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Black Mesa now has a "Technical Beta" for Xen, but Linux support is missing for now

By Liam Dawe,
Black Mesa, the fan created Half-Life recreation finally has some Xen to show off but the downside is it's not ready for Linux yet.

Last Moon, a 2D action-RPG with a gorgeous vibrant style will be coming to Linux next year

By Liam Dawe,
Sköll Studio managed to capture my attention recently, with some early footage of their action-RPG 'Last Moon' popping up in my feed and it looks gorgeous.

Steam Summer Sale 2019 is live, here’s what to look out for Linux fans

By Liam Dawe,
Another year, another massive sale is now live on Steam. Let’s take a look at what Valve are doing this year and what you should be looking out for.

Cyberspace first-person shooter 'Black Ice' just had a massive upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
Currently in Early Access, it has been a long time since Black Ice had an update to the "stable" version but the developer has not been sitting idle. A massive update to the entire game just landed.

Littlewood hasn't been out for long, but this peaceful RPG has a lot to like about it

By Liam Dawe,
Entering Early Access last week, Sean Young's peaceful RPG Littlewood is a game for those who like to relax a little.

Prison Architect gains a new warden with Double Eleven, free update incoming

By Liam Dawe,
After Paradox Interactive acquired the rights to Prison Architect from Introversion Software, they've now announced that Double Eleven will be handling future updates.

Retro themed city-builder 'TheoTown' has now added Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
TheoTown, developed by blueflower is a city-builder with a retro style that looks to be inspired by the classic Sim City 2000 and it's now available on Steam for Linux.

OpenVIII, an in-development open source game engine for Final Fantasy VIII

By Liam Dawe,
Any fans of Final Fantasy VIII reading? You're going to want to keep an eye on the in-development game engine OpenVIII.

Reminder: Update your PC info for the next round of statistics updates

By gamingonlinux,
This is your once a month reminder to make sure your PC information is correct on your user profiles. A fresh batch of statistics is generated on the 1st of each month.

Linux Gaming News Punch - Episode 18

By Liam Dawe,
Coming in on the newly scheduled day of Monday, the weekly round-up podcast Linux Gaming News Punch Episode 18 is now here.

Oaths, coalitions and betrayal — some thoughts on Total War: THREE KINGDOMS

By BTRE,
The latest entry in the Total War franchise has had me battling all over China in a bid to obtain the mandate of heaven. Becoming emperor is easier when you've got good friends.

Canonical have released a statement on Ubuntu and 32bit support, will keep select packages

By Liam Dawe,
It seems Canonical have done a bit of a U-turn on dropping 32bit support for Ubuntu, as many expected they would do. Their official statement is now out for those interested.

Open-world space arcade-action game "Underspace" is on Kickstarter with a Linux demo

By Liam Dawe,
Oh goodie, more space action goodness! Underspace from Pastaspace Interactive is on Kickstarter looking for funding and it seems like quite a promising game.

Tense Reflection sounds like pretty original take on combining a shooter with a puzzle game

By Liam Dawe,
Tense Reflection will ask you to think, solve and shoot as you need to solve puzzles to reload your ammo making it a rather unique hybrid of game genres.

The survival game 'SCUM' seems to still be coming to Linux, no date yet though

By Liam Dawe,
SCUM, a survival game from Gamepires, Croteam and Devolver Digital that was previously confirmed to eventually come to Linux is still planned.

In the real-time strategy game "Moduwar" you control and change an alien organism

By Liam Dawe,
I absolutely love real-time strategy games, so Moduwar was quite a catch to find. It seems rather unique too, especially how you control everything.

Raspberry Pi 4 announced and available - sounds like a pretty nice upgrade, Raspbian now based on Debian 10

By Liam Dawe,
Not something we usually cover here, but it's a fun bit of hardware news. The Raspberry Pi 4 is now official and it's out and ready to pick up.

Epic's Tim Sweeney thinks Wine "is the one hope for breaking the cycle", Easy Anti-Cheat continuing Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Here's something interesting, Tim Sweeney, the founder and CEO of Epic Games has been chatting on Twitter again and what he said is quite interesting.

Insurgency: Sandstorm for Linux not due until next year, with a beta likely first

By Liam Dawe,
We're in for a sadly longer wait than expected for the first-person shooter Insurgency: Sandstorm, as it's not coming until next year for Linux.

Canonical are now saying Ubuntu's 32bit is not being entirely dropped, 32bit libraries will be "frozen"

By Liam Dawe,
As an update to the situation around Canonical planning to drop 32bit support, apparently they're not. Instead, the 32bit libraries will be frozen.
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