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Plastris is a 'hyper casual' puzzle game with a wonderful style out now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 9 Apr 2020

Plastris from developer Khud0 is a 'hyper casual' puzzle game, where all you need to do is fill all the tiles on the screen with simple clicks and it's so weirdly satisfying.

Jackbox Games goes global with Quiplash 2 InterLASHional out now, we have a few keys to give away

By Liam Dawe, 9 Apr 2020

Quiplash 2 InterLASHional is the first time Jackbox Games have attempted to go global, with this being their first fully localized party game.

Party-based RPG with base management 'Zoria: Age of Shattering' now has a Linux demo available

By Liam Dawe, 9 Apr 2020

Tiny Trinket Games emailed to mention their upcoming party-based RPG, Zoria: Age of Shattering, now has a Linux demo available for you to try out right now.

City-builder god sim 'The Universim' has a massive update with bridges and pretty towerblocks

By Liam Dawe, 8 Apr 2020

The Universim from Crytivo continues pushing through Early Access updates, towards an eventual release later this year. A massive update is out now, which amongst other things adds in some fancy bridges to build.

Google has opened up their Stadia game streaming service, two months free Pro too

By Liam Dawe, 8 Apr 2020

The day has come, Google has finally opened up their Linux-powered game streaming service Stadia. They're giving you two free months of Pro too, so you can try it with the Pro games without paying a penny.

Free and open source voxel game engine 'Minetest' has a new release up

By Liam Dawe, 8 Apr 2020

Minetest, a free and open source voxel game engine styled like Minecraft has a new release up with some graphical updates, UI improvements and more.

Realistic gun simulation FPS 'Receiver 2' launching April 14

By Liam Dawe, 8 Apr 2020

Receiver 2 is not a traditional first-person shooter, as it simulates the very mechanics of the guns down to every spring and pin. It's now been given a release date for April 14.

Shortest Trip to Earth should be releasing for Linux and hopefully soon

By Liam Dawe, 8 Apr 2020

Shortest Trip to Earth, a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles is now officially coming to Linux and hopefully soon.

Valve put out a 'Data Deep Dive' to show how games are doing on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 8 Apr 2020

This new talkative Valve is certainly welcome, as they continue to do blog posts talking about the Steam ecosystem and how good and bad developers are doing. The latest is a 'Data Deep Dive' which has some interesting information.

GNOME launches a 'Community Engagement Challenge' with cash prizes

By Liam Dawe, 8 Apr 2020

With an idea to help get beginner coders interested in FOSS, and to help improve coding skills, the GNOME Foundation has teamed up with Endless for a Community Engagement Challenge.

The wonderful and relaxing town-building RPG 'Littlewood' is now DRM-free on GOG

By Liam Dawe, 7 Apr 2020

Littlewood is a relaxing casual town-building RPG, a very peaceful game where there's no combat needed as it blends together lots of different gameplay elements including farming, crafting, mining, gathering and so on.

NVIDIA released the 440.82 stable 'Long Lived' Linux driver - helps DOOM Eternal on Steam Play Proton

By Liam Dawe, 7 Apr 2020

Today, NVIDIA released an update to their stable driver series with driver version 440.82 now available in their 'Long Lived' branch.

KeeperRL, the fantastic mix of a dungeon simulator with roguelike and RPG bits has a new free version out

By Liam Dawe, 7 Apr 2020

Bored? Quarantine or Isolation due to the Coronavirus got you down? Time to check out a new game then. KeeperRL, a game that blends together a dungeon building sim with a roguelike and RPG mechanics has a free build up.

Ufflegrim is the most bizarre deck-builder yet but it looks awesome and it's out now

By Liam Dawe, 7 Apr 2020

Ufflegrim, a new release from Corpse King Games arrived yesterday looks absolutely bizarre blending together a deck-builder with a roguelike. All the mechanics together make it sound thoroughly unique too.

Paradox confirm a large free update for Stellaris in May, and it hit a big concurrent player peak recently

By Liam Dawe, 7 Apr 2020

Stellaris recently gained the massive Federations expansion, and now that's out the door Paradox Interactive and Paradox Development Studio are looking ahead towards a big free update due in May.

Quirky metroidvania platformer 'SHEEPO' has you steal eggs and gain transformation powers

By Liam Dawe, 7 Apr 2020

SHEEPO, a new upcoming 'quirky' metroidvania platformer recently appeared on Steam, and it instantly pulled in my attention due to the beautiful style.

Tactical RPG 'Depth of Extinction' gains a revamp with a Definitive Edition out now

By Liam Dawe, 7 Apr 2020

HOF Studios have given their tactical RPG with turn-based combat, Depth of Extinction, a full makeover with a fresh Definitive Edition as a massive free update.

City-building strategy 'Kingdoms and Castles' adds Steam Workshop support ahead of AI kingdoms update

By Liam Dawe, 6 Apr 2020

Kingdoms and Castles, an absolute gem city-builder with some RTS elements to it just gained a highly requested feature with Steam Workshop support now enabled.

The brilliant 'Golf With Your Friends' has another massive content update

By Liam Dawe, 6 Apr 2020

A good time for an update with ton of people at home, and what a great game to play with others too! Golf With Your Friends just recently had a 'Volcanic Update' with quite a lot of new content.

Blending XCOM and HOMM the strategy game 'Fort Triumph' releases April 16

By Liam Dawe, 6 Apr 2020

I'll openly admit right away my intense excitement on this one. Fort Triumph blends XCOM-styled combat with environmental interactions and Heroes of Might and Magic world-exploration into a unique and delightful mix.