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Valve catches a break in the Steam Controller patent trial versus Ironburg

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In the ongoing saga between Ironburg Inventions and Valve, a new ruling appeared on August 17 that gives Valve another chance to invalidate some parts of the patents involved.

Wine 6.16 is out now with initial HID-based joystick backend work

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Another biweekly development release of the Windows compatibility layer Wine is out now with Wine 6.16.

IXION is a city-building survival game on a huge moving space station

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Coming from Bulwark Studios and Kasedo Games (Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus) we have IXION, a new sci-fi building and exploration game with a trailer where the moon blows up.

Stone Age co-op farming life sim Roots of Pacha looks wonderful in the new trailer

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Roots of Pacha is a crowdfunded Stone Age farming life adventure coming to Linux. A little like a prehistoric Stardew Valley and the latest walk-through trailer is looking wonderful.

Coding History: 3D from Mode7 to DOOM looks like a fun Kickstarter to follow

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Interested in the early history of coding games? Coding History: 3D from Mode7 to DOOM from indie game developer Eniko (founder of Kitsune Games) will walk you through it, while also providing open source code you can use and learn from.

Deck-building meets big metal mechs in Jupiter Moons: Mecha with a new trailer

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Another coming out of Gamescom 2021 is a brand new short trailer for Jupiter Moons: Mecha, a deck-builder that puts you in the pilot seat of a big powerful mech unit.

World War I survival horror CONSCRIPT gets a new extended trailer

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CONSCRIPT from Catchweight Studio is an upcoming survival horror where you're a lone French soldier in the trenches, as you set off to try and find your brother during the Battle of Verdun.

Wonderful relaxing beekeeping sim APICO is opening up a playtest

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Want to care for the bees? The upcoming casual sim APICO from TNgineers is opening up a Steam Playtest that starts on August 30 for anyone to give it a try.

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion has dropped Linux support (updated)

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Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion, a silly single-player adventure that reviewed well and one I personally enjoyed has decided to drop Linux support.

Try the new demo for the superhero satire Henchman Story releasing October 14

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Henchman Story is an upcoming satirical visual novel that takes aim at the world of superheroes. The developer has announced it's releasing on October 14 and there's a huge demo upgrade.

Ultimate ADOM - Caverns of Chaos leaves Early Access with a big content update

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Ready for more hardcore roguelike action? Ultimate ADOM - Caverns of Chaos has now left the Early Access dungeon, along with a big content update adding in a new playable class.

Kathy Rain: Director's Cut gets a new limited-time demo for Gamescom

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Kathy Rain: Director's Cut is the revamp of the popular 2016 adventure game. Rebuilt with the Unity game engine along with native Linux support.

Destiny 2 on Stadia finally gets cross-platform play

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For those of you using Linux and the cloud gaming service Stadia, Destiny 2 got a huge boost recently as Bungie finally implemented cross-play.

Have a big party in the new Tropico 6 – Festival expansion out now

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Running an island doesn't need to be boring and now you can have a wild party in Tropico 6 as Kalypso Media today released the Tropico 6 – Festival DLC.

Hearth & Home for Valheim releases on September 16 and there's a new trailer

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Finally we're getting the update we've all been waiting on as Hearth & Home is releasing on September 16 for Valheim.

Splitgate Season 0 launches with a new Contamination game mode, new map and more

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Splitgate, the huge free to play first-person shooter with portals from 1047 Games announced recently that it shall remain in Beta for the foreseeable future and now Splitgate Season 0 has officially launched.

Humble Best of Stealth Bundle has HITMAN 1 & 2, Aragami and more

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Ready for another bundle of treats? You better be quiet on this one, it's all about stealth and there's some good games included in it.

Happy Birthday to Linux, 30 years strong

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It was on this day 30 years ago that a younger Linus Torvalds announced a free operating system to the comp.os.minix group and from there it exploded across servers, desktops and now plenty more.

TUXEDO refresh the Polaris 15 and 17 laptops with new AMD and Intel options

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TUXEDO Computers have returned with a splash today to show off their new Polaris 15 and 17 Linux laptops. They've been refreshed and upgraded with some powerful updated components with both AMD and Intel options.

Beautiful looking RPG 'Book of Travels' is delayed again

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What looks to be the fourth time, Might and Delight have decided to push the release date for Book of Travels.