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Wine 4.3 is out with the XAudio2 reimplementation 'FAudio' included

By Liam Dawe,
The Wine 4.3 development release is quite an interesting one, as it includes Ethan Lee's XAudio reimplementation named FAudio.

Steel Rats, the Unreal Engine powered 2.5D motorbike combat action game is now out for Linux using Vulkan

By Liam Dawe,
Tate Multimedia have today published the Linux version of their Unreal Engine powered and crazy looking Steel Rats.

d9vk, a project based on DXVK for Direct3D 9 over Vulkan

By Liam Dawe,
d9vk, from developer Joshua Ashton who works for both CodeWeavers and the game developer Puny Human, is a new personal project aimed at running Direct3D 9 over Vulkan.

Destiny or Fate, a deck-building roguelike with similarities to Slay the Spire has Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
For those already done with Slay the Spire, you might want to take a look at Destiny or Fate. Directly inspired by Slay the Spire, Magic: The Gathering and Hearthstone the inspiration is clear but it does plenty of things differently too.

Single-player god game 'Godhood' from Abbey Games is fully funded and heading to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Prepare to flex those godly muscles of yours as Abbey Games (Reus and Renowned Explorers) have managed to get Godhood funded.

Something for the weekend: HITMAN 2’s first mission is now free and works great in Steam Play on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
IO Interactive are continuing to improve HITMAN 2 and to let people have a little taste, the first mission is now entirely free. Thanks to Steam Play, it works well on Linux.

ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove is out and it has Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
I must admit this was quite a surprise! ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove just released and it has Linux support.

Take the fight to the seas as Hearts of Iron IV: Man the Guns is out

By Liam Dawe,
The latest expansion for the World War II grand strategy game Hearts of Iron IV is out with Man the Guns.

Feral Interactive confirm DiRT 4 for Linux due "in the next couple of months"

By Liam Dawe,
The first Linux port from Feral Interactive this year will be DiRT 4, the 2017 racing game from Codemasters.

The narrative action adventure 'Void Mine' comes to Linux next month

By Liam Dawe,
Void Mine could be one to watch, a zero-gravity narrative action adventure that has you explore a space mining station.

Escape room style puzzler with a seven deadly sin theme 'Forgiveness' is out now

By Liam Dawe,
For those who love a good puzzle while also don't mind having their brain messed with, Forgiveness is out now and it's pretty good.

Armello, the really fun fairy-tale digital board game had a huge upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
Armello is a digital board game from League of Geeks with a grim setting that's really damn fun to play and this latest update is a pretty big one.

Go to IT, another business simulation game has Linux support while in Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Go to IT, yet another business simulation game entered the fold late last year and I gave it a few runs to see what it's like.

The beat 'em up 'Streets of Red: Devil's Dare Deluxe' is out with Linux support and it's good

By Liam Dawe,
Streets of Red: Devil's Dare Deluxe from Secret Base, a permadeath multiplayer horror beat 'em up is now available with Linux support.

Dead Cells is getting a huge free update 'Rise of the Giant' that's due soon, available for testing

By Liam Dawe,
Easily one of my top 10 favourite Linux games released last year, Dead Cells, is about to get a huge free update. There's also a sweet mini documentary about the developer.

Cold Hearts, a visual novel about dating household appliances is real and heading to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
This could win my "weirdest game of 2019" award quite easily, as Cold Hearts is a visual novel that seems to be about dating your refrigerator.

Million to One Hero, the action platformer with a built-in editor to create and share entire campaigns is out

By Liam Dawe,
Million to One Hero, a new Early Access action platformer just went out today and it's really quite good.

Aeon of Sands - The Trail, a unique dungeon crawling RPG is now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Aeon of Sands - The Trail is certainly attention-grabbing, with the retro look inspired by old dungeon crawlers mixed with some interesting story-telling where you create your own adventure.

Factorio has a major new experimental release out ready for testing, loads changed

By Liam Dawe,
Factorio, the excellent Early Access building and resource management game from Wube Software has a massive new release out ready for testing.

Spaceship colony sim 'Space Haven' looks incredible, now on Kickstarter and working well on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Space Haven from the 3-man Finnish indie team Bugbyte ticks all the right boxes, it's a spaceship colony sim designed by and for fans of RimWorld.