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Victor Vran: Overkill Edition (original + two new DLC) delayed until June 6th

By Liam Dawe,
Victor Vran: Overkill Edition, the beefed up version of Victor Vran which will come with two new DLCs has been delayed for all platforms until June 6th.

Stardrift Nomads, a very good looking dual-stick shooter should be heading to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Quite often I visit random games I like the look on Steam and dive into the community looking for posts mentioning Linux. It turns out that Stardrift Nomads, a really good looking dual-stick shooter should be coming to Linux.

Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive

By Liam Dawe,
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are being ported to Linux from Feral Interactive and they will be released on May 23rd.

ESSENCE, a first-person non-violent exploration adventure arrives on Linux, Vulkan support possible in future

By Liam Dawe,
ESSENCE, a first-person non-violent exploration & adventure game recently released for Linux, with Vulkan support possibly coming.

Earthlock: Festival of Magic is still heading to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Earthlock: Festival of Magic gained a Linux Alpha version last year, but they went pretty quiet about it for a while. They have now confirmed they will continue the Linux version once the WiiU version is finished.

I tried Wurm Unlimited and it was a painful experience

By Liam Dawe,
Wurm Unlimited is the standalone version of the MMO Wurm Online. It recently had a big update and we were sent keys to check it out.

Dying Light & Dead Island Definitive Edition might soon work on Mesa

By Liam Dawe,
There's some activity on the Mesa-dev mailing list with patches that will enable both Dying Light & Dead Island Definitive Edition (and it seems Dead Island Riptide Definite Edition too) to work on Mesa.

Mesa 17.0.6 released with AMD Polaris 12 support in the 'radv' Vulkan driver

By Liam Dawe,
Mesa 17.0.6 is the latest bug-fix release for the 17.0 series, but it also comes with AMD Polaris 12 support for the 'radv' Vulkan driver that has been back-ported.

The developer of 'Inner Voices' will seriously consider a Linux version with enough interest

By Liam Dawe,
Another time to show support for a game to come to Linux, if you would buy it that is. The developer of Inner Voices has stated with enough support they will bring it to Linux.

Ravenfield, the Battlefield-like single-player FPS releases on Steam soon

By Liam Dawe,
I'm excited to see more from Ravenfield, as the early versions on itch are very promising. It's heading to Steam and will release with Linux support on May 18th.

Square Enix is selling Io-Interactive, developer of HITMAN

By Liam Dawe,
In a move that might prove frustrating for fans of HITMAN, Square Enix are selling the developer Io-Interactive.

Sudden Strike 4 to release August 11th with day-1 Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
This is awesome news. Sudden Strike 4 now has a proper release date of August 11th and it seems it will see a day-1 Linux release too.

A Story About My Uncle officially released for Linux

By musojon74,
Gone North Games have added Linux support to their first person platformer A Story About My Uncle, that was originally released in 2014.

Block’hood, the neighborhood-building simulator, has launched out of Early Access

By BTRE,
After spending quite some time in Early Access, the vertically-focused neighborhood builder is now officially out.

The Linux port of Xenonauts is not supported and was only made for 'legacy customers'

By Liam Dawe,
Here's your utterly weird news of the day. Some time ago Xenonauts was ported to Linux by Knockout Games. The official website now claims it's not actually supported and is only meant for whatever the heck they mean by 'legacy customers'.

Wine 2.8 released with asynchronous Direct3D command stream

By Liam Dawe,
Wine 2.8 has now been released and it continues their work on the performance enhancing Direct3D command stream which is now done asynchronously.

Absolver, a combat game with RPG elements, won’t have Linux support at launch

By BTRE,
After the disappearance of Linux system requirements on their Steam store page, a reader reached out for us to find out what was going on with their release plans.

Charlie Murder and The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile have been released with Linux support

By BTRE,
Originally console exclusives, this pair of older action titles from the developer of Salt and Sanctuary have been ported by the ever-prolific Ethan Lee. The Linux version has been launched simultaneously with all other platforms on Steam.

Haemimont Games & Paradox announce 'Surviving Mars', a management strategy game

By Liam Dawe,
Surviving Mars, from developer Haemimont Games and publisher Paradox is a brand new management strategy game about colonizing the red planet.

BATTLETECH, the turn-based mech battler from Harebrained Schemes has a new trailer

By Liam Dawe,
Love mech battles? How about turn-based tactical mech battles? BATTLETECH is coming to Linux and it has a new trailer.