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4X strategy game 'Pandora: First Contact - Gold Edition' now available for Linux on GOG, also on sale

By Liam Dawe, Dec 8, 2017

Pandora: First Contact - Gold Edition, the science fiction 4X turn-based strategy game from Proxy Studios can now be found for Linux gamers on GOG.

The first release candidate for Wine 3.0 is now available for testing, fixes for The Witcher 3 included

By Liam Dawe, Dec 8, 2017

The Wine team just sent out the Wine 3.0 RC1 announcement to the mailing list, this major new version is ready for testing.

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Steampunk strategy game 'They Are Billions' should hopefully release for Linux too

By Liam Dawe, Dec 8, 2017

They Are Billions is a steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet and the developer seems keen on doing a Linux version.

Open-world single-player RTS ‘HYPERNOVA: Escape from Hadea’ is now on Linux, some thoughts

By Liam Dawe, Dec 8, 2017

Like your strategy games and tower defence? HYPERNOVA: Escape from Hadea is a rather colourful strategy game that’s now on Linux.

Mesa 17.3.0 released to further advance open source graphics drivers

By Liam Dawe, Dec 8, 2017

Mesa 17.3.0 is the latest version of the open source graphics drivers and it has officially released today.

Something for the weekend: The X Franchise on Steam is free for a few days and on sale

By Liam Dawe, Dec 7, 2017

If you're stuck for something to do this weekend, you might want to take a look at the X Franchise on Steam, it's quite a good deal.

2D horror 'Corpse Party' is now available for Linux on GOG, some thoughts

By Liam Dawe, Dec 7, 2017

GOG have now put up the recently released Linux version of Corpse Party, the 2D horror game from Team GrisGris and XSEED Games.

Stellaris: Humanoids Species Pack and minor patch released

By Liam Dawe, Dec 7, 2017

While not exciting as the huge new patch that's still to come, it's still fun. Stellaris: Humanoids Species Pack has been released along with a small patch today.

Rewrite the past in Airships: Conquer the Skies with the new replay feature

By Liam Dawe, Dec 7, 2017

Airships: Conquer the Skies has added a rather interesting system to let you play back past battles using a new replay system, not only that, you can jump back in to actually play through it.

Darkest Dungeon: The Color of Madness DLC announced, new quest type and faction

By Liam Dawe, Dec 7, 2017

Darkest Dungeon is about to get darker with a new DLC 'Darkest Dungeon: The Color of Madness' involving an alien shard that's crashed into old Miller’s farm.

Just One Line, a fantasy gamebook-like RPG has Linux support

By Liam Dawe, Dec 7, 2017

Here's one we totally missed which looks very interesting. Just One Line is a fantasy gamebook-like RPG that's currently in Early Access and it supports Linux.

Steam now has a form of platform-specific wishlisting, to help developers see demand

By Liam Dawe, Dec 6, 2017

A feature that was often requested by Linux gamers, was a way for us to show developers there's a demand for a port. Valve has delivered something interesting to help.