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The Iron Oath looks like a great turn-based tactical RPG coming to Linux next year

By Liam Dawe,
After a successful crowdfunding campaign back in 2017, The Iron Oath is progressing well onto a release scheduled for next year.

In SKUL, you're a special skeleton that switches heads to gain powers

By Liam Dawe,
SouthPAWGames recently released a demo of their upcoming action-platformer SKUL, it's rather impressive with a pretty unusual cast of characters.

A look over Steam's top releases from July, plus some usual quick thoughts on Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Valve continue their blog posts highlighting games doing well on the platform, with a look at their top releases on Steam during July now available.

Dino survival game Path of Titans has been fully funded ready to support Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Path of Titans from Alderon Games has managed to pass the crowdfunding test, with their dino survival game hitting well over their initial goal.

2D game editor ct.js goes open source and it's closing in on a new major release

By Liam Dawe,
With an aim to make 2D game development learning fun, ct.js recently went open source to allow anyone to jump in and try it as well as help push it further.

Dark fantasy RPG Sin Slayers is getting ready to release soon with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Sin Slayers, an RPG with roguelike elements set in a dark fantasy world is getting ready to release with Linux support on September 5th.

Steam Play arrived on Linux one year ago, some thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
Tomorrow marks a special occasion, as Steam Play celebrates its first birthday! A good time to reflect on how it’s impacted Linux gaming.

Action-adventure roguelike UnderMine now available in Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
UnderMine from developer Thorium is an action-adventure roguelike with a bit of RPG tossed in, it's now in Early Access with Linux support.

Areia: Pathway to Dawn aims to be a relaxing meditative adventure game

By Liam Dawe,
Areia: Pathway to Dawn from Gilp Studio was just recently announced with the developer promising it to be a "journey like no other".

Wasteland 3 has an impressive new trailer for Gamescom

By Liam Dawe,
inXile Entertainment have shown off more of their upcoming party-based RPG Wasteland 3 at Gamescom and it's looking great.

Mixing Tower Defense with production chains, the free and open source game Mindustry has a big update

By Liam Dawe,
Could this be your next time sink? Mindustry merges together Tower Defense style gameplay with production chains from the likes of Factorio.

Attack of the Clones with custom Proton builds for Steam Play

By Liam Dawe,
I know how you all love to tinker, so how about tinkering away with some custom builds of Steam Play Proton on this fine Tuesday afternoon?

Going where no Steam Play has gone before with Elite Dangerous

By Marc Di Luzio,
What’s the one game keeping you a dual booter? Maybe it’s PUBG, or Rainbow Six: Siege? Maybe it used to be Overwatch? For me, that game was Elite Dangerous, and one year on from Proton’s release, I have a story to tell.

Event Horizon (Tower of Time) show off the first gameplay from their next RPG Dark Envoy

By Liam Dawe,
Ah Gamescom has arrived, which means tons of games will be shown off over the next week. Event Horizon (Tower of Time dev) are getting in on the action, to show off footage from their brand new RPG called Dark Envoy.

Underworld Ascendant's Linux port has now been released

By BTRE,
Get ready to dungeon crawl! After many delays, the sequel to the classic Ultima Underworld games has finally seen a Linux release.

EVERSPACE 2 announced, with more of a focus on exploration and it will release for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
EVERSPACE is probably one of my absolute favourite space shooters from the last few years, so I'm extremely excited to see EVERSPACE 2 be announced and confirmed for Linux.

Google reveal more games with the latest Stadia Connect, including Cyberpunk 2077

By Liam Dawe,
Today, Google went back to YouTube to show off an impressive list of games coming to their Stadia game streaming service, which we already know is powered by Debian Linux and Vulkan.

Cthulhu Saves the World has an unofficial Linux port available

By BTRE,
The comedic retro-inspired RPG has been brought to Linux thanks to porter Ethan Lee and FNA. You can now aid the horrifying Cthulhu in his quest to save the world in order to ruin it properly later.

Don't Starve Together has a big free update adding in boats and a strange island

By Liam Dawe,
Klei Entertainment have given the gift of new features to their co-op survival game Don't Starve Together, with the Turn of Tides update now available.

GOG are celebrating their Community Wishlist feature with a big sale

By Liam Dawe,
The DRM-free store GOG are currently doing a bit of patting themselves on the back with a sale celebrating their Community Wishlist feature.