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The excellent deck-builder "Slay the Spire" is getting a 4th free character, update out with touch-screen support

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Slay the Spire fuses together a deck-builder card game with some roguelike mechanics to make it a very engrossing beast and it's set to get a little bit bigger.

Fantasy Strike, a really great fighting game is officially launching on July 25th

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Fantasy Strike is a fighting game that's designed to be streamlined and welcoming to new players, while also being great for veterans of the genre and it's launching soon.

Dota 2's prize pool for The International 2019 has surpassed $25 million, breaking previous records

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The International 2019 tournament that starts in August just hit a recording-breaking prize pool sum.

The former Paradox Interactive CEO thinks "platform holders" 30% cut is "outrageous"

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During Gamelab 2019 at a panel hosted by GamesIndustry.biz, Paradox Interactive's former CEO Fredrik Wester (now the Executive Chairman of the Board at Paradox Interactive) talked about the cut "platform holders" take from sales and they're not impressed.

Linux Gaming News Punch - Episode 19

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Has it been a week already? Yes it has, Episode 19 of the Linux Gaming News Punch is here to help you keep track of a few interesting topics over the last week or so.

Rocket League turns 4, moves into the 2nd phase of the Radical Summer event with a Spike Rush game mode

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Not only has Rocket League moved onto the second phase of the Radical Summer event complete with a new time-limited game mode, it's also about to turn four.

Humble Store is doing a "DRM-Freedom" sale, GOG also has multiple themed sales going

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It's not just Steam doing a big event at the moment, as both Humble Store and GOG just released two new sales events.

A look over the ProtonDB reports for June 2019, over 5.5K games reported to work with Steam Play

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ProtonDB, the unofficial website that gathers reports of how games run with Steam Play on Linux has another data-dump available, so here's another monthly run-down of the data for June 2019.

Medieval fantasy turn-based tactics game "Fort Triumph" has a major update, final release pushed back

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Fort Triumph, the sweet medieval fantasy turn-based tactics game currently in Early Access recently had another major upgrade and they shared some news on the final release date.

The fantastic 2D action-RPG "Chronicon" had more huge updates and gamepads might now work on Linux

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Chronicon not only got another massive update recently it should also now work with some gamepads on Linux, which will be terrible for my free time.

Knightin'+ is a "Zelda-lite adventure" coming to Linux and it does look pretty sweet

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Knightin'+ from developer Muzt Die Studios is a sweet looking "Zelda-lite adventure" that's an upgraded version of Knightin' that was made for the Pixel Day 2018 event and it actually won.

MicroTown aims to be a relaxing village construction and management simulator and it's coming to Linux

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Currently in development and heading towards an Early Access release, MicroTown looks pretty sweet with an aim to be relaxing while you build a village.

Voidpoint and 3D Realms are teasing some big news for Ion Maiden on July 11th

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There's not much to go on right now but Voidpoint and 3D Realms seem to have something cooking for Ion Maiden.

City-building strategy game 'Hearthlands' has a surprise update going 64bit only

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Hearthlands, a medieval/fantasy city-building real time strategy game released officially back in 2017 just got a nice surprise update.

Paradox Interactive on Linux support, it's being done on a "case by case basis"

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There's been a lot of chatter in the Linux gaming community recently, centred around Paradox Interactive and future Linux support. It's not all doom and gloom.

Supraland 2, a sequel to the highly rated first-person metroidvania is crowdfunding and coming to Linux

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While the original Supraland isn't on Linux (yet), Supraland 2 is coming and it's currently crowdfunding to make a bigger sequel to the very highly rated first-person metroidvania.

Your weekend look at what good stuff is currently on sale

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Another week is behind us, let's take a look at some seriously good deals that are going on right now across different stores.

The "Pre-Alpha" of the building sim 'Voxel Tycoon' is now up on itch

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Voxel Tycoon is a strategy game about transportation, factories, and mining in an infinite Voxel landscapes and you can now try it out super early if you wish.

Steam's top releases of May show why Steam Play is needed for Linux

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Valve have put out a news post to highlight some of the top games put onto Steam in May and it's another reminder of why Steam Play is needed.

Ada: Tainted Soil, a story-driven single-player 2D action-RPG coming to Linux looks really good

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Here's a crowdfunding campaign that's ending really soon: Ada: Tainted Soil, a story-driver single-player action-RPG and it looks really good.