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Godot Engine getting plenty of major 2D advancements for the 4.0 release


By Liam Squires-Hand
Vulkan support is coming with Godot Engine 4.0 and with it plenty of modern 3D rendering features, however the 2D side of Godot is also seeing plenty of love.

TUXEDO launch their Linux powered XMG FUSION 15 with a 144Hz screen


By Liam Squires-Hand
After what they say are countless hours of work towards it, TUXEDO have now launched their own XMG FUSION 15 with full Linux support and they're supporting people who purchased it elsewhere.

GNOME launches the GNOME Circle program to widen developer outreach


By Liam Squires-Hand
GNOME is a lot more than a Linux desktop environment, and the GNOME Foundation are now trying to entice a few more developers to take a look with GNOME Circle.

Minigalaxy the simple GOG client for Linux has a big 1.0 release


By Liam Squires-Hand
Need help managing your GOG games on Linux since GOG Galaxy is not supported? Minigalaxy is an option that focuses entirely on GOG and it has a new release out.

Inspired by the likes of Cube World, open source RPG Veloren has the biggest update yet


By Liam Squires-Hand
Currently in development and not yet considered a full game but still very impressive anyway, Veloren is a free and open source multiplayer voxel RPG.

Dungeon-crawling gesture-puzzler The Wizard: WizHarder Edition is out now


By Liam Squires-Hand
The Wizard: WizHarder Edition is a brand new gesture-puzzler dungeon crawling game from Hypnotic Owl, designed as a new modern desktop remake of their popular web game.

GOG are doing their own Black Friday sale with lots of DRM-free games


By Liam Squires-Hand
If the Steam Autumn Sale and the itch.io sale aren't your thing, perhaps you might find something you want over on the DRM-free store GOG.com.

Event-driven game engine GDevelop has a new release with a built-in Asset Store


By Liam Squires-Hand
Continuing to make game and app development easier to get into, the event-driven free and open source game engine GDevelop has an interesting new release available.

Gravity in Space might be the most unique (and weirdest) space shooter I've ever seen


By Liam Squires-Hand
Currently in development with a release planned to happen in 2021, Gravity in Space is a fully 3D space shooter with six degrees of freedom.

OBS Studio 26.1 in testing with a Release Candidate out now, adds Virtual Camera on Linux


By Liam Squires-Hand
OBS Studio, the free and open source one-stop solution for video capture and livestreaming has a new release coming with the first Release Candidate for OBS Studio 26.1 out now.

UNIGINE Engine 2.13 is an impressive upgrade for this rising game engine


By Liam Squires-Hand
UNIGINE might not be a name you hear often when it comes to games but it is an impressive game engine, one that supports Linux fully and it continues advancing in major ways.

For the Black Friday 2020 sale, itch.io are giving 100% to developers


By Liam Squires-Hand
While itch.io has given developers the ability to choose how much they give to the store for some time, for Black Friday 2020 the store is giving all developers 100% of sales.

Amusing adventure game HIVESWAP: ACT 2 is out now


By Liam Squires-Hand
With no prior knowledge of the Homestuck web comic series needed, the second part of the video game adventure is out now with HIVESWAP: ACT 2.

Theme park building game Parkitect is getting 8-player online multiplayer


By Liam Squires-Hand
With the second year release anniversary of the great theme park building game Parkitect coming up, Texel Raptor had a quite a huge surprise ready.

A pirate quartermaster is a very quirky game about pirate life - Linux version now up


By Liam Squires-Hand
A pirate quartermaster from developer Ivan Armandy released back in October, and now it's available and supported directly on Linux too.

Bit - Animation Editor is now supported on Linux and it looks seriously slick


By Liam Squires-Hand
Bit - Animation Editor is a very interesting tool to help people compose and design animated pixel art. Created by the two-person Swedish indie game studio Morgondag.

Chaotic track-building co-op game Unrailed! gets PC cross-play with the Switch


By Liam Squires-Hand
Have a friend or two that mainly play on the Nintendo Switch? Here's a good choice that you can now play with them with cross-play supported across Linux, macOS, Windows and now the Switch too.

Kerbal Space Program 1.11 will let you fix up your craft during a spacewalk


By Liam Squires-Hand
Kerbal Space Program 1.11: Some Reassembly Required will be arriving later this Winter, with it some major new features and it sounds super exciting.

The fab strategy sim Mini Metro now has full Steam Workshop support


By Liam Squires-Hand
After recently expanding the game with a free update with Nigeria and Chile, Dinosaur Polo Club have given users another reason to come back to their excellent strategy sim.

Valve updates the Steam Linux Container Runtime for Proton 5.13, helps tools like MangoHud


By Liam Squires-Hand
With the Steam Play Proton 5.13 compatibility tool being a major upgrade, along with it now using the Steam Linux Container Runtime, it did come with some annoying issues that they're now trying to solve.