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Dota Underlords from Valve is already quite addictive and they're improving it quickly

By Liam Dawe,
With Dota Underlords available for testing, I've now taken a look at it (thanks Scaine!) and so far I've been quite impressed.

NetherWorld, an impressive looking and weird narrative pixel-art action game is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Currently in development by Hungry Pixel, NetherWorld has a pretty impressive pixel-art visual style that will mix insane action with narrative elements and it's coming to Linux.

DXVK 1.2.2 released with performance improvements and bug fixes

By Liam Dawe,
DXVK, the incredible project that provides a Vulkan-based layer for D3D11 and D3D10 games run with Wine has another release now available.

The Expression Amrilato, a Yuri Visual Novel that teaches some Esperanto has a same-day Linux release on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
Currently stuck in release limbo on Steam, 'The Expression Amrilato' has been released on GOG today with full Linux support. Curiously, this Yuri Visual Novel will also teach you some of the Esperanto language.

GOG are giving away Toonstruck during the Summer Sale Festival finale

By Liam Dawe,
The GOG Summer Sale Festival is ending on Monday June 17th at 10 PM UTC, so GOG are now giving away copies of Toonstruck.

The latest Volcanoids update sounds amazing, lets you directly pilot your drillship

By Liam Dawe,
Volcanoids, the steampunk survival game where your base of operations is a massive moving drill just had a massive update and it sounds like they're taking it in a fun direction.

Skellboy looks like a very sweet action-RPG where you swap body parts

By Liam Dawe,
Skellboy, a recent discovery being developed by UmaikiGames and published by Fabraz (Slime-San, Planet Diver) looks like a very sweet action-RPG that I'm pretty excited about.

Unique racing game 'Vector 36' adds online multiplayer in the latest update and a free weekend

By Liam Dawe,
Vector 36 is a racing game that's quite unusual, as you're piloting a Skimmer across the surface of Mars.

Relic Hunters Legend to enter Alpha later this month, includes Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Relic Hunters Legend, the crowdfunded shoot and loot RPG from Rogue Snail is gearing up for the Alpha release this month.

Hard sci-fi space game 'Rings of Saturn' is now doing an Early Access crowdfunding mix on itch

By Liam Dawe,
Rings of Saturn, a hard sci-fi space simulation game made with the FOSS Godot Engine is now opening up Early Access builds on itch, with a slight difference.

Starbound's massive 1.4 "Bounty Hunter" update is out now

By Liam Dawe,
After a long wait, with this being the first update to Starbound since October last year. Seems like the wait may have been worth it though!

SkateBIRD has flown past the Kickstarter goal, Linux demo now available

By Liam Dawe,
Get ready to explore a bird-sized skatepark, as SkateBIRD has not only flown right past the initial goal on Kickstarter, it also now has a Linux demo for you to flap your wings in excitement with.

Valve release a new stable Steam Client from all the recent Beta builds, nice fixes for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have once again gathered all the new features and fixes from a bunch of recent Beta builds and pushed it out to everyone, this includes a bunch of nice fixes for Linux.

Valve have officially announced Dota Underlords, coming to Linux soon with an open Beta in around a week

By Liam Dawe,
A lot sooner than expected, Valve have revealed Dota Underlords, their stand-alone version of Dota 2 Auto Chess.

Extreme 3D space shooter 'Space Mercs' that's developed on Linux is sounding impressive

By Liam Dawe,
Space Mercs from Bearded Giant Games (the one with the Linux First Initiative) has some fresh footage out to show off a bunch of new features.

Pathfinder: Kingmaker Enhanced Edition is out, along with Beneath The Stolen Lands DLC

By Liam Dawe,
Pathfinder: Kingmaker has a massive free update with the Enhanced Edition which is now out and a big DLC is available now too with Beneath The Stolen Lands.

In The Middle Of Zombies, a promising in-development action game with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
In The Middle Of Zombies from Wabby's Land is a top-down action game about blowing up zombies, with a little survival and RPG-styled elements thrown in.

Catacomb Kids, a very deadly platformer that just had a big update recently

By Liam Dawe,
After not trying out Catacomb Kids since I covered it originally in 2015, I've come back to it to find a much improved game that's just as deadly.

Hair Dash looks like a hilarious two-button action game where your hair becomes a fist

By Liam Dawe,
Punch left, punch right, swing a sword and…did my hair just turn into a massive fist? Hair Dash looks like good fun and it's available on Linux.

Tower defense title 'Elemental War' is leaving Early Access next month

By Liam Dawe,
If you're a Tower Defense addict, you might want to take a look at Elemental War which is leaving Early Access on July 19th.