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Unbalance, a very minimalist puzzle game that's super cheap and quite good is on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Unbalance is a minimalist puzzle game about spinning things around to drop a red ball onto something, it's actually quite clever.

Digging for riches and falling onto spikes in SteamWorld Dig 2, now available for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
If you're a fan of the first game, you're going to love this. If you missed the first one, you're still going to love SteamWorld Dig 2.

Rise to Ruins updated with an overhauled combat system along with bows and arrows

By Liam Dawe,
The village building god game Rise to Ruins has expanded once again. This latest development release 'InDev 28 Unstable 3' overhauls the combat system. Ranged attacks are now possible!

Rusted Warfare, the sweet 2D RTS has a new major release with tons of goodies

By Liam Dawe,
Do you love RTS games? Rusted Warfare is one you seriously need to look at. This sweet 2D RTS works great on Linux and just had a huge update.

Linux version of 'The Coma: Recut' removed at release after taking pre-orders

By Liam Dawe,
Sadly it seems the Linux version of The Coma: Recut vanished at release, even after taking pre-orders.

SDL 2.0.6 released, introduces Vulkan support

By BTRE,
The cross-platform development library has seen the release of its latest version. Quite a few exciting changes this time around, including support for Vulkan and more types of gamepads.

Friday Livestream with Samsai at 5 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
Woo! It's Friday again and that means it's time to warm up the CPU cores and prime the GPU for some Friday Livestream action! Once again you have a chance to watch the glorious victories and salt-filled failures of yours truly live on the Internet!

Wine Staging 2.17 is out with more Direct3D11 features fixing issues in The Witcher 3, Overwatch and more

By Liam Dawe,
Wine Staging 2.17 is another exciting release, which includes more Direct3D11 features which fixes issues with The Witcher 3, Overwatch and more.

Half-Life: C.A.G.E.D. from former Valve worker should hopefully come to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Half-Life: C.A.G.E.D. is a mod from former Valve worker Cayle George, it's a short prison escape and it should be coming to Linux.

Auto Age: Standoff, a colourful car combat game may come to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Auto Age: Standoff looks like a rather vibrant car combat game and it could see a Linux release with enough support from the community.

There's a trailer for the Albion Online 'Joseph' update, plus more Arena Mode information

By Liam Dawe,
Albion Online is going to get a bit bigger next week, with the release of the Joseph expansion. We have a new trailer and more info!

xoEl Empire, a puzzle game that's just utterly weird is on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
A little overdue, but I took a look at xoEl Empire as the developer sent in a copy. This puzzle game is just completely weird.

Outlast Deluxe Edition is currently free on the Humble Store

By Liam Dawe,
Still don't own Outlast? Outlast Deluxe Edition is currently going for nothing on the Humble Store and it supports Linux.

RUINER is reconfirmed for Linux once again

By Liam Dawe,
After the stupidly confusing mixed messages about the Linux version of RUINER, the developer has now reconfirmed that its coming to Linux.

Organics sighted, marking for destruction - Stellaris: Synthetic Dawn released along with a free patch

By Liam Dawe,
Want to play Stellaris as a robotic civilization? Your time is now! Rise up and overthrow those pesky organics and lead your synthetics to conquer the galaxy.

GPUVis, an open source Linux GPU profiler similar to GPUView

By Liam Dawe,
It seems Valve have been busy. GPUVis is a Linux GPU profiler similar to GPUView on Windows. It's supposed to help track down Linux gpu and application performance issues.

There's so many Linux games on sale right now, it's a good time if you're skint

By Liam Dawe,
Suffering from a lack of funds and games? The good news is that there's a lot of games on sale. The bad news? You're going to be even more skint.

The Journey Down: Chapter Three has officially launched to conclude the series

By Liam Dawe,
The Journey Down: Chapter Three, a classic point-and-click saga with an Afro-Caribbean vibe finally has the last episode released today with same-day Linux support.

Quantum Replica, a game of fast-paced stealth and metroidvania action releases for Linux next year

By Liam Dawe,
Quantum Replica, another game from publisher 1C Company, who've teamed up with developer ON3D will bring some fast-paced stealth and metroidvania action to Linux when it releases next year. Come check out the new trailer!

Post apocalyptic open-world survival game 'Ashworld' launches on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Ashworld is the latest game from indie developer Orangepixel. It's a post apocalyptic open-world survival game and it's actually pretty good.