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Roguelike dungeon crawler "Emberlight" sounds like it has an interesting gameplay loop

By Liam Dawe,
Emberlight, a roguelike dungeon crawler from Quarter Onion Games is releasing with Linux support on August 13th and it does sound like it could be interesting.

Kingdoms of the Dump, a trash-filled SNES-styled RPG made by janitors is planned for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Well, this is certainly something unique. Kingdoms of the Dump, a SNES-styled RPG with plenty of modern touches is currently on Kickstarter. Two things make it interesting: It's made with the FOSS game engine Godot Engine and the two main creators are actual janitors chasing their dream.

Kind Words, a game about writing nice letters to people arrives on Steam this September

By Liam Dawe,
Kind Words from Popcannibal (Girls Like Robots, Make Sail) is a pretty sweet chilled out game, one where you write letters while listening to some seriously chilled out beats.

D9VK for translating D3D9 to Vulkan for Wine has another new version out, 0.13f - "Hypnofrog"

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Joshua Ashton is certainly keeping busy, with another brand new release of D9VK now available.

Please, a tense ten-minute experience has a Linux build available

By Liam Dawe,
Got a few minutes to burn? Why not try out the short experimental experience that Please offers. Developed by somewhat, it delivers something quite surreal and freaky.

The developer of Streets of Rogue recently commented about supporting Linux

By Liam Dawe,
With Streets of Rogue having left Early Access recently, I'm sure plenty were wondering how it's done on Linux. Turns out the developer, Matt Dabrowski, actually made some interesting comments about it.

NOTES, a small puzzle game based on connecting musical notes

By Liam Dawe,
Here's a sweet recent release for fans of small puzzle games. Miro Jankura recently released NOTES on Steam and looks like a nice relaxing puzzler.

CoreCtrl, a new FOSS Linux tool to help you control your PC with application profiles

By Liam Dawe,
Quite an interesting one this, CoreCtrl from developer Juan Palacios aims to be a "game changer" in letting you setup your hardware to do things automatically when a program is launched and more.

The Linux version of "Space Rabbits in Space" now appears to be live

By Liam Dawe,
Space Rabbits in Space, a 2d parkour skill-based platformer has now officially released for Linux on Steam.

RetroArch, the front-end app for emulators and more is heading to Steam

By Liam Dawe,
RetroArch, a popular front-end application for running emulators, game engines and much more is now officially coming to Steam.

Real-time strategy game "Taste of Power" leaving Early Access next month with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Taste of Power, a real-time strategy game from developer OneOcean is gearing up for a full release on August 27th.

Epic Games' Tim Sweeney talks Linux and gaming some more, says Linux is "great"

By Liam Dawe,
Tim Sweeney, the Founder and CEO of Epic Games took to Twitter again recently to answer some questions about Linux and gaming.

What have you been playing and what are your thoughts?

By Liam Dawe,
It's been a while since I last asked and plenty of games have been released or updated since then. Let's get talking.

SNES-inspired action adventure game "Ribbiting Saga" going to Early Access, after crowdfunding fails

By Liam Dawe,
Ribbiting Saga from Happy Ogre sadly didn't pass the crowdfunding test but it's not the end. This SNES-inspired action adventure game is instead now taking pre-orders, with Early Access coming instead.

Electronic Super Joy 2 releasing soon with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Mixing difficult platforming with some "brain-smashing" electronic music, Electronic Super Joy 2 from Michael Todd Games is releasing soon and like previous games it will support Linux.

PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 has the May report out, amount of playable titles continues increasing

By Liam Dawe,
More fantastic work from the RPCS3 emulator team, with the report for May now available that highlights some more recent work done to improve the project.

DXVK 1.3 is out with some fun sounding new features for this Vulkan translation layer

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Philip Rebohle just released DXVK 1.3, a fun sounding version of the Vulkan-based D3D11 and D3D10 implementation for Wine with some new features.

Dota Underlords gains a prototype Battle Pass in the latest Early Access update

By Liam Dawe,
Valve continue to push out some more interesting updates to their auto-battler Dota Underlords, with it now having the first version of their prototype Battle Pass.

Top-down hard sci-fi space game "Rings of Saturn" to launch in Early Access next month

By Liam Dawe,
Kodera Software have released a new trailer for their hard sci-f game Rings of Saturn, with a release date teaser for Steam Early Access included.

Cortex Command from Data Realms goes open source

By Liam Dawe,
Cortex Command, a side-scrolling 2D action game originally released back in 2012 has now officially gone open source.
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