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The 'GameMode' performance tool from Feral Interactive makes it into Ubuntu 20.04
20 Apr 2020 at 8:34 am UTC

Great news!
While there is not tat big a difference, it can help a bit.
There is also a handy GNOME Shell extension [External Link] available.
And, if you use Lutris, you can turn it on automatically for all your games (System Options -> Enable Feral gamemode).

Darkest Dungeon: The Butcher's Circus due out in May with online PvP arena battles
3 Apr 2020 at 9:32 am UTC

Even though I'm not a big fan of PvP modes, it's great news that the developers still keep on supporting and extending the game.

OpenTESArena - a modern game engine for The Elder Scrolls: Arena has a new release
3 Apr 2020 at 9:29 am UTC

Great news! Especially since the performance of TES: Arena in DosBox is not perfect.

Linux gaming overlay MangoHud and the GOverlay app for managing it both have new releases up
19 Mar 2020 at 3:53 pm UTC Likes: 1

Great news! I'm using MangoHUD constantly for my tests and videos, and GOverlay is a very user-friendly way to change the MangoHUD settings.

Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York released for Linux
2 Feb 2020 at 5:58 pm UTC

I've enjoyed my first playthrough. I will play it with other two characters, though, in order to see how much your choices affect the ending.
Besides that, I've discovered a bug: Steam Cloud Save doesn't work. The game neither uploads nor downloads the save files.
If you are experiencing the same problem, please, leave a comment in this discussion. [External Link]. The developer told me they are investigating the issue.

Slay the Spire's fourth character to be released on January 14
5 Jan 2020 at 3:08 pm UTC

Great news!
Slay the Spire is my favourite Linux game of 2019. I never really liked deck-building games, but this one is very special.

GemRB, the FOSS game engine for Bioware's Infinity Engine had a new release recently
16 Dec 2019 at 2:04 pm UTC Likes: 3

This is very interesting, because Icewind Dale 2 is not available on Linux (the source code is lost so Beamdog couldn't make an enhanced edition).

Feral Interactive are teasing movement on Life is Strange 2 for Linux
4 Dec 2019 at 4:46 pm UTC Likes: 4

I don't mind the wait, because I prefer to play the episodic games (like Life Is Strange) in one go anyway.

Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York shows off some gameplay, releasing December 4
30 Oct 2019 at 3:08 pm UTC

I like visual novels that have a proper story, which seems to be the case here. So I'm definitely going to get it.
Besides, I like the art style.

Chapter 7 of Higurashi When They Cry Hou is now out with Linux support
19 Jul 2019 at 2:46 pm UTC

So great to see our of my all-time favourite visual novels released on Linux.
I only wish it wouldn't take them so much time. I hope they release the final answer chapter faster.