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Come tell us about what you've been gaming on Linux lately

By Liam Dawe,
Another week down, plenty of new games have released or been updated and we're about to begin another cycle. Let's have a chat.

Terraria is finally done 9 years later with Journey's End

By Liam Dawe,
Terraria, the side-scrolling sandbox exploration and crafting game from Re-Logic is finally done, with the Journey's End update that's out now.

Experiment with light beams in the fantastic LIT: Bend the Light

By Liam Dawe,
LIT: Bend the Light is a puzzle game about bouncing and bending around beams of light, and eventually finding a solution to each puzzle.

Direct3D to Vulkan gets even better with DXVK 1.7

By Liam Dawe,
Today the latest and greatest in Direct3D to Vulkan translation for the Wine (and Proton) compatibility layers has released with DXVK 1.7.

Solve circuit board maze puzzles in the demo of R.E.E.L.

By Liam Dawe,
Love electronics? Love puzzle games? You may want to keep an eye on R.E.E.L., as not only does it combine the two and looks incredibly stylish - it also has a demo up now.

KDE Plasma 5.19 has a first Beta in need of testing

By Liam Dawe,
Want to ensure the next stable release of the KDE Plasma desktop environment is as good as can be? Plasma 5.19 Beta is out.

Into the Breach gets a few tweaks for the new Linux version

By Liam Dawe,
After waiting quite a while, Subset Games finally gave us the Linux port of Into the Breach and it's been working well for us but they just put out a fresh update to fix some issues.

Caesar III open source game engine 'Julius' has a new release

By Liam Dawe,
Julius, a constantly improving free and open source game engine to play the classic Caesar III on modern systems has a brand new release available.

Microsoft president admits they were wrong on open source

By Liam Dawe,
During a recent online event the current Microsoft President, Brad Smith, opened up a little bit about open source and their previous failures with it.

Half-Life: Alyx now available on Linux with Vulkan

By Liam Dawe,
Just like Valve said to us they would do so, Half-Life: Alyx is now available on Linux using the Vulkan graphics API.

A quick look over recent and upcoming Linux game releases

By Liam Dawe,
With so many games being released, announced and teased it's often hard to keep on top of things so we're here to help.

Deformed Doom lets you warp and distort classic Doom maps

By Liam Dawe,
Ever wanted to play through any of the classic Doom games in something like GZDoom but have everything slightly different? Deformed Doom will let you warp levels in interesting ways.

2D dig 'em up puzzler 'Something Ate My Alien' releasing June 18

By Liam Dawe,
Platforming, puzzles and plenty of digging is what's in store for you in Something Ate My Alien, and plenty of weird creatures too.

Dwellers of the Gut has you rescue the townsfolk inside a giant

By Liam Dawe,
Just like with Planetfriend, we're continuing to highlight a few smaller experimental and outright weird games and another recent discovery is Dwellers of the Gut.

Make your own planet pet in Planetfriend, now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Planetfriend is a peculiar game, built by Laura Michet and Brendon Chung during the first few months of the COVID-19 quarantine.

Amusing building sim Two Point Hospital gets a big update and discount

By Liam Dawe,
Two Point Hospital continues building up more content with ipdate 1.20 - R.E.M.I.X V2 out now and there's quite a big discount going on it.

Poly Bridge 2 arrives on May 28 with fun Twitch integration

By Liam Dawe,
Poly Bridge 2 is the next-generation of bridge-building puzzle sims, expanding on the original in plenty of new and interesting ways.

Dungeons 3 is getting a 'Complete Collection' in June

By Liam Dawe,
Dungeons 3, the delightfully evil strategy game from Realmforge Studios and Kalypso Media is finally complete.

Fighting game Skullgirls should now have much better online play

By Liam Dawe,
Skullgirls might be multiple years old now and Lab Zero Games have since released Indivisible but they're clearly not done improving Skullgirls.

Asymmetrical multiplayer game OBEY pits tiny rabbits against a huge weapon

By Liam Dawe,
You've probably played multiplayer games with different team sizes before but probably nothing like OBEY.