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Comedy cosmic horror adventure 'Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure' has a new trailer and Steam page

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Ahead of a release that will be "Soon!", the comedy cosmic horror adventure Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure has a new trailer and the Steam page is now live.

The GOG weekend sale has some great Linux games like Darkest Dungeon and Ziggurat

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If you need something to keep you going across a rainy weekend (rain has returned to my part of the UK, a lot of it too) then head on over to GOG as their weekend sale is pretty good.

Valve have hired another developer to upstream SteamOS driver changes, including Xbox One S rumble support

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Valve's Pierre-Loup Griffais announced on Twitter that they've hired Andrey Smirnov to help them get some SteamOS changes upstream into the main Linux Kernel.

Graveyard Keeper releases August 15th, should include Linux support

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Despite the SteamOS icon (meaning Linux support) no longer showing on Steam, tinyBuild confirmed to us today via email that the plan is to still have a Linux version of Graveyard Keeper at launch.

Language learning game Lingotopia to release on August 16th with Linux support

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If you fancy learning a new language, Lingotopia might make it less of a chore as this adventure game has you play as a little girl shipwrecked on the shores of a strange island.

The Linux version of Forsaken Remastered is now available on GOG

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Awesome news for those waiting on it, as GOG now have the Linux build of Forsaken Remastered from Nightdive Studios with porting help from Ryan "Icculus" Gordon.

Planetary god sim 'The Universim' has a new trailer ahead of Early Access later this month

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The Universim, a god sim with multiple planets is shaping up pretty well. It has a new trailer ahead of release on August 28th.

The developer of Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus has posted about possible issues with the Linux release

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Bulwark Studios seem to be remaining cautious in their approach to the Linux (and Mac) versions of Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus.

The next Linux patch for Civilization VI will be out soon with cross-platform online play

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It's been a long time coming and the wait should hopefully be over soon, as Aspyr Media have confirmed the next Linux patch for Civilization VI is waiting for approval.

EXAPUNKS from Zachtronics is now out in Early Access

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How do you feel about hacking to save your life? In EXAPUNKS it's 1997 again and you've made a deal for one hack, one dose to prevent dying from the phage.

Talking point: Leaving user reviews for Linux games can really help a developer

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We all know the current Linux gaming market share isn't turning heads and it can be tough to persuade developers that having a Linux version is worth it. I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about user reviews and how they can help out.

The Linux version of Into the Breach is in active development

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Exciting news for those of you waiting for Into the Breach, the second title from Subset Games (FTL) as they're working on the Linux version right now.

The next release of DXVK for Vulkan-based D3D11 with Wine will use per-game configuration files

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The developer of the very interesting DXVK project has mentioned that the next release is going to do away with environment variables in favour of per-game configuration files.

The excellent survival racer Distance is officially releasing on September 18th

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After being in Early Access for a few years, the rather good survival racer Distance which is the spiritual successor to Nitronic Rush, is going to officially release next month.

Looks like Valve may be preparing a 64bit version of the Steam client

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Valve may be preparing a 64bit version of the Steam client with an update in the Steam Beta Client that was released yesterday.

Extreme downhill freeriding game 'Descenders' updated with the Ring of Fire update

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The latest update to Descenders adds in the fifth environment to play through named Volcano, which gives you a different way to play.

An update on the Linux version of Twilight Struggle, four years after the Kickstarter

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Way back in July of 2014, GMT Games partnered with Playdek and ran a successful Kickstarter for Twilight Struggle, a digital version of the board game that shares the same name. It promised Linux support, which still hasn't been delivered.

Build and manage a colony in Kubifaktorium, developed primarily on Linux and funding on Kickstarter

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Kubifaktorium from developer Mirko Seithe (previously made BossConstructor) is a colony building and management sim that mixes in automation and transports systems like Factorio.

The Procession to Calvary is a point and click adventure made from Renaissance-era paintings

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This looks all kinds of nuts. A point and click adventure game planned to release for Linux that's made from Renaissance-era paintings and public domain recordings of classical music.

Dead Matter, a sandbox survival horror plans to have a Linux release after Early Access

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I seriously cannot get enough of survival games, so hearing about Dead Matter is quite exciting as it sounds pretty good.