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We have a bunch of Wild Terra Online keys to give away again

By Liam Dawe,
We have teamed up with the folks at Juvty Worlds once again to offer up a bunch of Wild Terra Online keys!

Learning to game-dev on Linux: Resolutiion is a Zelda-like in the making

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We are sitting outside a German cafe, enjoying the last warm days of 2015, imagining our video game project. We wanted something like Zelda on the Super Nintendo but more futuristic. And with pixels — many, many pixels.

Ion Maiden, a new 3D Realms FPS has launched in Early Access with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Well this was unexpected! 3D Realms is back, teaming up with Voidpoint for a brand new FPS named Ion Maiden and the first part is now available in Early Access with Linux support.

One Hour One Life, a very unique survival game where you can be another player's baby

By Liam Dawe,
I've not been this intrigued by a game for quite some time, One Hour One Life sounds like one of the most unique survival games I've ever seen.

Boo! Greedy Kid is a pretty amusing puzzle game about scaring people for soda money

By Liam Dawe,
Flying Oak Games certainly get points for originality here, as Boo! Greedy Kid is a pretty amusing idea for a casual fast-paced puzzle game.

Work is under way to get proper Steam Controller support in the Linux Kernel

By Liam Dawe,
In addition to an update to the excellent SC Controller software, it seems there's also work towards getting full Steam Controller support in the Linux Kernel.

The situation with 'Underworld Ascendant' and Linux support is currently a little confusing

By Liam Dawe,
Underworld Ascendant, the action RPG from the original creators of Ultima Underworld added Linux support as part of the original Kickstarter back in 2015. Now, it seems they're not too sure what they're doing with Linux support.

SC Controller driver and UI for the Steam Controller has a fresh update

By Liam Dawe,
The incredibly useful SC Controller tool has a fresh update out that sees the return of AppImage support, a few new bits and some bug fixes.

Heroes of Hammerwatch releases in two days, check out their new trailer

By Liam Dawe,
Heroes of Hammerwatch, a rogue-lite action-adventure from Crackshell releases on March 1st and they've just put up a shiny new trailer.

Power Rangers-inspired tactical RPG 'Chroma Squad' adds Episode Creator & Steam Workshop support

By Liam Dawe,
If you enjoyed the camp tactical RPG Chroma Squad, get ready for more action as it now has a free Episode Creator and Steam Workshop support.

The free to play MMO 'Tale of Toast' has launched, with some major scaling issues

By Liam Dawe,
If you're like me and you want to see more MMOs on Linux, you might have been excited to try Tale of Toast, sadly they've had a rough start.

Steampunk dungeon crawler 'Vaporum' is now officially available on GOG & Steam for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Vaporum, a steampunk dungeon crawler from Fatbot Games has been officially released for Linux, available from both GOG and Steam. I've spent some time with it now and here's some thoughts.

WWI FPS 'Tannenberg' to get a good performance bump

By Liam Dawe,
Tannenberg, the WWI FPS that follows the Eastern Front is going to get an update sometime soon that should give a decent performance boost.

Attrition: Tactical Fronts, a quick play, turn-based strategy game for 1-2 players added Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Here's one that didn't seen to get any attention, Attrition: Tactical Fronts a quick play, turn-based strategy game for 1-2 players added Linux support back in December.

Feudal Alloy, a metroidvania action-RPG with robots controlled by fish will support Linux

By Liam Dawe,
That's a title I didn't think I would ever write! Robots controlled by fish is certainly an amusing idea and it's coming with the metroidvania action-RPG 'Feudal Alloy' later this year.

Godot Engine to work on Vulkan support

By Liam Dawe,
Speaking on their official blog, Godot Engine developer Juan Linietsky writes about how the open source game engine will be getting Vulkan API support.

The developer of 'Rise to Ruins' has shared some Linux sales and players data

By Liam Dawe,
Rise to Ruins, the rather excellent indie godlike village simulator is a favourite of mine and here's some information on how it's doing on Linux.

Albion Online 'Lancelot' update to land March 12th with Fishing, Roaming Mobs & more

By Liam Dawe,
Albion Online is set to expand again with the 'Lancelot' update that has been announced for release on March 12th.

The 80's inspired action-adventure Crossing Souls is out, it's pretty good

By Liam Dawe,
Crossing Souls, from Fourattic and Devolver Digital is an action-adventure love letter to the 80's and it's pretty good overall.

Vulkan can now run on Mac as MoltenVK is now open source

By Liam Dawe,
Not exactly Linux news, but still interesting since Vulkan is what will likely power many Linux games in future and having Vulkan on Mac could result in easier ports to Linux.