Looking to make 2D games? Perhaps the Orx game engine might be suitable for you
One we've never covered before at all is the free and open source Orx. A lightweight, plugin-based, data-driven and extremely easy to use 2D-oriented game engine.
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Indivisible, the action RPG platformer from the creator of Skullgirls is out now
Lab Zero Games and publisher 505 Games today officially release Indivisible, a very curious blend of action platforming with RPG elements.
Things are going downhill for the Atari VCS as Rob Wyatt quits
It's now confirmed that Rob Wyatt, someone who Atari made a big thing over joining them has quit citing non payment of invoices for at least six months.
OpenTESArena, an open source re-implementation of The Elder Scrolls: Arena
A fun open source game engine project we've not covered here before is OpenTESArena, an open source re-implementation of The Elder Scrolls: Arena and it just had a new release.
Hold onto your humanity as the incredibly stylish Neo Cab is coming to Linux
After some confusion, it turns out Neo Cab from developer Chance Agency and publisher Fellow Traveller will be coming to Linux.
Don't Starve Together launches another big free update with 'Return of them - Salty Dog'
Easily one of the best and most stylish multiplayer survival games available on Linux, Don't Starve Together has another big free update out with Return of them - Salty Dog.
First-person block-based urban sandbox city-builder 'Voxel Turf' adds new biomes
Voxel Turf is such a unique gem that blends multiple types of games together. It allows you to run around in first-person, build a city and fight off gangs. A big surprise update just dropped too.
The Blender team have secured even more funding, this time from NVIDIA
Following on from Ubisoft and Epic Games becoming Blender sponsors, NVIDIA have also thrown a bucketful of money into the ring.
The survival game 7 Days to Die has a huge new experimental release out
A day some of our readers have been eagerly awaiting, 7 Days to Die has a big Alpha 18 experimental build available to try.
AMD have announced the Radeon RX 5500 available later this year
AMD have now formally lifted the lid on their next GPU with the announcement of the Radeon RX 5500 coming later this year.
Amanita Design return to Linux with the surprise new release of Pilgrims
Amanita Design are the developers of games including Machinarium, Botanicula, Samorost and more. Today, they released Pilgrims, a playful adventure game and it supports Linux.
Alen Ladavac, co-founder of Croteam has left to join the Google Stadia team, plus other Stadia news
Here's a bit of interesting industry news for you on this fine Monday afternoon. Alen Ladavac, who helped to co-found the Serious Sam and Talos Principle developer Croteam has moved onto game streaming.
Intel giving hints at a possible Intel Xe dedicated GPU release in June 2020
Raja Koduri from Intel put out a bit of a teaser on Twitter recently for for their upcoming dedicated GPU.
Oxygen Not Included should perform a lot better with the latest update
While Oxygen Not Included is one of my favourite games to come out in the last year, it did have a few performance issues here and there which the latest update should hopefully solve.
Planetary Annihilation: TITANS has a big update available with major Linux issues (updated)
Planetary Annihilation Inc continue updating and expanding their massive scale RTS Planetary Annihilation: TITANS with a new major update available.
Story-driven action RPG 'Children of Morta' is still coming to Linux but no ETA
Children of Morta, a very good looking story-driven action RPG from Dead Mage and 11 bit studios release in early September. It was supposed to have Linux support but they've been pretty quiet on it.
Mixing strategy and RPG elements The Dwarves of Glistenveld is entering Early Access soon
Dig deep for riches, just not too deep or you might find some Goblins lurking around. The Dwarves of Glistenveld is confirmed to be entering Early Access on October 18th.
FOSS game engine Godot Engine 3.2 Alpha released
With months of development behind them, Godot Engine 3.2 hits the first Alpha release with a ton of new and improved features for this FOSS game engine.
Throne of Lies ends support for Linux but it could return in future
Joining Rust, Natural Selection 2 and Forager this year is Throne of Lies from Imperium42 Game Studio who have decided to end Linux support for their online multiplayer game.
The Linux and gaming Sunday round-up paper
Sunday! It's here again already so let's go over some recent interesting news, some sales and whatever else we may have missed during the week that could be interesting.
- SteamOS 3.7.15 Beta brings fixes for audio, security issues, Asus ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go
- Here's all the games to claim from Prime Gaming for September 2025
- Cronos: The New Dawn releases today - Steam Deck Verified with Linux support
- With over 150,000 wishlists Easy Delivery Co. is now Steam Deck Verified
- The Lenovo Legion Go 2 launches in October - it's heavier and very pricey
- > See more over 30 days here
Why some games on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck have broken videos and what you can do
How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft