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Friday Livestream with Samsai at 6 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
Time sure flies when you're having fun. Once again a week has gone by and it's time to fire up the livestream once more. So, get your snacks ready for some live Linux gaming!

Open-world single-player RTS ‘HYPERNOVA: Escape from Hadea’ is now on Linux, some thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
Like your strategy games and tower defence? HYPERNOVA: Escape from Hadea is a rather colourful strategy game that’s now on Linux.

Mesa 17.3.0 released to further advance open source graphics drivers

By Liam Dawe,
Mesa 17.3.0 is the latest version of the open source graphics drivers and it has officially released today.

Something for the weekend: The X Franchise on Steam is free for a few days and on sale

By Liam Dawe,
If you're stuck for something to do this weekend, you might want to take a look at the X Franchise on Steam, it's quite a good deal.

2D horror 'Corpse Party' is now available for Linux on GOG, some thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
GOG have now put up the recently released Linux version of Corpse Party, the 2D horror game from Team GrisGris and XSEED Games.

Stellaris: Humanoids Species Pack and minor patch released

By Liam Dawe,
While not exciting as the huge new patch that's still to come, it's still fun. Stellaris: Humanoids Species Pack has been released along with a small patch today.

Rewrite the past in Airships: Conquer the Skies with the new replay feature

By Liam Dawe,
Airships: Conquer the Skies has added a rather interesting system to let you play back past battles using a new replay system, not only that, you can jump back in to actually play through it.

GZDoom 3.2.3 released with improved Mesa driver support and more

By Talon1024,
GZDoom, the open source id Tech 1 engine that powers mods such as Project Brutality and standalone TCs like WolfenDoom: Blade of Agony or Castlevania: Simon's Destiny, has a new version out with improved support for Mesa drivers on Linux.

Darkest Dungeon: The Color of Madness DLC announced, new quest type and faction

By Liam Dawe,
Darkest Dungeon is about to get darker with a new DLC 'Darkest Dungeon: The Color of Madness' involving an alien shard that's crashed into old Miller’s farm.

Just One Line, a fantasy gamebook-like RPG has Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Here's one we totally missed which looks very interesting. Just One Line is a fantasy gamebook-like RPG that's currently in Early Access and it supports Linux.

Steam now has a form of platform-specific wishlisting, to help developers see demand

By Liam Dawe,
A feature that was often requested by Linux gamers, was a way for us to show developers there's a demand for a port. Valve has delivered something interesting to help.

Incredible looking story-based action platformer 'Iconoclasts' to release next year, for Linux too

By Liam Dawe,
I only just heard about Iconoclasts, a rather incredible looking story-based action platformer and it's coming to Linux next year.

Bridge Constructor Portal announced with Linux support, blending engineering with portals

By Liam Dawe,
Bridge Constructor Portal has been officially announced today, this next title will blend together the well known engineering from previous games with Portal.

The big Albion Online 'Kay' update is live, it's also on sale

By Liam Dawe,
Now is a great time to jump into the MMO Albion Online, not only did it just get a big update, it's also on sale.

Steam has a special Finland Anniversary Sale of games made by Finnish developers

By Samsai,
Today is a bit of a special day for those of us living in Finland, for it is our independence day. And to make just that bit more special is the fact that today marks the 100th anniversary of independent Finland, and it seems that Valve wanted to join in on the celebrations in the form of a game sale.

The Escapists 2 adds a prison editor with Steam Workshop support, works on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The Escapists 2 has been updated with a prison editor and Steam Workshop support, the good news is it works on Linux too.

Pizza Connection 3 has a new trailer and a release date, looks delicious

By Liam Dawe,
Pizza Connection 3, the simulation and strategy game that is coming to Linux now has a fresh gameplay trailer and a release date.

Protect the queen in 'Empires of the Undergrowth' now in Early Access with Linux support, some thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
Empires of the Undergrowth is an Ant colony management and strategy game that's now in Early Access, I took a look and here's some thoughts.

If you like your shoot 'em ups, you need to look at PAWARUMI

By Liam Dawe,
PAWARUMI is a modern shoot’em up set in a retro futuristic sci-fi pre-Columbian universe, I've checked it out and it's damn good.

Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition is again showing signs of possible Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Total War: ROME II was supposed to come to Linux quite some time ago, but it never happened. Seems it may still come.