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Reigns: Game of Thrones updated with 200 news cards bringing lots of new encounters

By Liam Dawe,
Hodor! Cure your need for more Game of Thrones, as Reigns: Game of Thrones was updated to include 200 new cards.

Empires of the Undergrowth to add in leafcutter ants and more in the next update

By Liam Dawe,
Empires of the Undergrowth, a real-time strategy game that has you look after a family of ants is to get a pretty huge upgrade later this month.

Far Blade looks like a very unique 3D boss rush adventure

By Liam Dawe,
We have a huge amount of games with a pixel art style but rarely do they look as unique as the boss rush adventure game Far Blade.

Voxel-smashing exploration shooter 'Smith and Winston' adds local co-op, continues being awesome

By Liam Dawe,
Smith and Winston from Execution Unit is some of the most fun I've had in a twin-stick shooter for some time, partly because I love blowing things up and Smith and Winston lets you do a whole lot of that.

Online FPS 'War Brokers' updated with a friends system, spectator mode and more

By Liam Dawe,
War Brokers is a pretty good online FPS that has a number of different game modes like Battle Royale, Team Deathmatch and more. It also has vehicles and a lot of other surprising features.

Dandara, a gravity-defying 2d metroidvania platformer that's worth a look

By Liam Dawe,
Have you played Dandara? It's a 2d metroidvania platformer that's pretty unique, as you don't run along platforms like other similar games. Instead, you defy gravity by zipping from place to place and it's very interesting to play.

The MMO 'Albion Online' has officially gone free to play and it supports Linux

By Liam Dawe,
For those who are itching to play an MMO on Linux but don't want to pay a subscription, Albion Online just opened up the flood gates.

Your Future Self, a story-driven experimental text adventure has released a Linux version

By Liam Dawe,
How about something a little different? Your Future Self is a somewhat short at 1-2 hours story-driven experimental text adventure and it's now supported on Linux.

Linux Game Jam 2019 is officially live, go make something cool

By Liam Dawe,
Have some time free over the next 9 days? The Linux Game Jam 2019 just launched and could be a way for you to show off a little or just have some fun.

The Humble Humongous Entertainment Bundle is up and a great deal if you have children

By Liam Dawe,
The Humble Humongous Entertainment Bundle just went live and honestly it's a fantastic deal if you have children with quite a few games included.

The next release of the free and open source racer 'Yorg' sounds like it's going to be great

By Liam Dawe,
Yorg, a free and open source racing game currently in development that seems promising is going to get a big update soon with a number of new features and improvements.

Surviving Mars: Green Planet to introduce terraforming, releasing in Q2 this year

By Liam Dawe,
Paradox just announced Surviving Mars: Green Planet, a new expansion coming later in Q2 this year and it sounds exciting.

GZDoom 4.0.0 released with their experimental Vulkan support

By Liam Dawe,
GZDoom, the incredibly popular game engine for Doom and all sorts of mods and entirely new games has a major release now available.

Game launcher Lutris has another release out, adding a little spit and polish

By Liam Dawe,
Lutris, where would I be without you now? This excellent open source game launcher has another point release out to fix some bits up.

Like tricky platformers or want to test people on your own creations? DASH is looking good and coming soon

By Liam Dawe,
I've had the pleasure of testing out the platformer DASH: Danger Action Speed Heroes for a while now and it's truly shaping up to be an impressive game.

Legend of Shara, a full prequel expansion for Tangledeep is out and it's great

By Liam Dawe,
Legend of Shara is the first full expansion for the colourful roguelike RPG Tangledeep, it adds in a huge amount of content and it's worth a look.

Stunt-bike game 'Urban Trial Playground' released with same-day Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Tate Multimedia have just recently released Urban Trial Playground, a stunt-bike racer with same-day Linux support.

Crossroads Inn, a fantasy tavern simulator was funded on Kickstarter and it's coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
One funding campaign I completely missed was Crossroads Inn, a fantasy tavern simulator that managed to get fully funded. It looks pretty good and it's coming to Linux.

Robot Wants It All, a metroidvania compilation of the Robot Wants series is out with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
As promised by the developer Hamumu Games, Robot Wants It All, a compilation and upgraded editions of the Robot Wants series is now out.

Enter the Gungeon's final free update 'A Farewell to Arms' is up

By Liam Dawe,
The bullet hell dungeon crawler Enter the Gungeon just recently had a huge update, the last major update it will be getting as developer Dodge Roll moves onto other games.