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Comedy point and click Nine Noir Lives coming to Linux, demo soon

By Liam Dawe,
Nine Noir Lives asks the question, "how many things need to be licked to solve a murder?". A comedy point and click adventure that looks genuinely good.

A look at the Penumbra Collection on Linux with Mesa in 2020

By Hamish,
The Penumbra Collection is always going to hold a special place in my heart. It pains me to see, in spite of the still excellent support that Frictional Games gives to our platform, that the state of the Penumbra Collection for a number of Linux users has become such a mess.

Civilization VI - New Frontier Pass launches without Linux and macOS

By Liam Dawe,
Civilization VI - New Frontier Pass went live yesterday, well the first part anyway and it appears it's launched without Linux and macOS.

Editorial - Linux Gaming's Ticking Clock

By Marc Di Luzio,
Years ago, when we could still meet in the hundreds in small enclosed spaces, I was speaking to a Valve employee and brought up the topic of integrating Wine into Steam.

Awesome looking racer DRAG getting a Steam Game Festival demo

By Liam Dawe,
With some fun sounding 4CPT physics (4-way contact point traction technology), DRAG looks to be a great racer and it's getting a demo soon.

GNOME and Rothschild Patent Imaging settle

By Liam Dawe,
Back in October 2019, the GNOME project announced they had been hit by what they called a patent troll with Rothschild Patent Imaging. Now it seems it has been resolved and it's a big win for open source.

G2A has paid Wube Software over illegitimate Factorio keys

By Liam Dawe,
Last year, the website G2A once again went into the spotlight due to their market place allowing anyone to sell game keys and often they're from dubious sources. Now G2A has given an update.

Firefighting game Embr is Stadia's first Early Access title, it's good fun

By Liam Dawe,
Out today on Stadia is Embr, an amusing game that makes a bit of a joke of the gig economy by letting anyone be a firefighter.

Supernatural horror adventure ASYLUM is getting a demo

By Liam Dawe,
Arriving next month for the Steam Games Festival, the upcoming supernatural horror adventure ASYLUM will give us a peak behind the door with a 2-hour long demo.

Ultimate ADOM - Caverns of Chaos brings a modern touch to the classic roguelike

By Liam Dawe,
ADOM is a classic roguelike, one loved by a great many people but it's also not the most inviting. Ultimate ADOM - Caverns of Chaos aims to change that, reinventing it for the modern era.

Open Joystick Display, a gamepad input HUD has been discontinued

By Liam Dawe,
Open Joystick Display is a free and open source HUD, one that can display your gamepad input on top of a video feed for video creators and livestreaming - sadly it's being discontinued.

Viking strategy game Northgard arrives on GOG with a discount

By Liam Dawe,
In Northgard you take control of a clan, trying to try to settle new lands while dealing with all the other clans also wanting riches. There's a major caveat for Linux though.

Steampunk base-builder Volcanoids adds online co-op

By Liam Dawe,
Volcanoids is pure joy if you love steampunk and great big machines, as it combines the two together and now it has online co-op.

Retro block-pushing puzzler Akurra to get Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter, Akurra from developer Jason Newman looks like a wonderful retro block-pushing puzzle adventure and they plan Linux support.

Denuvo Anti-Cheat to support Steam Play Proton, being removed from DOOM Eternal

By Liam Dawe,
Some really good news for PC gamers everywhere, as it seems one small battle against invasive anti-cheat has been won.

EA to open source part of Tiberian Dawn, Red Alert

By Liam Dawe,
With the Command & Conquer Remastered Collection releasing next month for Windows, EA had a bit of an announcement to make today in regards to open source.

Serious Sam 4 announced for August, confirmed for Stadia (updated)

By Liam Dawe,
Serious Sam 4 from Croteam and Devolver Digital finally has a release window with it announced for August. Note: updates at the bottom.

Stadia Pro will soon drop down to one free month

By Liam Dawe,
If you have been sitting on the fence about trying out Google Stadia, you might want to decide soon as their current generous offer is about to get less so.

Kerbal Space Program gets a Shared Horizons update on July 1

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Squad has confirmed that Kerbal Space Program will be teaming up with the ESA (European Space Agency) with the Shared Horizons update on July 1.

Story-driven metroidvania Clunky Hero has you fight drunk bees

By Liam Dawe,
From the same Nicola Piovesan and Chaosmonger Studio who are currently working on the point and click ENCODYA, they've announced a second game with Clunky Hero.