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Defiant Development, makers of Hand of Fate are closing up and moving on

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Some sad news to share today as Defiant Development, makers of Hand of Fate have announced they are "ceasing Development" and the team are "looking for new roles".

Rocket League enters the final phase of the Radical Summer event, new limited-time Beach Ball Mode is up

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Running from now until August 12, Rocket League's final phase of the Radical Summer event is focusing on '80s television. This includes a new DLC pack along with a new game mode.

Deck-building post-apocalypse roguelike "Nowhere Prophet" is out now

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Nowhere Prophet, a deck-builder with a difference where your cards truly matter has been officially released with Linux support this week so I took a look.

Action-platformer "Million to One Hero" with a full level editor has released

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After being in Early Access for only a few months, Million to One Hero has today officially released with Linux support.

The aquatic theme park management sim "Megaquarium" now has modding support

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Megaquarium is a pretty sweet game, especially for those of you who love aquatic life. Megaquarium just got a lovely update too, adding in some proper modding support.

The free creative platformer "Jumpai" has another big release out

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Jumpaï from Frame-Perfect Studio is a platformer for those who love to both play and create, with a big new release now up.

The Great Perhaps is a time-travelling adventure coming to Linux next month

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Daedalic Entertainment and Caligari Games recently announced that their time-travelling adventure and puzzle game The Great Perhaps is coming to Linux.

Move over Fortnite, The International 2019 for Dota 2 has surpassed $30 million

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Thanks to everyone buying the current Dota 2 Battle Pass, the prize pool for The International 2019 tournament has now officially surpassed $30 million.

Think you're good at CS:GO Danger Zone? It now has Skill Groups for you to show off

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Valve continue to do smaller tweaks to the Danger Zone Battle Royale mode in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, with it now having Skill Groups.

Company of Heroes 2's Linux version just got a big update with the latest patches

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Feral Interactive, the company that ported the RTS game Company of Heroes 2 to Linux just today pushed a big upgrade the bring the Linux version up to date with all the recent patches to the Windows version.

Ubisoft and Epic Games are now supporting Blender development

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Two surprising bits of news recently about Blender, the free and open source 3D creation suite as they've managed to secure some extra funding from two big names.

Space Grunts 2 announced, fusing together fast turn-based gameplay with a card battle system

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Developer Orangepixel is working on another new game in addition to the upcoming Gunslugs:Rogue Tactics. Space Grunts 2 will be combining turn-based gameplay with a card-based battle mechanic.

Comedy adventure game "Demetrios: The BIG Cynical Adventure" is now available on GOG

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Another game goes completely DRM-free on GOG, with developer COWCAT putting up Demetrios: The BIG Cynical Adventure along with the Linux version.

Possession, a roguelike where you're a ghost that needs to possess others to survive

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Certainly a fun sounding idea! Possession from developer Weirdfellows is a traditional turn-based roguelike, made on Linux and it just recently released.

FOSS racing game "Yorg" has a big new update ready for testing

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Yorg, an in-development FOSS racing game is nearing the release of update 0.11, with a Release Candidate now available for testing.

Point & Click Adventure game "The Hand of Glory" confirmed for Linux

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Madit Entertainment are currently crowdfunding for their new Point & Click adventure game "The Hand of Glory", as it turns out they've confirmed Linux support too.

GameMode, the Linux gaming performance tool has a fresh release out

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What a lovely weekend for some open source releases. Hot on the heels of a new DXVK release, the performance optimization tool GameMode spearheaded by Feral Interactive has a new release out.

DXVK, the awesome D3D11 and D3D10 to Vulkan translation layer has a new release out

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Developer Philip Rebohle has given the gift of code this weekend, with a new release of DXVK now officially available.

Songs of Syx, a city-builder with empire management, tactical battles and RPG elements

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Here's a fun recent discovery, Songs of Syx an in-development title from Swedish developer Jakob de Laval. It's a city-builder with empire management, tactical battles and rpg-elements and it's looking good.

The six-degree-of-freedom shooter "Overload" has a new Community Level Pack offering a fresh challenge

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Overload is possibly the best six-degree-of-freedom shooter I've played in the past few years, sadly it has been overlooked by a lot of gamers.