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X4: Foundations update 2.60 is out, X4: Split Vendetta and the big 3.0 update both delayed

By Liam Dawe, 18 Oct 2019

A couple of bits of news from Egosoft to share for their massive space sci-fi sandbox X4: Foundations.

Vulkan support is not far away now for the flight sim X-Plane 11, physics & flight model updates coming

By Liam Dawe, 15 Oct 2019

X-Plane 11, the detailed flight simulator is finally closing in on an update that will bring in Vulkan support.

Turn-based political simulation game 'Lawgivers' adds Linux support with the latest update

By Liam Dawe, 14 Oct 2019

Today I came across Lawgivers, a turn-based political simulation game which recently added Linux support and it looks like it could be a lot of fun.

Fantasy tavern management sim 'Crossroads Inn' to release on October 23rd

By Liam Dawe, 9 Oct 2019

After a successful Kickstarter campaign, the fantasy tavern management sim with "RPG elements" Crossroads Inn will be releasing this month on Steam and GOG.

Developed on Linux, the train transportation sim 'Hexa Trains' is out now

By Liam Dawe, 9 Oct 2019

After an unsuccessful Kickstarter campaign, solo developer Bram Stolk has released Hexa Trains on Steam. Developed on Linux, this unusually styled transportation sim certainly looks interesting.

First-person block-based urban sandbox city-builder 'Voxel Turf' adds new biomes

By Liam Dawe, 8 Oct 2019

Voxel Turf is such a unique gem that blends multiple types of games together. It allows you to run around in first-person, build a city and fight off gangs. A big surprise update just dropped too.

Oxygen Not Included should perform a lot better with the latest update

By Liam Dawe, 7 Oct 2019

While Oxygen Not Included is one of my favourite games to come out in the last year, it did have a few performance issues here and there which the latest update should hopefully solve.

The huge sounding EVERSPACE 2 from ROCKFISH Games is now live on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe, 2 Oct 2019

The day is upon on us as the massive new space shooter with deep exploration, EVERSPACE 2, is now live on Kickstarter.

The massive overhaul for Factorio is now live for everyone, get ready to build big

By Liam Dawe, 25 Sep 2019

After first releasing the test builds for Factorio 0.17 around half a year ago, the team at Wube Software have now finished it up enough to let everyone have it.

Snowtopia: Ski Resort Tycoon is heading to Steam next year, early build to try on itch.io

By Liam Dawe, 23 Sep 2019

Up for playing another building and management tycoon game? Snowtopia: Ski Resort Tycoon is one we talked about briefly back in January and it seems to be progressing along nicely.

Build and run your own Battle Royale park in Battle Royale Tycoon out now

By Liam Dawe, 23 Sep 2019

Not quite the usual Battle Royale, here you're the one in charge. Battle Royale Tycoon is like a more violent and simple version of Parkitect.

The dev of Rings of Saturn thinks going cross-platform 'paid off'

By Liam Dawe, 19 Sep 2019

Currently in Early Access on itch.io and Steam, the developer of the top-down hard sci-fi space sim ΔV: Rings of Saturn seems to think doing a Linux and Mac build was worth it.

Prison Architect updated with more free content, needs a fix for it running on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 18 Sep 2019

Now that Paradox own the rights to Prison Architect and Double Eleven are in charge of development, they're continuing the free updates.

Build and manage your very own vineyard in Terroir, now available for Linux on GOG

By Liam Dawe, 17 Sep 2019

GOG have added another Linux game to their DRM-free collection recently with the tycoon vineyard building game Terroir now up.

War Thunder 1.91 'Night Vision' is out with the Chinese nation, new sound engine and Easy Anti-Cheat

By Liam Dawe, 12 Sep 2019

The online free to play combat sim War Thunder just had a huge new release, adding in an entirely new nation with China and plenty of upgrades elsewhere.

Hotel design and management sim Hotel Magnate should be on Linux at release

By Liam Dawe, 12 Sep 2019

After a successful crowdfunding campaign, it looks like Hotel Magnate will actually be coming to Linux.

Kerbal Space Program will continue to be upgraded with a new version on the way

By Liam Dawe, 10 Sep 2019

While Kerbal Space Program 2 has been announced (sadly not for Linux), developer Squad is not finished with the original and several big improvements are on the way.

Hexa Trains, an economic sim based on planets made from hexagons to release in October

By Liam Dawe, 26 Aug 2019

Developed by Game Studio Abraham Stolk who previously made The Little Crane That Could, Hexa Trains is an economic sim that looks rather interesting with planets full of hexagons.

Space colony building sim Space Haven has a third Alpha release out now

By Liam Dawe, 23 Aug 2019

Space Haven from Bugbyte Ltd continues being shaped into something special, with a third Alpha version now available for this unique colony building sim.