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Little Racers STREET gains a brand new Linux (and macOS) port using FNA

By Liam Dawe, Jan 30, 2020

Ethan Lee is back with another game port, this time it's a little different. Little Racers STREET already had a Linux version but it's been remade.

Zombie Panic! Source getting the big 3.1 release with Linux support 'as soon as possible' - needs testing

By Liam Dawe, Jan 26, 2020

The Zombie Panic! Team put out another update on the progress towards version 3.1, what's turned into a massive overhaul to many parts of the game as Linux support also comes in.

Wx3 Labs continue polishing the Linux Beta of Starcom: Nexus - it's looking good

By Liam Dawe, Jan 22, 2020

After getting a Linux Beta build back in December, the open-world space action and adventure game Starcom: Nexus continues getting polished up for Linux support.

If you enjoy Slay the Spire you should try the opt-in Beta for a better experience

By Liam Dawe, Jan 21, 2020

Now that the huge update to Slay the Spire is live adding in The Watcher as the fourth character, Mega Crit Games have also updated their opt-in game engine upgrade Beta.

Silly physics sandbox Garry's Mod is getting some big upgrades

By Liam Dawe, Jan 14, 2020

Garry's Mod is a game about screwing around, playing with physics and possibly creating your own fun game and it's about to get some big upgrades.

The latest Steam Client Beta solves Linux issues with NFS mounts and the Hardware Survey

By Liam Dawe, Jan 10, 2020

Valve have released another Beta for the Steam Client, the first Beta of 2020 and it pulls in a couple Linux fixes.

NVIDIA have a new Vulkan Beta driver out, adds a fix for DXVK

By Liam Dawe, Jan 8, 2020

NVIDIA continue advancing their special Vulkan Beta driver, the one that gets all the upcoming features that need a little extra time to brew.

Free and open source transport sim OpenTTD has a second Beta towards a big new version

By Liam Dawe, Dec 27, 2019

OpenTTD is a true classic, building upon what Transport Tycoon Deluxe started and expanding it across more platforms and keeping it alive many years later.

The latest Black Mesa update makes it much smoother on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Dec 23, 2019

With Crowbar Collective enabling a Beta containing the full Black Mesa experience recently, it came with a major performance problem on Linux which now seems to be solved!

Flax Engine 0.6 beta released, adds Linux support

By Liam Dawe, Dec 18, 2019

Nice to see even more game engines add Linux support. Flax Engine is one we covered recently, after they announced their plans to support Linux and now it has arrived.

The Universim entering Beta with a ridiculously big update next month

By Liam Dawe, Dec 17, 2019

The Universim is already quite impressive for a city-building god sim and it's about to get a huge amount bigger next month.

Open-world space adventure Starcom: Nexus now has a Linux Beta you can easily try

By Liam Dawe, Dec 17, 2019

Wx3 Labs have now opened up the Beta for Starcom: Nexus to everyone who owns the game (or picks it up now), plus they're looking for some feedback.

Another Steam Beta is out, updates the Linux Runtime to help Steam Play Proton

By Liam Dawe, Dec 11, 2019

Quite a small update to the Steam Beta recently, but for some Linux gamers using Steam Play Proton it might be a rather helpful one.

New Steam Client Beta upgrades the Linux Steam Runtime Container and Remote Play Together

By Liam Dawe, Dec 6, 2019

Valve have another freshly brewed Beta available for the Steam Client that was released yesterday ready for more testing.

The second Beta of Godot Engine 3.2 is out with more WebAssembly work

By Liam Dawe, Nov 22, 2019

Just over two weeks after the first, the second Beta for the big upcoming Godot Engine 3.2 release is now available.

Streets of Rogue now has a Level Editor and Steam Workshop in Beta, along with an update released

By Liam Dawe, Nov 21, 2019

Streets of Rogue, the incredibly fun rogue-lite from Matt Dabrowski has a new update out. This includes a playable version of the Level Editor and Steam Workshop support in Beta, with new content also available for everyone.

Chaotic track building game Unrailed! now has a Beta for Linux

By Liam Dawe, Nov 21, 2019

Developer Indoor Astronaut announced yesterday that their amusing and chaotic track building game Unrailed! now has a Beta available for Linux players to try out.