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RetroArch to have the emulation 'Cores' as DLC when it releases on Steam, plus big updates

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jan 2020

The team behind RetroArch, the open source and cross platform frontend/framework for emulators (and a lot more like open source game engines), have stated their plans for handling the various emulators it works with for the Steam release.

OpenRA for classic Westwood RTS games has a new build in need of testing

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jan 2020

Following on from a major release last year, the team working on OpenRA have a new test release up that requires testing.

Obversion, a puzzle game from a former Google developer releases next week

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jan 2020

Former Google developer Adrian Marple quit to become an indie developer, with the puzzle game Obversion being their first title which is releasing next week.

Tower Of God: One Wish, a nice casual match-3 game released recently

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jan 2020

A genre Linux surprisingly doesn't have a huge selection in is Match 3 puzzle games, thankfully if you love these casual games a new one is out with Tower Of God: One Wish.

The sixth Release Candidate for Wine 5.0 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2020

The Wine team have released a sixth and perhaps final Release Candidate for the upcoming stable release of Wine 5.0.

The hero is dead so it's up to you to fix a glitched world - Lenna's Inception is out now

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jan 2020

The debut game from Bytten Studio, Lenna's Inception comes from two former Chucklefish developers and it's out now.

Detailed open-world space sandbox game 'Avorion' leaving Early Access soon

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jan 2020

Boxelware have announced that Avorion, their procedural co-op space sandbox where you build your own spaceship will leave Early Access soon.

Wizard of Legend gets a little electric in a huge content update out now

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jan 2020

Contingent99 just released a massive upgrade to Wizard of Legend, their fast-paced magical action game and it continues to be brilliant.

Steam reportedly coming to Chrome OS - Linux gaming across even more devices

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jan 2020

Android Police have an article up mentioning that Google is reportedly working on getting Steam working officially and supported on Chrome OS.

Godot Engine 3.2 is almost here with a first Release Candidate

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jan 2020

Godot Engine, the quickly improving free and open source game engine is getting real close to a major release with the first Release Candidate now up for Godot 3.2.

Boxtron, the Steam Play tool to run games through a native DOSBox on Linux has a new release

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jan 2020

Boxtron is another awesome Steam Play tool! Covered here a few times now, like Proton it enables you to play games on Linux that don't have a Linux build setup on Steam only this is for DOSBox games.

Move over Sonic, Surge has arrived with Open Surge - a game engine and retro platformer

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jan 2020

I grew up playing the early Sonic games so Open Surge really speaks to me. A retro Sonic-inspired platformer (that's actually quite polished already) and a game engine for others to create with it.

Google plan over 120 Stadia games this year, 10 coming to Stadia before other platforms

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jan 2020

In their latest community update, the Stadia Team have given a small insight into what's coming to the Linux-powered game streaming service Stadia across 2020. Another Stadia round-up post is here!

The Humble Australia Fire Relief Bundle is up with 100% going to charity

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jan 2020

Humble are back with a new bundle, although this is a 100% charity bundle to help deal with the sad situation in Australia.

A Long Way Down blends together Slay the Spire card combat with maze building - now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jan 2020

One thing is for sure, Slay the Spire truly has kicked off a deck-building indie game revolution of sorts. More and more are releasing with deck-building and A Long Way Down seems like one of the better ones so far.

Open-world puzzler 'Bonfire Peaks' has you climb mysterious ruins and set fire to your belongings

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jan 2020

Arriving with Linux support on May 5, from the developer of Pipe Push Paradise and Hiding Spot is the open-world puzzle game Bonfire Peaks.

When Kickstarter goes wrong for indie games: Drift Stage

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jan 2020

A lot of the time Kickstarter (and other crowdfunding) for indie games goes well, in fact the vast majority of the time all is fine. Sometimes though, everything breaks down as is the case with Drift Stage.

Core Defense aims to mix up the Tower Defense genre with deck-building and randomness - out now

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jan 2020

Core Defense, available today in First Access on itch.io is a Tower Defense game that's trying to be a little different. Throwing out predefined waves and rewards, in favour of a little random generation.

Chaotic platformer with a curved gameworld 'CreatorCrate' getting a demo next week

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jan 2020

You've played plenty of platformers before, but have you played a platformer where the entire world is a great big spinning space station with variable gravity? CreatorCrate has a fun idea.

The Frictional Games strange teaser appears to be growing

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jan 2020

Frictional Games, the team that craft some very interesting horror experiences like SOMA and Amnesia are teasing something and it appears to now be growing. What horrific thing will chase us next?