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Epic city-state simulator 'Songs of Syx' is very promising and now on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe,
Songs of Syx is a grand-strategy city-builder that has an impressive scope, and to complete it the developer is now seeking a little funding on Kickstarter.

One Step From Eden is a creative blending of fast-paced action and deck-building out now

By Liam Dawe,
One Step From Eden developed by Thomas Moon Kang and publisher Humble Bundle is out today and it might just be my new favourite game of 2020.

Amusing free local multiplayer terrain-smashing game 'Hammer Dongers' has a new update

By Liam Dawe,
Hammer Dongers is a pretty funny (and currently free) local multiplayer game that has up to four people run around with big hammers and try to land a hit. The problem is, when you miss the terrain falls away.

Ara Fell: Enhanced Edition is out dumping RPG Maker for Unity, adds in Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Ara Fell, originally released back in 2016 and it went on to receive a lot of positive reviews. Stegosoft Games went back, revamped it quite a lot and now it's out again with Ara Fell: Enhanced Edition.

Practice your skills of isolation and survival in The Long Dark with a big COVID-19 support sale

By Liam Dawe,
The Long Dark, a single-player survival game about surviving the cold of 'The Quiet Apocalypse' from Hinterland Studio is having a big sale to help fight against the spread of COVID-19.

Cities: Skylines - Sunset Harbor is out now, plus a 'Modern Japan' creator pack and a Radio Station

By Liam Dawe,
Paradox Interactive and Colossal Order have today released the huge Cities: Skylines - Sunset Harbor expansion, further pushing this excellent city builder.

Stadia Pro subscribers get three games in April's batch, plus The Crew 2 out now

By Liam Dawe,
If you're a Stadia Pro subscriber, Google have announced the three games you will get in April along with more games out now.

Dead Cells gets Half-Life content in a small update, plus a bigger update now in testing

By Liam Dawe,
Dead Cells, the absolutely awesome action-packed mix of rogue-lite and metroidvania styling has a fresh small update out with a little Half-Life theme to it.

Incredible 2D action RPG 'Chronicon' has a massive update with a Codex, Voice Acting and more

By Liam Dawe,
Chronicon is a serious gem, honestly when it comes to an action RPG it's quite easily one of my favourites because it just feels so damn good.

The RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 game engine 'OpenRCT2' has a new release up

By Liam Dawe,
Ready to jump back into a classic? OpenRCT2, the free and open source game engine for playing RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 on modern systems has a fresh release up.

New SteamVR Beta has some essential Half-Life: Alyx fixes for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
While Half-Life: Alyx isn't on Linux (yet—it's coming), Valve are still trying to get it working as good as possible with Steam Play Proton and a new update for SteamVR is up.

Seems Valve do intend to go back to SteamOS at some point

By Liam Dawe,
SteamOS, the Valve-made Linux distribution that was originally for the failed Steam Machine initiative has gradually vanished into the sidelines but it seems it won't be forever.

Dinosaur survival MMO 'Path of Titans' looks seriously fun in the new pre-release video

By Liam Dawe,
Alderon Games have been heads-down working on Path of Titans, their upcoming dino MMO where all players are dinosaurs and it really looks like it's come along great.

Reminder: Update your PC info for the next round of statistics updates

By gamingonlinux,
This is your once a month reminder to make sure your PC information is correct on your user profiles. A fresh batch of statistics is generated on the 1st of each month.

Deep Sky Derelicts: Definitive Edition is out now with a juicy free patch for everyone

By Liam Dawe,
Deep Sky Derelicts: Definitive Edition, a nice blending of squad management and turn-based battles with a real gritty atmosphere and some stylish graphics is out now.

Collabora partnered with Microsoft to get OpenGL and OpenCL on DirectX

By Liam Dawe,
A very interesting use of open source in action here from the incredibly smart team over at Collabora who teamed up with Microsoft engineers to get OpenGL and OpenCL via DirectX.

For a few days you can grab a free copy of 'Maia' - go build a base on a hostile world

By Liam Dawe,
Maia from Machine Studios (Simon Roth), is a hard sc-fi base builder set on a hostile world. It released in full back in 2018 and now you can get a free copy for the next few days.

Hard sci-fi base-management RPG 'Titan Outpost' is now available on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Base building, people management and you're trying to colonise Saturn's moon Titan in Titan Outpost which is now available and supported on Linux.

Unreal Engine early access ARPG 'Malus' now has Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Malus, an action RPG that puts an emphasis on the quite different combat system, with a darker theme and horror elements plus it's also now available on Linux.

Plague Inc: Evolved getting a stop the outbreak mode, Ndemic Creations donated big sum to fight COVID-19

By Liam Dawe,
Ndemic Creations have announced two huge bits of news today around their hit Plague Inc: Evolved, after recently having a massive surge in players due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus.