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Want a great virtual tabletop for RPGs? Check out Foundry VTT

By Liam Dawe, 21 Nov 2020

After we pointed out Fantasy Grounds Unity adding Linux support a while ago, some readers pointed out another virtual tabletop experience for fans of making and playing tabletop RPGs with Foundry VTT.

TUXEDO announce the InfinityBook S 14 with Intel Tiger Lake and Intel Xe

By Liam Dawe, 21 Nov 2020

Linux hardware vendor TUXEDO are jumping in with Intel with a brand new lightweight laptop the InfinityBook S 14.

Valve expand Steam Input to support more of the PS5 DualSense Controller

By Liam Dawe, 21 Nov 2020

Valve sent over a press announcement to highlight that the Steam Input API has expanded its support of the brand new PS5 DualSense Controller.

Wine compatibility layer development release 5.22 is up, video fixes and 3DES support

By Liam Dawe, 20 Nov 2020

Wine project leader Alexandre Julliard announced that the Wine 5.22 development release is now officially available.

Facebook are now funding the open source 3D creation suite Blender

By Liam Dawe, 20 Nov 2020

In a move that's sure to raise a few eyebrows, the Blender Foundation has announced that Facebook has joined the Blender Development Fund.

Humble Store is doing a big Fall Sale, save on loads until December 1

By Liam Dawe, 20 Nov 2020

Another chance to stock up for the weekend and the coming Winter, as Humble Store are running a big Fall Sale and as usual there's plenty discounted you might like.

Watch a rocket go into space right now for Valve's Gabe Newell to donate to charity

By Liam Dawe, 20 Nov 2020

As we mentioned earlier this month, Valve president Gabe Newell teamed up with Rocket Lab and Weta Workshop to attach Half-Life gaming icon Gnome Chompski to a rocket.

Pharaoh-like isometric city builder Nebuchadnezzar to release February 17, 2021

By Liam Dawe, 20 Nov 2020

While there is an upcoming Pharaoh remaster (which has no Linux support plans), we also have the far more interesting looking Nebuchadnezzar.

Tenderfoot Tactics sold well enough to fund another game, more updates coming

By Liam Dawe, 20 Nov 2020

Tenderfoot Tactics is probably one of the best games released this year. An open-world tactics RPG that mixed real-time exploration and turn-based tactical battles, with a really gorgeous simple visual style with bright colours.

Total War: WARHAMMER II – The Twisted & The Twilight announced for December

By Liam Dawe, 20 Nov 2020

Total War: WARHAMMER II – The Twisted & The Twilight is the next expansion for the huge strategy game from Creative Assembly, SEGA and porting studio Feral Interactive.

Civilization VI - Babylon Pack is out now with the 'Heroes and Legends' mode

By Liam Dawe, 20 Nov 2020

Civilization VI has a new DLC out with the Babylon Pack, part of the ongoing New Frontier Pass or you can buy it as a single DLC if you prefer.

The Pro1 X Smartphone looks like an awesome Linux phone for tech fans

By Liam Dawe, 20 Nov 2020

Here is your daily dose of not-linux-gaming news but still awesome. F(x)tec are currently crowdfunding (and very successfully so) for a new high spec Linux phone with a physical keyboard.

Collabora put up their patches for Linux Kernel work to help Windows games on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 20 Nov 2020

Collabora, one of the companies working under contract for Valve to help improve Windows game emulation on Linux with the likes of Wine have now sent in some patches to the Linux Kernel mailing list for discussion.

Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead is a huge amount of fun

By Liam Dawe, 19 Nov 2020

A mashup that we never expected but it's here, Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead from ClockStone and Headup is out now and it's actually great.

Cyberpunk 2.5D adventure Encodya releases on January 26, 2021 - plus new trailer is up

By Liam Dawe, 19 Nov 2020

After a successful crowdfunding campaign back in September 2019, Chaosmonger Studio have announced that their cyberpunk point and click adventure Encodya will release on January 26, 2021.

X4: Foundations gets a 4.0 Beta with the 'biggest free update so far'

By Liam Dawe, 19 Nov 2020

Egosoft are continuing to expand their absolutely massive space simulator X4: Foundations, with a Beta now available for the free 4.0 update that will release properly early in 2021.

Revolution simulator Mesmer is out now from the developer of Teslagrad

By Liam Dawe, 19 Nov 2020

Rain Games, creator of Teslagrad and World to the West recently released a new title called Mesmer, which is a unique social survival game where 'every encounter matters' they say.

Fraymakers aims to be the ultimate customizable Smash-like platform fighting game

By Liam Dawe, 19 Nov 2020

Fraymakers is a brand new platform fighter coming from McLeodGaming, the creators of Super Smash Flash 2 which is the most popular Smash Bros. fan-game on PC.

Godot Engine 3.2.4 gets a second Beta with lots of improvements

By Liam Dawe, 19 Nov 2020

Godot Engine continues seeing upgrades to the current 3.x series while the work is ongoing to bring Vulkan support the upcoming Godot 4.0. The second Beta of Godot Engine 3.2.4 is out now.