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Free to play MMO 'Albion Online' is going very strong with 500K monthly players during April
Not many popular MMO games have Linux support but Albion Online does and it appears that in terms of player population overall they're doing well.
Category: Free Game
Tasty Static, clone of the classic SkyRoads has a new release out
Remember SkyRoads? A classic 90's racing game with a bit of a twist, that acts a bit like a platformer. It has a free clone called Tasty Static, which recently had a big update. I've been a little obsessed over it too.
Endless Sky, a free and open source space trading & combat game expands with a new update
Endless Sky, a free and open source classic 2D space game continues expanding with the first stable release in quite some time.
Classic Westwood strategy games live on as 'OpenRA' has a new major stable release
OpenRA, the excellent free and open source RTS game engine for playing classic Westwood titles has a huge new release finally out as stable today.
Team Fortress 2 gets a nice tribute to Rick May, plus a few minor fixes
Rick May, voice of The Soldier in Team Fortress 2 died earlier this year and now Valve has added a small dedication to May in Team Fortress 2.
Free first-person shooter 'Tomatenquark' releasing soon based on Cube 2: Sauerbraten
Coming soon to Steam Early Access, Tomatenquark is another attempt to revive a classic free and open source first-person shooter.
Mixing real-time battles with turn-based strategy, Total War: SHOGUN 2 is FREE right now
Total War: SHOGUN 2 is now FREE to grab until May 1st on Steam. This is not a free week or weekend, this is your chance to grab an entirely free copy of the game.
Verdant Village puts a high-fantasy spin on Stardew Valley styled gameplay - try it free
Currently in development with it classed as being in an "alpha state", Verdant Village seems like a sweet and promising high fantasy alternative to Stardew Valley with some new themes.
You can play XCOM 2 free until April 30 and you definitely should try it
XCOM 2, likely one of my absolutely all-time favourite strategy games can be played for free until April 30.
Epicinium - a strategy game where nature is a finite resource, to release free and going open source
Epicinium is a name I've not heard in some time. After a failed Kickstarter in 2018, they're back with their strategy game and the team at A Bunch of Hacks have a new plan for it which includes open source.
OpenRA has a new test release, plus the OpenRA powered RTS 'Fractured Realms' has a pre-release
OpenRA, the free and open source real-time strategy game engine for playing classic Westwood games has a new testing release up. Additionally, Fractured Realms, a game powered by OpenRA tech has a pre-release.
A look over all the goodies on sale (and free) for Linux gaming fans this weekend
It's another weekend, although you will be completely forgiven for having no idea what day it is. I don't remember half the time right now as it's all blurring into one during lockdown. Here's a look over what you can get cheap and free right now.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has now beaten the all-time player record of Dota 2
Four years ago, Valve's free to play MOBA Dota 2 hit 1,295,114 concurrent players and today it's finally been beaten by Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
Total War: WARHAMMER II and Northgard free weekend, Overcooked! 2 has DLC free to keep
Looks like even more games are letting you play free across this weekend and there's plenty of fun to be had for everyone with Linux as their favourite system.
Humble Store giving away 'Manual Samuel' for FREE over the next few days
Manual Samuel, a classic adventure game with a wild twist, is currently being given away FREE on the Humble Store.
Open-world vehicle building adventure 'TerraTech' free to play until April 21
British indie team Payload Studios have put their Linux game, TerraTech, up on a long Steam Free Weekend so you can download and play for free now until April 21.
Free and open source Master of Orion clone 'Remnants of the Precursors' has a Beta release
Remember the original Master of Orion? Remnants of the Precursors is a strict feature clone of the 1993 classic. It's free, open source and a Beta version is out now.
Unbound: Worlds Apart Prologue, a free intro to an upcoming metroidvania puzzle-platformer with portals
Unbound: Worlds Apart Prologue, a free introduction for the upcoming Unbound: Worlds Apart is now available on Linux letting you conjure magic portals to travel between different realities.
Blending a MOBA with an RTS 'Asteroid Fight' is out now and free to play
Asteroid Fight had a great idea but little to no marketing and it went unnoticed, now it's left Early Access as a full game and the developer has made it free to play.
Valve add a Prestige option to the Dota Underlords 'City Crawl' mode to increase the challenge
Dota Underlords, the curious blend of Dota lore and characters in an auto-battling strategy game has a brand new update out as it continues to see a healthy amount of players since release.
- Funded in 5 minutes - the open source modular mini computer 'Pilet' is on Kickstarter
- The Awesome Games Done Quick Humble Bundle is a good deal not to be missed
- Valve set Palworld back as Steam Deck Playable but with multiple listed problems
- GPD WIN 4 handheld plans to support Valve's SteamOS in 2025 (updated: nope) [updated]
- There is no AMD Z2 Steam Deck model coming - Valve
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- Discord Canary on Linux breaks Wayland screen-sharing support for now
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