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Beyond a Steel Sky releases on DRM-free store GOG with a Linux build up now

By Liam Dawe,
Prefer GOG to grab your games from? Good news on that front as Beyond a Steel Sky, the sequel to the cult classic Beneath a Steel Sky is now available on GOG and a Linux build recently went up too.

Valve overhauls the Dota 2 new player experience as DOTA: Dragon's Blood releases

By Liam Dawe,
Today is the day, the big teaming up of Valve and Netflix is out with the DOTA: Dragon's Blood anime series. Since there will be renewed interest in Dota 2 as a game, Valve has also given it a huge upgrade for newer players.

Reminder: Update your PC info for the next round of statistics updates

By gamingonlinux,
This is your once a month reminder to make sure your PC information is correct on your user profiles. A fresh batch of statistics is generated on the 1st of each month.

Steam Game Festival is now called Steam Next Fest, returning June 16

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has announced today that the Steam Game Festival is now being renamed to Steam Next Fest, with the upcoming event happening on June 16.

GNOME 40 is out now with the redesigned Activities Overview

By Liam Dawe,
GNOME 40 is out now to showcase the latest Linux desktop environment work from the GNOME Project, which includes a number of feature overhauls and improvements.

Retro FPS Ion Fury getting an Aftershock expansion this Summer

By Liam Dawe,
Ion Fury, the old-school first-person shooter developed by Voidpoint and published by 3D Realms and 1C Entertainment is getting a big full expansion named Aftershock.

There's no monkeying around in the new roller game Rolled Out!

By Liam Dawe,
Did you love the classic Monkey Ball or Super Monkey Ball? A hugely popular series that gained something of a cult following and a close spiritual successor is out now with Rolled Out!

Manjaro 21.0 'Ornara' is out now with Xfce, KDE and GNOME upgrades

By Liam Dawe,
Prefer Manjaro as your favourite Linux distribution or want to try it out? Now looks to be a good time, with the Manjaro 21.0 'Ornara' release now available.

Dungeon-crawler Tangledeep gets a new streamlined mode, try the devs new game too

By Liam Dawe,
If you want to do some dungeon crawling, look no further today than Tangledeep. A sweet pixel-art experience that's highly rated, offers deep character progression and it's still being updated years after release.

OpenRazer 3.0.0 expands with many new Razer devices supported on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Get your fancy Razer mouse, keyboard, laptop and whatever else ready as OpenRazer 3.0.0 is out now to further expand what Razer devices are nicely supported on Linux.

GOverlay gets another small release to help you manage tools like MangoHud

By Liam Dawe,
MangoHud is a fantastic way to show off all sorts of details in games on Linux from frame timings to RAM use and plenty more. GOverlay continues making it more accessible with a full UI.

Richard Stallman returns to the Free Software Foundation amid calls for FSF resignations

By Liam Dawe,
Back in 2019, Richard Stallman (RMS) resigned from the Free Software Foundation and MIT but it appears Stallman has returned and many are not happy about this. ARTICLE UPDATED 25/03/21.

To celebrate one year, Half-Life: Alyx is the cheapest it's ever been

By Liam Dawe,
For those who are lucky enough to have a VR kit, Valve's Half-Life: Alyx has today hit one year old and so Valve are doing a small celebration.

Cozy narrative driven adventure game Forgotten Fields releases April 14

By Liam Dawe,
Frostwood Interactive today announce that their latest title, Forgotten Fields, will debut on Steam and GOG on April 14th.

Challenging space survival adventure Derelict Void is out now

By Liam Dawe,
FTL mixed with a little colony management and a brutal difficulty, that seems like what you get with the space survival adventure game Derelict Void that's out now.

Nightfall Hacker goes free for Linux on the Snap store

By Liam Dawe,
Nightfall Hacker, a recently released brand new indie game release from James Harvey of Teradile has now become free for Linux users via the Snap store.

Political strategy game Rogue State Revolution is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Rogue State Revolution, a thrilling political strategy game from LRDGames, Inc. and Modern Wolf is out now with full Linux support and built with Godot Engine.

Warzone 2100 4.0 gets a second Beta to polish up the huge release with Vulkan

By Liam Dawe,
Warzone 2100 is getting an absolutely massive 4.0 release soon and a second Beta is out now with plenty of bug fixes to polish up this excellent free and open source RTS.

Microsoft reportedly have Discord in their sights to acquire

By Liam Dawe,
Do you use Discord? Well if these reports are to be trusted, it looks like they might get a new owner under Microsoft.

Steam Remote Play Together - Invite Anyone is out of Beta, new Steam Client update up

By Liam Dawe,
The expansion of Remote Play Together with Invite Anyone is now live and out of Beta, along with a big update to the Steam Client for all platforms.