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Catch up on Collabora's work in the Linux Kernel for futex2 to help Wine & Proton

By Liam Dawe,
There's so much going on when it comes to Linux gaming it can be hard to keep up with it all, especially with many different companies getting involved. Collabora is one that has contracts with Valve and they have a refresher up on some of the work they're doing.

Steam Play Proton has a new build up needing testing with a 5.13-6 RC

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for the next release of the Steam Play Proton compatibility layer? Proton 5.13-6 has hit the Release Candidate stage so it's time to give it a run.

Failbetter Games launched a Kickstarter for Mask of the Rose: a Fallen London romance

By Liam Dawe,
Mask of the Rose: a Fallen London romance is an upcoming romantic visual novel set in the same universe as Fallen London, Sunless Sea, and Sunless Skies.

Comet 64 is a programming puzzle game about an old fictional computer

By Liam Dawe,
Comet 64 huh? It's a programming puzzle game involving a fantasy old computer and it certainly hits the mark when it comes to the visual style.

Jupiter Moons: Mecha - Prologue demo offers a shiny test of the next deck-builder hit

By Liam Dawe,
It's not always clear what will be a hit but sometimes, I honestly think it is and Jupiter Moons: Mecha has early signs of being something a little bit special.

Terraria for Stadia cancelled, due to Google locking the developer out

By Liam Dawe,
Stadia is back on the spotlight and not for their overhype, new games or stopping first-party games, in fact it's due to Terraria now being cancelled due to Google locking the accounts of a developer.

Valheim has become the next survival game hit on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Looks like Iron Gate AB and Coffee Stain Publishing did well, with the survival game Valheim doing fantastic.

Factorio to get a big expansion pack now the full game is done, developer jobs going

By Liam Dawe,
Wube Software have written up their plans for the future of Factorio and it sounds exciting, with it confirmed that they're looking to work on a big expansion.

Steam hits yet another all-time high for users online with over 26.4M

By Liam Dawe,
Something which is becoming a regular occurrence lately: the Steam store broke its record for concurrent online users once again with over 26.4M online.

Deck-based mash-up adventure Loop Hero launching on March 4

By Liam Dawe,
Loop Hero, an upcoming mash-up of genres that blends together a roguelike adventure with deck-building and a little auto-battling in a very unique game mechanically is now launching on March 4. There's also a limited time demo up.

qomp is a brilliant example of minimalist mechanics and a fantastic idea

By Liam Dawe,
In the game qomp you are the ball, the ball that has been thrown around games like Pong for a very long time and you've had enough - it's time to escape.

Urban sandbox city-building GTA-like sim Voxel Turf is back with a big new release

By Liam Dawe,
Grand Theft Auto style mechanics blended in with some Minecraft blocky style and city-building, that's sort-of a basic overview of what you can expect in Voxel Turf.

Rogue Star Rescue is a fun mix of twin-stick bullet-hell and tower defence out now

By Liam Dawe,
Released out of Early Access as a full game on February 4, Rogue Star Rescue blends together a furiously good mix of twin-stick bullet-hell action with tower defence.

Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood delayed to April 8 and no more Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood from Devespresso Games and Headup has now moved to an April 9 release date, and it will no longer be in Early Access as they will be ready for a full release.

Relic Space to bring some sleek space sci-fi tactics to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Relic Space is a new announcement from Fourfold Games (prev game Xenomarine), which will bring to Linux some rather sleek space sci-fi strategy action when it releases into Early Access.

Classic open source simulation game OpenTTD is coming to Steam

By Liam Dawe,
OpenTTD, the free and open source simulation game based upon Transport Tycoon Deluxe is officially coming to Steam on April 1, and the Linux build will be available too.

Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS, EndeavourOS 2021.02.03 and Solus 4.2 out now

By Liam Dawe,
Multiple Linux distributions all had a brand new release in the space of week with Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS, EndeavourOS 2021.02.03 and Solus 4.2 all out now for downloads and upgrades.

Eat and destroy stars in Stellaris: Nemesis and become the endgame crisis

By Liam Dawe,
Stellaris: Nemesis is going to boost some very exciting things for the grand space strategy game from Paradox, with a huge new endgame crisis coming where you get to pick a side.

FOSS soft-body physics simulator Rigs of Rods has a new release

By Liam Dawe,
In need of a new fun physics sim? How about one that's free, open source and can be played in multiplayer? Rigs of Rods might be what you're after and they have a new release.

Join me in being excited for Kaiju Wars with the Steam page now up

By Liam Dawe,
Did you enjoy Into the Breach from Subset Games as much as me? Kaiju Wars looks like it will be somewhat similar as another fantastic strategy game with small contained levels.