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Take a look at The Warlock, another new unit coming to XCOM 2: War of the Chosen

By Liam Dawe,
I love seeing all these previews of units coming to XCOM 2: War of the Chosen, as it's a great way to keep us excited for this new expansion. Let's take a look at The Warlock.

Wine Staging 2.12 released with Direct3D 10/11 improvements and better Mesa support

By Liam Dawe,
Wine Staging 2.12 is a pretty interesting release with a fair few goodies this time like Direct3D 10/11 improvements and better Mesa support.

Starship Theory just launched a Linux version, developer looking for feedback

By Liam Dawe,
Starship Theory, a ship building survival game that resembles FTL a little in style is now on Linux, it's currently unsupported as the developer seeks feedback.

Check out the Valve presentation from Unite Europe, major Steam Client redesign to come

By Liam Dawe,
Valve attended the Unite Europe conference and did a talk about Steam and updates that are to come. Here's the full video!

Terroir, a 3D tile-based vineyard tycoon game adds Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Terroir is an Early Access 3D tile-based tycoon game and it recently added Linux support. In Terroir you are managing your own vineyard and it looks reasonably good.

Geocore, another six degrees of freedom shooter has Linux & Vulkan support

By Liam Dawe,
Geocore, an Early Access six degrees of freedom shooter has Linux support and it was recently updated to include Vulkan too. Before getting excited, keep in mind this it's £1.99, so don't expect much from it.

Dungeon Kingdom: Sign of the Moon, a real-time dungeon crawling RPG has a Linux version

By Liam Dawe,
Turns out we completely missed the Linux version of Dungeon Kingdom: Sign of the Moon! This real-time dungeon crawling RPG added a Linux version at the end of 2015.

Looks like the DOSBox wrapped Linux version of STAR WARS: Dark Forces might make it to Steam

By Liam Dawe,
For the Star Wars fans who don't already have STAR WARS: Dark Forces on GOG, you might be pleased to know that it looks like the DOSBox version for Linux will also make its way onto Steam.

Unturned, the free to play blocky survival game has released in full, it's massively popular

By Liam Dawe,
After three years in Early Access, Unturned has now officially released on Steam with Linux support. This free to play blocky survival seems to be incredibly popular.

Albion Online beta now closed to prepare for release, starter packs now ready for purchase

By Liam Dawe,
Albion Online, the indie MMO is now closed while the developers make the final preparations for the full release on July 17th. They also have starter packs ready for purchase if you want to grab a copy to play.

I finally discovered 'The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth' and it's damn good

By Liam Dawe,
I finally picked up The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth after never really being bothered by it thinking it wasn't anything special. I was wrong, so very wrong.

Tactical RPG 'Chroma Squad' has a big Director’s Cut update with lots of goodies

By Liam Dawe,
I was quite impressed with Chroma Squad when I tried out the original release of this Power Rangers-inspired tactical RPG and now it's looking even better.

Golf for Workgroups is a very weird golf game that's now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
A very serious Golf game, absolutely no fun allowed. This is so you and your work colleagues can go hit some holes and talk about work. Okay, not quite.

Pathfinder: Kingmaker, an isometric single-player RPG has reached the goal for a Linux version

By Liam Dawe,
Pathfinder: Kingmaker is currently on Kickstarter to bring out an isometric single-player RPG and they have hit the funding goal for a Linux version.

OpenGL multithreading in Mesa is ready for wider testing

By Liam Dawe,
A Mesa developer wrote into the public Mesa-dev mailing list to ask for testers of OpenGL multithreading in Mesa so that they can grow the whitelist of games that will use it.

Beyond Enemy Lines, a single-player tactical FPS looks like it's heading to Linux (updated)

By Liam Dawe,
Beyond Enemy Lines, a rather interesting sounding single-player FPS looks like it's going to get a Linux version. UPDATE: There's now a test Linux version on Steam.

Wine 2.12 released with performance improvements for async I/O and more

By Liam Dawe,
The latest Wine development release is now available and it looks like quite a quiet one for us, nothing truly major. It does have some new features and some notable bug fixes for games.

Ashworld, from Orangepixel looks like a pixel art survival game in the style of Mad Max

By Liam Dawe,
An open-world pixel art survival game that resembles Mad Max? I think I might be in a little bit in love with Ashworld.

Hazelnut Bastille, a very stylish pixel art topdown adventure plans Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Hazelnut Bastille is an absolutely amazing looking pixel art topdown adventure and it has plans for a Linux version.

Next Up Hero announced by Aspyr Media and Digital Continue, will support Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Next Up Hero is a new arcade action-adventure being developed by Digital Continue and it's being published by Aspyr Media.