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Factorio 1.1 update is out with blueprint flipping, performance upgrades

By Liam Dawe,
A big feature players have been asking for a long time is now live in the Factorio 1.1 update, and it should run smoother than ever with big factories.

Steam Festival returns February 3, plus new Steam Beta fixes up shader processing

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for another huge Steam Festival? It shall be returning with the Steam Game Festival, February 2021 edition. Plus there's a fresh Steam Beta that Linux users will want to try out.

Free social deduction hacking game Untrusted enters Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
After a new online experience to play with friends and one that's free to play? Untrusted is a new social deduction hacking game with two sides facing off.

Wine 6.1 released beginning another year of improvements

By Liam Dawe,
Now that the big stable Wine 6.0 release is out for the Windows compatibility layer, work begins again on another year of pulling in major new features with Wine 6.1 out now.

The Machinery game engine adds Linux support in Preview

By Liam Dawe,
The Machinery, an upcoming game engine from people who previously worked on the likes of Stingray, Bitsquid, and Diesel engines released a new build with the first Preview of Linux support.

Tough city-building strategy game As Far As The Eye now supported on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
As Far As The Eye is a strategy game that has you build a city, while also making you constantly move on before the world becomes submerged. It's tough and it's now available on Linux.

Civilization VI Vietnam & Kublai Khan Pack out now

By Liam Dawe,
Joining the list of DLC available for Civilization VI as part of the New Frontier Pass is the Vietnam & Kublai Khan Pack that's now available with a big game update.

Free cross-platform game engine Defold is now on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Looking to make games? Defold is a pretty great option that has wonderful cross-platform support and it's free too, available under a pretty open license (but not open source).

Spacebase Startopia confirmed for launch on March 26 with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Kalypso Media and Realmforge Studios have now confirmed that Spacebase Startopia is now ready to launch on March 26.

Gravity in Space is a highly unusual physics-based space shooter out in Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Here's your chance to try out the most unusual physics-based space action game I've ever seen. In Gravity in Space you fly around various weird maps filled with small planets, rocks and more in a tiny little spaceship you control with six degrees of freedom.

Dungeon crawling action-RPG Sword of the Necromancer is out now

By Liam Dawe,
After a successful Kickstarter campaign, the dungeon-crawling action-RPG Sword of the Necromancer is out now.

Plague Inc: The Cure is out now, free until 'COVID-19 is under control'

By Liam Dawe,
Plague Inc: Evolved just got the biggest expansion it's ever seen with Plague Inc: The Cure. You can play it free right now too, as there's no cost until 'COVID-19 is under control'.

Prison Architect - Going Green and The Glasshouse free update out now

By Liam Dawe,
Perhaps your prisoners in Prison Architect fancy growing something to pass the time? Give them the gift of green in Prison Architect - Going Green and The Glasshouse free update out now.

Play as a cyborg cop abandoned by progress in the upcoming point and click The Sundew

By Liam Dawe,
Coming later this Summer the one-woman studio 2054 will launch The Sundew, a dark cyberpunk, retro-styled adventure game.

Dota 2 gets a CS:GO styled Overwatch mode, plus the Dota Pro Circuit returns

By Liam Dawe,
Major updates are going live for Valve's free to play MOBA with Dota 2 now having a CS:GO styled Overwatch mode designed to help sort through all the reports of player behaviour.

Wasteland 3 gets a big patch with a new mode to enjoy the story

By Liam Dawe,
Wasteland 3 from inXile Entertainment has a big new free update out with the Robots & Rangers" patch, and it's looking to be a good one for all players.

Using the Epic Store on Linux is even easier with the latest Heroic Games Launcher updates

By Liam Dawe,
Epic Games don't support Linux with their store, so the community continues building around it with the Heroic Games Launcher that can run plenty of games from the Epic Store.

Free and open source strategy shooter Unvanquished gearing up for big new release

By Liam Dawe,
Unvanquished is a free and open source first-person shooter that blends in elements of a strategy game, it's a bit like Natural Selection and they're in the process of doing a big new release.

FreeSpace 2 Source Code Project releases version 21.0.0

By Liam Dawe,
FreeSpace and FreeSpace 2 are two of the absolute best space shooters around, and thankfully FreeSpace 2 continues living on very nicely with the FreeSpace 2 Source Code Project. A new release is up after another year of work.

Transport Fever 2 to release Vulkan API support on February 23

By Liam Dawe,
More Vulkan API goodness is coming with Urban Games announcing that Transport Fever 2 will release the big Vulkan update on February 23 along with a macOS version.