While Alpha 23 of the free and open source RTS 0 A.D. was released way back in May of 2018, it did come with some issues and they've put out an updated version now to improve it.
Coming to Linux sometime this year, The End of the Sun is a first-person exploration and adventure game set in the world of Slavic rites, beliefs, legends and their everyday life. The developers recently showed some behind the scenes development information.
Linux Steam Integration, the project originally made while developer Ikey Doherty was working on the Solus Linux distribution now seems to be continuing on under Intel with their Clear Linux distribution.
Black Mesa, the Half-Life fan-made recreation continues progressing towards finally releasing the delayed Xen levels.
The team behind the PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 put out their November progress report at the end of last month, showing some impressive work once again.
It appears we missed this one from December last year, vkQuake2 is Quake 2 amplified with Vulkan support.
Planetary Annihilation: TITANS is an epic RTS set across multiple planets and it's set for some exciting updates this year.
Just before the end of 2018, the open source classic RTS Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries had a fresh release out.
Now that 2018 is coming to a close, let's have a little look over some of what we think are the top Linux games released this year.
Thanks to a post on Reddit, we've learned that Epic Games currently have no plans to put their store on Linux.
Some fun weekend news for those wanting another RTS to play, as Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation is getting closer to a Linux release.
Wine 4.0 RC4 continues the polishing effort to make sure it has a nice full flavour ready for the final 4.0 release due next month.
Wayward is a name I honestly hadn't heard for some time, after following it years ago I lost track. Development seems to be going well!
The adventure platformer Celeste, from the same developer who gave us TowerFall is going to get a new set of levels next year.
Dead Cells, the seriously good action-platformer 'RogueVania' had a huge update pushed out recently making it ever more awesome.
I have to admit, I've had a silly amount of fun in Voxel Turf. A game that combines the block-building that made Minecraft popular with vehicles, buildings, gang wars and all sorts.
A nice way to end the week on, the DRM free store GOG are giving away copies of SOMA for 48 hours so act fast.
Interstellar Marines used to be one of the most promising first-person shooters which sadly died due to a lack of funding. It's limping along, with a new video to show off a new enemy.
Valve released some interesting lists today which show off some top games, these lists show some interesting details about Linux games.
Sad news for fans of action platformers, as Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night for Linux has been officially cancelled.
