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Jupiter Hell shows off how brutal and thrilling a roguelike can be and it's out now

By Liam Dawe,
It's done! Jupiter Hell, the roguelike from ChaosForge is officially out now and it's easily one of the best turn-based action games I've played in some time.

GameMaker Studio 2 introduces an Ubuntu Linux editor in Beta

By Liam Dawe,
Well this is certainly a surprise. YoYo Games have announced an early Beta for GameMaker Studio 2 version 2.3.4 that brings with it a new IDE for Ubuntu Linux. So you can make GMS games on Ubuntu now.

NVIDIA release a new Vulkan Beta Driver with 470.56.05

By Liam Dawe,
Following on from the huge recent 470.57.02 stable release that added in the likes of DLSS for Proton, hardware accelerated OpenGL and Vulkan rendering on Xwayland, and asynchronous reprojection - there's a new Vulkan Beta Driver out today with 470.56.05.

A Monster's Expedition gets a free upgrade with over 100 new puzzles

By Liam Dawe,
Quite possible the best puzzle game from 2020 just got much bigger with A Monster's Expedition seeing a free Museum Expansion out now for all platforms.

Narrative-heavy adventure game Near-Mage announced from the dev of Gibbous

By Liam Dawe,
Time to adventure through Transylvania with the upcoming Near-Mage from the developer of Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

Pokémon for adults? Monster Crown to release in full on October 12

By Liam Dawe,
The monster taming and battling game Monster Crown is set to leave Early Access on October 12. This follows their Kickstarter campaign in 2018 and then little over a year in Early Access.

Extreme sports game Descenders added new bike parks, new customization options

By Liam Dawe,
Descenders, the extreme sports downhill freeriding game recently had another big free upgrade and after a delay the Linux version is back up to date.

Cosmic horror, fleshy monsters and the post-apocalypse meet in Death Trash out now

By Liam Dawe,
After many years in development Crafting Legends have now released Death Trash into Early Access, and it's one of the most promising games we've seen all year.

Relax and rebuild a campsite in the chilled-out Haven Park out now

By Liam Dawe,
Haven Park is a short and casual experience for people who love to do a little exploring, while also doing a little building and repair work too.

Open source Linux GPU drivers Mesa 21.2 released

By Liam Dawe,
Here we go, we have another big upgrade for open source graphics drivers with Mesa 21.2 officially out now.

Feral Interactive confirms Total War: WARHAMMER III for Linux is in progress

By Liam Dawe,
After recently mentioning that A Total War Saga: TROY for Linux was no longer happening, the other side of the coin here is that Total War: WARHAMMER III is still coming to Linux officially from Feral Interactive.

Space station building sim Starmancer has entered Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
After a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2018, Starmancer from Ominux Games and Chucklefish is now actually out and available for all to buy in Early Access.

Total War: WARHAMMER II - The Silence & The Fury out now for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
After a few weeks of waiting, porter Feral Interactive has updated Total War: WARHAMMER II to support The Silence & The Fury DLC along with the latest huge free update.

Embracer Group swallows up even more developers and publishers

By Liam Dawe,
Embracer Group has announced today that they (or their direct subsidiary companies) have acquired a bunch more developers and publishers and so the concerning consolidation continues.

Unbound: Worlds Apart is a gorgeous platformer where you open portals between worlds

By Liam Dawe,
Become the mage Soli and travel through a dangerous world in Unbound: Worlds Apart, a platformer that has you spawn portals between two different worlds to overcome many challenges.

Check out how co-op will work in Book of Travels the tiny online RPG

By Liam Dawe,
Book of Travels is the upcoming TMORPG (Tiny Multiplayer Online Role-playing Game) from the Meadow developer Might and Delight. It's releasing this month and now we can see a bit of what co-op will be like.

Get your bag packed for some exploration in the Humble Remarkable Roguelikes Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Love your roguelikes? Humble have a nice little package waiting for you to pick up with the Humble Remarkable Roguelikes Bundle that's now live.

Co-op News Punch Podcast - Episode 31

By Liam Dawe,
Has it really been months since our last episode? Woops. We're back! Introduction the Co-op News Punch Podcast - Episode 31.

A fan for the Valve Index? Consider it an essential upgrade purchase

By Liam Dawe,
It's Summer here in the UK, it's bloody hot and that has meant that playing VR has turned into a very sweaty experience.

Kingdoms and Castles gets an Alpha version with AI Kingdoms

By Liam Dawe,
Kingdoms and Castles is a medieval fantasy city-builder that's getting closer to a colossal-sized update, and now you can try the Alpha version with AI factions.