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Surviving Mars already has a fix out for the Linux text problem, plus more thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
Surviving Mars launched with an unfortunate text rendering bug in the Linux version, which is now thankfully fixed. Plus more thoughts on it.

Varied shoot 'em up Dark Old Sun adds Linux support, lots of different enemies and upgrades to try

By Liam Dawe,
For those who can't get enough shoot 'em up action, Dark Old Sun recently added Linux support and it looks pretty varied.

Wine 3.4 released with more Vulkan support

By Liam Dawe,
Another Wine development release with Wine 3.4 that continues to add in more Vulkan support making another exciting release.

Friday Livestream with Samsai at 6 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
Hey, it's Friday again and it's time to set up the weekly stream! So, get your snacks ready and point your browsers and whatnot to our Twitch channel for some live Linux gaming!

The developer of One Hour One Life on keeping games code & assets open and not launching on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
The developer of One Hour One Life and The Castle Doctrine has made two interesting posts lately, one about not launching a game on Steam and one about keeping your game code and assets open to anyone.

Tropico 6 has a new trailer showing off some new gameplay features

By Liam Dawe,
Greetings wannabe dictators, El Presidente is back with another new trailer of Tropico 6 to show off some new features.

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case, the follow up to The Silver Case released with day-1 Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
That's right, The 25th Ward: The Silver Case the follow up title to The Silver Case which gained Linux support in an update to the remastered version last year. This time around, we saw day-1 support.

DayZ is not currently coming to Linux, but the developers are open to it

By Liam Dawe,
During a recent livestream, the DayZ developers mentioned Linux and a few people went wild. Sadly, they meant this in relation to dedicated servers, but the door remains open.

Space station building sim 'Starmancer' has smashed through some fun stretch-goals on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe,
It's certainly no secret I'm impressed with Starmancer, the Dwarf Fortress inspired space station sim. It has a Linux demo and the funding is still coming in, the stretch goals they've reached sound fantastic.

Kerbal Space Program: Making History Expansion is out expanding the game quite a lot

By Liam Dawe,
Kerbal Space Program: Making History Expansion is the first expansion for the amusing rocket-building sandbox game and it adds some pretty decent content.

Animal sim RPG 'Cattails' has a pretty great update letting you make your own colony

By Liam Dawe,
The sweet and relaxing animal sim RPG Cattails just had a big update, with a highly requested feature to let you build up your own colony.

Croteam will have an interesting talk at GDC this year about game performance

By Liam Dawe,
It seems Croteam will be doing a talk at GDC this year and it sounds like it's going to be quite interesting, with it being centred around getting games to perform smoothly. The talk will be presented by the Croteam CTO, Alen Ladavac.

Martian city-builder ‘Surviving Mars’ released with day-1 Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Martian city-builder Surviving Mars is the latest strategy game from Haemimont Games and it’s now available on Linux.

BATTLETECH has a new trailer about life as a mercenary

By Liam Dawe,
BATTLETECH, the new strategy game from Harebrained Schemes and Paradox Interactive is looking good in the latest trailer.

Cendric, a strange blending of an RPG and a platformer is now on Steam, it's also open source

By Liam Dawe,
Cendric, is a game that blends together a top-down 2D RPG view with a side-scrolling platformer as well, it's quite odd and it's now on Steam.

Yorg, a free and open source racing game with some hilarious handling

By Liam Dawe,
Ever heard of Yorg? It's an open source racing game currently in development that's a little like Micro Machines and it's a little bit hilarious.

Clawface, a completely free twin-stick shooter released with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
For those in the mood for twin-stick madness but your wallet is empty, you might want to check out Clawface which is completely free and has Linux support.

Sandbox space exploration game 'Space Impossible' has a Linux test build that works well

By Liam Dawe,
I'm such a sucker when it comes to games involving space travel, exploration and building a ship. Turns out that Space Impossible has a Linux version on Steam.

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire delayed until May

By BTRE,
The upcoming RPG sequel has been delayed a little bit to give the developers time to polish and improve the game following feedback in their closed beta.

Free to play MMO 'War Thunder' has a big update with a revamped game engine

By Liam Dawe,
The MMO 'War Thunder' has just gone through a small evolution with today's 1.77 'Advancing Storm' update.