My top 5 Linux games released in 2019, those that truly won me over
As 2019 is now properly over and done with, it's time to take a quick look back. Here's some thoughts on the Linux games released that sat above the rest.
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Looks like EA might be banning Linux gamers using Wine to play Battlefield V
A heads up: there's been reports of people being banned by EA and having EA claim their ban will stay, for playing Battlefield V with Wine + DXVK.
Open Fodder, the open source game engine for Cannon Fodder has a new release
Now this is some classic gaming. Cannon Fodder is a game I remember playing on the Amiga and it's being kept alive with a cross-platform open source game engine called Open Fodder.
You can now easily control the AMD Wraith Prism RGB colouring on Linux with CM-RGB
Thanks to an open source project, you can now quite easily adjust the colouring on the fan of the AMD Wraith Prism RGB cooler.
The remaster of turn-based RPG 'Stoneshard: Prologue' is now available on Linux
Stoneshard: Prologue acts as the demo for the upcoming Early Access release of Stoneshard, a tough turn-based RPG inspired by Diablo and classic roguelikes.
Set in a comic-book world with Metal Slug inspired visuals, Fury Unleashed is coming to Linux
I do love a good action-heavy platformer and Fury Unleashed from Awesome Games Studio looks pretty intense.
Deck-building rogue-lite RPG, A Long Way Down, entering Early Access this month
A Long Way Down mashes together elements of an RPG and a deck-building game, as you attempt to escape a maze and it's coming to Linux later this month.
FOSS game engine Godot Engine aiming for Vulkan support by 'mid 2020'
Juan Linietsky, lead developer of the FOSS game engine Godot Engine has written a retrospective article while also going over future plans for Godot Engine.
devilutionX, an open source game engine for the original Diablo sees a big release
devilutionX, based upon the reverse engineered code from Devilution, has a big 1.0 release for playing the original Diablo on modern systems.
Event Horizon drop a new teaser for their upcoming RPG Dark Envoy, releasing this year
Dark Envoy from Event Horizon (Tower of Time) is an upcoming non-linear RPG inspired by the likes of the Divinity series, XCOM, FTL, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age.
Mike Shapiro drops a cryptic message from G-Man for the upcoming Half-Life: Alyx
Half-Life: Alyx is set to release in March this year, and while we don't yet know what exactly is happening with Linux support it's still an exciting time.
Indie building and automation sim 'Factorio' has surpassed two million sales while in Early Access
Wube Software announced recently that their indie building, mining, crafting and automation game Factorio has now managed to pass two million sales before it's even finished.
Monolith: Relics of the Past extends the excellent shooter with a ridiculous amount of extra content
Monolith's twin-stick rogue-lite room to room shooting is practically perfection, it didn't need an expansion but I'm glad Relics of the Past exists so I can sit and play a huge amount more.
Deep open-world survival game Vintage Story adds a big new weather system
It's getting a lot more difficult to hold myself back on that buy button on Vintage Story, with so many huge updates to it lately. Another is now in testing, adding in a big new weather system.
You can now easily grab all the extra items for Two Point Hospital from The Superbug Initiative
The Superbug Initiative in Two Point Hospital is a pretty sweet social feature, where people come together to solve big goals and it then unlocks special items for you.
GOG are finishing their Winter Sale by giving away the RPG Tower of Time
Grab the excellent real-time dungeon crawling RPG, Tower of Time, completely FREE from GOG during the final days of their Winter Sale.
Dark open-world turn-based RPG 'Urtuk: The Desolation' launching on Steam in February 2020
After launching on itch.io while still in development, the impressive dark fantasy open-world RPG, Urtuk: The Desolation, is launching into Early Access on Steam next year.
A peek at how many of the most popular games on Steam support Linux, December 2019 edition
As the 2010s come to a close, let's look over a few different ways of looking at how many popular games are available on Linux as of December 2019.
You can now play the machine generated AI Dungeon 2 in your browser easily
Recently we wrote about AI Dungeon 2, a text adventure game that has endless possibilities thanks to the fancy machine learning AI brain behind it and it's now seriously easy to play.
Another progress report is up for RPCS3, the PlayStation 3 Emulator
The volunteers behind the status updates of the PlayStation 3 Emulator RPCS3 have a new report available, with RPCS3 now up to 1,431 titles playable which is amazing.
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