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GNOME's Mutter gets 'fullscreen unredirect' supported on Wayland

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In upcoming versions of GNOME, one quite big change had now been merged in for those of you using it with Wayland.

Indivisible adds drop-in co-op for up to 4 players and a New Game Plus mode

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Indivisible, the action RPG platformer from Lab Zero Games (Skullgirls) can now be played with others in local co-op making it quite a different experience. Plus a New Game Plus mode if you enjoy pain.

Turns out The Butcher's Circus expansion for Darkest Dungeon will be FREE - plus more details

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Earlier this month we reported on Darkest Dungeon getting a new online PvP DLC named The Butcher’s Circus, well it turns out it's going to be free and they've given more details.

Linux distribution 'Pop!_OS' has a Beta release for the upcoming 20.04 with automatic window tiling

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Pop!_OS, the Linux distribution based on Ubuntu from the folks at System76 is also getting in on the fun with a Beta release of the upcoming Pop!_OS 20.04.

Game Boy Color inspired Kharon's Crypt - Even Death May Die to enter Early Access on May 29

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Kharon's Crypt - Even Death May Die, a retro non-linear dungeon crawler that was funded on Kickstarter back in October 2017 is finally about to release.

Total War: WARHAMMER II and Northgard free weekend, Overcooked! 2 has DLC free to keep

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Looks like even more games are letting you play free across this weekend and there's plenty of fun to be had for everyone with Linux as their favourite system.

Humble Store giving away 'Manual Samuel' for FREE over the next few days

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Manual Samuel, a classic adventure game with a wild twist, is currently being given away FREE on the Humble Store.

Merging elements from XCOM and HOMM 'Fort Triumph' is out now - some thoughts

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Fort Triumph from CookieByte Entertainment and All in! Games is out today, after a while in Early Access this turn-based strategy game combines XCOM with HOMM with some environmental interactions too.

Epic space drone constructor 'Nimbatus' to leave Early Access on May 14 - new update out too

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Nimbatus, a game about space exploration, science and creativity with a whole lot of spacecraft/drone creation is set to leave Early Access on May 14.

Area 86 is a challenging and amusing physics-based escape room puzzler out now

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Area 86 takes the idea of an escape room game, adds a bunch of physics interactions with an unwieldy little robot as the protagonist and gives you a pretty good time for your monies.

Open-world vehicle building adventure 'TerraTech' free to play until April 21

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British indie team Payload Studios have put their Linux game, TerraTech, up on a long Steam Free Weekend so you can download and play for free now until April 21.

KDE's window manager KWin gets forked with 'KWinFT' to accelerate the development and better Wayland

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Stick a fork in it! KDE's window manager KWin officially has a full fork with a new project called KWinFT, with an aim to support modern development practices and further expand Wayland support.

Top-down content-filled 2D racer 'Ultimate Racing 2D' now has Linux support

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Developer Applimazing has announced that their 2D racer, Ultimate Racing 2D, has added Linux support.

Challenging turn-based open world RPG 'Stoneshard' has a huge update

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After an impressive free Prologue and a successful Early Access launch, Stoneshard just received it's first major update named "Trollslayer" with a ton of new content.

F1 2020 announced for release on July 10 with Google Stadia support

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While we don't yet know if the F1 series will make a return to the Linux desktop, it's at least confirmed that the new F1 2020 will be released on Google Stadia so you can stream it.

Steam Play Proton 5.0-6 is out to help DOOM Eternal, Rockstar Launcher and more on Linux

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After a short Beta period to help find issues, today Valve / CodeWeavers have release the latest version of Steam Play Proton.

Logistics sim 'STATIONflow' has you direct thousands of passengers across complex 3D layouts

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Out today is STATIONflow, a 3D logistics puzzle simulation game that has you manage a busy metro station with thousands of passengers passing through.

Promising spaceship colony sim 'Space Haven' Alpha 7 out with a Sandbox Mode, Early Access this year

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Bugbyte continue expanding their in-development spaceship colony sim, Space Haven, with a huge new Alpha release available.

Set in a sinister, slowly decomposing land the action-RPG 'Crumbling World' has a demo out

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Releasing later this year on May 21, Crumbling World definitely has a curious setting. An action-RPG where the world is just falling apart and decomposing around you.

Selfless Heroes, a sweet programming-puzzle game where you help heroes in a dungeon - with source code available

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A wonderful little programming-puzzle game here with Selfless Heroes, tasking you with helping heroes travel through a dungeon and avoid dangers.