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Northgard hits 2 million copies sold, Clan of the Lynx DLC is out now

By Liam Dawe,
After recently announcing an impressive 2 million copies sold milestone, Shiro Games have released the Clan of the Lynx DLC for their strategy game Northgard.

Watch the ACO shader compiler and Vulkan Ray Tracing talks from XDC 2020

By Liam Dawe,
With XDC 2020 (X.Org Developers Conference) in full swing, we've been going over the various presentations to gather some interesting bits for you. Here's more on the ACO shader compiler and Vulkan Ray Tracing.

The first Life is Strange 2 episode is now permanently free

By Liam Dawe,
Have you been on the fence about picking up Life is Strange 2? Well, now you have a much better chance to take a look at it.

KDE Plasma 5.20 Beta is out and it's huge

By Liam Dawe,
While GNOME recently had their own big release, the KDE team aren't far behind for showing off their latest modern Linux desktop environment with Plasma 5.20 Beta.

C-Dogs SDL, the classic run and gun game has a new release

By Liam Dawe,
C-Dogs SDL is something of a classic. A free and open source overhead run-and-gun game that continues being updated and a fresh release is out now.

Helheim Hassle is a seriously funny adventure puzzle-platforming mix

By Liam Dawe,
What could take the crown for the funniest Linux game this year, Helheim Hassle released earlier in August and it's a genuine delight to play through.

Blasphemous confirmed to release for Linux on September 21

By Liam Dawe,
The Game Kitchen and Team17 today confirmed that Blasphemous will finally launch official Linux support on Monday, September 21 after the original 2019 release.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 is out today, some details for you (plus new driver release)

By Liam Dawe,
As if you forgot, right? Today, the real next generation in gaming begins, with the release of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 as the first in the desktop Ampere architecture.

Get an early look at NO PLAN B, an upcoming tactical strategy planning game

By Liam Dawe,
NO PLAN B from the developer of Gladiabots looks like it will be quite fun, blending ideas from the likes of Door Kickers and Frozen Synapse.

Unity 2020.2 game engine gets a Beta release

By Liam Dawe,
Unity Technologies just recently released a brand new build of the Unity game engine, with a focus on performance, stability and workflow improvements.

Mindustry, one of the best open source games around has a huge upgrade in testing

By Liam Dawe,
Mindustry, a game that mixes in Factorio with Tower Defence and then goes wild from there is a fantastic example of how good a free and open source game can be.

Free first-person shooter-strategy 'Unvanquished' is now properly open source

By Liam Dawe,
After a long period of silence, it seems a lot was going on behind the scenes for Unvanquished and it's now properly open source all the way through.

Valve developer shows off Gamescope for Linux at XDC 2020

By Liam Dawe,
As we highlighted in our initial XDC 2020 article, one of the presentations this year was from a Valve developer who is working on Gamescope.

Left 4 Dead 2 - The Last Stand releases September 24

By Liam Dawe,
Left 4 Dead 2, the nearly 11 year old shooter from Valve now has a set release date of September 24 for the huge update made along with a community of modders.

Beamdog just gave Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition a big graphical boost

By Liam Dawe,
Beamdog have released the latest development updates to Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition for everyone, and it comes with some wonderful upgrades.

GNOME 3.38 'Orbis' is out now to showcase a modern Linux desktop

By Liam Dawe,
GNOME 3.38 "Orbis" just landed today, which brings in another 6 months of hacking away at all the tech behind the GNOME desktop for a fully modern Linux environment.

Everafter Falls looks like another absolutely charming casual crafting adventure

By Liam Dawe,
Another game coming to Linux that mixes in cute graphics, a casual theme, plenty of crafting and something about eating cards? Everafter Falls looks like another absolutely charming casual crafting adventure.

The new TUXEDO Book XUX7 is an absolute monster desktop-replacement laptop

By Liam Dawe,
While today we had Slimbook offer up good value with their affordable Slimbook Essential, on the complete opposite end we have Tuxedo Computers with their monster TUXEDO Book XUX7.

Free to play strategy Epicinium releases October 12 with a climate change gameplay twist

By Liam Dawe,
Fast turn-based strategy where the map changes along with the climate, Epicinium could be interesting with its fresh take on tactical battles.

Slime Rancher hits 3 million copies sold, gets a big discount

By Liam Dawe,
Slime Rancher is quite possibly one of the sweetest games around, and it's clearly something a lot of people enjoy.