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Polychromatic front-end for managing Razer hardware on Linux gets an overhaul

By Liam Dawe,
Do you have some Razer hardware? You need to take a look at Polychromatic, built on top of OpenRazer, it's a wonderful open source UI for managing all your Razer devices on Linux.

art of rally goes to Kenya in the latest free expansion

By Liam Dawe,
Stylish racing game art of rally has expanded again with another big free update taking the game to Kenya.

The Humble Big Brain Bundle has XCOM 2, 5D Chess, Battletech and more

By Liam Dawe,
After some strategy games? Humble have you covered with another pretty great bundle. The Humble Big Brain Bundle has some games well worth looking into.

Dungeon crawling adventure where you date your weapons Boyfriend Dungeon is out

By Liam Dawe,
Boyfriend Dungeon from Kitfox Games is out now and it's highly unusual. It merges together ideas from a dungeon crawler with a dating sim in a rather unique way.

elementary OS 6 Odin is an absolute beauty and it's out now

By Liam Dawe,
The Linux distribution elementary OS 6 Odin is finally here, coming in years after their last release and honestly - it really is a thing of absolute beauty.

Total War: ROME REMASTERED gets a huge patch overhauling the UI, AI, modding

By Liam Dawe,
You have to hand it to Creative Assembly and Feral Interactive for their commitment to Total War: ROME REMASTERED, with version 2.0.2 out now and it's absolutely massive.

Unity acquires streaming service Parsec for $320 million

By Liam Dawe,
Unity Technologies, maker of the Unity game engine, has entered an agreement to acquire the streaming service Parsec.

Historical adventure Svoboda 1945: Liberation to release for Linux soon

By Liam Dawe,
Charles Games announced recently that their historical adventure Svoboda 1945: Liberation, the follow up to their hit Attentat 1942, will be releasing officially for Linux soon.

OBS Studio gets another developer, launches a Project Bounty Program

By Liam Dawe,
The excellent free and open source video / audio recording and livestreaming application OBS Studio appears to be doing really well and they've made some fun announcements recently.

Collabora cut down futex2 patches for the Linux Kernel to help Steam Play Proton

By Liam Dawe,
After attempting for some time now to get their futex2 work into the Linux Kernel, Collabora have cut it all down to focus on one part that has seen thorough testing to help Windows games on Linux with Steam Play Proton.

DXVK Native gets an official release to help Linux ports with Vulkan

By Liam Dawe,
For developers looking to bring their games to Linux officially, DXVK Native can be a good option to help reduce the time and complexity involved in doing so.

Stadia tries to appeal to a younger audience with new family-friendly games

By Liam Dawe,
One thing all stores need is a healthy selection of games of all genres and it seems Google have started to expand the types of games they're now offering with Stadia. There's also some free play days coming for Rainbow Six Siege.

SDL version 2.0.16 is out now with much improved Wayland support

By Liam Dawe,
SDL2 is the cross-platform development library for low-level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics hardware has a big new release out with SDL 2.0.16.

NVIDIA 470.63.01 is out for Linux adding VK_KHR_wayland_surface support

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA has released a fresh update to their stable Production Branch for Linux with the 470.63.01 driver.

GameMaker Studio 2 gets much simplified licensing following their Ubuntu Linux editor Beta

By Liam Dawe,
YoYo Games continue improving not just their software, like recently releasing a big new Beta with an official editor for Ubuntu Linux but now they've also vastly simplified their licensing.

Roguebook from the developer of Faeria is now released for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Abrakam Entertainment SA along with publisher Nacon have released Roguebook their deck-builder roguelike for Linux.

Valheim devs tease the new food system in a fresh preview video for Hearth & Home

By Liam Dawe,
With the Valheim update Hearth & Home due later this year it's coming with some major changes to the food system which Iron Gate has shown off in a new video.

I look forward to all the improvements KDE Plasma will get with the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
One thing I am excited about when it comes to the Steam Deck is that it has a full desktop Linux mode, which is powered by KDE Plasma and I don't think that's getting the attention it deserves.

Inspired by Hollow Knight, Crowsworn becomes one of the most funded Kickstarter projects

By Liam Dawe,
It's not really surprising that the metroidvania action-platformer Crowsworn got funded but it is a surprise to see just how popular their Kickstarter campaign had become.

Open 3D Engine should now run properly on Linux without extras

By Liam Dawe,
Still moving along quite quickly! The Open 3D Engine (O3DE) from the Open 3D Foundation (headed by The Linux Foundation) is a game engine donated by Amazon based upon Amazon Lumberyard.