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Hell Warders, a mixture of action and tower defense that may come to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The developer of Hell Warders, a mixture of action and tower defense has said that the game should be on Linux in future.

Wine 2.19 Released

By Liam Dawe,
The latest Wine development release 2.19 is now available with various improvements, enhancements and bug fixes.

Humble Bundle has been acquired by IGN

By Liam Dawe,
This is rather unsettling to see, Humble Bundle has now officially joined with the massive media site IGN.

Friday Livestream with Samsai at 5 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
You might not believe it, but it's in fact Friday today and that means we get to celebrate the weekend with a lovely Friday Livestream! There will be games, there will likely be blood and of course there will be me giving you nearly nonsensical commentary on whatever is happening on the screen, enjoy!

The developers of Solus are hoping to improve Linux gaming with snaps and their Linux Steam Integration

By Liam Dawe,
The Solus distribution developers are a clever bunch, with their Linux Steam Integration software package and snaps, they are hoping to "relieve the pressure on distributions for supporting gaming".

It took them a long time, but GOG now have Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers released with Linux support years ago, but it's taken until now for GOG to add the Linux version.

Helicopter combat game 'Heliborne' has left Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
We don't see many games like this on Linux at all, so it's great to see the helicopter combat game Heliborne release in full.

Forgotten Lore is another free trading card game with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
In the mood for another trading card game? Forgotten Lore is another free option and it seems reasonably interesting.

Here's a way to fix the broken water in ARK: Survival Evolved on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The water in ARK: Survival Evolved is broken on certain maps, instead of water you see some horrible plain brown texture. It seems the developers have finally acknowledged it and here's a temp fix.

KING Art Games have a new Kickstarter for Shakes & Fidget, a comedy adventure game

By Liam Dawe,
Love your adventure games? It seems KING Art Games are developing a new one called Shakes & Fidget which is on Kickstarter.

SiNKR, a clever little puzzle game, is now available and here are my thoughts

By BTRE,
I had the chance to play through SiNKR ahead of its release today. This minimalist game has a lot more going for it than might first meet the eye.

Amazon Lumberyard game engine is no longer going to support Linux, not enough demand

By Liam Dawe,
A reader pointed out that the FAQ for the Amazon Lumberyard game engine no longer lists Linux support, so I reached out to Amazon to see what's going on.

Turn-based tactical RPG 'Vigilantes' released in Early Access with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Vigilantes seems like a rather interesting turn-based tactical RPG, inspired by strategy games from the 90s.

GOG are offering you a copy of Torchlight II if you own it from Steam or Runic directly

By Liam Dawe,
GOG Connect is back and it brings with it the chance to redeem Torchlight II if you have it on Steam.

RPG MO is a rather retro free to play MMO that has Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Short on games to sink endless hours into? RPG MO is a free to play MMO that has full Linux support.

Football Manager 2018 scouting system revamp revealed

By Liam Dawe,
One for the Football fans, as there's a new video out to showcase the new scouting system coming in Football Manager 2018.

Monsters and Medicine, a puzzle game about building a hospital for injured monsters

By Liam Dawe,
Monsters and Medicine is a puzzle game about building a hospital for injured monsters, it's now out in full with Linux support.

WWII FPS 'Day of Infamy' updated with new map, UI updates and a free weekend

By Liam Dawe,
The WWII FPS 'Day of Infamy', one of the titles I listed in my Linux FPS games list, has a fresh update and you can play for free for the weekend.

The RADV Vulkan driver for AMD GPUs now has a shader cache in Mesa, plus more Mesa news

By Liam Dawe,
Following on from the OpenGL shader cache, RADV the open source Vulkan driver for AMD cards can also now make use of a shader cache.

GTA-inspired game 'Riskers' could see a Linux version with enough support

By Liam Dawe,
I got emailed a press release for the GTA-inspired open-world game 'Riskers', turns out the developer is open to a Linux version.