The impressive first-person metroidvania puzzler "Supraland" now has Linux support
After promising Linux support for Supraland with the launch of the Kickstarter campaign for a sequel, Supra Games have now delivered!
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Extreme space shooter "Space Mercs" looks pretty incredible in the latest footage
Releasing on Steam on July 31st, Space Mercs is an extreme space shooter from Bearded Giant Games we've featured here a few times and for good reason. It's made on Linux and it looks like a lot of fun.
Planet Explorers goes free as Pathea Games lose the multiplayer code
Argh! I can't believe it's the middle of 2019 and I'm writing about something so ridiculous. Pathea Games, developer of Planet Explorers and My Time At Portia have lost the multiplayer code for Planet Explorers.
Linux Mint doing a small-form-factor MintBox 3, they don't sound too happy about Snaps
The Linux Mint team have another monthly update blog post out, to talk about the state of Linux Mint and it sounds like things are going well. They also announced the small-form-factor MintBox 3 and something about Snaps.
Sci-fi point and click adventure "Encodya" now has a demo now freely available on itch.io
We've talked about Encodya before, a beautiful science fiction point and click in the making. The demo was given out to newsletter subscribers first, but as of today it is freely available to everybody on itch.io.
NVIDIA have announced their new "GeForce RTX SUPER Series" lineup
NVIDIA today revealed their new lineup of graphics cards, a refresh of the current series called the “GeForce RTX SUPER Series” which includes the GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER, GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER and GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER.
The FOSS game engine "Godot Engine" is progressing on Vulkan support
Due for the Godot Engine 4.0 release, Vulkan support sounds like it's coming along nicely for this FOSS game engine as detailed in the latest progress report.
Freaky looking pixel-art survival horror "Lamentum" is planning to support Linux, currently crowdfunding
Developer Obscure Tales emailed recently about their intriguing pixel-art survival horror "Lamentum", they're planning full Linux support and it's currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter.
Aeon's End is another deck-builder now on Steam, it has some twists to set it apart
Handelabra Games (Sentinels of the Multiverse, One Deck Dungeon) have given the digital treatment to Aeon's End, a deck-building strategy game that's now in Early Access.
The excellent deck-builder "Slay the Spire" is getting a 4th free character, update out with touch-screen support
Slay the Spire fuses together a deck-builder card game with some roguelike mechanics to make it a very engrossing beast and it's set to get a little bit bigger.
Fantasy Strike, a really great fighting game is officially launching on July 25th
Fantasy Strike is a fighting game that's designed to be streamlined and welcoming to new players, while also being great for veterans of the genre and it's launching soon.
Dota 2's prize pool for The International 2019 has surpassed $25 million, breaking previous records
The International 2019 tournament that starts in August just hit a recording-breaking prize pool sum.
The former Paradox Interactive CEO thinks "platform holders" 30% cut is "outrageous"
During Gamelab 2019 at a panel hosted by GamesIndustry.biz, Paradox Interactive's former CEO Fredrik Wester (now the Executive Chairman of the Board at Paradox Interactive) talked about the cut "platform holders" take from sales and they're not impressed.
Linux Gaming News Punch - Episode 19
Has it been a week already? Yes it has, Episode 19 of the Linux Gaming News Punch is here to help you keep track of a few interesting topics over the last week or so.
Rocket League turns 4, moves into the 2nd phase of the Radical Summer event with a Spike Rush game mode
Not only has Rocket League moved onto the second phase of the Radical Summer event complete with a new time-limited game mode, it's also about to turn four.
Humble Store is doing a "DRM-Freedom" sale, GOG also has multiple themed sales going
It's not just Steam doing a big event at the moment, as both Humble Store and GOG just released two new sales events.
A look over the ProtonDB reports for June 2019, over 5.5K games reported to work with Steam Play
ProtonDB, the unofficial website that gathers reports of how games run with Steam Play on Linux has another data-dump available, so here's another monthly run-down of the data for June 2019.
Medieval fantasy turn-based tactics game "Fort Triumph" has a major update, final release pushed back
Fort Triumph, the sweet medieval fantasy turn-based tactics game currently in Early Access recently had another major upgrade and they shared some news on the final release date.
The fantastic 2D action-RPG "Chronicon" had more huge updates and gamepads might now work on Linux
Chronicon not only got another massive update recently it should also now work with some gamepads on Linux, which will be terrible for my free time.
Knightin'+ is a "Zelda-lite adventure" coming to Linux and it does look pretty sweet
Knightin'+ from developer Muzt Die Studios is a sweet looking "Zelda-lite adventure" that's an upgraded version of Knightin' that was made for the Pixel Day 2018 event and it actually won.
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