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Accessible and colourful fighting game 'Fantasy Strike' goes free to play

By Liam Dawe,
Fantasy Strike, a fighting game designed to be easy for all types of players that released in July 2019 has now officially gone free to play.

The Humble Daedalic Bundle 2020 is live with some really good experiences

By Liam Dawe,
Another game bundle for you to build up your collection with landed with The Humble Daedalic Bundle 2020.

BallisticNG, the anti-gravity racer inspired by Wipeout gets a big update and DLC

By Liam Dawe,
Miss the classic Wipeout and feel the need for speed? BallisticNG is a fine choice and it just expanded with a DLC and a huge free upgrade for everyone.

Shape-shifting casual bird sim 'Fugl' adds Vulkan support and 'High-detail' biomes

By Liam Dawe,
Experience serenity with the peaceful bird flying sim Fugl, now with added support for Vulkan and more updates.

Turn-based classless RPG 'Dark Bestiary' has left Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
With tons of customization and a classless progression system, the turn-based RPG 'Dark Bestiary' has left Early Access.

TUXEDO Computers announce the Pulse 15, a high-end AMD Ryzen laptop

By Liam Dawe,
TUXEDO Computers, a hardware vendor that specialises in providing Linux systems has today revealed the TUXEDO Pulse 15 and it sounds like a wonderful beast.

General Horse and the Package of Doom might be the dumbest FMV I've ever played

By Liam Dawe,
Released back in June, General Horse and the Package of Doom is a Full Motion Video game that might just be the dumbest FMV I've ever put time into.

War Selection is a free to play Early Access RTS now available for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Currently in Early Access, War Selection from Glyph Worlds is a somewhat promising looking real-time strategy game and they just released it for Linux officially.

Linux support for ASUS ROG laptops is coming along nicely

By Liam Dawe,
Back in April we revealed the ROG-Core project, with an aim to better support ASUS ROG laptops on Linux and it seems it's really coming along nicely now.

NVIDIA 450.56.02 Vulkan Beta Driver is out for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA continue expanding their Linux driver support, with a fresh Vulkan Beta Driver going live today.

Quirky 8-bit sailing adventure The Caribbean Sail gets a free expansion

By Liam Dawe,
Sail across the seas and probably die a thousand deaths, The Caribbean Sail is a quirky retro 8-bit take on sailing the world in the 1700's and it got a huge update.

Atari VCS gets another streaming service, teams up with Game Jolt

By Liam Dawe,
With the Atari VCS looking to actually ship properly by the end of this year after many delays, they're finally starting to announce some actual partnerships.

Unspottable is an amusing upcoming crowd-blending party game

By Liam Dawe,
Coming later this year is Unspottable, an amusing party game about blending in with the crowd across a few different game modes and it's confirmed for Linux with a demo.

Tomb of the Eaters is the 'biggest update ever' for Caves of Qud

By Liam Dawe,
Caves of Qud, the science fantasy roguelike epic had an absolutely colossal update released named Tomb of the Eaters with a huge new area.

Don't Starve Together gets a 'Troubled Waters' update expanding the seas

By Liam Dawe,
Life on the sea is dangerous and now perhaps even more so in Don't Starve Together with the latest free update named Troubled Waters and it sounds great.

Strange Adventures in Infinite Space is back, free and under the GPL

By Liam Dawe,
Before the likes of FTL: Faster Than Light we had Strange Adventures in Infinite Space, one of the first spaceship roguelikes and it's made a return.

What have you been playing recently? We've been tinkering with a Raspberry Pi 4

By Liam Dawe,
Apparently we missed the weekend and didn't ask you for your latest recommendations? Let's fix that. What have you been playing recently and what do you think about it?

Linux game manager Lutris gets a small update for Direct3D 12 using VKD3D-Proton

By Liam Dawe,
The free and open source game manager Lutris had a small update focusing on having better Direct3D 12 support on Linux thanks to it now using VKD3D-Proton.

Gyroscope tool JoyShockMapper comes to Linux, Valve adds 'Flick stick' to Steam Input

By Liam Dawe,
Own a gamepad / controller that has a built in gyroscope? Using it for first-person shooters might be about to get better for you with JoyShockMapper and Steam Input for Steam users.

Albion Online turns 3 with a big celebration and major update in August

By Liam Dawe,
Sandbox Interactive are celebrating their MMO, Albion Online, turning three years old and it seems they're going from strength to strength with a lot more planned.