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Dota 2 gets a free dungeon crawling Summer Event game mode

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have updated Dota 2 with a Summer Event that's free for everyone to play even if you don't have the Battle Pass.

The Battle of Polytopia: Moonrise releasing August 4 for Linux PC

By Liam Dawe,
The award winning mobile game The Battle of Polytopia which we wrote about coming to Linux previously with a big revamp is now confirmed to be launching on August 4.

Play the classic Super Smash Bros Melee online on Linux with Slippi

By Liam Dawe,
Super Smash Bros Melee, the 2001 title originally on the Nintendo GameCube is something of a classic and to this day it remains really popular. So popular, it has a dedicated project to play it online.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 reimplementation OpenRCT2 needs your feedback

By Liam Dawe,
OpenRCT2 is a fantastic reimplementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 and the team are doing a survey to gather some feedback on how it's used and where to focus.

Psychological horror adventure 'Saint Kotar' gets extra Kickstarter time

By Liam Dawe,
Saint Kotar, the upcoming psychological horror adventure from Red Martyr Entertainment has been given extra time on Kickstarter and it's really close to the goal.

The Humble Warhammer Bundle 2020 is live plus a big Warhammer sale

By Liam Dawe,
WAAAGH! The Humble Warhammer Bundle 2020 is live and I don't think I need to explain the type of games that are included in this one.

Stadia Connect July 2020 - what's coming and new announcements

By Liam Dawe,
Today, July 14 2020, Google are doing another Stadia Connect to go over a bunch of new games and features coming to their fledgling Linux-powered game streaming platform.

Eagle Island's big Summer update brings better controls and checkpoints

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Pixelnicks continues to update and refine the beautiful rogue-lite platformer Eagle Island with a new update out focussing on dealing with lots of little issues.

Open source space trading and combat game 'Naev' has a fresh build up

By Liam Dawe,
Another wonderful classic free and open source game had a fresh update recently. This time it's Naev, a game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity.

The Ethiopia Pack launches for Civilization VI on July 23

By Liam Dawe,
The New Frontier Pass expands on July 23, the Ethiopia Pack launches for Civilization VI as part of their plan to continue pushing out content over the next year.

The sleek Star Lite Mk III 11-inch Linux laptop is now taking orders

By Liam Dawe,
Star Labs have announced their latest Linux laptop refresh with the Star Lite Mk III 11-inch now available to order.

Steam Labs hits 1 year, Community Recommendations launches

By Liam Dawe,
After about a year of Steam Labs now being a thing, Valve have written up a blog post to celebrate and to go over what's shipped, what's not happening and more.

Inspired by Settlers II, the open source Widelands has a new test build up

By Liam Dawe,
Settlers II is an absolute classic and Widelands does a pretty good job of carrying the torch. Recently, a huge new update went out in the form of a Release Candidate.

The fab retro tactical RPG 'Fates of Ort' in now on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
Fates of Ort, a retro RPG with a tactical approach to the combat and one where time only moves where you move is now available on GOG.

Narrative-heavy RPG 'Vagrus - The Riven Realms' has a free Prologue out now

By Liam Dawe,
Vagrus - The Riven Realms, an upcoming turn-based narrative exploration RPG now has a Prologue available to get a feel for if it might be your thing.

CARRION brings on the grisly reverse-horror on July 23

By Liam Dawe,
Phobia Game Studio and Devolver Digital recently announced that CARRION, a reverse-horror where you're the thing lurking in the dark will release on July 23.

Cloud Miners is an upcoming 2D co-op space mining and exploration game

By Liam Dawe,
Inspired by Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, the upcoming Cloud Miners looks like it could be a fun blend of genres to play in some local co-op sessions.

Darkest Dungeon: The Butcher's Circus for Linux is getting really close

By Liam Dawe,
Darkest Dungeon: The Butcher's Circus, the free DLC that adds in an online PvP mode will be coming to Linux really soon going by their latest update.

WW1 top-down survival horror 'CONSCRIPT' gets a Kickstarter extension

By Liam Dawe,
Currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter, the promising looking top-down WW1 survival horror CONSCRIPT has been granted an extension to their campaign.

Tilekit looks like a great tilemap editor with auto tiling

By Liam Dawe,
Some parts of developing games can end up quite tedious like manually placing down tiles for 2D games, and it seems Tilekit might be able to help with that.