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Crazy rogue-lite Streets of Rogue gets a major Unity upgrade that needs testing

By Liam Dawe, 4 Sep 2020

Matt Dabrowski continues updating the absolutely fantastic rogue-lite action game Streets of Rogue, with a major Unity game engine upgrade and they need your help.

Recording and livestreaming software OBS Studio has a major new build in testing

By Liam Dawe, 28 Aug 2020

Free, open source and pretty essential for anyone doing livestreaming and/or recording videos on Linux; OBS Studio has a new Release Candidate out for testing.

Make retro Game Boy games with the open source GB Studio, now with colour in the 2.0 Beta

By Liam Dawe, 26 Aug 2020

GB Studio is a free and open source retro adventure game creator that allows you to visually make games that can work cross-platform on Linux, macOS, Windows…and the Game Boy.

Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition gets more graphical upgrades

By Liam Dawe, 10 Aug 2020

Beamdog are really starting to put the Enhanced into Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition and showing just how much they care about the classic RPG experiences as a studio.

Party game 'Gang Beasts' gets a big new opt-in Beta that needs testing

By Liam Dawe, 6 Aug 2020

Ready to party? Now that Boneloaf / Coatsink are self-publishing Gang Beasts after splitting off from Double Fine they're starting to get back into major updates.

SuperTuxKart has a fresh Release Candidate out for testing

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jul 2020

The classic free and open source racer SuperTuxKart continues to mature, with a brand new testing release available with some changes to the tech used.

NVIDIA 450.56.02 Vulkan Beta Driver is out for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jul 2020

NVIDIA continue expanding their Linux driver support, with a fresh Vulkan Beta Driver going live today.

Gyroscope tool JoyShockMapper comes to Linux, Valve adds 'Flick stick' to Steam Input

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jul 2020

Own a gamepad / controller that has a built in gyroscope? Using it for first-person shooters might be about to get better for you with JoyShockMapper and Steam Input for Steam users.

DirectX 12 exclusive DEATH STRANDING runs on Linux with Proton 5.0-10

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jul 2020

Not long after the official PC release, the DirectX 12 exclusive DEATH STRANDING is now playable on Linux with the Steam Play Proton compatibility layer.

Inspired by Settlers II, the open source Widelands has a new test build up

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jul 2020

Settlers II is an absolute classic and Widelands does a pretty good job of carrying the torch. Recently, a huge new update went out in the form of a Release Candidate.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has a new Beta to deal with cheating

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jun 2020

While Team Fortress 2 is dealing with racist bots, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is dealing with cheating and there's a new Beta out now.

Dying Light - Hellraid launches July 23, pre-purchase and Beta up now

By Liam Dawe, 26 Jun 2020

While Techland have put Hellraid on hold for now, they have given it a new life with Dying Light - Hellraid which is releasing on July 23 and you can get Beta access.

NVIDIA released a big new mainline Linux Beta Driver 450.51

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jun 2020

Not long after the recent developer-focused 440.66.17 Vulkan Beta, NVIDIA have released the 450.51 Linux Beta Driver in their mainline series that's for us consumers to jump in with.

NVIDIA 440.66.17 Vulkan Beta Driver released

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jun 2020

Today NVIDIA have released a fresh developer-focused Vulkan Beta Driver with support for more extensions and a little performance work included.

Linux Mint 20 hits Beta with Cinnamon, MATE and Xfce desktops

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jun 2020

The Linux Mint team have announced the big push towards release with a Beta version of Linux Mint 20 available now across three different desktop environments.

Brand new point & click The Hand of Glory is out, Linux build in testing

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jun 2020

The Hand of Glory just released after a successful crowdfunding campaign and as promised by the developer, a Linux build is now in testing.

Transhuman Design taking sign-ups for multiplayer Soldat 2 testing

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jun 2020

After open sourcing the original Soldat, Transhuman Design are now pushing forwards with their next generation side-scrolling action game Soldat 2.

Valve continues to improve Linux Vulkan Shader Pre-Caching

By Liam Dawe, 30 May 2020

Recently we wrote about a new feature for Linux in the Steam Client Beta, where Steam can now sort out Vulkan shaders before running a game. With the latest build, it gets better.