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Valheim roadmap update, Hearth & Home due 'Q3 2021' and we know some of what's coming

By Liam Squires-Hand,
While it's disappointing that it's going to be a while before seeing the big Hearth & Home update for Valheim, the reasoning can't be argued with and we at least now know some of what will come.

Liquidation is a new tactical RTS that looks and feels a bit like classic Dawn of War

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Dawn of War is that you? Not quite but LIQUIDATION signals the return of some gameplay found in the older titles and it's looking really great.

Cyberpunk speedrunning platformer Aeon Drive looks slick and will come to Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Feeling the need for speed? Cyberpunk speedrunning platformer Aeon Drive from 2Awesome Studio looks really smooth and the developer has confirmed Linux support plans.

Subsoap released an overhauled Faerie Alchemy with Linux support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Subsoap, developer of the popular Faerie Solitaire series and more has released a brand new overhaul of the classic Match 3 game Faerie Alchemy along with Linux support.

Online sandbox adventure Elteria Adventures gets a huge overhaul and opens up a Playtest

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Want to try what could potential end up as the next big thing? Elteria Adventures is an upcoming creative online sandbox adventure game and they're accepting testers on Steam through the Playtest feature.

Awesome pixel-art RTS The Fertile Crescent gets animals, waypoints and better performance

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I will never miss an opportunity to mention The Fertile Crescent, a quality indie RTS with some wonderful pixel-art work that feels like a retro Age of Empires.

Jackbox Games turned Champ'd Up into a physical card game with your drawings

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Jackbox Party Pack 7 has a game called Champ'd Up, a game where you draw cards to play and now it's being turned into a real physical card game where you use your own drawings.

NVIDIA driver 470 for Linux to include support for async reprojection

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Seems like NVIDIA are going all-out for the upcoming 470 driver series for Linux. As they've stated that finally async reprojection will be supported on Linux.

Season of Pride sales are live, ahead of a full month of livestreams in July

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Season of Pride, the new and more internationally inclusive name for Summer of Pride due to different hemispheres, has a few sales live right now with a lot of livestreams planned for July.

Frogun is a 'PS1/N64 era styled platformer' where your grappling hook is a Frog

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Giving some high marks for some hilarious originality here overall, Frogun looks delightfully charming as a "PS1/N64 era styled platformer" with a great style.

Piepacker goes Open Beta, play retro games online with friends in a browser tab

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Piepacker is something we previewed recently, a game streaming / cloud gaming service designed around retro games that enables you to seamlessly play online with others. It's now in Open Beta.

GOG are doing an early Summer Sale that's now live

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Prefer your games in a DRM-free download direct from the website? GOG are here to provide with a huge early Summer Sale with thousands going cheaps.

Widelands, the Settlers II inspired strategy game has a 1.0 Release Candidate out

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Remember Settlers II? Well, Widelands has been going for a long time as a free and open source game inspired by it and they're progressing towards the big 1.0 release.

Manage Linux gaming overlays with the new release of Goverlay

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Want to configure the likes of MangoHud, vkBasalt and ReplaySorcery? Check out the latest release of Goverlay.

Crusader Kings III gets another nice free update with AI & Warfare Improvements

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Paradox are continuing to expand the excellent Crusader Kings III with another free update out now, which expands the game in a few nice ways.

Turns out some Valheim events weren't happening as expected so prepare for more now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valheim is an epic game, selling multiple millions and clearly loved by many. Another fresh fixer-upper update is out now, which has some curious fixes.

Caves & Cliffs Part I is out for Minecraft with Axolotls, Goats and tons of blocks

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The day many have been waiting for, the first part of the huge Caves & Cliffs update is out now for Minecraft.

Incredible top-down-shooter Brigador gets a huge free enhancement

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Brigador: Up-Armored Edition, a beautiful cyberpunk top-down shooter with awesome city-wide destruction has a big free upgrade out now for all players.

KDE Plasma 5.22 is out now with a focus on 'stability and usability' and more Wayland

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Stability and usability are the keys to the new KDE Plasma 5.22 release that's officially available today.

Critters for Sale is the most bizarre adventure you're ever going to have

By Liam Squires-Hand,
After the first episode being available for some time, Critters for Sale is officially released in full now and it's certainly an wild and weird experience to go through.