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Linux Gaming News Punch - Episode 5
The Linux Gaming News Punch - Episode 5 is here once again! Another week, another ton of news and so here's your bite-sized take at a few interesting topics for those struggling to keep up.
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In the puzzle game Flux Caves you will be pushing around blocks to play with large marbles
If you like puzzle games and marbles today is your lucky day as I came across Flux Caves, which merges them into one game.
Cities: Skylines is another game having a free weekend on Steam right now
If XCOM 2 having a free weekend isn't your thing or the Tacoma giveaway on Humble Store then perhaps Cities: Skylines will be for you.
CodeWeavers have released CrossOver 18.5 pulling in Wine 4.0 and FAudio
For those who want to help with Wine development without contributing code, CodeWeavers host the Wine project and contribute to its development along with their own CrossOver product.
In Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands, music is your weapon and it's coming to Linux
One Kickstarter I completely missed is Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands, a musical themed quirky RPG where music is your weapon. The campaign is over and it managed to smash the funding goal, with Linux noted as a release platform.
Baba Is You is an excellent rule-breaking puzzle game, some thoughts
Baba Is You, a recent puzzle game release from Hempuli Oy offers a pretty different take on the genre and I have some thoughts.
Epic Games new 'Epic Online Services' will support Linux and it's free for developers to use
Here's something interesting, Epic Games are launching their Epic Online Services and it will support Linux as well as multiple different game engines.
We. The Revolution sounds pretty awesome and it's out now
Set in the blood-soaked and paranoid world of the French Revolution, We. The Revolution from Polyslash is officially out with Linux support.
2D indie platformer fighter 'Super Powered Battle Friends' looks interesting in the new trailer
One thing we don't have enough of on Linux, is good platform fighting games and Super Powered Battle Friends is looking pretty good.
Valve show off their new Steam Library design and a new Events page
At GDC today, Valve did their presentation and they finally showed off the new design coming for the Library page and more.
Humble Store are giving away Tacoma during their Indie Mega Week sale
Humble Store has another free game from you to grab with Tacoma, along with their Indie Mega Week sale now live.
You can now try XCOM 2 free until March 25th, also on a big sale
Firaxis Games have put their strategy game XCOM 2 up to play for free between now and March 25th, so if you've been on the fence this is a great opportunity.
The GOG Spring Sale is now live, tons of titles discounted with flash deals each day
Someone please lock away my wallet, as the GOG Spring Sale is live and it's full of discounted Linux games.
AMD have launched an update to their open source Radeon GPU Analyzer, better Vulkan support
AMD are showing off a little here, with an update to the Radeon GPU Analyzer open source project and it sounds great.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive now has much better queue times for Danger Zone
Following on from the tweak to Danger Zone to focus more on duos, Valve are still tweaking their Battle Royale mode in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive as well as the game as a whole.
Chasm, the adventure platformer from Bit Kid just had a big update giving more variety
Chasm, the crowdfunded adventure platformer continues to see great post-release support with the latest big free update out now.
First-person roguelike 'Barony' released the Myths & Outcasts DLC recently, also now on GOG
Barony is a game I hadn't honestly touched in a very long time, which all changed with the Myths & Outcasts DLC that released last month giving new ways to play. It's also now on GOG, so that's great.
Objects in Space released for Linux on Steam, needs you to disable Steam Play
While the Linux version has been up on GOG for a little while, Steam was left a bit behind. Now the Linux version on Steam has been officially announced and released but there's an issue with Steam Play.
SteamOS is alive with a new beta and updated drivers, also a new Steam Client Beta is out
Valve haven't given up on their home-grown Linux distribution yet, with SteamOS seeing another beta update. Additionally, there's another Steam Beta Client update about.
Kingdom Rush Origins expanded again recently, the Forgotten treasures expansion is out
Kingdom Rush Origins, the excellent tower defense game from Ironhide Game Studio is seeing some great updates, with another campaign named Forgotten treasures now up.
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