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Valve announce new Chat Filtering and a big change to Steam Wallet Codes

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Valve continue to roll out new experiments with their Steam Labs, one of which is now live which you can try out with special Chat Filtering.

Rockfish show off some impressive EVERSPACE 2 footage

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ROCKFISH Games have revealed two new trailers for the upcoming space-action sim EVERSPACE 2, a traditional hype trailer and some more raw gameplay footage.

Free and open source racer SuperTuxKart has a big 1.2 release out

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The classic FLOSS racing game returns with more enhancements, as SuperTuxKart now has the 1.2 release officially available. Here's a run over the highlights and what's new.

Recording and livestreaming software OBS Studio has a major new build in testing

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Free, open source and pretty essential for anyone doing livestreaming and/or recording videos on Linux; OBS Studio has a new Release Candidate out for testing.

Sid Meier's Civilization VI - August 2020 free upgrade out now, cross-play has issues

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Sid Meier's Civilization VI has another free upgrade out now, which thankfully game porter Aspyr Media was able to get onto Linux (and macOS) right away but with a major caveat.

Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead is the next physics builder crossover

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Ready for more physics fun, this time involving Zombies? Yep, it's happening. Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead was announced during Gamescom today.

First-person shooter Prodeus looks insane, and it's out in Early Access this November

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Prodeus from the duo at Bounding Box Software is looking intense and it's coming soon! Today it's been confirmed for an initial release into Early Access on November 10.

Humble Store has a massive end of Summer sale going on

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Here's your chance to get stocked up on games for a while, as the Humble Store is running a massive end of Summer sale with tons discounted.

Application Systems have multiple upcoming Linux games, try some demos now

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Application Systems Heidelberg have confirmed they have multiple games coming to Linux, and with Gamescom in full swing you can try out some of their demos. Here's a nice round-up of what's coming for you.

Theme park builder Parkitect is getting a flashy new DLC and free upgrade

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Parkitect, the really sweet theme park building game from Texel Raptor is set two expand with two parts: a small paid DLC and a free upgrade for everyone.

Action-brawler platforming RPG 'Sonzai' looks spectacular, coming to Linux PC

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Merging together socialising with NPCs spread across a dynamic town with a platforming brawler, Sonzai sounds like it's going to be quite the treat.

Relic Hunters Legend has its Early Access delayed, closing to new Founders soon

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Relic Hunters Legend, an upcoming free to play online co-op shoot and loot game from Rogue Snail was due to go into Early Access this year but they've given a pretty big update on what's happening.

Kit-bash your way to success in game dev as Asset Forge 2.1 is out

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Need to make some nice models for games? Asset Forge is a nice way to do it, allowing you to kit-bash your way to create some really nice assets.

Ventoy is my new favourite tool for Linux distro-hopping

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Do you distro-hop on Linux often? Ventoy might be the tool you're looking for and it's quite possibly my new best friend.

Lovingly Evil is a dating sim where you create your own villain

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When it comes to dating sims we've seen birds, monster high schools, various anime styled colourful casts and all sorts in between. How about creating your own villain though? That's what you'll be doing in Lovingly Evil.

X4: Foundations heads to Earth in the upcoming X4: Cradle of Humanity expansion

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X4: Foundations is set to get much bigger with the upcoming 4.0 free upgrade and the massive sounding X4: Cradle of Humanity expansion due late this year.

Across the Obelisk is an upcoming RPG deck-builder with co-op multiplayer

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Releasing early next year, Across the Obelisk has been announced by Dreamsite Games (Empire TV Tycoon) and it looks like another good deck-builder.

Left 4 Dead 2 is confirmed to be getting an update in collab with the community

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The radio silence is over it appears. After Valve came back swinging with Half-Life: Alyx, it appears they're looking to spruce up an older title with Left 4 Dead 2.

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

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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'

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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.