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Steam has a big fighting game sale going on right now

By Liam Dawe,
Never missing an opportunity to run a big sale, Valve have put together a big fighting game sale including multiple genres with lots of games going cheap.

Streets of Rage 4 is now officially available for Linux, along with Vulkan support in FNA

By Liam Dawe,
Lizardcube and Dotemu announced today that Streets of Rage 4 is now officially supported on Linux (and macOS), with a port done by Ethan Lee creator of FNA.

Rocket Rumble is an upcoming racing party game with animals in rocket suits

By Liam Dawe,
PixelNAUTS Games who released LOST ORBIT: Terminal Velocity back in 2019 have announced Rocket Rumble, a frantic action-racing game with a cast of animals in rocket suits smash and bash their way across the finish line.

GOG has revived The Dark Heart of Uukrul from 1989

By Liam Dawe,
Originally released for the Apple II in 1989 and later MS-DOS, DRM-free store GOG.com have revived the first-person retro RPG, The Dark Heart of Uukrul, thanks to the power of DOSBox.

Physics-based cyberpunk platformer LAZR is looking really good in the latest footage

By Liam Dawe,
After an impressive early demo (which you can still try out) and a successful Kickstarter campaign, LAZR is looking really fun and I can't wait to see more of it.

The Choice of Life: Middle Ages is a silly and short choice-based adventure

By Liam Dawe,
An adventure that slightly reminds me of the Reigns series, The Choice of Life: Middle Ages has you pick from a couple cards to pick choices and go on your adventure.

Try to save the world in Plague Inc: The Cure, DLC coming soon and temporarily free

By Liam Dawe,
What was originally looking like a free update to the brilliant Plague Inc: Evolved is instead going to be a massive expansion that is "big enough to be a brand new game".

The next Steam Game Festival starts February 3, 2021 - devs have until early December

By Liam Dawe,
With the last Steam Game Festival ending in October, Valve have announced the dates for the next and developers don't have long to get their demos ready.

NVIDIA Vulkan Beta 455.46.01 driver out now

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA have released another update to their quickly advancing Vulkan Beta Driver, with the 455.46.01 release out.

Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead releases November 19 with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Along with getting a new trailer, it's now confirmed that Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead will be releasing on November 19 with official Linux support.

Beamdog need testers for major updates to Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition

By Liam Dawe,
Canadian studio Beamdog who made the Enhanced Editions of Baldur's Gate I & II, Icewind Dale and others are currently testing a huge upgrade for Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition.

Zniw Adventure is a sweet new family-friendly cartoon-like point & click out now

By Liam Dawe,
Developed by two people since way back in 2014, Zniw Adventure is a thoroughly charming looking cartoon-styled point and click adventure with a family friendly theme.

Shortest Trip to Earth gets a second DLC expansion with new content

By Liam Dawe,
Shortest Trip to Earth, a roguelike spaceship sim that somewhat resembles FTL but with far more depth to it has a second expansion now available.

DoubleShake is an upcoming love letter to 5th generation console platformers

By Liam Dawe,
Currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter with a goal that's been hit, DoubleShake from Rightstick Studios is a love letter to classic 5th generation platformers.

With deep sandbox building options and lots of content, From the Depths is out now

By Liam Dawe,
After 6 years in Early Access, the sandbox vehicle building game From the Depths has officially released.

The Darkside Detective: Season 2 becomes The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

By Liam Dawe,
Akupara Games and Spooky Doorway have announced that The Darkside Detective: Season 2 is going through a rebranding to The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark and they released a new trailer too.

Linux game manager Lutris gets a 0.5.8 Release Candidate

By Liam Dawe,
The absolutely huge 0.5.8 update for the game manager Lutris is one step closer to a proper release, with a Release Candidate out now.

Say hello to PLATYPUS, the latest CPU security problem

By Liam Dawe,
This kind of PLATYPUS is not a sweet and unusual mammal, this is a security problem recently announced that affect Intel across server, desktop and laptop CPUs.

System76 bring back the Galago Pro with Intel Xe and NVIDIA GPU options

By Liam Dawe,
Bringing back something of a fan favourite, hardware vendor and Linux distribution maker System76 have announced the brand new Galago Pro.

Everafter Falls is a super-sweet farming sim with action-RPG elements on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe,
As we previously covered back in September, Everafter Falls is an upcoming mix of a sweet and casual farming life sim blended with some action-RPG elements and it's now live on Kickstarter.