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Warzone 2100 version 4.2.0 Beta 1 is out, gets Spectators and Replays support

By Liam Dawe,
Looks like the next version of the free and open source strategy game Warzone 2100 is going to be a big one. Two new highlight features are coming to the game with spectators and replays.

AMD celebrates 5 years of Ryzen, a Zen 3 refresh with 3D V-Cache due in 2022

By Liam Dawe,
AMD has released a video featuring Robert Hallock their director of technical marketing and John Taylor their chief marketing officer to celebrate 5 years of Ryzen with new info.

Monster Crown is the next-generation of retro monster catching out now

By Liam Dawe,
Monster Crown takes the idea of the older Pokemon games and blends in some fancy new ideas, along with a darker story to make a game that will suit fans of monster catching games nicely.

Wonderful time-looping adventure Elsinore got a big price drop

By Liam Dawe,
Elsinore released back in 2019 and it's actually quite a wonderful adventure that sees you go through a time-loop set in the world of Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Of Blades & Tails looks like a charming upcoming turn-based animal tribe RPG

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Felix Laukel (Colmen's Quest) has announced Of Blades & Tails, a quite charming looking upcoming turn-based RPG in a world full of different animal tribes.

Proton Experimental sees GreedFall, Eve Online and Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl working

By Liam Dawe,
Another update to Proton Experimental has landed as of October 11 bringing with it more fixes and even more Windows games are now working on Linux.

Helping to keep your game library tidy Lutris 0.5.9 is out supporting Epic Games Store

By Liam Dawe,
The Epic Games Store comes to the game manager Lutris, giving you an even better place to deal with your game library split across many different stores.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 7: The Arena Eternal

By Hamish,
The bedrock of almost all the LAN parties played in my household, Quake III Arena also became a trusty reliable for when I felt the urge for a casual bot match. Whenever I felt the need for a fresh Linux installation, Quake III Arena always became the first game I would reinstall. This had as much to do with the game's technical achievements as my fondness for the gunplay.

Book of Travels is a thoroughly strange take on an online RPG now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Might and Delight has just released Book of Travels, an online RPG played they're calling a "TMORPG" meaning Tiny Multiplayer Online RPG and it's quite something.

The surprisingly varied Tower Defense game Warstone TD is now available for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
With maps that advance and grow as you play through allowing you to place down more towers and change your tactics, Warstone TD from Battlecruiser Games is now available natively on Linux.

Kathy Rain: Director's Cut launches with Linux support on October 26

By Liam Dawe,
Kathy Rain: Director's Cut has been confirmed by Clifftop Games and publisher Raw Fury to be releasing on October 26.

Party-based fantasy RPG Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness gets a Linux version

By Liam Dawe,
Not too long after the initial Early Access release that was back in August, GrapeOcean Technologies has released a Linux version of their party-based RPG Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness.

The Epic Store on Linux continues getting easier to manage with Heroic Games Launcher

By Liam Dawe,
Heroic Games Launcher has a fresh update released and it comes with some mighty fine new features, all in the name of making your Epic Store library easier to manage on Linux.

The ScummVM retro game project celebrates a 20th anniversary with a new release

By Liam Dawe,
A big celebration to be had for the folks working on ScummVM, the project that bundles together various game engines to allow you to play many older games easily on modern platforms.

GOG removes HITMAN after customer backlash over online features

By Liam Dawe,
Recently we wrote about the stealth assassination game HITMAN landing on GOG. Not specifically Linux news but interesting industry news to keep an eye on, due to the massive backlash it had and now GOG has removed it for sale.

Massive circuit-building game Logic World hits Early Access on October 22

By Liam Dawe,
After repeated delays it seems Mouse Hat Games have finally settled on an actual release date for Logic World. What was once called TUNG - The Ultimate Nerd Game, shall hit Early Access on October 22.

Looks like the important futex2 work is finally going into the Linux Kernel to help gaming

By Liam Dawe,
After a long bumpy road with many revisions, it appears that the futex2 work sponsored by Valve is finally heading into the upstream Linux Kernel.

Wine 6.19 is out new with more joystick work, more modules converted to PE

By Liam Dawe,
The Wine 6.19 development release is out now following more weeks of hacking away trying to create the best possible Windows compatibility layer.

RC model flying simulator Wings is now available for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
While celebrating the first anniversary of their game, Kitchen Sink Games have released a Linux version of their RC model flying simulator Wings.

Closed Hands is a deep work of interactive fiction following a terror attack

By Liam Dawe,
Closed Hands is an experimental work of interactive fiction from PASSENGER, it's recently jumped over from itch.io to Steam.