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Isleward - a free and open source cross-platform roguelike MMO

28 Jan 2020 | By Liam Squires-Hand

I adventured far and wide, clicking across page after page of unique and often very weird games on itch.io until a little sparkle caught my eye. That spark was Isleward, a free and open source roguelike MMO.

Unity 2019.3 is now out - adds Google Stadia support and IL2CPP on Linux

28 Jan 2020 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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Another big new release of the Unity game engine has today been released with 2019.3, full to the brim with massive tech enhancements.

Unity deprecating built-in XR (VR/AR etc) support for a new plugin system - Valve doing their own for SteamVR

28 Jan 2020 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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While the state of Virtual/Mixed/Augmented Reality (XR) is constantly in flux and improving all the time, Unity have announced with Unity 2019.3 that their built-in XR support is being deprecated.

Have an Intel processor? Enjoy two more vulnerabilities

28 Jan 2020 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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Intel are not having a good time lately are they? More vulnerabilities in their CPUs have been made public.

Co-op first-person spaceship command game PULSAR: Lost Colony now has a proper tutorial

28 Jan 2020 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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PULSAR: Lost Colony is a fantastic idea for a game, always has been but it lacked a good experience for new players and it was easy to bounce off it. Giving each player a dedicated role on a spaceship, this co-op game can be a lot of fun.

Nethercard Kingdom - a free deck-builder with real-time battles

28 Jan 2020 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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I'm always on the hunt for new and exciting games, a big fan currently of deck-building strategy games of all kinds. This never-ending search recently led me to the free Nethercard Kingdom and I want more.

Dezatopia, a unique feeling multi-directional shoot 'em up is out now - it's awesome

28 Jan 2020 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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Developer HEY and Japanese publisher Hanaji Games have released Dezatopia, an imaginative and unique feeling multi-directional shoot 'em up with Linux support.

Catch the True Sight: The International 2019 Grand Finals - the Dota 2 documentary tonight

28 Jan 2020 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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Tonight, Valve will be releasing a documentary of the recent The International 2019 tournament, focused on the Grand Finals.

FoodBall, a mix of car combat and Football comes to Linux later this year

28 Jan 2020 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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Cat-astrophe Games are currently developing FoodBall, a game that mixes together car combat and Football with a theme involving all sorts of edible items.

Black Mesa 1.0 preview coming soon - still getting big improvements to visuals and the AI

27 Jan 2020 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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The finishing line for Crowbar Collective and their re-imaging of Half-Life with Black Mesa is almost in sight, with a preview of the full finished game to come soon.

Chained Echoes an RPG in a world filled with Dragons and Mech suits - Steam page is up

27 Jan 2020 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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There's a lot of sweet Linux games to look forward to, one of them being Chained Echoes. Set in a world where a Dragon is as common a sight as a mechanised suit flying around.

Dawnthorn, a pixel-art ARPG standalone prequel to Hazelnut Bastille releases this year

27 Jan 2020 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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During the Kickstarter campaign for the upcoming Zelda-like ARPG Hazelnut Bastille, Aloft Studio let out their secret other project called Dawnthorn.

Business and trading sim 'Merchant of the Skies' approaching full release - price to increase

27 Jan 2020 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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Merchant of the Skies, the mix of exploration and a base-building/tycoon game has improved a huge amount since the first few Early Access builds and the full release is coming closer.

Solus 4.1 is out with upgraded drivers, ESync support for better Linux gaming and more

27 Jan 2020 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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Solus, the independently developed Linux distribution that also houses the Budgie desktop environment has a big new released tagged with Solus 4.1 Fortitude.

Monitor and stress-test your Linux gaming PC with GtkStressTesting

27 Jan 2020 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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Monitoring your Linux gaming PC is pretty easy, there's some good applications out there to keep an eye on CPU use and more but what about some stress testing to see how it holds up? GtkStressTesting seems nice.

Dying Light turns five years old, send Zombies flying in the HyperMode event - big sale too

27 Jan 2020 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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Techland managed to create probably one of the best Zombie games ever with Dying Light, it's currently heavily discounted again and it's now hit five years since release.

Get ready to live a Life of Crime with Kingpin: Reloaded announced by 3D Realms - will be coming to Linux

27 Jan 2020 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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Kingpin: Life of Crime is being remastered with 3D Realms recently announced Kingpin: Reloaded bringing new life to the Quake II engine classic.

'ReDoomEd', a port of the original Doom level editor, was released on Linux

26 Jan 2020 | By -Daniel-Palacio-

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DoomEd was a program written by Carmack and Romero in 1993, to directly build the levels from the original Doom. Twenty seven years later, the developers behind Twilight Edge Software are releasing a free and independent port based on that program.

Lazr, an impressive cyberpunk physics-enhanced 2D platformer is on Kickstarter with a big demo

26 Jan 2020 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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After an impressive tech demo, then an expanded demo, the physics-enhanced 'clothformer' Lazr is now on Kickstarter to help it cross the development finishing line.

Zombie Panic! Source getting the big 3.1 release with Linux support 'as soon as possible' - needs testing

26 Jan 2020 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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The Zombie Panic! Team put out another update on the progress towards version 3.1, what's turned into a massive overhaul to many parts of the game as Linux support also comes in.

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