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Steam gets a few useful UI tweaks to show Cloud Sync status and Game Install Size

By Liam Dawe, Feb 3, 2022

Ahead of the Steam Deck release, it seems the desktop client for Steam is getting a few handy UI changes too.

CodeWeavers advertising for a Wine developer and Linux gaming tester

By Liam Dawe, Feb 2, 2022

Looking for a job in the Linux space? Now is your chance! CodeWeavers, the company that sponsors development on the Wine compatibility layer and works with Valve on Steam Play Proton are hiring again.

X4: Foundations 5.00 gets a Beta with AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR)

By Liam Dawe, Jan 27, 2022

Egosoft continue upgrading their space sim X4: Foundations with the big 5.00 version now in Beta, readying up for the new X4: Tides of Avarice expansion.

Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem is out, run it on Linux with one small change

By Liam Dawe, Jan 26, 2022

Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem is out now as a partnership between Timelock Studio and Croteam. It can run rather well on Linux, although you do need a quick adjustment for Steam Play Proton.

Stellaris 3.3 Unity gets a Beta available on Steam

By Liam Dawe, Jan 20, 2022

Paradox Interactive are gearing up ready for the next major update to their space strategy game Stellaris. A new opt-in Beta is available for the 3.3 Unity update.

Action-packed 'combat-puzzle' roguelite Red Tether is out now

By Liam Dawe, Jan 19, 2022

It's actually called ---Red---Tether--> but that would look a bit odd in the headline. A new release from indie dev Sleeper Games, it's a thoroughly unique looking shoot 'em up with pretty fun looking gameplay.

KDE begin the 15-Minute Bug Initiative to make Plasma great

By Liam Dawe, Jan 19, 2022

KDE Plasma is a pretty frelling great desktop environment - but couldn't it be better? The KDE team have begun the previously announced 15-Minute Bug Initiative.

Love cracking locks? Check out Museum of Mechanics: Lockpicking

By Liam Dawe, Jan 17, 2022

Museum of Mechanics: Lockpicking is a wonderful little idea to bring together many different ways to crack locks from various styles in video games.

Get Surviving Mars and expansions in the latest Humble Bundle plus a big sale

By Liam Dawe, Jan 14, 2022

Want to get a copy of Surviving Mars and plenty of extra content? Check out the Humble Surviving Mars Bundle. Plus, there's a Winter Sale on at Humble.

Quiet ocean survival-adventure Aquamarine launches January 20

By Liam Dawe, Jan 14, 2022

A quiet survival adventure about perception and discovery in an alien ocean. The crowdfunded game Aquamarine is now confirmed to be launching on January 20.

The Anacrusis appears to run on Linux with Proton but some possible caveats

By Liam Dawe, Jan 13, 2022

The Anacrusis is a brand new release from Stray Bombay, and it's another entry in the swarm-shooter like Left 4 Dead and Back 4 Blood. Running it on Linux is possible too.

Escape Simulator hits over $4M in gross sales

By Liam Dawe, Jan 13, 2022

Escape Simulator has turned into a big success story for indie games and developer Pine Studio, with an announcement about how well it's done.

The latest Humble Bundle brings a few scary looking treats, plus an indie hits sale

By Liam Dawe, Jan 10, 2022

Need a few new games to add to your collection? Perhaps readying up for the Steam Deck that should be launching next month? The Humble Dead of Winter Bundle is live - as is a nice sale on indie games.

Upcoming GZDoom-powered FPS Selaco shows off the 'AI Response System'

By Liam Dawe, Jan 10, 2022

As if I could get any more excited? Selaco just looks simply incredible in the footage we've seen previously, this new GZDoom-powered FPS is going to kick-ass.

Relic Space shows off its very satisfying space roguelike gameplay in a demo

By Liam Dawe, Jan 6, 2022

Love space sci-fi and roguelikes? Relic Space blends them together and it's really beginning to look like a game that's going to steal endless hours away from me.

ΔV: Rings of Saturn continues to be popular with Linux gamers

By Liam Dawe, Jan 5, 2022

It seems that Kodera Software continue to be impressed by the level of Linux sales on Steam for their space mining sim ΔV: Rings of Saturn.

Remnants of the Precursors is a modern take on Master of Orion out now

By Liam Dawe, Jan 5, 2022

Developed as a modern reincarnation of the original Master of Orion, the free and open source Remnants of the Precursors is officially out now.

Orontes Games creator of DRAG gets acquired by iRacing

By Liam Dawe, Jan 3, 2022

Seems DRAG from Orontes Games has been noticed as something special as iRacing has acquired the team.

The classic Naev, a free and open source space sim version 0.9 released

By Liam Dawe, Dec 23, 2021

Time to explore space once again? Naev is an absolute classic. It's free, open source and it continues to mature with some more modern features available in the new 0.9 release.