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Happy hour has arrived at bar GOL with the Wine 5.8 release and it's a real corker

By Liam Dawe,
Did you miss our Wine release day puns? Well good news! I've pressed them into service and aged them to perfection so they have returned along with the Wine 5.8 release that's now available.

Fast and furious deck-building action battler 'One Step From Eden' is now on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
One Step From Eden is easily one of the highlights of this year for the mixture of deck-building and fast-paced action, plus it's now available on DRM-free store GOG.

xrdesktop continues expanding the Linux desktop into Virtual Reality with work sponsored by Valve

By Liam Dawe,
Today the hackers over at Collabora announced the release of xrdesktop 0.14, a Valve Software sponsored effort to bring Linux desktops into the VR world.

Space Haven is a little like a space version of The Sims and it's entering Early Access on May 21

By Liam Dawe,
Space Haven isn't a traditional space colony building sim, quite different in fact. You're actually building a spaceship, multiple when you get further and you need to look after your crew.

Out on May 28, Resolutiion will have you explore a fractured future and escort an AI through chaotic combat

By Liam Dawe,
Resolutiion from Monolith of Minds might be the most stylish game coming to Linux in 2020 and it finally has a release date set for May 28.

Go on a free and slightly disturbing journey as an egg cell in Swallow the Sea

By Liam Dawe,
I love short experimental games and Swallow the Sea is up there in my favourites this year, as it's so delightfully weird that it's absolutely captivating.

Valve adds a 'Play Next' shelf in Steam to remind you of all those games you've never played

By Liam Dawe,
If you've ever been stuck for something to play on Steam, Valve have made a small step towards reminding you of games you own that you've not actually played.

Hadean Tactics adds deck-building to an auto-battler that takes you through the underworld

By Liam Dawe,
Emberfish Games recently announced Hadean Tactics, a deck-builder with auto-battling that will be coming to Linux when it enters Early Access later this Summer.

Soldak Entertainment formally announce Drox Operative 2, a starship action RPG

By Liam Dawe,
Drox Operative 2 from Soldak Entertainment has now been officially announced, and they have already confirmed that it will be continuing to support Linux.

Total War: WARHAMMER II - The Warden & The Paunch pits the High Elves against the Greenskins

By Liam Dawe,
Just recently Creative Assembly announced Total War: WARHAMMER II - The Warden & The Paunch, their next Lords Pack and this will focus on a war between Yvresse (High Elves) and Grom the Paunch from the Broken Axe Tribe (Greenskins).

Jotun: Valhalla Edition, Sundered: Eldritch Edition and CHORUS heading to Stadia

By Liam Dawe,
More great news for Stadia fans using Linux, as even more games will be coming to the Linux-powered game streaming platform that have been announced.

Chroma: Bloom And Blight is an ambitious upcoming competitive card game - on Kickstarter and demo up

By Liam Dawe,
Chroma: Bloom And Blight was quite a surprise to be told about today, a very ambitious upcoming competitive card game that will have full Linux support.

AMD detail future plans for socket AM4 and Zen 3 compatibility, no Zen 3 for older chipsets

By Liam Dawe,
If you're keeping an eye on the latest AMD processors coming, you might want to sit down and take a look at a recent post from AMD detailing their support plans for socket AM4 and Zen 3 compatibility.

Humble Store has a massive Spring Sale on with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation FREE to claim

By Liam Dawe,
Humble Store just announced their massive Spring Sale is live, with tons of games discounted and you can grab a free game too.

Codemasters have announced DIRT 5 and it will be available on Stadia in early 2021

By Liam Dawe,
Codemasters have announced the first 'next-gen' racer with DIRT 5, and the good news for Linux fans is that they've already confirmed a Google Stadia release so you can stream it in early 2021.

As Stellaris prepares to turn 4, Paradox have a big free update ready for this month

By Liam Dawe,
Engage hype number one! Stellaris, the awesome grand strategy space game from Paradox Development Studio and Paradox Interactive turns four years old soon and it's getting a big free update.

Free to play MMO 'Albion Online' is going very strong with 500K monthly players during April

By Liam Dawe,
Not many popular MMO games have Linux support but Albion Online does and it appears that in terms of player population overall they're doing well.

Awesome looking adventure 'BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION' should now look great on AMD & Intel GPUs

By Liam Dawe,
BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION the latest game from THE BROTHERHOOD (CAYNE / STASIS), has been updated for Linux and it now appears to work great across AMD and Intel GPUs with the open source Mesa drivers.

Slavic fantasy exploration adventure 'The End of the Sun' is up on Kickstarter now

By Liam Dawe,
Time travelling slavic fantasy adventure, The End of the Sun, is now crowdfunding on Kickstarter and they plan to have full Linux support.

Channelling inspiration from Zelda, the open-world 'Adventure In Aellion' launches on July 22

By Liam Dawe,
Adventure In Aellion is an upcoming drop-in / drop-out co-op adventure game, which the developers claim 'evokes the spirit of Legend of Zelda'.