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The FOSS real-time strategy 0 A.D. gains FXAA, more animals and a lot more ready for Alpha 24

By Liam Dawe,
0 A.D. is a free and open source in-development real-time strategy game from Wildfire Games, one that hasn't seen a big release for quite some time but work continues with it pulling in lots of goodies.

Go on a free and slightly disturbing journey as an egg cell in Swallow the Sea

By Liam Dawe,
I love short experimental games and Swallow the Sea is up there in my favourites this year, as it's so delightfully weird that it's absolutely captivating.

Chroma: Bloom And Blight is an ambitious upcoming competitive card game - on Kickstarter and demo up

By Liam Dawe,
Chroma: Bloom And Blight was quite a surprise to be told about today, a very ambitious upcoming competitive card game that will have full Linux support.

Humble Store has a massive Spring Sale on with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation FREE to claim

By Liam Dawe,
Humble Store just announced their massive Spring Sale is live, with tons of games discounted and you can grab a free game too.

Free to play MMO 'Albion Online' is going very strong with 500K monthly players during April

By Liam Dawe,
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.

Tasty Static, clone of the classic SkyRoads has a new release out

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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.
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