Proton 5.13-5 is now up bringing in some of the experimental changes
The Proton compatibility layer for running Windows games on Steam for Linux has levelled up some more with the latest Proton 5.13-5 now available to everyone.
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Get a free copy of Bomber Crew during the Humble Winter Sale
How about a free game for the coming weekend? Humble Store has Bomber Crew going free during their new Winter Sale so you can pick up some other cheap games too.
Prison Architect: Going Green announced for release on January 28
Paradox Interactive and Double Eleven have announced the next expansion and free update for Prison Architect with the Prison Architect: Going Green DLC launching on January 28.
Wine compatibility layer version 6.0 released
Wine, the compatibility layer designed to run Windows games and applications on other systems has a big 6.0 release now officially available with thousands of improvements.
Love turn-based strategies? Check out the Turn-Based Tactical Bundle on Steam
It appears that more developers are teaming up to create game bundles on Steam, where you get a couple games from different teams plus a discount to get them all together.
What Never Was: Chapter II gets a teaser trailer and a Steam page
What Never Was is a free short, story-driven first-person puzzle-solving adventure that released back in 2019. It was so popular that the developer is bringing out What Never Was: Chapter II.
Dead Cells: Fatal Falls releases January 26 and gets a new trailer
Ready for more Dead Cells? I know I am! Motion Twin and Evil Empire have announced the Dead Cells: Fatal Falls expansion will release on January 26.
Mali Midgard and Bifrost GPUs to get OpenGL 3.1 with Mesa 21.0 - first RC up
With the first Mesa release of 2021 for open source Linux GPU drivers upcoming with Mesa 21.0 hitting the Release Candidate stage, Collabora have been busy bringing up OpenGL on ARM Mali GPUs.
Valve's review of 2020 shows off pretty big numbers - 120 million monthly active users
With 2020 done and out the way, Valve have put up a 'Year in Review' post highlighting a bunch of facts about what people were doing on Steam and some of the numbers are pretty surprising. Valve also tease more coming for Linux gaming and their continued support.
Kitsune Tails is an upcoming Japanese mythology inspired adventure platformer
From the developer of MidBoss and Super Bernie World (Kitsune Games) and 2064: Read Only Memories (MidBoss, LLC.) comes Kitsune Tails. An adventure platformer inspired by beloved classics steeped in Japanese mythology.
Grab some indie goodies in the Devolver Digital Hidden Gems Bundle
Need some more games to get you through 2021? The Devolver Digital Hidden Gems Bundle is live up on Steam (again) and comes with some quality experiences.
Shot in the Dark is a clever tough platformer where enemies blend into the background
Shot in the Dark needs you to have good platforming skills, good point and click aiming skills and it's a whole lot of fun if you're up for the challenge.
PRIM looks like an incredible gothic burtonesque adventure with a demo coming soon
Common Colors are currently creating PRIM, a point and click adventure with traditional frame-by-frame animation and a dark gothic style that's inspired by Tim Burton.
Dust: The Abandoned Land is a surprising free open-world 2D survival game
Dust: The Abandoned Land is an in-development 2D open-world survival game, one that has a surprising amount of features and you can play it online with others.
The Ranchers is an upcoming open-world country-life RPG sim
Love your open-world games? How about farming life sims? The Ranchers looks like another great entry into this more casual and laid-back part of the gaming world.
Slimbook reveal the Ryzen 7 and RTX 3070 powered Titan
Slimbook, the Linux friendly hardware company that offers Linux as a choice on their hardware has revealed the powerful Titan laptop that's ready for pre-orders.
Stadia gets Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and HITMAN 3 this month
For the Stadia users amongst our readership: two more big name games will be heading to the Linux and Vulkan powered game streaming service this month.
NVIDIA reveal the GeForce RTX 3060, plus lots of GeForce RTX laptops
Today CES continues on with Intel and AMD having their announcements, and now it's NVIDIA up with the GeForce RTX 3060, plus lots of GeForce RTX laptops.
AMD announces Ryzen 5000 Series Mobile CPUs, RDNA 2 GPUs in the first half of 2021
Plenty of AMD news announced today during the digital CES event, with new CPUs and GPUs on the way for this year including the Ryzen 5000 Series Mobile CPUs and RDNA 2 GPUs.
Revolutionary Games continue building up their free evolution game Thrive
Starting off as nothing but a tiny little cell in a massive world, Thrive is a free and open source evolution sim backed up by the power of science.
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