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Boxtron, a Steam compatibility tool to run games through a native Linux DOSBox

By Liam Dawe,
Here's something that's awesome! Thanks to the new features in the Steam client on Linux that came with Steam Play, you can add in other compatibility tools to run games through and Boxtron is one such tool.

Pegasus Frontend, another open source game launcher has Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Not one I've covered before: Pegasus Frontend, a free and open source (GPL) game launcher that seems pretty sweet has Linux support.

Blessed Surface, an open-world 2D platformer that's about exploration as much as chaotic combat

By Liam Dawe,
An action-platformer with an open-world approach, diverse combat system and character building? Sign me up. Blessed Surface sounds like it could be a lot of fun.

VICCP, a mysterious puzzle game about pushing buttons on a control panel

By Liam Dawe,
VICCP looks quite unusual, a puzzle game about a strange control panel that you need to tinker with to figure out how it all works and what exactly it does.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive adds new maps and a "Scrimmage" game mode

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have updated Counter-Strike: Global Offensive to introduce some new maps as well as mix up competitive play with a new "Scrimmage" game mode.

Gunslugs:Rogue Tactics, the tactical action-platformer confirmed for release on August 6th

By Liam Dawe,
Possible one of the most interesting action-platformer games I've seen in a while, Gunslugs:Rogue Tactics is launching on August 6th.

Valve add additional titles to the Steam Play Whitelist

By Liam Dawe,
After recently pushing out a pretty big update to Steam Play with Proton 4.11, Valve have now added some additional titles to their Whitelist.

Towertale, a story-driven 2D action game with a focus on big boss battles is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
With some absolutely insane looking action sequences, Towertale just recently released and they're planning to support Linux.

Previously a Humble Original, A Short Hike: The Extra Mile has released with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
A Short Hike originally released as an original indie game for a Humble Monthly a few months ago, now expanded and re-released with A Short Hike: The Extra Mile.

Lovecraftian horror RPG "Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones" announced for release in September

By Liam Dawe,
Cultic Games and 1C Entertainment have today announced the Lovecraftian horror RPG, Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones, will be releasing with Linux support on September 26th.

Waves 2: Notorious, an absolutely mad twin-stick shooter arrives on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
As a follow-up to 2011's Waves, Waves 2: Notorious has arrived on Linux as part of the 0.73 Early Access update on Steam.

Space colony sim "Oxygen Not Included" from Klei Entertainment has left Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Probably some of the finest work yet from Klei Entertainment, the space colony sim Oxygen Not Included has now left Early Access.

Unity 2019.2 released with lots of new features, improvements and fixes

By Liam Dawe,
Further pushing what game developers are able to make, Unity 2019.2 is now officially available with plenty of new features, improvements and bug fixes.

Blender 2.80 is out, a major advancement for this FOSS 3D creation suite

By Liam Dawe,
Hot on the heels of the announcements of both Epic Games and Ubisoft supporting further Blender development, the massive Blender 2.80 release is now available.

Valve's new "ACO" Mesa shader compiler for AMD GPUs now has vertex shader support

By Liam Dawe,
For our third bit of Valve news today, they also recently announced that their Mesa shader compiler "ACO" had a bit of an upgrade recently as well.

The Humble Crusader Kings II Bundle seems like an amazing deal for strategy game fans

By Liam Dawe,
Humble Bundle are back and they've provided a pretty good one this time, with the Humble Crusader Kings II Bundle.

xrdesktop, a new Valve-funded open source project to bring Linux desktops into VR

By Liam Dawe,
Valve seem to be pushing Linux support even harder now, with the announcement of the open source xrdesktop project from Collabora.

Steam Play Proton 4.11 released, a pretty huge release pulling in D9VK and a replacement for esync

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have announced the release of Steam Play Proton 4.11, this is a pretty exciting one and it's pretty huge overall.

NVIDIA have three new Linux driver releases out today

By Liam Dawe,
Today, NVIDIA have released a new stable driver update in addition to an updated Vulkan beta driver and a new OpenGL beta driver.

Beamdog have announced that Axis & Allies 1942 Online will release on July 31st

By Liam Dawe,
Beamdog, the developer known for Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition, Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition and plenty more have now revealed their strategy game Axis & Allies 1942 Online will release on July 31st.