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Competitive card game Chroma: Bloom and Blight hits the funding target


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A week ago it didn't look too certain that Chroma: Bloom and Blight would hit the goal but with the campaign now over, they actually blasted right passed it.

Yell orders through your microphone in Radio General now with Linux voice support


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Radio General, a strategy game that puts you in a tent with a radio and a map and has you direct troops around released recently with Linux support.

Seriously charming programming puzzler KnotBot is out now


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KnotBot replaces programming lines with a drag and drop interface to solve puzzles, it's not a unique idea but KnotBot has a wonderful style and setting that make it worth a play.

FOSS game engine GDevelop has a UI overhaul to improve the flow


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GDevelop is a free and open source game engine that uses an event-sheet style of making games, dragging and dropping instead of programming line after line.

Sword of the Necromancer crowdfunding a success, on the way to Linux


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Sword of the Necromancer is a dungeon crawling action RPG from JanduSoft and it just recently finished a Kickstarter campaign, which thankfully was a big success.

Halo 2: Anniversary on Linux with Steam Play Proton, single-player works well


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Halo 2 is out on Steam now and much like Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary and Halo: Reach, the single-player works nicely on Linux thanks to the Proton compatibility layer for Steam Play.

Get ready to be a viking in Valheim, Beta sign-ups are open


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Valheim can't come soon enough, a survival & exploration with a fantasy theme inspired by norse mythology and viking culture and you can get in early.

Cyberpunk point and click 'VirtuaVerse' is out now and looks incredible


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VirtuaVerse looks shockingly good and has an awesome soundtrack to go along with it and it's out now with same-day Linux support from Theta Division.

The Humble Indie Bundle 21 launches to mark the tenth anniversary


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To mark the tenth anniversary, the team over at Humble have now launched the Humble Indie Bundle 21 with some wonderful Linux games included.

DOOM 64 is now available to stream on Google Stadia


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Google have added another game to their Linux-powered streaming service, with DOOM 64 now officially available.

Space command sim PULSAR: Lost Colony gains a much improved AI and new sectors


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PULSAR: Lost Colony is a co-op spaceship command sim, one where you and friends can each take a dedicated role and it just got much better for solo players.

AMD relaunch their GPUOpen website and expand the open source FidelityFX toolkit


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AMD have given their GPUOpen website, a place that hosts various resources for game developers with open source and open standards at its heart, a new look.

Railway Empire goes to the southern hemisphere in the Down Under DLC out now


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G'day! Gaming Minds Studios and Kalypso Media continue expanding their building sim Railway Empire, with a big new DLC pack out now that visits the sun-scorched plains of the Australian outback.

With crazy action and excellent visuals 'Fury Unleashed' is out now and there's a free Prologue


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Fury Unleashed is an action platformer with a seriously good art style from developer Awesome Games Studio, it's out in full now and they added Linux support just before release too.

NVIDIA Vulkan Beta Driver 440.66.14 released


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NVIDIA have released a brand new Vulkan Beta Driver for Linux which pulls in another Ray Tracing extension and some bug fixes.

Zombie survival RPG 'Dead Age' is now available DRM-free on GOG


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Silent Dreams and Headup have just recently put up their Zombie survival RPG, Dead Age, up on GOG so anyone can now grab this positively rated game DRM-free.

One Dreamer: Prologue, a narrative adventure about a failed VR game developer needs some Linux testing


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Developer Gareth Ffoulkes is currently working on One Dreamer, a narrative story adventure about an indie game developer suffering burnout. There's a Prologue and it now has a Linux Beta that needs some testing.

Stellaris turns 4 with the big 2.7 'Wells' update - free to play for a few days and a big milestone hit


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Today Paradox Interactive and Paradox Development Studio have released the huge 2.7 'Wells' update for Stellaris, as it recently turned 4.

Sid Meier's Civilization VI is getting 6 new DLC and 6 free updates with the 'New Frontier Pass'


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Today Firaxis Games and 2K made quite a big announcement for the future of Sid Meier's Civilization VI, and it appears they're nowhere near done with it.

Open world monster-fusing RPG 'Cassette Beasts' will put a new spin on Pokemon


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Cassette Beasts has just been announced by Bytten Studio, that will see you in an open world adventure where you transform with monsters. It's the same team behind Lenna's Inception and we also have some fun news on how that sold on Linux.