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Wine 6.0 comes closer with a second Release Candidate

By Liam Dawe,
The Wine compatibility layer is closing in on a big new release, with the second Release Candidate now available for testing on Wine 6.0.

TUXEDO launch their smallest Linux gaming notebook with the Book XP14

By Liam Dawe,
With a rather unassuming and plain case that doesn't give much away, the new TUXEDO Book XP14 is their smallest and lightest gaming notebook now available.

Open Source Game Achievements with Gamerzilla

By Dennis_Payne,
For a while, I've been suggesting an open source game achievement system. Some people liked the idea but no one wanted to build it. Finally after LibrePlanet 2020, I decided to tackle the problem.

1C Entertainment to publish sci-fi fantasy arena FPS Viscerafest - coming in 2021

By Liam Dawe,
1C Entertainment announced today that they've teamed up with Acid Man Games and Fire Plant Games as publisher for Viscerafest, their colourful retro themed sci-fi fantasy FPS.

Sci-fi submarine suffering sim Barotrauma has a big overhaul in Uncharted Depths

By Liam Dawe,
Uncharted Depths is the name of the latest upgrade to Barotrauma, a sci-fi exploration sim that puts you and friends (or random people / AI) inside a submarine in the depths of Jupiter's moon Europa.

Head-swapping rogue-lite Skul: The Hero Slayer to release January 21, 2021

By Liam Dawe,
SouthPAW Games and NEOWIZ have confirmed that Skul: The Hero Slayer, their head-swapping 2D rogue-lite action game will leaving Early Access on January 21, 2021.

Open-world RPG with freaky hand-painted organic locations Death Trash moves to 2021

By Liam Dawe,
One particular indie game I am very excited to eventually get my hands on is Death Trash, a blending of real-time action and RPG mechanics in a very strange post-apocalyptic world.

Atari VCS has some game announcements, actually shipping soon

By Liam Dawe,
The story of the Atari VCS is definitely an eventful one but it appears it might finally be coming to an end, with units actually about to ship and a couple of game announcements.

Valve updates Steam with more Linux improvements, new game properties UI

By Liam Dawe,
A fresh Beta update for the Steam Client has rolled out and it seems Valve have begun modernising more parts of the UI, along with Linux fixes.

INZANE is an upcoming cinematic side-scroller adventure that looks awesome

By Liam Dawe,
With some pretty impressive visuals at time, the upcoming side-scroller INZANE is one to keep on your watch list or help fund it if it catches your attention like it did mine.

Check out 30 minutes of the upcoming TMORPG Book of Travels

By Liam Dawe,
Might and Delight (Shelter, Meadow and more) are currently developing Book of Travels which they're calling a TMORPG (Tiny Multiplayer Online RPG) and it looks seriously gorgeous.

Desperados III has a final free update as Mimimi Games move to self-publish their next

By Liam Dawe,
Mimimi Games are giving Desperados III a "proper goodbye" with the final free update, and it's quite an exciting one for an already amazing game.

Valve upgrade the Steam browsing experience in the latest Steam Labs experiment

By Liam Dawe,
With so many thousands of games available on Steam, discovering what you want can be a serious pain in the arse and Valve are clearly aware of that with a new Steam Labs experiment.

After a new visual novel? Tokyo Re:Connect is coming to Linux with a demo up

By Liam Dawe,
What looks like it could be a really high quality romance visual novel, Tokyo Re:Connect from KONEKO now has a demo available and they're crowdfunding on Kickstarter.

Valve puts up Proton 5.13-4 to get Cyberpunk 2077 working on Linux for AMD GPUs

By Liam Dawe,
Two bits of major news to cover for the Steam Play Proton compatibility layer, with some exciting major changes coming in with updates.

Amusing multiplayer party game Gang Beasts has a huge update and big sale

By Liam Dawe,
Gang Beasts from Boneloaf is the super-silly party game that sees various gelatinous characters engage in brutal fisticuffs and it's bigger and better than ever.

No-combat space exploration arrives on GOG with Out There: Ω Edition

By Liam Dawe,
Out There: Ω Edition, a space exploration game with no combat that you can sit back and chill with is now available DRM-free on GOG.com.

Ultimate ADOM - Caverns of Chaos releases in February 2021

By Liam Dawe,
Team ADOM and Assemble Entertainment have announced that Ultimate ADOM - Caverns of Chaos will be releasing into Early Access in early 2021.

Explore, hatch monsters and train in Monster Sanctuary out now

By Liam Dawe,
Monster Sanctuary from Moi Rai Games and Team17 has now left Early Access as a finished game, along with a bunch of extra content in the 1.0 update.

The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall game engine Daggerfall Unity now feature complete

By Liam Dawe,
Daggerfall Unity is the open source game engine built with Unity for running the 1996 classic The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall and it's coming along very nicely.