Crytivo are pushing forward with The Universim in Early Access and this latest release is a pretty massive update for the city-building god game.

That some titles perform better, from an FPS number perspective, when using DXVK is clear, which has lead to some people asking why this is the case. It's the why that I'd like to discuss here; why DXVK is a winner in some cases, why native wins in others, and some of the drawbacks of each approach.

ShilohGames, developer of the free multiplayer space shooter Allspace which released recently has now ported over their previous space shooter Disputed Space to Linux.

The people over at Unity have put out the first beta for the first major release of the year and there's tons of new and improved bits for game devs and Linux gamers.

It's no secret that I love everything about outer space, I call myself a space nerd quite often and Sunless Skies feels like it was made for me.

With a great soundtrack and a simple visual style, the horizontal space shooter WARP-TEK has been officially released today.

On top of AuroraRL shutting down this month, Coregrounds a competitive strategy game that pulled in elements from both Tower Defense and MOBAs has also shut down. This one has also opened up the code.

While it's incredibly early days for Allspace, this free to play first-person space combat game could be interesting when it's a little less bare.

The difficulties of game development and Early Access have hit another developer, with Sun Dogs throwing in the towel with AuroraRL. It's not all bad news though.

Some of you may recognise the name Bearded Giant Games, as they made a little splash recently with their "Linux first initiative" and they've now revealed a new game called Outwarp 50S.

Hot on the heels of Wine 4.0, the excellent DXVK project has another fresh release available this weekend.

Entering my inbox recently was an update on the roadmap for X4: Foundations, Linux is still in their plans but that date isn't too firm yet but we now have an idea of when it might be.

Free from the restrictions of planet Earth, the space exploration, trading and action game 'Helium Rain' from Deimos Games has officially become DRM free on GOG.

With same-day Linux support which is awesome to see, Jon Shafer's At the Gates is officially out today.

Reassembly is a game that I was seriously addicted to when it came out a few years ago, I fear I'm going to lose many more hours with the new 'Fields Expansion'.

It will be very interesting to see what Valve have up their sleeve for this one, as their card game Artifact seems to be dying.

Valve are keeping Team Fortress 2 alive for Linux gamers with the latest update making some welcome improvements. There's also going to be a TF2 charity event in May.

Sunless Skies from Failbetter Games is leaving Early Access on January 31st and it recently had a pretty big UI overhaul.

Meeple Station from Vox Games (Regions of Ruin) officially arrives on Steam today in Early Access, backed up by the new publisher Modularity from the folks behind Indie DB and Mod DB.

If you need a sprinkle of comedy in your life, the comedic point and click adventure Guard Duty looks like it could hit the spot.