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Event-driven game engine GDevelop has a new release with a built-in Asset Store

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Continuing to make game and app development easier to get into, the event-driven free and open source game engine GDevelop has an interesting new release available.

Gravity in Space might be the most unique (and weirdest) space shooter I've ever seen

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Currently in development with a release planned to happen in 2021, Gravity in Space is a fully 3D space shooter with six degrees of freedom.

OBS Studio 26.1 in testing with a Release Candidate out now, adds Virtual Camera on Linux

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OBS Studio, the free and open source one-stop solution for video capture and livestreaming has a new release coming with the first Release Candidate for OBS Studio 26.1 out now.

UNIGINE Engine 2.13 is an impressive upgrade for this rising game engine

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UNIGINE might not be a name you hear often when it comes to games but it is an impressive game engine, one that supports Linux fully and it continues advancing in major ways.

For the Black Friday 2020 sale, itch.io are giving 100% to developers

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While itch.io has given developers the ability to choose how much they give to the store for some time, for Black Friday 2020 the store is giving all developers 100% of sales.

Amusing adventure game HIVESWAP: ACT 2 is out now

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With no prior knowledge of the Homestuck web comic series needed, the second part of the video game adventure is out now with HIVESWAP: ACT 2.

Theme park building game Parkitect is getting 8-player online multiplayer

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With the second year release anniversary of the great theme park building game Parkitect coming up, Texel Raptor had a quite a huge surprise ready.

A pirate quartermaster is a very quirky game about pirate life - Linux version now up

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A pirate quartermaster from developer Ivan Armandy released back in October, and now it's available and supported directly on Linux too.

Bit - Animation Editor is now supported on Linux and it looks seriously slick

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Bit - Animation Editor is a very interesting tool to help people compose and design animated pixel art. Created by the two-person Swedish indie game studio Morgondag.

Chaotic track-building co-op game Unrailed! gets PC cross-play with the Switch

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Have a friend or two that mainly play on the Nintendo Switch? Here's a good choice that you can now play with them with cross-play supported across Linux, macOS, Windows and now the Switch too.

Kerbal Space Program 1.11 will let you fix up your craft during a spacewalk

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Kerbal Space Program 1.11: Some Reassembly Required will be arriving later this Winter, with it some major new features and it sounds super exciting.

The fab strategy sim Mini Metro now has full Steam Workshop support

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After recently expanding the game with a free update with Nigeria and Chile, Dinosaur Polo Club have given users another reason to come back to their excellent strategy sim.

Valve updates the Steam Linux Container Runtime for Proton 5.13, helps tools like MangoHud

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With the Steam Play Proton 5.13 compatibility tool being a major upgrade, along with it now using the Steam Linux Container Runtime, it did come with some annoying issues that they're now trying to solve.

Steam Autumn Sale and the 2020 Steam Award Nominations are now live

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Get your wallets ready and your votes as two big events are happening and live now on Steam with both the Steam Autumn Sale and the 2020 Steam Award Nominations.

Metro Exodus is still planned to release for Linux and macOS

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4A Games have confirmed in an official 10th anniversary update post today that Metro Exodus is still going to release for Linux and macOS as well.

Re-live the experience of Half-Life with Black Mesa: Definitive Edition out now

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Black Mesa: Definitive Edition is the final big update to the re-imagined fan-made Half-Life game, and it's looking pretty awesome. Easily the best way to experience the first part of Half-Life.

340 or so days later and I am still lost in The Longing

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Remember the unique mix of point and click adventuring with an idle game in The Longing? It's supposed to have taken people 400 days to finish.

SteamOS-like couch gaming Linux distribution GamerOS expands with a new release

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Need an up to date Linux distribution for your living room big screen experience? GamerOS can fill that gap for you while Valve sit on SteamOS. Also, come check out the talk on it from the 2020 Arch Linux Conf.

Tristam Island is a Infocom-inspired text adventure available on over 30 platforms

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Okay, now this is quite impressive. Tristam Island is a text adventure designed like old Infocom works and it's playable across more platforms than you might expect.

NVIDIA plan to support Linux with GeForce NOW using Chrome

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For a while you've been able to use NVIDIA GeForce NOW in your browser, however it looks like NVIDIA will be making that a bit more official for Linux.