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Drone building game 'Nimbatus' has a first major post-release update

By Liam Dawe,
Nimbatus is a game where you can let creativity flow and design some really wild and explosive stuff, now even more so with a major update out.

Linux Format has a Collabora dev talk about Steam's Linux container 'Pressure Vessel'

By Liam Dawe,
Linux Format issue 267 went out today (not affiliated) and in it there's a rather wonderful interview with Simon McVittie, a software engineer at Collabora who also works on things for Valve to do with Steam on Linux.

314 Arts announce Projekt Z, an upcoming free co-op zombie shooter

By Liam Dawe,
Taking inspiration from Left 4 Dead and Escape From Tarkov, blending together elements for casual and hardcore gaming crowds, 314 Arts have announced Projekt Z.

Shadow of Aya looks like a seriously epic upcoming retro adventure

By Liam Dawe,
With a detailed hand-crafted world, Shadow of Aya is a pixel-art adventure that looks and sounds pretty epic.

Make retro Game Boy games with the open source GB Studio, now with colour in the 2.0 Beta

By Liam Dawe,
GB Studio is a free and open source retro adventure game creator that allows you to visually make games that can work cross-platform on Linux, macOS, Windows…and the Game Boy.

Linux Steering Wheel manager 'Oversteer' has a new release

By Liam Dawe,
Have a Steering Wheel that you need to tweak on Linux for your favourite racing games? Oversteer can help with that a lot and a new release is up.

Turn your favourite NES games into 3D with 3dSen Maker, for 3dSen PC

By Liam Dawe,
Back in June, the awesome emulator 3dSen PC was released, which gave us a whole new way to play classic NES titles into fully 3D environments. Now, you can make profiles for your favourites.

Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York to release on September 10

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Draw Distance has confirmed that Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York will be release on September 10, and it will come with full Linux PC support.

Club Manager 2022 / Anstoss 2022 fully funded, coming to Linux PC and with multiplayer

By Liam Dawe,
Club Manager 2022 / Anstoss 2022 has now completed its Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, and thanks to that the Linux PC version is confirmed after hitting a stretch goal during it.

No more games for the Atari VCS but they did just announce Plex support

By Liam Dawe,
Ah yes, the Atari VCS, the Linux-powered console/PC hybrid thing that's coming out supposedly by the end of this year has a new announcement and…nope it's not more games.

The Darkside Detective: Season 2 gains a demo, now releasing in 2021

By Liam Dawe,
Spooky Doorway's upcoming second helping of paranormal investigations and all sorts of weirdness with The Darkside Detective: Season 2 can now be tested out with the demo.

Stadia Pro gets 6 free games for September, with 3 leaving

By Liam Dawe,
Are you a Stadia user or Stadia Pro subscriber? Well, some interesting news for you as Google have revealed what's coming for you in September and it's pretty good.

The Girl from Arkanya looks like a wonderful pixel-art treasure hunting RPG

By Liam Dawe,
With a style inspired by retro Zelda titles, Arkanya Team is working alongside Top Hat Studios to produce The Girl from Arkanya. A top-down treasure hunting RPG, with the protagonist Marisa followed around by a capybara.

Check out 9 minutes of brand-new Dark Envoy gameplay

By Liam Dawe,
Dark Envoy is the next title from Event Horizon, creator of Tower of Time, and there's a bunch of new gameplay available in a fresh video.

Explore dungeons and do a little tower defense in Dwerve, demo and Kickstarter up

By Liam Dawe,
Florida based game dev Half Human Games has launched a Kickstarter campaign and a demo for Dwerve, a mixture of dungeon crawling and tower defense in one.

The 7DFPS Game Jam returns in December 2020

By Liam Dawe,
Ready to see more weird and unique games? The 7DFPS Game Jam returns this December so it's time to get planning.

Unity Technologies officially files to go public with an IPO

By Liam Dawe,
Unity Technologies, creator on the Unity game engine has now formally applied for IPO (initial public offering) and the documents are pretty revealing.

TUXEDO Computers announce the lightweight AMD Ryzen powered TUXEDO Pulse 14

By Liam Dawe,
Need new hardware? TUXEDO Computers believe they have revealed the "the lightest Linux powerhouse in the world" with the new AMD Ryzen powered TUXEDO Pulse 14.

Devs quit Skullgirls and Indivisible studio Lab Zero Games, issues with studio owner

By Liam Dawe,
It's never fun to have to write about things like this but it needs to be highlighted. Lab Zero Games, developer on titles like Skullgirls and Indivisible seem to be a sinking ship.

Ubisoft renews their funding commitment to Blender

By Liam Dawe,
The good news for the open source application Blender just keeps flowing, after Unity announced their support for funding Blender only recently, now Ubisoft will be continuing with their funding as they've renewed their relationship with Blender.