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Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York announced for release this year

By Liam Dawe,
Acting as a standalone expansion to Coteries of New York (you don't need to have played it), Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York has been announced for release this year.

Iratus: Lord of the Dead releasing April 23 - a Linux beta is up ready for testing

By Liam Dawe,
Iratus: Lord of the Dead, a turn-based tactical roguelike RPG set in a dark fantasy universe that looks fantastic is now due for release on April 23.

Experiment with different ways to assassinate as 'HITMAN' is free to play this weekend

By Liam Dawe,
HITMAN from IO Interactive and the Linux port from Feral Interactive is a great game worth your time and monies, plus you can try the whole game across this weekend for free.

Action RPG 'Hellpoint' has been delayed until sometime in Q2 2020

By Liam Dawe,
Cradle Games announced yesterday that their upcoming action RPG 'Hellpoint', has been delayed and they're not giving it a date now other than before the end of Q2 2020.

GRID (2019) is showing signs of coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
GRID, the 2019 racer from Codemasters is showing some signs that a Linux port may be on the horizon going by some info taken from SteamDB.

Humble Store has a big 'City Builder' sale going with lots of time consuming goodies cheap

By Liam Dawe,
While not all of the games on sale fit directly as a 'city builder', they all at least have you build and manage something. The Humble City Builder Sale is live and there's some great Linux games in it.

Total War: THREE KINGDOMS - A World Betrayed expansion now supports Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Today, porting studio Feral Interactive have released the Total War: THREE KINGDOMS - A World Betrayed expansion for Linux (and macOS) following the Windows release last month.

Google announces three more games coming to Stadia including Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

By Liam Dawe,
Now that the Linux-powered game streaming service Stadia is open to everyone with two months of Stadia Pro free, Google has announced another three games coming.

The System76 'Lemur Pro' laptop is available now with Coreboot and open source firmware

By Liam Dawe,
System76 have now fully revealed the 'Lemur Pro' laptop, and not only is it powerful and good-looking it's also their most open laptop yet.

Gutwhale is a claustrophobic 'finite roguelite' action game taking place in a digestive system

By Liam Dawe,
Taking place entirely in a digestive system, Gutwhale is a 'finite roguelite' action game about managing your limited ammo in a very cramped space.

Something Ate My Alien has a curious mixture of action, digging and puzzle platforming - demo up

By Liam Dawe,
Something Ate My Alien is now confirmed to be launching in June, although there's no exact date they at least have a release window now for their intriguing gameplay mix of action, platforming, puzzles and digging. There's also now a demo.

Plastris is a 'hyper casual' puzzle game with a wonderful style out now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Plastris from developer Khud0 is a 'hyper casual' puzzle game, where all you need to do is fill all the tiles on the screen with simple clicks and it's so weirdly satisfying.

Jackbox Games goes global with Quiplash 2 InterLASHional out now, we have a few keys to give away

By Liam Dawe,
Quiplash 2 InterLASHional is the first time Jackbox Games have attempted to go global, with this being their first fully localized party game.

Party-based RPG with base management 'Zoria: Age of Shattering' now has a Linux demo available

By Liam Dawe,
Tiny Trinket Games emailed to mention their upcoming party-based RPG, Zoria: Age of Shattering, now has a Linux demo available for you to try out right now.

City-builder god sim 'The Universim' has a massive update with bridges and pretty towerblocks

By Liam Dawe,
The Universim from Crytivo continues pushing through Early Access updates, towards an eventual release later this year. A massive update is out now, which amongst other things adds in some fancy bridges to build.

Google has opened up their Stadia game streaming service, two months free Pro too

By Liam Dawe,
The day has come, Google has finally opened up their Linux-powered game streaming service Stadia. They're giving you two free months of Pro too, so you can try it with the Pro games without paying a penny.

Free and open source voxel game engine 'Minetest' has a new release up

By Liam Dawe,
Minetest, a free and open source voxel game engine styled like Minecraft has a new release up with some graphical updates, UI improvements and more.

Realistic gun simulation FPS 'Receiver 2' launching April 14

By Liam Dawe,
Receiver 2 is not a traditional first-person shooter, as it simulates the very mechanics of the guns down to every spring and pin. It's now been given a release date for April 14.

Shortest Trip to Earth should be releasing for Linux and hopefully soon

By Liam Dawe,
Shortest Trip to Earth, a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles is now officially coming to Linux and hopefully soon.

Valve put out a 'Data Deep Dive' to show how games are doing on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
This new talkative Valve is certainly welcome, as they continue to do blog posts talking about the Steam ecosystem and how good and bad developers are doing. The latest is a 'Data Deep Dive' which has some interesting information.