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Seems like there's no hope for BattlEye support within Steam Play

By Liam Dawe,
With Valve and Easy Anti-Cheat in talks to get EAC supported within Steam Play, many readers asked about BattlEye as it's another anti-cheat solution blocking games actually working with Steam Play on Linux. I now have an answer on that.

Axis & Allies Online from Beamdog now actually has a Steam page and some screenshots

By Liam Dawe,
Axis & Allies Online, the digital adaption of the classic that Beamdog announced last month is coming to Linux and we can now actually see what it looks like.

The very intriguing cyberpunk point & click 'VirtuaVerse' is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
In a future not too far away, one Artificial Intelligence proved better than the rest, better than governments and now everyone is connected in VirtuaVerse.

With hand-made environments, the point & click Truberbrook is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Inspired by the likes of Twin Peaks and X-Files, Truberbrook from developer btf and publisher Headup is now out with Linux support.

Ryan Gordon is re-working "sdl12-compat", a tool to provide SDL2 to software using SDL1.2

By Liam Dawe,
This is pretty fun! Game porter Ryan "Icculus" Gordon has announced that they've picked back up an older project called sdl12-compat, which provides SDL2 compatibility for older software stuck on SDL1.2.

Humble Strategy Bundle 2019 is out and it's another good choice for Linux players

By Liam Dawe,
Humble seem to be on a roll lately, first the Humble Indie Bundle 20 which is still going and now the Humble Strategy Bundle 2019.

Quest Hunter, a story-driven action-RPG recently left Early Access - some thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
Quest Hunter from developer 2 Zombie Games left Early Access a few days ago after being there for two year, so is it any good?

Mana Spark, the action-RPG with challenging combat had some nice tweaks recently

By Liam Dawe,
While Mana Spark may not have sold enough to warrant a large update, the developer has still improved this challenging action-RPG with a recent update.

The short atmospheric adventure game 'Void Mine' is out now, some thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
Void Mine follows the story of lost communication with a mining station, your task is to try and find out what happened to the crew through 10 levels of zero-g.

Steampunk strategy board game 'Gremlins, Inc.' is celebrating a third birthday, has a big sale

By Liam Dawe,
Gremlins, Inc. is a very interesting strategy board game with a steampunk world, it's now been out for three years and they have a huge discount on Steam.

Moss Destruction, a fast twin-stick shooter that's pretty tough is now out

By Liam Dawe,
Moss Destruction from developer Shotgun with Glitters puts you up against various hordes of strange creatures, it recently left Early Access and I gave it plenty of time.

Fast-paced first-person platformer 'Jumps' will really test you, available on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Run, jump and hope for the best is mostly what I've been doing in the fast-paced 3D platformer Jumps. Available with Linux support on Steam.

Lord of Dwarves, a survival-kingdom building game developed on Linux is out in Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Lord of Dwarves, a survival-kingdom building game developed by Stellar Sage Games on Linux has arrived on Steam in Early Access.

Spaceship colony sim 'Space Haven' seems to be a big hit on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe,
Space Haven from developer Bugbyte (Battlevoid: Harbinger, Battlevoid: Sector Siege) managed to get funded in less than 48 hours and it keeps on growing.

Objects in Space, an open world 2D stealth-action space trading game had a very rough Linux launch

By Liam Dawe,
Objects in Space, the open world 2D stealth-action space trading game left Early Access this month and it was supposed to have Linux support but it seems they're having issues.

The innovative FPS 'Shotgun Farmers' has left Early Access with a tasty update

By Liam Dawe,
Shotgun Farmers is a first-person shooter that's not only good fun, it's also rather innovative with how you collect ammo and weapons.

Cities: Skylines turns four years old, has some impressive stats

By Liam Dawe,
Cities: Skylines, probably the best city-builder available on Linux has turned four years old and Paradox have released some impressive stats on it.

Valve's card game Artifact has lost almost all players and designer Richard Garfield has left

By Liam Dawe,
Not everything Valve does hits the right spot and it seems the final few nails of Artifact's coffin are being hammered in.

A Vulkan renderer is in the works for GZDoom

By Talon1024,
One of the GZDoom developers, dpJudas, has been working diligently on the Vulkan renderer for GZDoom.

Linux Gaming News Punch - Episode 3

By Liam Dawe,
It's the weekend again and that means another episode of the Linux Gaming News Punch, a bite-sized podcast giving those with little time a chance to keep up. Coming in at just under 8 minutes, here is Episode 3.