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Valve need more testing of the latest Proton Experimental for input latency improvements

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jun 2021

Recently we highlighted another upgrade of Proton Experimental, the special testing area of Steam Play Proton that pulls in new and advanced features - well it needs a lot more testing.

What have you been tapping play on recently? Let us know

By Liam Dawe, 6 Jun 2021

It has again been a while since we ask you, our wonderful community about your gaming picks recently, so let's have another chat in the comments.

Mighty Goose is a furious over the top honking good time and it's out now

By Liam Dawe, 5 Jun 2021

Mighty Goose is the brand new run and gun action game from Blastmode, MP2 Games and publisher PLAYISM. It's out now with same-day Linux support and it's fantastic.

DOOMBRINGER is a new first-person shooter from veterans of the Doom and Quake communities

By Liam Dawe, 5 Jun 2021

Need a new retro styled FPS? Veterans of the Doom and Quake communities seem to have delivered with DOOMBRINGER.

itch.io is hosting a huge Indie bundle for Palestinian Aid

By Liam Dawe, 5 Jun 2021

The new charity bundle on indie store itch.io is up for the Indie bundle for Palestinian Aid. It's absolutely massive and there's some great stuff included.

Git yourself some Wine with the new 6.10 development release

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jun 2021

Another Friday, another two weeks and so a fresh development release is out of the compatibility layer Wine.

HyperRogue turns the non-Euclidean roguelike into a VR experience and it's wild

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jun 2021

As if it wasn't confusing enough travelling through the non-Euclidean of HyperRogue, it's now also available to play through in different VR modes.

Cross-platform open source lighting control OpenRGB has a huge release out with plugins

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jun 2021

OpenRGB is the excellent cross-platform open source application for controlling RGB lighting control that doesn't depend on manufacturer software.

Prepare to smash blocks together as Petal Crash Online is out now in Beta

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jun 2021

Petal Crash Online brings the fantastic style and gameplay from Petal Crash to everyone across the world to compete, with it currently being an exclusive Beta on itch.io.

Haiki is a brutal precision-platformer where you play as a severed head

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jun 2021

You got decapitated and now you're on a quest to defeat the slash-happy Baron Nohead, Haiki has a somewhat amusing setup and the platforming is great.

Wasteland 3: The Battle of Steeltown is out now with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jun 2021

inXile Entertainment have released Wasteland 3: The Battle of Steeltown, the first major expansion for their post-apocalyptic RPG and it's quite a big one.

The final DLC for Total War: WARHAMMER II will be The Silence & The Fury

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jun 2021

Total War: WARHAMMER II - The Silence & The Fury is the name of the final DLC for the popular strategy game, since work will be shifted over to Total War: WARHAMMER III.

Attempt 4 - Collabora sends in futex2 patches for the Linux Kernel to help Wine / Proton

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jun 2021

Here we go again, open source consulting firm Collabora have sent in the futex2 patches to the Linux Kernel for a fourth time now even more work has been done with the aim to help Wine and Steam Play Proton.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive gets some big changes for non-Prime accounts

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jun 2021

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is going through some changes, as Valve attempt to deal with the bad actors now it's free to play with big changes to non-Prime accounts.

Rainbow Six Siege launching on Stadia, along with a big Ubisoft+ expansion

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jun 2021

It appears that at least Ubisoft are being serious about Stadia, with Ubisoft+ rolling out to more countries and they're bringing a bunch more games to Stadia too.

The Seagull is an upcoming stylized 3D adaption of the classic by Anton Chekhov

By Liam Dawe, 3 Jun 2021

The Seagull, a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov is getting a full stylized 3D adaption from Team Dogpit when it releases later this year.

War Thunder "Red Skies" brings many new machines and new locations

By Liam Dawe, 3 Jun 2021

Do you hear that? It's the War Thunder! It's back with another huge upgrade named "Red Skies" which comes with plenty of new toys to play with across different nations.

Loved Celeste? You're going to want to play brain-twisting precision platformer Sunblaze

By Liam Dawe, 3 Jun 2021

Celeste was tough, incredible and beautiful but controller-throwing annoying and Sunblaze sits along nicely beside it now as one of my new favourites.

If you're looking for a virtual table-top check out the latest Foundry VTT

By Liam Dawe, 3 Jun 2021

Foundry VTT (Foundry Virtual Tabletop) is probably one of the absolute best there is for playing virtual table-top games on Linux and there's a huge new release out with a new video to explain the whole thing.

Thousand Lives is an upcoming minimalist rogue-lite role playing life simulation

By Liam Dawe, 3 Jun 2021

Thousand Lives is a fresh take on a text-adventure styled RPG rogue-lite adventure, and from the little we've seen it's easily worth keeping an eye on.