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Moribund, a brutal local multiplayer brawler released with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Good to see more local multiplayer games! Moribund recently released for Linux and it's brutal, so grab a friend and annihilate them.

EVERSPACE still dealing with Unreal Engine bugs, possible workaround found for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
A Linux version of EVERSPACE might finally be on the horizon, as the developers shared more details on the bug and a user on Steam pointed the developer to a possible workaround for now.

Shovel Knight’s 3.0 patch lands, with plenty of new content

By BTRE,
The fun and charming platform inspired by 8-bit era visuals has gotten a shiny new campaign. This isn’t the only major addition and there’s plenty other new content available to enjoy.

Manipulated, a short puzzle-platformer where you need some brains

By Liam Dawe,
Manipulated is a short puzzle-platformer that warns you about having to think. It's certainly not wrong.

One Eyed Kutkh, a weird and free adventure game is now on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
If you like your weird games with no speech, check out One Eyed Kutkh which has been released for free on Steam. It's based on the fairy tales of the Far North, apparently.

Airship combat game Guns of Icarus Alliance released as a standalone game

By Liam Dawe,
Guns of Icarus Alliance is a new standalone title posing as part sequel and part expansion to Guns of Icarus Online.

Feral Fury, a twin-stick shooter with rogue-lite features is out on Linux and it's pretty good

By Liam Dawe,
Feral Fury is a twin-stick shooter with an overall dark feel to it. I've played it for a while and I've grown to really enjoy it, even if it's a little punishing.

OpenGL vs Vulkan in Mad Max, re-tested

By Liam Dawe,
Since Feral Interactive have fixed up the OpenGL renderer in the Mad Max Beta, here are some fresh OpenGL vs Vulkan tests.

GNOME Twitch releases a major update with notifications, offline channel searching and more

By Liam Dawe,
GNOME Twitch recently released a major new version of their open source desktop Twitch client and it's a beauty.

Feral have now fixed the OpenGL performance regression in Mad Max

By Liam Dawe,
The OpenGL performance regression that made Vulkan look like it annihilated OpenGL in Mad Max's recent Beta has now been fixed.

Hellpoint, a dark sci-fi action RPG adds Linux support to their tech demo

By Liam Dawe,
Hellpoint is a dark sci-fi action RPG that plans to go to Kickstarter sometime soon and they have added Linux support to their demo.

Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter & Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter released in full

By Liam Dawe,
Croteam have recently released both Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter & Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter on Steam. They both use their new Fusion engine which comes with Linux support, Vulkan and 64bit.

Road Redemption has released the big update for Linux gamers, it's actually pretty good

By Liam Dawe,
The Road Redemption developers have now updated the Linux build of their combat racer and I've spent a little time testing it. It actually works pretty nicely now!

2D racer 'Race Online' to get dedicated servers and release date announced

By Liam Dawe,
Fun 2D racer 'Race Online' is set to release tomorrow on April 5th and the developer has detailed some changes coming to online play.

Armor Clash II looks like a cheap RTS that could end up being fun, releasing soon

By Liam Dawe,
Armor Clash II, a cheap-looking RTS game will release soon with Linux support. Even though it looks a little tacky, I think it could be a good bit of fun.

Aspyr Media confirm cross-platform multiplayer for Civilization VI with the next patch

By Liam Dawe,
Aspyr Media told me today that Civilization VI for Linux & Mac will get cross-platform multiplayer when the next patch drops for us.

Brigador to get a big re-release with a new intro campaign and re-balanced difficulty

By Liam Dawe,
Brigador, the destruction-heavy shooter is set to get a big re-release to give it some new life. Sounds like a good plan to me!

Daedalic Entertainment will be bringing Ken Follett's 'The Pillars of the Earth' to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
A new video game adaptation of the 1989 novel 'The Pillars of the Earth' by Ken Follett is being developed by Daedalic Entertainment and they will be bringing it to Linux.

F1 2016 won't be coming to Linux, as sales of F1 2015 weren't strong enough

By Liam Dawe,
According to Feral Interactive on Twitter in reply to my question, it seems Linux gamers will not be getting F1 2016, due to low sales of the previous title.

Superposition Benchmark powered by UNIGINE 2 releases this week with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Superposition Benchmark, the new tool from UNIGINE Corp will release this week. It looks like it will put some real stress on your system.