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Steam revamps profile privacy settings, Steam Spy no longer able to operate

By Liam Dawe,
While I was asleep Valve announced some new profile privacy settings which are good for users, but it seems Steam Spy is likely going to shut down as a result.

NVIDIA 396.18 beta driver is out with a new Vulkan SPIR-V compiler to reduce shader compilation time

By Liam Dawe,
The new NVIDIA 396.18 beta is officially out and it's one of the more interesting driver releases from NVIDIA.

Devil Daggers, the addictive fast-paced FPS is now on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
Another game is now DRM free and available on GOG, this time it's the addictive fast-paced shooter Devil Daggers.

The action-RPG Moonlighter is going to release on May 29th

By Liam Dawe,
Need more action-RPG goodness? The developer of Moonlighter just announced it will release on May 29th with Linux support.

GOG are giving away Wasteland 2 with Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

By Liam Dawe,
If you were thinking of pre-ordering Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, GOG is going to give you Wasteland 2 Director's Cut to sweeten the deal.

Farm Together, the cute farming sim from Milkstone Studios has expanded a lot

By Liam Dawe,
Farm Together is a really sweet and simple farming sim from Milkstone Studios that I've been really impressed with, it's expanded a lot during Early Access too.

The developer of Clone Drone in the Danger Zone is open to Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Clone Drone in the Danger Zone is a third-person sword fighter where any part of your body can be sliced off and the developer is open to a Linux version.

Feral Interactive have released an open source tool that’ll help get the most performance out of Linux games

By Liam Dawe,
GameMode is a new daemon/lib combo for Linux that will allow you to optimize your PC for gaming. It's not magic, but it's something that will help.

Humble Store currently has a Team 17 sale on, some good Linux titles are cheap

By Liam Dawe,
Humble Store just sent word that their latest sale features the developer and publisher Team 17, they have some nice Linux titles on sale.

The Adventures of Square is mildly amusing retro FPS that's free with a second episode out now

By Liam Dawe,
The Adventures of Square is a free retro FPS built with the GZDoom engine and it turns out it's pretty amusing.

NVIDIA dropping support for 32bit Linux this month, also dropping Fermi series support

By Liam Dawe,
If you're an NVIDIA user still on 32bit, you might want to think about finally updating as this month NVIDIA will be moving to only providing critical security updates for 32bit systems.

The first results of the GZDoom survey are out, 10% are on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Recently GZDoom was updated and with it they added in a new hardware survey, the first results are now available.

Hand of Fate 2 updated with the promised Endless Mode

By Liam Dawe,
Hand of Fate 2, the excellent dungeon crawler that mixes up card-based travel with real-time combat finally adds the promised Endless Mode.

XLEngine for Dark Forces and Daggerfall is now open source

By Liam Dawe,
XLEngine is another project to allow you to play classic games on modern systems, this one is for Dark Forces and Daggerfall and it's now open source.

Rise of the Tomb Raider will release for Linux this month

By Liam Dawe,
Just announced by Feral Interactive, Rise of the Tomb Raider will release for Linux this month after the Mac version.

Timespinner is an upcoming metroidvania that’s looking great and is fun to play

By BTRE,
Following a successful crowdfunding campaign several years ago, this 2d metroidvania has grown and matured as a project. I had a chance to play a closed beta and things look promising.

Ash of Gods gets a large post-launch patch that seeks to address various shortcomings

By BTRE,
The tactical RPG with great art and music was less-than-stellar in many other areas when it launched last month. It has received its biggest post-launch update so far and it tries to redress a lot of areas of criticism.

RUINER is now in Beta for Linux, it's also an early unlock in the new Humble Monthly

By Liam Dawe,
Double good news for you here as today RUINER entered Beta for Linux, plus you can get it cheap as an early unlock in the newest Humble Monthly.

Another Friday Livestream with Samsai at 5 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
Hey, it's your weekly reminder to come and watch the Friday Livestream! We sometimes play some video games on Linux and typically have some casual conversation with the chat to go with it. So yeah, maybe you should watch it?

Fort Triumph, a tactical RPG where you make use of the environment enters Early Access on April 26th

By Liam Dawe,
If you're like me and you love your turn-based tactical battles then Fort Triumph needs to be firmly on your purchasing radar.