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FNA 20.05 (XNA4 reimplementation) is out with a brand new 3D graphics library 'FNA3D'

By Liam Dawe, 1 May 2020

Ethan Lee, porter of many games to Linux (and macOS) and the creator of the XNA4 reimplementation FNA today announced the release of FNA 20.05 and a brand new 3D graphics library FNA3D.

Nimbatus - Drone Creator allows you to test building drones free and use in the full game

By Liam Dawe, 1 May 2020

Nimbatus is a really fun game that mixes in building drones (autonomous or otherwise) and now you can try it free, using the Nimbatus - Drone Creator that just released.

Silmaris: Dice Kingdom will have you rule over a kingdom using dice

By Liam Dawe, 1 May 2020

Silmaris: Dice Kingdom caught my attention recently when it was announced this week, a story-based game full of random events where you're trying to restore your kingdom using...dice.

Challenging platformer WarriOrb where you're a weaponized talking ball is out now

By Liam Dawe, 1 May 2020

With a most unusual protagonist, the action-platform WarriOrb released recently and it very much looks to be worth a play through.

Roots of Pacha brings the village farming RPG sim back to the stone age

By Liam Dawe, 1 May 2020

You've played modern life farming sims, you've played high fantasy versions but what about one set in prehistorical times? Roots of Pacha is coming to Linux from Soda Den and Crytivo.

Stadia Pro games for May are up with Zombie Army 4: Dead War, The Turing Test and SteamWorld Heist

By Liam Dawe, 1 May 2020

Google continue to expand the Linux-powered game streaming service, Stadia, with a fresh set of games you can claim today with Stadia Pro.

The amazing Streets of Rogue gains six new fun sounding characters in a first DLC

By Liam Dawe, 1 May 2020

Streets of Rogue, one of the best games of last year, just had the first proper DLC release with a Character Pack that adds in some really fun sounding character types.

Linux Mint 20 "Ulyana" due in June with fractional HiDPI scaling, brighter icons and better performance

By Liam Dawe, 1 May 2020

The team behind popular Linux distribution Linux Mint have a monthly update out to go over what their plans are and their funding, and it's all sounding great.

Valve drops support for SteamVR on macOS to focus on Linux & Windows

By Liam Dawe, 1 May 2020

Today Valve made quite a big announcement about the future of VR, including an entire platform being dropped.

Linux distribution Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS from System76 is out now with awesome Auto Tiling

By Liam Dawe, 30 Apr 2020

Hardware vendor System76 have just released Pop!_OS 20.04, their Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 20.04 with all their fancy tweaks and it's a brilliant release.

Open-source OpenXR runtime for Linux 'Monado' gets an improved compositor - runs Blender VR

By Liam Dawe, 30 Apr 2020

Those crazy-smart folks over at Collabora have continued hacking away on Monado, a fully open source OpenXR (VR / AR standard) runtime for Linux. Now it's progressed quite far and it can run Blender VR.

Steam has multiple big sales going with the Golden Week Sale, Tower Defense Tag and tinyBuild

By Liam Dawe, 30 Apr 2020

There's certainly never a shortage of a game sales and Steam today has three major big sales going. Taking a look, there's a lot of excellent games discounted.

Assassin's Creed Valhalla announced, will release on Stadia but no Steam release (EGS)

By Liam Dawe, 30 Apr 2020

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has been formally announced by Ubisoft, and it's confirmed to be coming to Stadia so you will be able to stream it on Linux at release.

Tough Early Access turn-based RPG 'Stoneshard' is now DRM-free on GOG

By Liam Dawe, 30 Apr 2020

DRM-free and a Linux build, wonderful. Today the challenging and engrossing turn-based RPG, Stoneshard, has arrived on GOG.

Intel reveals brand new desktop processors along with their Core i9-10900K flagship

By Liam Dawe, 30 Apr 2020

Intel have now fully revealed their latest processors today, with the Core i9-10900K now their flagship with a claim of it being "the world's fastest gaming processor".

If you have the retro gaming itch RetroPie 4.6 is out with support for the Raspberry Pi 4

By Liam Dawe, 30 Apr 2020

Ah the Raspberry Pi, a seriously cool and highly versatile little device and a perfect way to build a retro gaming station with the power of Linux thanks to projects like RetroPie.

Kemonomimi themed 2D RPG 'LandTraveller' adds more story content in the latest update

By Liam Dawe, 30 Apr 2020

LandTraveller is a sweet 2D RPG where you assume the role of a Kemonomimi, a race of people with animal-like ears. Currently in Early Access it recently had quite a large update.

Upcoming slavic fantasy adventure 'The End of the Sun' has a first proper gameplay video

By Liam Dawe, 30 Apr 2020

The End of the Sun is an upcoming fantasy adventure game with a slavic theme and now there's a first proper gameplay video, along with some developer commentary.

Modding Terraria on Steam is about to get easier with tModLoader and later Steam Workshop for it

By Liam Dawe, 30 Apr 2020

Along with the upcoming release of the massive Terraria: Journey's End free expansion, Re-Logic have announced the popular open source modding tool tModLoader will be available on Steam.

Fantasy turn-based tactical battler with fun physics 'Fort Triumph' released DRM-free on GOG

By Liam Dawe, 30 Apr 2020

Fort Triumph released with full Linux support recently and it's a really great turn-based tactics game, especially with the way you can interact with the environment. It's also now on GOG.