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Jetboard Joust looks frantic and hilarious plus it's coming to Linux
Jetboard Joust, an arcade-style shoot 'em up blended with the hardcore tactical elements found in a lot of modern roguelikes and it's coming along to Linux in May.
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Barotrauma gets a colossal update to improve almost every part of the game
Barotrauma, the sci-fi submarine sim I lovingly call a suffering simulator has just had massive Embrace the Abyss upgrade while in Early Access making it better than ever.
Piepacker is a new online multiplayer platform for retro gaming
Another attempt to bring back the glory days of retro games and local multiplayer is here with Piepacker, a browser-based platform for playing the classics with your friends.
Civilization VI has a final free update 'of the season' hinting at more
The final free update to Civilization VI is now live although the team appears to be hinting that more may be on the way now the New Frontier Pass is finished.
Jackbox Games have a huge sale, pick up Quiplash FREE and Drawful 2 going international
In the mood to party? Jackbox Games have what you need with a big Weekend Party Sale going on Steam and you can get a free game for a few days too.
Proton Experimental gets upgraded, Forza Horizon 4 playable and Origin Overlay works
Valve and their partners CodeWeavers have upgraded Proton Experimental, the special testing version of Proton where the latest special updates come in with some big stuff.
Direct3D 12 to Vulkan layer VKD3D-Proton 2.3 is out with early DirectX Raytracing support
Even more progress towards having a layer that will translate Direct3D 12 nicely over to Vulkan, as the VKD3D-Proton project just had a fresh release out.
FMOD Studio 2.02 is out along with native Linux support
Enabling even more developers to work directly from Linux, FMOD Studio 2.02 has been released which includes (amongst other things) native support for Linux.
Ubuntu 21.04 is out now with Wayland by default and a new dark theme
Continuing the gradual improvements towards the next LTS (Long Term Support) release, Ubuntu 21.04 is officially out now to bring some of the latest enhancements to the popular Linux distribution.
Scoot Hard DX is a new GZDoom powered FPS with vertical combat and MLP characters
What do you get when you merge the world of MLP (My Little Pony) and the GZDoom game engine? Scoot Hard DX certainly answers that question.
Dive into the minds of people in jazz-punk adventure Don't Forget Me out now
Jazz-punk? Sounds pretty fancy. Don't Forget Me is a brand new adventure and puzzle game with a twist, where you dive into peoples minds and use your observational skills to unwrap their minds.
After a delay, the huge free Family Trials update for Children of Morta is out for Linux
Dead Mage and 11bit studios have now upgraded the Linux version for Children of Morta to give it the huge free Family Trials update.
Crytivo doing a charity livestream to plant trees with a unique The Universim feature
Crytivo, indie game publisher and developer of the Early Access game The Universim are today doing a big charity funding drive to benefit One Tree Planted.
Valve releases Steam Playtest for all devs and new ways to browse Steam
Valve has upgraded the Steam store once again in two parts: one focused on helping developers, with the other to help users find what they want to play.
Godot Engine 3.3 is out with plans for 3.4 while 4.0 with Vulkan is still in progress
The free and open source game engine Godot Engine has a huge new feature release out, so big they had to change the version number and they have some big plans for long-term support.
Beamdog unleash the huge 2.6 update for Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate II, Icewind Dale
The Enhanced Editions of Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate II, Siege of Dragonspear and Icewind Dale just got a bit more enhanced with the huge 2.6 upgrade for all games out now.
Linux Kernel dev bans University of Minnesota for sending malicious patches
Here is your daily dose of WTF. Linux Kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman has called out "researchers" from the University of Minnesota and banned them from submitting code to the Linux Kernel.
Colourful and fun 2D action-adventure Unsung Warriors heads back to Kickstarter
After a failed first attempt, Unsung Warriors is back on Kickstarter with an updated demo Prologue available to play.
Spiritfarer hits 500K sales with The Lily Update out, Thunder Lotus' most successful game
Thunder Lotus have announced that their wonderful game Spiritfarer has hit 500K sales, making it their most successful title to date and The Lily Update has been released.
Jackbox Games get their engine ported to Vulkan and SDL2, try it with Jackbox Party Pack 7
Jackbox Games emailed in to notify us of something big: they've worked with game porter and FNA developer Ethan Lee to port their engine to Vulkan and SDL2 and you can try it in a Beta for The Jackbox Party Pack 7.
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- Making retro DOS gaming simple - the standalone DOSBox Pure Unleashed is out now
- KDE Plasma 6.5 is out now with a number of highly-requested features
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- Open source racer SuperTuxKart 1.5 out now, development moving onto SuperTuxKart Evolution
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