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Detective adventure Backbone looks incredible and launches on June 8

By Liam Dawe,
After a successful Kickstarter campaign back in 2018, the Backbone: Prologue release in 2019, we're about to see Backbone officially launch on June 8.

Space Betrayers mixes together a card game, crisis management and social deduction

By Liam Dawe,
Promising a social deduction game like nothing you've ever played before, Space Betrayers has managed to grab my attention because it genuinely sounds quite good.

GamingOnLinux moves on from Freenode to Libera.Chat for IRC

By Liam Dawe,
IRC, that lovely simple chat network that's been around since forever is still going despite other much more popular solutions appearing (hi Discord) and recently the huge Freenode network had a hostile takeover.

Unreal Engine 5 goes out in Early Access with continued Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Epic Games has today released Unreal Engine 5 into Early Access with some huge new features, a new look for the editor and continued support for Linux builds of games.

Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit teams up with publisher Headup for a 2022 release

By Liam Dawe,
Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit is an upcoming 3D point and click adventure from developer Tag of Joy, who have now announced a team up with publisher Headup for a 2022 release.

Classic freeware shooter 'AssaultCube' is making a comeback

By Liam Dawe,
AssaultCube, a name I bet plenty of Linux users know but haven't heard anything of in a long time. It hasn't seen a release since *checks notes* 2013. However, it's going to make a return.

Last Epoch the awesome action-RPG update 0.8.2 is out with huge end-game changes

By Liam Dawe,
Eleventh Hour Games have published the latest huge upgrade for Last Epoch, their time-travelling action-RPG.

Stadia Pro games for June include Blue Fire, MotoGP20 and more - ARK arrives this 'Summer'

By Liam Dawe,
We now know what you can expect from Stadia Pro, the optional Google Stadia subscription, if you stay subscribed in June with the next set of claimable games announced. Time for another Stadia round-up.

Slimbook think they have the 'One' for you with their new compact mini-PC

By Liam Dawe,
Need a new PC? Slimbook have a pretty fancy and sleek looking compact mini-PC called the Slimbook One powered by an AMD RYZEN 7 4800H and AMD Radeon Graphics Vega 7.

StarCrawlers Chimera is a new upcoming first-person cyberpunk dungeon crawler

By Liam Dawe,
StarCrawlers Chimera has been announced by Juggernaut Games as their newest modern first-person dungeon crawler.

Google detail 'Half-Double', a new Rowhammer vulnerability for DRAM

By Liam Dawe,
Is nothing sacred any more? Gosh, there's vulnerabilities everywhere. Just when you thought you were safe after updating to protect your CPU, now there's this. Thought RAM vendors had fixed Rowhammer from 2014? Think again, it's back with Half-Double.

Looks like Steam is getting a brand new Downloads page

By Liam Dawe,
Now that the dust has settled on the new Steam Library design, along with various other UI overhauls like the Properties page for games (and the recent SteamPal console leaks) - Valve will be fixing up the Steam Downloads page now too.

A trio of top-down Dungeon Crawlers reviewed, one old, one new and one coming soon

By scaine,
I was recently offered a beta key for the upcoming Ampers@t dungeon crawler and then a curator key for the recently released Ouroboros Dungeon. What better time, then, to also review the classic crawler, Unexplored?

Dome Romantik is a unique roguelite miner about digging to the planet's core

By Liam Dawe,
Dig for riches but watch out for nasty creatures on these alien worlds in the unique and quite clever Dome Romantik.

JRPG inspired adventure Light Fairytale Episode 2 is out in Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Following on from a cliffhanger in the first episode, Light Fairytale Episode 2 is a Japanese inspired RPG featuring a modern presentation with a classic core.

Comedy point and click adventure Not Another Weekend is out now

By Liam Dawe,
With a certain level of humour and style found in early Leisure Suit Larry, developers Animatic Vision / Dead Blue Friends have released Not Another Weekend.

Heroic Games Launcher for running Epic Store titles on Linux 1.7.0 release is out

By Liam Dawe,
As Epic Games continue ignoring Linux with their store, the Heroic Games Launcher picks up that slack and it has a new release now available for you.

Hints appear of Valve making a handheld Steam "SteamPal" Neptune console

By Liam Dawe,
Well well, perhaps we finally know what the end game is here for the Steam Play Proton compatibility layer and a lot of the other work Valve has been doing for Linux with a possible handheld Steam console. UPDATED.

Reminder: Update your PC info for the next round of statistics updates

By gamingonlinux,
This is your once a month reminder to make sure your PC information is correct on your user profiles. A fresh batch of statistics is generated on the 1st of each month.

SCS put up an open Beta for multiplayer in Euro Truck Sim 2 and American Truck Sim

By Liam Dawe,
To be available in an opt-in Beta on Steam, SCS Software are officially bringing online multiplayer to both of their truck sims with Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator.