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GOG Summer Sale is live, with demos for upcoming Linux games

By Liam Dawe, 27 May 2020

DRM-free store GOG has today released their huge Summer Sale, full of discounted games and they've also put up some fun demos for upcoming games.

Escape Velocity: Override remaster Cosmic Frontier: Override gets funded

By Liam Dawe, 27 May 2020

Cosmic Frontier: Override, the remaster of the classic Escape Velocity: Override has managed to get successfully funded with the finishing of their Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign.

Prepare for toxic rain and lots of fire in The Universim

By Liam Dawe, 22 May 2020

The Universim, the game that mixes in a god sim with a city-builder has expanded once again and in quite a big way with the environment.

Spaceship colony sim Space Haven arrives in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 22 May 2020

Build a spaceship, look after your crew and travel the stars in Space Haven as it's now available in Early Access and it's good.

Editorial - Linux Gaming's Ticking Clock

By Marc Di Luzio, 21 May 2020

Years ago, when we could still meet in the hundreds in small enclosed spaces, I was speaking to a Valve employee and brought up the topic of integrating Wine into Steam.

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Kerbal Space Program gets a Shared Horizons update on July 1

By Liam Dawe, 20 May 2020

Developer Squad has confirmed that Kerbal Space Program will be teaming up with the ESA (European Space Agency) with the Shared Horizons update on July 1.

Free and open source evolution sim 'Thrive' has moved to Godot

By Liam Dawe, 19 May 2020

Along with a brand new released version, the free and open source evolution game Thrive has now moved over to Godot Engine as a base to carry development forwards.

A quick look over recent and upcoming Linux game releases

By Liam Dawe, 15 May 2020

With so many games being released, announced and teased it's often hard to keep on top of things so we're here to help.

Supporting Linux continues to be worthwhile for ΔV: Rings of Saturn

By Liam Dawe, 14 May 2020

Back in September last year the developer of ΔV: Rings of Saturn mentioned how cross-platform support was worth it, and it continues to be the case.

Build a planet devouring mechanized worm in Nimbatus, out today

By Liam Dawe, 14 May 2020

Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor is a game for creatives and lovers of a good laser show, giving you a ton of blocks to build some sort of drone and if you wish you can automate them too. Today it leaves Early Access!

Deep Rock Galactic leaves Early Access, works well with Steam Play on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 14 May 2020

Deep Rock Galactic from Ghost Ship Games has now left Early Access and thankfully it continues working very well on Linux when played with the Proton compatibility layer for Steam Play.

Space command sim PULSAR: Lost Colony gains a much improved AI and new sectors

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2020

PULSAR: Lost Colony is a co-op spaceship command sim, one where you and friends can each take a dedicated role and it just got much better for solo players.

AMD relaunch their GPUOpen website and expand the open source FidelityFX toolkit

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2020

AMD have given their GPUOpen website, a place that hosts various resources for game developers with open source and open standards at its heart, a new look.

Stellaris turns 4 with the big 2.7 'Wells' update - free to play for a few days and a big milestone hit

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2020

Today Paradox Interactive and Paradox Development Studio have released the huge 2.7 'Wells' update for Stellaris, as it recently turned 4.

Space Station 14 is another attempt to capture the spirit of the classic BYOND multiplayer RPG

By Liam Dawe, 11 May 2020

Just like Unitystation, Space Station 14 is another game attempting to revive the classic RPG Space Station 13 with cross-platform support on a more modern platform.

Exceptionally stylish point and click 'Growbot' will be coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 11 May 2020

With a release some ways off yet, Growbot has some of the most charming visuals I've seen in some time and for a point and click adventure it sure does look fantastic.

xrdesktop continues expanding the Linux desktop into Virtual Reality with work sponsored by Valve

By Liam Dawe, 8 May 2020

Today the hackers over at Collabora announced the release of xrdesktop 0.14, a Valve Software sponsored effort to bring Linux desktops into the VR world.

Space Haven is a little like a space version of The Sims and it's entering Early Access on May 21

By Liam Dawe, 8 May 2020

Space Haven isn't a traditional space colony building sim, quite different in fact. You're actually building a spaceship, multiple when you get further and you need to look after your crew.

Soldak Entertainment formally announce Drox Operative 2, a starship action RPG

By Liam Dawe, 8 May 2020

Drox Operative 2 from Soldak Entertainment has now been officially announced, and they have already confirmed that it will be continuing to support Linux.