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AMD have announced the AMD Radeon VII GPU and more at CES 2019

By Liam Dawe,
Something that could be rather exciting for AMD enthusiasts, AMD has officially revealed the AMD Radeon VII at CES 2019. On top of that, 3rd generation Ryzen desktop processors are coming.

Spinnortality, a cyberpunk management sim with an aim of becoming immortal is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Quite a surprise turned up in my inbox recently. Spinnortality, a cyberpunk management sim that looks really good is releasing with Linux support next month.

Happy Room, a game of completely mindless fun that works well on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Happy Room, a game you might not have heard of and you will be forgiven for that (I hadn't either) as it released in 2016. Turns out, they added a Linux version just after release so we completely missed it. A bit of a warning though, it's certainly not one to show a younger audience.

Eastshade, the open world adventure where you're a travelling artist has a new trailer and release date

By Liam Dawe,
Eastshade certainly looks like a wonderfully peaceful experience and the new trailer show it off rather well, it's releasing soon too on February 13th.

An updated Steam Client is out, should be more responsive when downloading

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have now rolled out the latest stable update to the Steam Client which includes some nice fixes and improvements.

Fruit Tower Defense might not look like much but it's surprisingly good

By Liam Dawe,
Fruit Tower Defense from developer Fratboy Entertainment is a title you could easily skip over and disregard due to the style but it's actually quite good.

Smith and Winston, the beautiful voxel-based twin stick shooter with a focus on exploration is now on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
I've been massively impressed with my time spent in Smith and Winston, which just made its way onto Steam for some Early Access fun.

How to enable Steam Play (Proton) directly in SteamOS

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How-To: Enable Valve's Proton Compatibility Tool in SteamOS, since the option isn't actually included directly in SteamOS yet.

Critters for Sale, an incredibly strange point and click short-story has a Linux version

By Liam Dawe,
If you're in the mood for a story that's a little different, with a presentation that's rather unique then take a look at Critters for Sale.

Slime Research, a physics-based slimey puzzle-platformer is out in Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Slime Research from developer Schism LLC is a bit of an odd one, now available in Early Access with Linux support.

Cultist Simulator to get a free update this month with a new game mode and challenges

By Liam Dawe,
Weather Factory have announced that Cultist Simulator is to get a free update later this month to expand what you can do and become even further.

Paradox Interactive have purchased the rights to Prison Architect from Introversion

By Liam Dawe,
This is a very curious one, Paradox Interactive have just announced that they've acquired Prison Architect from Introversion Software.

Jackbox Games now officially support Linux with all their Party Packs

By Liam Dawe,
Have to hand it to the folks over at Jackbox Games, they're certainly putting in the effort here. They now officially support Linux with all their Party Pack games and more.

First-person base-building survival game 'Volcanoids' is making great progress on a Linux version

By Liam Dawe,
I often find it hard to hold in my excitement about certain games, Volcanoids is one of them as it looks completely awesome. A game with steampunk-like massive moving drills you build your base on, sign me up doc!

Tropico 6 release delayed until March, Linux still confirmed for same-day support

By Liam Dawe,
Kalypso Media sent word today that El Presidente has been delayed, so now Tropico 6 is going to be releasing in March.

The devs of Tower Unite remove the broken Linux beta in favour of Steam Play, mentioning Unreal Engine issues

By Liam Dawe,
Tower Unite, a 'community-based virtual world party game' had a Linux version that was left in Beta since 2016 and eventually it broke. They've now removed it in favour of people using Valve's Steam Play.

Damsel, the fast-paced action platformer with comic-like story-telling is worth a look

By Liam Dawe,
After being sent a copy of Damsel from Screwtape Studios to our Steam Curator, I spent some time as Special Agent Damsel.

Single-player 3D platformer 'Spiralagon' looks ridiculously fun and it should come to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
I have to admit, while watching the video for Spiralagon it did make me chuckle quite a bit. It's not a very serious game but it sure looks like fun.

Runic Rampage, an action-RPG that works well on Linux that would fit a more casual audience

By Liam Dawe,
Here's a game we completely missed that released back in 2017 - Runic Rampage. An action-RPG from developer Electrocosmos.

An enhanced version of the fan-made Half-Life 2: Episode 3 'Project Borealis' performance test is out

By Liam Dawe,
Project Borealis, the fan-made Half-Life 2: Episode 3 is still continuing along, with the release of a second performance to test so we can stress-test their work.