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pureya gives you a mini-game that changes every 10 seconds

By Liam Dawe,
What if you combined a bunch of small arcade games into something that changes every 10 seconds? pureya answers that question with over 30 small games you can unlock.

Oversteer, the Steering Wheel Manager for Linux gets a big upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
If you have a Steering Wheel configuring it on Linux can be a breeze thanks to Oversteer and a big new release just recently went up with some fun new toys.

Clever and challenging puzzle-fighter Aloof is out now, we have a few keys to give away

By Liam Dawe,
Inspired in parts by the likes of Puyo Puyo Tetris, Aloof is a wonderfully designed puzzle-fighter with enough differences and a wonderful atmosphere that make it worth picking up.

The Elder Scrolls: Arena open source reimplementation OpenTESArena 0.13 is out

By Liam Dawe,
Have fond memories of the classic The Elder Scrolls: Arena from the early 90s? A dedicated fan is rebuilding it with OpenTESArena, an open source game engine reimplementation.

Windows compatibility tool Wine 6.5 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Not an emulator but a compatibility tool that translates Windows calls into language Linux can understand, Wine 6.5 is officially out now as the latest development release.

What have you been playing recently, come tell your thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
It's the weekend and it has again been a while since we had a community talking point article, so here we are!

Space station management with a little RTS, Spacebase Startopia is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Spacebase Startopia sells players the galactic dream: managing their very own donut-shaped space station. It's out officially today along with full Linux support from Realmforge Studios and Kalypso Media.

Collabora announce PanVk, an open source Vulkan driver for Arm Mali Midgard and Bifrost

By Liam Dawe,
Open source consulting firm Collabora are certainly busy. While they work with Steam owner Valve on various things, they also work in other areas of Linux like driver development - their latest being PanVk.

Sid Meier's Civilization VI has finished the New Frontier Pass with a Portugal DLC

By Liam Dawe,
The sixth and final DLC pack is out as part of the New Frontier Pass with a Portugal DLC for Sid Meier’s Civilization VI.

Them's Fightin' Herds is now available on Linux with the 2.0 update out now

By Liam Dawe,
Ready, FIGHT! Them's Fightin' Herds from Mane6, Inc. and Humble Games has now been officially ported to Linux with the 2.0 patch release and the Shanty character DLC is out now too.

Sub Rosa, an experimental online multiplayer FPS finally enters Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
After being around in some form for quite a few years now, Cryptic Sea and Devolver Digital have now released Sub Rosa into proper Early Access on the Steam store.

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Aiko's Choice standalone expansion announced

By Liam Dawe,
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun was one of the best games from 2016 easily, it helped to revive a classic style of tactical stealth games and it's coming back with Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Aiko's Choice.

New OBS Plugin Offers Game Capture Solution on Wayland (for Vulkan renderers)

By Kithop,
One of the issues cropping up in the migration from Xorg to Wayland is the desire to capture part or all of your screen for recording and/or streaming to others. There's a new plugin coming for OBS Studio to help with this.

The Remote Play Together Sale & Livestream is live on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Ready to bring some friends together this weekend but still social distancing because of COVID-19? Valve have your back here with a big sale now on for games that work with Remote Play Together.

Total War: ROME REMASTERED announced with cross-platform multiplayer

By Liam Dawe,
Feral Interactive have turned from porter to a full game developer here with the announcement of Total War: ROME REMASTERED, bringing over one of the few Total War titles we didn't already have.

Metro Exodus arrives for Linux on April 14

By Liam Dawe,
Originally released back in 2019, Metro Exodus from 4A Games and Deep Silver now has a launch date for their official Linux build which will land on April 14.

Play through the amusing free point & click Hair of the Dog out on Steam now

By Liam Dawe,
While it's been available on itch.io for a while, the free comedy point and click adventure Hair of the Dog is up on Steam now as a great reminder for people to play it.

Dead Mage say no to paid DLC, Children of Morta to get free upgrades soon

By Liam Dawe,
After originally planning a major paid DLC release, Dead Mage have decided to change their roadmap and instead work on free upgrades for Children of Morta which seem to be due soon.

Epic 2D RPG Chronicon gets a major upgrade, Linux build finally up to date

By Liam Dawe,
Chronicon, one of my favourite 2D action-RPGs developed by Subworld just released a major 1.2 upgrade and after quite some time being out of date - the Linux build is once again sorted.

Psychological deck-builder Neurodeck is out now, developer planning some major updates

By Liam Dawe,
Neurodeck is a brand new deck-building experience from TavroxGames and Goblinz Publishing that tries to do things differently, by exploring feelings.