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You can now fulfil your dream of dungeon crawling as a mermaid in Serenade of the Sirens

By Liam Dawe,
Wannabe mermaids of the world can now take down evil sirens in the dungeon crawler Serenade of the Sirens, now in Early Access.

Desert Kill looks like it could be a somewhat amusing top-down action shooter

By Liam Dawe,
While I've no doubt there will be some groans about the visual style, Desert Kill still looks like a shooter that could be quite fun.

The super sweet Slime Rancher just had a nice optimisation update

By Liam Dawe,
Slime Rancher, the delightfully sweet game about adventure, exploration and capturing funny little (and sometimes not so little) Slimes just had a good optimisation update.

The rather retro looking RPG 'Afelhem' arrives in Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
For those who love your rather retro looking RPG experiences, Afelhem entered Early Access recently with Linux support.

Reminder: Update your PC info for the next round of statistics updates

By gamingonlinux,
This is your reminder to make sure your PC information is correct on your user profiles. A fresh batch of statistics is generated on the 1st of each month.

War Thunder’s “Masters of the Sea” update places naval forces in open beta testing

By BTRE,
The vehicular combat MMO just got a little bit bigger with the inclusion of ships for all players. There’s also plenty of other goodies in the sizeable update.

EXAPUNKS, the latest puzzle game from Zachtronics, has released out of Early Access

By BTRE,
If you’ve got a hacking itch you want to scratch, EXAPUNKS has you break into systems that double as clever-looking puzzles.

A Linux version of 'The Colonists', a settlement building game should be due in a post-release update

By Liam Dawe,
Good news for those who love their building games, as settlement building game The Colonists looks fantastic and the developer has confirmed their plans for Linux support.

Play as a huge corporation in the just announced Stellaris: MegaCorp expansion

By Liam Dawe,
Paradox has just announced the latest full expansion for Stellaris named MegaCorp and as the name suggests it's focusing on profit on a galactic scale.

The next update for the tricky biking game 'Descenders' is due on October 29th

By Liam Dawe,
The Trick or Treat update for the extreme downhill freeriding game Descenders sounds exciting and it's going live on October 29th.

Minecraft has a new development snapshot out for the big 1.14 'Village & Pillage' update

By Liam Dawe,
Minecraft continues turning into a bigger and more interesting game with each new release and it seems that will be massively true for the 1.14 'Village & Pillage' update which sounds huge.

Interactive thriller 'Daemon_9' to release next week with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
This looks really quite interesting, blurring the lines between a movie and a game to create an interactive thriller.

Gaia's Melody: Echoed Melodies looks like an impressive RPG now available on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Gaia's Melody: Echoed Melodies looks like a rather beautiful RPG and as of last night it's now also available on Linux.

The next big Steam sale dates have been leaked, as usual

By Liam Dawe,
It would be real news if they didn't do big sales, but still for those of you who never buy outside of Steam and are currently watching the pennies here's the dates to look for.

Unity are giving out a rather impressive FPS sample game free for developers to use

By Liam Dawe,
The folks over at the Unity game engine have managed some impressive stuff, like their next project to help developers being a free sample FPS game that looks quite impressive.

The Steam Beta Client has some updates to the runtime for games that needs testing

By Liam Dawe,
While I haven't seen it noted in any of the recent changelogs for the Steam Client Beta, it seems it has an updated Steam Runtime in need of some testing.

Facing sandstorms and attrition: some thoughts on Sudden Strike 4’s Africa - Desert War DLC

By BTRE,
The latest DLC for this World War 2 title features the North African Campaign. I unleashed my inner desert fox to defeat my opponents and have a few thoughts to share on the experience.

Ion Maiden to officially launch in Q2 2019, new screenshots and another unannounced FPS is teased

By Liam Dawe,
Along with the announcement that 3D Realms has teamed with 1C Entertainment for a console release of Ion Maiden, a new release window has been given along with fresh screenshots and a teaser for another new FPS game.

DASH is shaping up to be a very interesting platformer, one where you make your own levels

By Liam Dawe,
DASH: Danger Action Speed Heroes from Baby Duka is closing in on an Early Access release and so far it does seem really quite promising.

Hazelnut Bastille, a Zelda-like ARPG that will support Linux is now on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe,
For those of you after you next Zelda-like fix, the ARPG Hazelnut Bastille is now crowdfunding on Kickstarter and it's promising Linux support.