Iron Roads is a cute-looking rail network optimisation sim out in Early Access
Love your building and management sims? Iron Roads puts a rather cute looking style on it and it's now available with Linux support in Early Access.
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Mahjong gets the Balatro treatment with Aotenjo: Infinite Hands
We're likely to continue seeing more developers try mixing up classic games like Balatro did with Poker, and now we have Aotenjo: Infinite Hands aiming to do similar for Mahjong.
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Yield! Fall of Rome is the 'child of Polytopia and Civilization' out in Early Access and Steam Deck Verified
A bit of strategy gaming on the go? Developer Billionworlds and publisher Daedalic Entertainment recently announced the release of Yield! Fall of Rome.
Airships: Lost Flotilla is a perfect time-killer where you can make some ridiculous ships
Airships: Lost Flotilla is a steampunk themed auto-shooter just released from David Stark, an offshoot of their other game Airships: Conquer the Skies and it's simply great.
Horizons: The End Of Words is a clever space-exploration word game out now
For puzzle word game fans, this is quite a unique one! Horizons: The End Of Words is an open-world space-exploration word game.
Cross-platform Nexus Mods App v0.7.2 improves the UI, adds Bannerlord Software Extender support
The Nexus team continue building up their newer cross-platform open source Nexus Mods App that will eventually replace Vortex. Version 0.7.2 was released recently further expanding what you can do with it.
Proton Experimental updated with fixes for Battle.net, Atelier Resleriana, Dirt Rally 2 and more
Valve updated Proton Experimental for January 22nd with a bunch more fixes for gamers on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck. Like the Battle.net update issue that came up recently that was fixed in a recent GE-Proton update too
90s classics inspired adventure Splittown arrives on Steam and looks great
If you love classic point and click adventures then Splittown might be your next destination, as it's just arrived on Steam.
Linux kernel 6.13 is out now
One missed earlier this week while I was running around Wales, Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux kernel 6.13.
Stable Steam Client update for Desktop and Steam Deck brings a whole lot of fixes
Valve released a fresh stable update to the Steam Client this week bringing numerous bug fixes and improvements for Desktop and Steam Deck.
SDL 3 officially released for game devs plus an SDL 2 to SDL 3 compatibility layer
Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) is a popular free and open source library for developers that handles audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick and graphics with SDL 3 now available. Plus a new SDL 2 to SDL 3 compatibility layer.
Windows compatibility layer Wine 10.0 out now bringing Wayland and ARM64EC support, new FFmpeg multimedia back-end
The big release is here! The Windows compatibility layer Wine version 10.0 is officially out now bringing lots of big new features.
GE-Proton 9-23 released with a Battle.net update fix for Linux / Steam Deck
GE-Proton 9-23 is out now as the latest update for the community-maintained version of Valve's Proton that pulls in lots of quick-fixes for Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck.
Cats vs Cthulhu is a weird and charming survivor-like with unique movement
In a genre full of clones and copycats, Cats vs Cthulhu is a very unique bullet-heaven survivor-like where you bounce around the arenas trying to avoid all the enemies while collecting everything to power up.
Broken Alliance from the Death & Taxes dev is now in Early Access, a love-letter to Heroes of Might and Magic
Placeholder Gameworks who made Death & Taxes just released Broken Alliance into Early Access with Linux support. An indie love letter to pixel art, old-school adventure games, mythical creatures and fantasy storytelling.
Linux Mint 22.1 'Xia' is out now with improved Wayland support
Linux Mint 22.1 "Xia" has now been released bringing with it many improvements to the desktop, along with enhancements to all the software that powers it.
Game save data backup tool Ludusavi v0.28 brings new features
If you want to make backups of your game saves, the free and open source tool Ludusavi is an essential item to put in your toolbox.
Discord screen-sharing with audio on Linux Wayland is officially here
Finally, Discord stable has a new release available, and it officially brings full screen-sharing with audio on Linux with Wayland.
There goes the weekend - rogue-lite action-RPG Heroes of Hammerwatch II is out now
Developer Crackshell have released Heroes of Hammerwatch II, a rogue-lite action-rpg that offers extensive persistent progression.
Vulkan Quake port vkQuake 1.32 adds external WAD, WAD3, and Half-life format support
vkQuake is an advanced port of id Software's Quake using Vulkan instead of OpenGL for rendering. It's impressive, one of the best ways to play, and the recent update sounds pretty delightful.
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