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The devs of Tower Unite remove the broken Linux beta in favour of Steam Play, mentioning Unreal Engine issues

8 Jan 2019 | By Liam Squires-Hand

Tower Unite, a 'community-based virtual world party game' had a Linux version that was left in Beta since 2016 and eventually it broke. They've now removed it in favour of people using Valve's Steam Play.

Damsel, the fast-paced action platformer with comic-like story-telling is worth a look

7 Jan 2019 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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After being sent a copy of Damsel from Screwtape Studios to our Steam Curator, I spent some time as Special Agent Damsel.

Single-player 3D platformer 'Spiralagon' looks ridiculously fun and it should come to Linux

7 Jan 2019 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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I have to admit, while watching the video for Spiralagon it did make me chuckle quite a bit. It's not a very serious game but it sure looks like fun.

Runic Rampage, an action-RPG that works well on Linux that would fit a more casual audience

7 Jan 2019 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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Here's a game we completely missed that released back in 2017 - Runic Rampage. An action-RPG from developer Electrocosmos.

An enhanced version of the fan-made Half-Life 2: Episode 3 'Project Borealis' performance test is out

7 Jan 2019 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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Project Borealis, the fan-made Half-Life 2: Episode 3 is still continuing along, with the release of a second performance to test so we can stress-test their work.

Eleventh Hour Games have shown some great Linux support with their action RPG 'Last Epoch'

7 Jan 2019 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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Last Epoch, a very promising Action RPG that was funded on Kickstarter already supports Linux, and my recent interactions with their team have been great.

PULSAR: Lost Colony, the starship crew sim is closing in on release

7 Jan 2019 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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For those who've always wanted to be a living member of a starship crew, PULSAR: Lost Colony is a reasonably good pick and it's nearing release.

Space station building sim 'Meeple Station' to enter Steam Early Access on January 17th

7 Jan 2019 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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For those who just can't get enough of building sims, your next fix is coming soon. Meeple Station is to enter Steam Early Access on January 17th.

NVIDIA to support VESA Adaptive Sync with 'G-SYNC Compatible' branding

7 Jan 2019 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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As a bit of a win for everyone, NVIDIA have announced that they will be supporting VESA Adaptive Sync.

132 of the 250 most highly rated games on Steam support Linux, even more when counting Steam Play

6 Jan 2019 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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After curiosity got the better of me, I decided to have a little fun checking out just how many popular games are available officially on Linux.

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NVIDIA have put out a new Vulkan beta driver with better pipeline creation performance

6 Jan 2019 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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It seems to be a busy weekend! NVIDIA have put out a new version of their Vulkan beta driver and it's an interesting one.

The latest OpenRA test build supports more single-player missions and features AI improvements

6 Jan 2019 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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OpenRA, the incredible free and open source recreation of classic Command & Conquer real time strategy games has a new test build out.

Elteria Adventures, an open-world RPG MMO plans Linux support and it looks very interesting

6 Jan 2019 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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Elteria Adventures is a tough game to describe. It seems like it's an open-world RPG MMO with world-building features and it's coming to Linux.

More updates on Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation with Vulkan for Linux

6 Jan 2019 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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A nice way to end the week, Stardock have given some more updates on Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation for Linux and they said something rather interesting.

Anodyne 2: Return to Dust will have Linux support at launch

5 Jan 2019 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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Anodyne 2: Return to Dust, the sequel to 2013's Anodyne is coming this year and it turns out the developer does plan to support Linux.

The KKnD remake using the OpenRA game engine is coming along nicely

5 Jan 2019 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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Keeping tabs on various open source projects, one I'm quite keen to see progress further is the KKnD and KKnD2 remake. They just recently pushed out a new build to improve it further.

Dear Apothecary has you grow plants and make medicine, now on Linux

5 Jan 2019 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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After releasing for Windows back in November, the casual single-player Apothecary sim just recently added a native Linux version.

The developer of the space combat sim 'Evolvation' has confirmed their intention to continue supporting Linux

5 Jan 2019 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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Here's a curious one. Evolvation, a space combat sim from HyperReuts originally supported Linux last year and after going through a revamp Linux support was removed. It's coming back though, as the developer has confirmed.