support, it's messy

By Liam Dawe, 9 May 2018

If there's one thing I can't get enough of, it's shooters. Gloriously bloody shooters that like me tear through enemies and Apocryph has plenty of that.

Coffee Crisis is a rather good retro-inspired brawler that's now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 9 May 2018

Coffee Crisis from developer Mega Cat Studios was originally released for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive and now it's updated and out on PC with Linux support.

Hand of Fate 2 has a free content update featuring Goblins

By Liam Dawe, 9 May 2018

The excellent dungeon crawler Hand of Fate 2 has a big free update that's now live featuring the Goblin faction.

The Humble War Gamez Bundle has a few Linux games for you

By Liam Dawe, 8 May 2018

Like your war games? The Humble War Gamez Bundle might tickle your fancy with a couple of decent Linux games included.

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Khronos are doing another Vulkan technical event in the UK this month

By Liam Dawe, 8 May 2018

For those interested in Vulkan development, later this month on the 22nd of May, Khronos is running another "Vulkanised" event.

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The Early Access release for Crazy Justice with the Battle Royale mode is coming soon

By Liam Dawe, 8 May 2018

The atmosphere of excitement over Crazy Justice at GOL HQ is so thick you could cut it with a knife and it appears this third-person shooter shall arrive in Early Access quite soon.

The MMO Albion Online is launching on Steam on May 16th

By Liam Dawe, 8 May 2018

For those of you wanting to get into another MMO but you prefer all your stuff through Steam, keep an eye out on May 16th as Albion Online will be appearing then.

Get ready to paint the track as futuristic co-op racer 'Trailblazers' is now out

By Liam Dawe, 8 May 2018

Trailblazers, the rather unique co-op racer that has you paint the track is now officially available with same-day Linux support.

Smintheus, a sweet 2D puzzle adventure game with crafting and survival elements added Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 8 May 2018

Smintheus, a sweet 2D puzzle adventure game with crafting and survival elements that's currently free during the Beta added Linux support recently.

Eat All The Things is the weirdest 3D platformer I've played in a while

By Liam Dawe, 8 May 2018

Eat All The Things, as the name might suggest is a game where you need to eat everything to progress and it's really weird.

Unity 2018.1 stable is out, as is a Unity 2018.2 beta with Vulkan support in the Editor & High-DPI scaling

By Liam Dawe, 7 May 2018

With Unity 2018.1 released and out in the wild, the Unity developers aren't sitting idle as they've already pushed out a Unity 2018.2 beta with some fun changes.

Monster taming game 'Monster Crown' has smashed even more stretch goals, demo is looking good

By Liam Dawe, 7 May 2018

I have quite a lot of excitement for Monster Crown, the monster training and breeding game and it's smashed more stretch goals. The demo is working really nicely too.

Roguelite action RPG 'The Swords of Ditto' updated with fixes for the Linux issues

By Liam Dawe, 7 May 2018

Truthfully, I was pretty bummed-out by the state of The Swords of Ditto at release since it had game-breaking issues, but the developer has made steps to improve it.

The latest System Shock update sounds quite positive

By Liam Dawe, 7 May 2018

The latest System Shock update from Nightdive paints a pretty promising picture after the game was delayed.

Horror puzzler inspired by the SAW movies 'PLAY WITH ME' now has Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 7 May 2018

One I missed actually getting full Linux support earlier this year was PLAY WITH ME, a game that mixes puzzles and horror together to create a weird experience.

Nova Flow is a speedrunning first-person platformer that's out with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 7 May 2018

For those of you who love chasing times, the first-person platformer Nova Flow recently released with full Linux support.

A fresh DXVK release is out with fixes for NVIDIA, RADV and multiple game improvements

By Liam Dawe, 7 May 2018

DXVK, the awesome project to implement a Vulkan-based compatibility layer for Direct3D 11 for use with Wine has advanced further with a fresh release.