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Don't let the visuals fool you - Sunshine Manor is pretty darn spooky

By Liam Dawe,
Sunshine Manor is a new release from Fossil Games and publisher Hound Picked Games, acting as the prequel to cult smash hit scare-fest Camp Sunshine.

Rushdown Revolt is a new combo-centric platform-fighter coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Do you love platform fighters like Smash Bros, Brawlhalla, Rivals of Aether and others? Keep an eye out on Rushdown Revolt which is currently in Alpha and it recently gained experimental Linux support.

Horror-themed turn-based puzzler Dark Crypt is out now

By Liam Dawe,
In the Dark Crypt you must sneak through a dark dungeon to find and defeat an ancient evil lurking at the bottom.

Fantastic idle game Melvor Idle leaves Early Access this month, teams with Jagex

By Liam Dawe,
Melvor Idle is an idle / clicker game from developer Malcs and it's one of the most popular in the genre. Currently available in Early Access, it's set to hit 1.0 this month.

Diablo and Hellfire source-port DevilutionX gets a big upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
DevilutionX is a source available game engine source-port of the classic Diablo and Hellfire, updated for modern platforms and there's a new release out.

Valve upgrades Remote Play for Linux in the latest Steam Client Beta

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has released another update to the Steam Client Beta and they continue improving Remote Play for Linux players, likely for the upcoming Steam Deck support.

Vulkan gets new Dynamic Rendering extension, NVIDIA Vulkan Beta 470.62.07 rolls out

By Liam Dawe,
Two bits of Vulkan news to cover this morning as there's a new Vulkan version up with a brand new and useful sounding extension for optimization. Plus, NVIDIA released a new Vulkan Beta Driver.

Humble Choice for November has Project Wingman, WRATH: Aeon of Ruin plus more

By Liam Dawe,
The latest bundle of games is now available for the subscription service Humble Choice (formerly Humble Monthly) and it seems like quite a varied selection.

Microsoft Edge available officially for Linux today as a stable browser

By Liam Dawe,
Microsoft aren't a company we exactly cover often but it seems fitting to cover it here, especially given their history with Linux. Today they're properly releasing Edge for Linux.

Growbot is a beautiful and thoughtful adventure about a little robot in a space garden

By Liam Dawe,
Point and click adventure game fans have quite the treat released recently with Growbot, an adventure set aboard a space station full of strange plants and aliens.

Steam Play compatibility tool Luxtorpeda gets controller support, new tooling

By Liam Dawe,
Luxtorpeda is a Steam Play compatibility tool (like Proton) that allows you to run games from Steam using various different game engines and reimplementations.

The wonderful Mutazione gets a free epilogue in the Penpal Update

By Liam Dawe,
Have you played Mutazione yet? If not, you're mad. It's probably one of the nicest indie games to release in 2019 and then come to Linux officially in 2020.

Apogee Entertainment gets another remaster out with Monster Bash HD

By Liam Dawe,
Originally released back in the '90s, Monster Bash HD is a fresh remaster from Apogee Entertainment and Emberheart Games and it's available for Linux.

Chill-out and sort through your room in the zen-puzzler Unpacking out now

By Liam Dawe,
Unpacking is an oddly satisfying game. It's a chilled-out zen-puzzler where you get items from boxes and place them around various rooms.

Proton Experimental gets more CEG DRM fixes, new fsync code

By Liam Dawe,
Recently Valve upgraded Proton Experimental, the special version of Proton that pulls in advancements first with support for their older CEG DRM and another new build is up.

Linux has now seen 4 months of being above 1% on the Steam Hardware Survey

By Liam Dawe,
Something magical appears to be happening on Steam. Not only is Linux above 1% for another month but we've now seen 6 months of it continuing to rise.

Valve hosting a Steamworks Virtual Conference for the Steam Deck on November 12

By Liam Dawe,
As we approach launch for the Steam Deck in December, Valve has begun ramping up their info for developers with the announcement of a Steamworks Virtual Conference.

Enjoy our news? Please support us if you're able to

By Liam Dawe,
It has again been some time since we reached out to the community, so here's a reminder: we are completely funded by readers and we need your support.

The 'Grand Tour' update for extreme sports game Descenders is out

By Liam Dawe,
Another big free upgrade for the extreme sports biking game Descenders is live with Grand Tour, attending plenty of new goodies for all players.

Graveyard Keeper DLC: Better Save Soul is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Published by tinyBuild and developed by Lazy Bear Games, Better Save Soul is the third story DLC for the medieval graveyard building and management game.