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The upcoming metroidvania RPG 'Heart Forth, Alicia' is looking gorgeous

By Liam Dawe,
Here's a game I haven't heard of for a few years. Heart Forth, Alicia is an upcoming modern Metroidvania RPG, filled with devious monsters, lethal dungeons, creative puzzles, lively towns & many uncharted wonders.

Have a short immersive narrative adventure with Beyond Your Window

By Liam Dawe,
A pretty apt game for 2020, as Beyond Your Window is a narrative game about what goes on outside as you look outside your window as you search for new stories to tell.

The modern retro adventure Alwa's Legacy is now available on itch.io

By Liam Dawe,
Do you prefer to buy your games from the indie store itch.io? Good news, another quality game arrived with the platformer adventure Alwa's Legacy.

Open source Linux game overlay manager GOverlay adds more customization

By Liam Dawe,
GOverlay helps you to manage Linux game overlays including MangoHud, the vkBasalt effects layer and also the ReplaySorcery screen recorder.

A Monster's Expedition, one of 2020's best puzzle games is now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
After an initial release in early September, Draknek & Friends have now put up a Linux build of their absolutely gorgeous puzzle game A Monster's Expedition.

Want a great virtual tabletop for RPGs? Check out Foundry VTT

By Liam Dawe,
After we pointed out Fantasy Grounds Unity adding Linux support a while ago, some readers pointed out another virtual tabletop experience for fans of making and playing tabletop RPGs with Foundry VTT.

TUXEDO announce the InfinityBook S 14 with Intel Tiger Lake and Intel Xe

By Liam Dawe,
Linux hardware vendor TUXEDO are jumping in with Intel with a brand new lightweight laptop the InfinityBook S 14.

Valve expand Steam Input to support more of the PS5 DualSense Controller

By Liam Dawe,
Valve sent over a press announcement to highlight that the Steam Input API has expanded its support of the brand new PS5 DualSense Controller.

Wine compatibility layer development release 5.22 is up, video fixes and 3DES support

By Liam Dawe,
Wine project leader Alexandre Julliard announced that the Wine 5.22 development release is now officially available.

Facebook are now funding the open source 3D creation suite Blender

By Liam Dawe,
In a move that's sure to raise a few eyebrows, the Blender Foundation has announced that Facebook has joined the Blender Development Fund.

Humble Store is doing a big Fall Sale, save on loads until December 1

By Liam Dawe,
Another chance to stock up for the weekend and the coming Winter, as Humble Store are running a big Fall Sale and as usual there's plenty discounted you might like.

Watch a rocket go into space right now for Valve's Gabe Newell to donate to charity

By Liam Dawe,
As we mentioned earlier this month, Valve president Gabe Newell teamed up with Rocket Lab and Weta Workshop to attach Half-Life gaming icon Gnome Chompski to a rocket.

Pharaoh-like isometric city builder Nebuchadnezzar to release February 17, 2021

By Liam Dawe,
While there is an upcoming Pharaoh remaster (which has no Linux support plans), we also have the far more interesting looking Nebuchadnezzar.

Tenderfoot Tactics sold well enough to fund another game, more updates coming

By Liam Dawe,
Tenderfoot Tactics is probably one of the best games released this year. An open-world tactics RPG that mixed real-time exploration and turn-based tactical battles, with a really gorgeous simple visual style with bright colours.

Total War: WARHAMMER II – The Twisted & The Twilight announced for December

By Liam Dawe,
Total War: WARHAMMER II – The Twisted & The Twilight is the next expansion for the huge strategy game from Creative Assembly, SEGA and porting studio Feral Interactive.

Civilization VI - Babylon Pack is out now with the 'Heroes and Legends' mode

By Liam Dawe,
Civilization VI has a new DLC out with the Babylon Pack, part of the ongoing New Frontier Pass or you can buy it as a single DLC if you prefer.

The Pro1 X Smartphone looks like an awesome Linux phone for tech fans

By Liam Dawe,
Here is your daily dose of not-linux-gaming news but still awesome. F(x)tec are currently crowdfunding (and very successfully so) for a new high spec Linux phone with a physical keyboard.

Collabora put up their patches for Linux Kernel work to help Windows games on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Collabora, one of the companies working under contract for Valve to help improve Windows game emulation on Linux with the likes of Wine have now sent in some patches to the Linux Kernel mailing list for discussion.

Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead is a huge amount of fun

By Liam Dawe,
A mashup that we never expected but it's here, Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead from ClockStone and Headup is out now and it's actually great.

Cyberpunk 2.5D adventure Encodya releases on January 26, 2021 - plus new trailer is up

By Liam Dawe,
After a successful crowdfunding campaign back in September 2019, Chaosmonger Studio have announced that their cyberpunk point and click adventure Encodya will release on January 26, 2021.