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Sunset Shapes is a relaxing puzzle game about building shadows

By Liam Dawe,
Playing with shadows is something I'm sure we've all done a few times and Sunset Shapes takes that idea, merges it with some almost Tetris-like shapes to have you build a shadow.

Dota Underlords is getting a hero rotation soon and a rank reset

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have remembered that Dota Underlords exists and needs some attention, with an announcement that it's going to see a hero rotation soon.

Dying Light - Hellraid is out now giving you a little dungeon crawling

By Liam Dawe,
Based loosely upon what would have been a standalone game from Techland, Dying Light - Hellraid, a small DLC that swaps Zombies for Skeletons and sends you into a cramped and streamlined dungeon crawler.

You are what you eat in the run and gun game Bite the Bullet

By Liam Dawe,
Out now with Linux support is Bite the Bullet from Mega Cat Studios and Graffiti Games, a run and gun action-platformer like the classics but with some gross twists.

Direct3D to Vulkan translation layer DXVK 1.7.1 is out, lots of game fixes

By Liam Dawe,
After a few months since 1.7 went out, DXVK 1.7.1 is now live to further improve Direct3D to Vulkan translation.

Dead Cells gets another big free update and a Demake Soundtrack

By Liam Dawe,
A chiptune/8-bit version of the Dead Cells soundtrack? Absolutely sign me up. Oh, there's also a brand new free content update out now which is nice too.

Intel's dedicated gaming GPU releases in 2021, plus 10nm SuperFin is coming

By Liam Dawe,
During Intel Architecture Day 2020, they made a number of announcements. While a fair amount was marketing talk and plenty for servers, they did give a few details on their upcoming dedicated GPUs.

Streets of Rogue gets a big bug-fix update as work continues on a sequel

By Liam Dawe,
Streets of Rogue, one of my absolute favourite indie games has a new update out as work continues to find and fix every possible bug, plus a few new bits were added.

The free Rise of Avalon expansion for Albion Online is live

By Liam Dawe,
Free to play and now much bigger, Albion Online has a brand new expansion out with Rise of Avalon and there's lots of new goodies to play through.

Quirky comedy point and click adventure 'Sol 705' is out now for Linux PC

By Liam Dawe,
Sol 705, a point and click adventure that pays homage to the classics from the likes of Lucas Arts, Sierra is out now and it's added Linux PC support too.

The Bomber Crew team announced Space Crew and it's coming to Linux PC

By Liam Dawe,
Did you enjoy Bomber Crew? Runner Duck's strategic simulation game was a wonderful release from 2017 and they're now going aiming to go further with Space Crew.

Religion creation auto-battler Godhood has launched after a rough time for Abbey Games

By Liam Dawe,
After going through funding and development troubles, Abbey Games have now launched the 1.0 release of their religion creation auto-battler Godhood.

Love Ubuntu but want the latest KDE Plasma? KDE neon now sits atop Ubuntu 20.04

By Liam Dawe,
Merging together a solid Ubuntu 20.04 LTS foundation and the latest KDE Plasma packages, KDE neon has a fresh rebase out for you to try out.

Ubuntu needs feedback on some possible major WiFi changes

By Liam Dawe,
Are you an Ubuntu Linux user on either Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy - unreleased, in testing) or 20.04 LTS (Focal - the current release)? The Ubuntu Foundations Team needs feedback on some possible major WiFi changes.

Imperator: Rome gets a major free update, new DLC and cross-store multiplayer

By Liam Dawe,
Paradox Interactive and Paradox Development Studio put out a massive upgrade for Imperator: Rome which includes a free update, an expansion and cross-platform / cross-store online play.

Prepare your hard drive as another Steam Game Festival is coming in October

By Liam Dawe,
After a massive success with the most recent Steam Game Festival back in June, it's going to return for another round later this year in October.

My experiences of Valve's VR on Linux

By scaine,
As the proud and excited owner of a shiny new Valve Index kit to go with my almost-new all-AMD rig, I thought I’d outline the journey to getting it all working, exclusively on Linux.

Sci-fi racer with fancy 4-point physics 'DRAG' is now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Orontes Games have finally unleashed DRAG, their sci-fi racer with advanced 4-point physics into Early Access.

Inscryption from the developer of Pony Island has a new trailer

By Liam Dawe,
Inscryption from Daniel Mullins Games (Pony Island, The Hex) sounds absolutely wild and it's got a brand new trailer but we've got quite some time to wait on it.

3D Realms announces the Realms Deep 2020 digital event for September

By Liam Dawe,
Are you a fan of first-person shooters? Mark down September 5 - 6 in your calendar as 3D Realms (and "Friends") have announced the Realms Deep 2020 event.