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BUTCHER, a blood-soaked love letter to the early 90s announced with Linux support

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BUTCHER looks like a cross between Broforce and Doom and has jumped straight to the top of my watch list. The developers sent it in and tell me it will have full Linux support.

The incredibly cool looking first-person adventure game 'Valley' looks like it's heading to Linux

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I had never heard of 'Valley' before until it was emailed in by Colin (thanks!), and wow it looks marvellous. It's also heading to Linux!

The open source Vulkan driver for AMD can now run Dota 2

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A pretty good milestone has been achieved with the open source Vulkan driver for AMD that Dave Airlie has been working on with Bas Nieuwenhuizen. It can now run Dota 2.

Crusader Kings II: The Reaper’s Due now available, brings more death and pestilence

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Paradox Development Studio’s successful medieval grand strategy game, Crusader Kings II, has seen the release of its latest DLC. A cart-full-of-dead amount of new events and mechanics relating to sickness and health have been added on. It arrives with a considerable patch for all owners of the base game as well.

A look at Planet Nomads now it's in closed alpha and available on Linux

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Good evening explorers, today I took a look at Planet Nomads a very early build of what could be a very interesting space survival game.

Control a farting cat lost in space in Miaou Moon, now on Linux

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Miaou Moon is a charming, fun and all around entertaining game. The developer sent in a key for me to take a look, and I'm not one to pass up what could be hilarious.

Slain: Back From Hell released for Linux on GOG, some thoughts

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Slain: Back From Hell is the revamped of the poorly received Slain, now that it's available on GOG and I have been sent a key I gave it a test.

Mother Russia Bleeds, an old-fashioned beat 'em up releases next month and has a trailer

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Mother Russia Bleeds certainly looks good for a retro inspired beat 'em up and the trailer looks awesome.

Master of Orion (the new one) officially released with Linux support

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The day has arrived space fans! Master of Orion (the new one) has blasted off out of Early Access and is now officially available.

Upcoming RTS/FPS hybrid 'Abatron' will have a Linux demo before official release

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Abatron developer confirms plans for Linux version of demo before the full release, which will be partially funded by Kickstarter campaign.

Linux turns 25 years old! Happy birthday Linux!

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Valve aren't the only ones celebrating a birthday this week. Linux also just got a bit older and wiser. Linux is officially 25 years old today!

Looks like Subnautica from the Natural Selection 2 developers won't get Linux support

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This is quite sad, it seems we have been left wondering for a while (years) about Subnautica, but a developer has now confirmed a Linux version is not being worked on.

In Case of Emergency, Release Raptor released into Early Access, yes this is a real game

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In Case of Emergency, Release Raptor is the latest game from Arcen Games, LLC and it's quite clear they needed money to make something like this.

Retro-Pixel Castles has a massive update, new buildings and an entirely new item system

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Retro-Pixel Castles is a very cool Early Access pixel styled city building simulation, the game has a massive update that introduces a new items system along with new buildings for it.

Le Havre: The Inland Port, the PC game adaption of an award winning board-game will have Linux support

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Le Havre: The Inland Port is an award winning board-game from Uwe Rosenberg and it will released Monday 29th of August. Good news is it will feature a Linux version.

New trailer for first-person horror game Syndrome looks good, Linux supported

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The new horror game Syndrome is starting to look really good, the Linux version is confirmed too so here's the new trailer.

Paradox have teamed up with a modder to create the Cities: Skylines Art Deco DLC coming soon

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Cities: Skylines Art Deco DLC is a collaboration between Paradox and modder Matt “Shroomblaze” Crux.

Mighty No. 9 is now actually live on both Linux & Mac

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Good news platformer lovers, as Aaron from Knockout Games sent word that the Linux & Mac versions of Mighty No. 9 are now actually live on Steam.

Valve turns 20 years old today, happy birthday! A brief look at their Linux history

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Valve was officially formed on August 24th 1996, so today Valve turns 20 years old. I had no idea Valve was this old! Here's a rather quick look at what they have done for us.

Zombie Night Terror now has an open beta for Linux players

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Zombie Night Terror is a game I have followed for a while hoping it gained a Linux version, the developers have listened and put up an open beta for owners who run Linux.