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Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem (previously Umbra) will not have a Linux version during alpha or beta

By Liam Dawe, 25 Jan 2018

Some slight bad news here, as the developers of Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem (previously Umbra) have said the game will not be on Linux during alpha or beta, but at least it's not cancelled.

Party fighting game 'Super Slime Arena' has released, it's not great

By Liam Dawe, 25 Jan 2018

I'm always happy to see more party games on Linux, but Super Slime Arena is quite disappointing overall.

Survival game Rust is to finally leave Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 25 Jan 2018

I never thought I would see the day, as Facepunch has announced that Rust will finally leave Early Access next month.

Tomorrow Corporation has announced '7 Billion Humans', a followup to Human Resource Machine

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jan 2018

Tomorrow Corporation has announced '7 Billion Humans' as a followup to the puzzle game Human Resource Machine and it's coming to Linux.

KeyCars, a funny little local multiplayer car battle game where you use only one key

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jan 2018

KeyCars, from developer Kenney is a rather fun local multiplayer game where cars battle it out, you only use one key for each player and it's amusing.

It's time to bug Feral Interactive about future port requests once again

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jan 2018

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Feral Interactive, the absolute monster when it comes to big Linux game ports is asking what you want to see again.

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LunarG releases 'DevSim' a tool for developers to test their Vulkan API implementation in various configurations

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jan 2018

LunarG has now officially rolled out 'DevSim', a rather fancy tool for developers to test their Vulkan games and applications against many different configurations.

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Narrative-driven platformer 'Celeste' from the creators of TowerFall is confirmed for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jan 2018

Celeste, the narrative-driven platformer from the creator of TowerFall is now officially confirmed to be releasing on Linux.

Lingotopia, a language learning game about being lost in a city is fully funded, has a demo

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jan 2018

Lingotopia looks pretty interesting, a language learning game about being lost in a city. It's on Kickstarter and it's fully funded with Linux support confirmed.

Tesla vs Lovecraft, another good-looking top-down shooter from 10tons Ltd that's releasing for Linux soon

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jan 2018

10tons Ltd (Crimsonland and Neon Chrome) certainly love their top-down shooters, they love them so much they're doing another one. Tesla vs Lovecraft is their next title and it releases with Linux support on the 26th.

Face the undead and ferocious alien monsters in 'Basingstoke', a new action & stealth game coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jan 2018

Basingstoke looks like a roguelike that I could get along with, it mixes in stealth and arcade action with some fun visuals.

The Humble Paradox Bundle 2018 is a rather enticing deal

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jan 2018

If you need a game to sink a few hours into this is your chance, as the Humble Paradox Bundle 2018 is now live.

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Open source game engine 'Godot Engine' has a second 3.0 release candidate

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jan 2018

Godot Engine is nearly ready to level up with the big 3.0 release, they've put out a second release candidate for testing.

Become a mechanic and save the world in Iconoclasts, now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jan 2018

It's not often I enjoy a game as thoroughly as Iconoclasts, there's so much about it to love it's something I will remember for a long time.

We Happy Few delayed again until 'Summer 2018', refunds will be possible

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jan 2018

In the latest production update to We Happy Few, the developers note it will have another delay from going April until 'Summer 2018'.

DECEIVER is a cyberpunk pre-apocalyptic philosophical shooter that's heading to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jan 2018

DECEIVER is a cyberpunk pre-apocalyptic philosophical shooter with parkour and robotic drones that's come to Linux next year, come see the trailer. You can sign up for a demo and the game engine is open source too!

Looks like first-person steampunk dungeon crawler 'Vaporum' is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jan 2018

The first-person steampunk dungeon crawler Vaporum is showing signs of being released for Linux and it looks great.

OBS Studio 21.0.1 released with Luajit/Python3 scripting support and plenty more

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jan 2018

OBS Studio 21.0.1 is a pretty big release and it sounds really quite exciting too, with the possibilities that come with Luajit/Python3 scripting support.

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Looks like a Linux beta of Battle Chasers: Nightwar is finally coming (update: it's here)

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jan 2018

Battle Chasers: Nightwar was supposed to released for Linux back in October last year, but it's finally about to arrive in beta.

The Linux 2017 GOTY Awards are now over, here's the winners

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jan 2018

Another year has completely flown by and with that another year of our GOTY Awards comes to a close, here's the results of the Linux 2017 GOTY Awards, as voted by you!