Unique tower-based strategy game Protolife is heading to Linux, needs more testing
Protolife is a strange beast, not really like other tower defense strategy games and little over a year after the release it's coming to Linux.
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NVIDIA has a new Vulkan Beta driver which may fix multiple titles with DXVK and Steam Play
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A new Humble Monthly is up with BATTLETECH as an early unlock
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You can now level up your Dota Underlords Proto-Pass to 99
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The dark narrative-focused RPG Vagrus - The Riven Realms has surpassed $40K in funding on Fig's Open Access program, so they've hit more development milestones and it seems GOG were impressed by it.
The incredibly atmospheric racing platformer Distance just got even bigger
Finished the main campaign adventure mode in Distance? Well there's now even more levels for you to try and beat in the latest big update to the fantastic and challenging racing platformer.
Turn-based 4X game with mythological units Fantastic Creatures confirmed to be heading to Linux
Set in a divine Chinese realm, Fantastic Creatures is a 4x strategy game about a dying world full of mythological creatures and later this year it will release with Linux support.
Celeste Chapter 9 to arrive with over 100 new levels next week in a free update
If you enjoyed the highly rated tight platformer Celeste, we've got good news for you as a huge free update is due to arrive next week.
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Valve has announced some more updates to Steam Labs, their new testing area for features that may make it into Steam officially at some point.
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Angelo and Deemon: One Hell of a Quest from the small Ukrainian team Specialbit Studio is now due to release on September 27th and it looks like it could be pretty amusing.
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GTA: San Andreas is being remade (unofficially) in Unity and it supports Linux
Have any fond memories of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas? You might want to take a look at this new unofficial remake being made in Unity as it supports Linux.
CodeWeavers still looking for more developers to work on Steam Play/Proton
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