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Google's UI toolkit Flutter comes to the Linux desktop with help from Canonical

By Liam Dawe,
This might be quite big news! Flutter, the UI toolkit from Google that's used in tens of thousands of Android applications is coming to the desktop. Google and Canonical have announced their push for Linux too.

Like sumo wrestling with explosions, BOMBFEST is pretty amusing

By Liam Dawe,
BOMBFEST, an explosive party game that released last year seems to have been missed by most and it's seen very few user reviews which is a shame due to how fun it actually is.

The 2020 Steam Summer Sale ends soon, here's some final picks

By Liam Dawe,
Stuck for what to pick up? With the huge Steam Summer Sale ending tomorrow at 5PM UTC, here's a little helping hand for you on what's good.

Tropico 6 gets a few new features plus a Linux release on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
Want to take on the role of El Presidente? Well if you've been holding out for a Linux release on GOG we've got good news, plus it continues to be updated.

Fragment's Moonrise is a free Early Access open-world strategy game

By Liam Dawe,
With some promising ideas that could be great when further developed, Fragment's Moonrise is a new open-world real-time strategy game out now in Early Access.

Suns Out, Buns Out is another awesome Overcooked! 2 update

By Liam Dawe,
Get your fire extinguishers ready and try not to set your kitchen ablaze in the latest free content update to the co-op cooking game Overcooked! 2 with Suns Out, Buns Out.

Khronos Group open sources the OpenXR Conformance Test Suite for VR & AR

By Liam Dawe,
In another important step forwards for free and open standards, plus the future of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, the Khronos Group have open sourced their OpenXR testing suite.

Unique puzzle-adventure 'OneShot' now has a Linux build on itch

By Liam Dawe,
If you've been itching to play the surreal puzzle adventure OneShot since it arrived on itch.io, we've got good news for you.

Playing SpringRTS games on Linux gets easier with Flatpak

By Liam Dawe,
SpringRTS, the free and open source game engine for playing various real-time strategy games is now even easier to get running on Linux.

Railway Empire is getting a Complete Collection on August 7

By Liam Dawe,
Publisher Kalypso Media and their in-house developer Gaming Minds Studios have announced that Railway Empire - Complete Collection is coming on August 7.

Free and open source space RPG 'Destination Sol' has a big 2.0 release

By Liam Dawe,
Destination Sol might not be a name known to all but it's a sweet little space exploration RPG that's free and open source, plus it's getting big updates.

Floor-destroying party game 'Hammer Dongers' adds rockets and new maps

By Liam Dawe,
Hammer Dongers is a great idea for a party game, pitting up to four people against each other in small levels with the ability to destroy the very ground beneath your feet.

Make nefarious goods in Basement, now up on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
Basement, a game about building up a business making some questionable goods to fund development of a video game is now available DRM-free on GOG.

VKD3D-Proton is the new official Direct3D 12 to Vulkan layer for Proton

By Liam Dawe,
While the Proton compatibility layer already has DXVK for translating DirectX 9/10/11 into Vulkan, VKD3D-Proton has become the official version for translating Direct3D 12 on top of Vulkan.

The first DLC for Oxygen Not Included sounds huge, free update soon too

By Liam Dawe,
Klei Entertainment have been busy working behind the scenes on the next free update and first expansion for Oxygen Not Included and they've detailed what's coming.

Dungeon exploring puzzler 'The Wizard: WizHarder Edition' announced

By Liam Dawe,
The Wizard: WizHarder Edition was announced recently, as an expanded and upgraded edition of the very popular free web game that's been going for 6 years now.

FOSS Linux game launcher 'Lutris' has a new bug-fix release out

By Liam Dawe,
It's free, it's open source and it helps you manage your thousand+ game library, a fresh update of the game launcher Lutris has arrived.

Valve silences the bots in Team Fortress 2, TF2 Classic Mod out now

By Liam Dawe,
Team Fortress 2 continues to have a bot problem but Valve are actually fighting back and the latest update takes another blunt approach to dealing with them.

Starship action RPG 'Drox Operative 2' arrives on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
The currently in development space action RPG Drox Operative 2 can now be picked up DRM-free on GOG.

Charge Kid, a new open source platformer where each jump is a puzzle

By Liam Dawe,
Up for some more open source gaming fun? Charge Kid, released on June 30 is a platformer that makes you think about your jumps and turns every single one into a puzzle.