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Minetest 5.4.0 to make downloading mods and games a lot easier


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Minetest is the free and open source voxel game engine, inspired originally by Minecraft it's gradually becoming bigger and better with lots of available games for it.

Check out the free wonderful point and click mystery-comedy Loco Motive


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Love a good murder mystery? Check out the absolutely charming Loco Motive which was made for the AdvXJam 2020 Game Jam.

Next-gen escape room experience coming to Linux with Escape Simulator


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Escape Simulator from Pine Studio (SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell, Faraway: Director's Cut) is a next-generation escape room puzzler with both solo and co-op modes.

Imperator: Rome DLC Heirs of Alexander with a free 2.0 update out February 16


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Paradox Interactive and Paradox Development Studio have announced the next paid expansion and major free upgrade for Imperator: Rome and they're both launching February 16.

Valve abusing the market power of Steam on game pricing according to a lawsuit


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Valve are in the legal spotlight again following the EU Commission Fine with a few more Steam troubles, as a new lawsuit has emerged with a claim about an "abuse" of their market power.

Play some classic RTS with a new test release of OpenRA


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Closing in on a big new stable release, the OpenRA project to play the classic Command & Conquer real time strategy games has a new test release that needs more people to try out.

Arcade flight combat in Pirates of Frontier's Reach arrives on Linux


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Need more combat flight sims? Pirates of Frontier's Reach is a somewhat promising upcoming (Early Access) title that just recently made its way onto Linux officially.

A look back over the most popular articles for January 2021


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Struggling to keep up? No worries, check out our round-up of what articles saw the most traffic over January 2021.

Factorio 1.1 update is out with blueprint flipping, performance upgrades


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A big feature players have been asking for a long time is now live in the Factorio 1.1 update, and it should run smoother than ever with big factories.

Steam Festival returns February 3, plus new Steam Beta fixes up shader processing


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Ready for another huge Steam Festival? It shall be returning with the Steam Game Festival, February 2021 edition. Plus there's a fresh Steam Beta that Linux users will want to try out.

Free social deduction hacking game Untrusted enters Early Access


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After a new online experience to play with friends and one that's free to play? Untrusted is a new social deduction hacking game with two sides facing off.

Wine 6.1 released beginning another year of improvements


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Now that the big stable Wine 6.0 release is out for the Windows compatibility layer, work begins again on another year of pulling in major new features with Wine 6.1 out now.

The Machinery game engine adds Linux support in Preview


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The Machinery, an upcoming game engine from people who previously worked on the likes of Stingray, Bitsquid, and Diesel engines released a new build with the first Preview of Linux support.

Tough city-building strategy game As Far As The Eye now supported on Linux


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As Far As The Eye is a strategy game that has you build a city, while also making you constantly move on before the world becomes submerged. It's tough and it's now available on Linux.

Civilization VI Vietnam & Kublai Khan Pack out now


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Joining the list of DLC available for Civilization VI as part of the New Frontier Pass is the Vietnam & Kublai Khan Pack that's now available with a big game update.

Free cross-platform game engine Defold is now on Steam


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Looking to make games? Defold is a pretty great option that has wonderful cross-platform support and it's free too, available under a pretty open license (but not open source).

Spacebase Startopia confirmed for launch on March 26 with Linux support


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Kalypso Media and Realmforge Studios have now confirmed that Spacebase Startopia is now ready to launch on March 26.

Gravity in Space is a highly unusual physics-based space shooter out in Early Access


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Here's your chance to try out the most unusual physics-based space action game I've ever seen. In Gravity in Space you fly around various weird maps filled with small planets, rocks and more in a tiny little spaceship you control with six degrees of freedom.

Dungeon crawling action-RPG Sword of the Necromancer is out now


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After a successful Kickstarter campaign, the dungeon-crawling action-RPG Sword of the Necromancer is out now.

Plague Inc: The Cure is out now, free until 'COVID-19 is under control'


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Plague Inc: Evolved just got the biggest expansion it's ever seen with Plague Inc: The Cure. You can play it free right now too, as there's no cost until 'COVID-19 is under control'.