Latest Steam Beta has Linux fixes plus (speculation) possible Steam Rewards, Subnoscriptions and Cloud Gaming
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Latest Steam Beta has Linux fixes plus (speculation) possible Steam Rewards, Subnoscriptions and Cloud Gaming
Recently, Valve released another fresh Steam Beta and it does include some handy Linux fixes but it seems they have some more exciting changes upcoming.
Dead Cells expands with the 'Bestiary Update' adding in six new enemies and new item affixes
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Dead Cells expands with the 'Bestiary Update' adding in six new enemies and new item affixes
Evil Empire & Motion Twin have updated the excellent Dead Cells again, after release a Half-Life themed patch last month, the larger 'Bestiary Update' is out now.
Get ready to putt as 'Golf With Your Friends' releases on May 19
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Get ready to putt as 'Golf With Your Friends' releases on May 19
Blacklight Interactive and Team17 have announced that their super fun casual sports game, Golf With Your Friends, is leaving Early Access on May 19.
Gain fame as well as fortune as Tropico 6 goes social with the Spitter DLC that's out today
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Gain fame as well as fortune as Tropico 6 goes social with the Spitter DLC that's out today
Tropico 6 always leans on the side of silliness and it appears the latest DLC for this strategy / city-builder is taking aim at social networks. The Tropico 6 - Spitter DLC is out today.
Linux game launcher 'GameHub' has a brand new release, with game tweaking support
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Linux game launcher 'GameHub' has a brand new release, with game tweaking support
GameHub is another game launcher available for Linux, one we've talked briefly about before, and it just recently had quite a nice looking update.
The classic Escape Velocity: Override is getting remastered with Cosmic Frontier: Override
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The classic Escape Velocity: Override is getting remastered with Cosmic Frontier: Override
Escape Velocity: Override, something of a classic from the 90s is getting remastered with Cosmic Frontier: Override and it's seeking funding on Kickstarter.
Literary mystery adventure 'Sarawak' announced, developed on Linux - releasing early 2021
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Literary mystery adventure 'Sarawak' announced, developed on Linux - releasing early 2021
Ready to do a deep-dive into a new text-adventure? Sarawak definitely rises high on my curiosity scale with gameplay split between interactive narrative choices and image-based puzzles.
Collabora continue expanding the FOSS 'Panfrost' driver to cover Mali Bifrost GPUs
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Collabora continue expanding the FOSS 'Panfrost' driver to cover Mali Bifrost GPUs
Some interesting open source GPU driver news to share today, as Collabora continue working on their open source Panfrost driver to cover newer generations of Mali ARM GPUs.
Prison Architect getting a free 'Cleared for Transfer' expansion on May 14
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Prison Architect getting a free 'Cleared for Transfer' expansion on May 14
Today, Paradox Interactive and Double Eleven announced that Prison Architect will be getting a free expansion on May 14 named 'Cleared for Transfer'.
Distro News - Ubuntu 20.04 'Focal Fossa', Ubuntu MATE and other flavours released
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Distro News - Ubuntu 20.04 'Focal Fossa', Ubuntu MATE and other flavours released
Today is the big day for Canonical and their partners. Ubuntu 20.04 'Focal Fossa' is officially released as their new LTS (Long Term Support) edition along with other desktop flavours like Ubuntu MATE.
New release of Steam Audio and the next Steam Labs project is up focused on game searching
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New release of Steam Audio and the next Steam Labs project is up focused on game searching
Valve continue to improve Steam at quite a rapid pace lately. Recently, they not only released a new beta of Steam Audio but they also put up a new experiment.
Simple local-multiplayer PvP real-time strategy noscript 'Rover Wars' is out now
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Simple local-multiplayer PvP real-time strategy noscript 'Rover Wars' is out now
Rover Wars strips down the RTS genre to some of the basics and makes it a competitive local multiplayer game, it's actually pretty darn fun and it's out now.
You can play XCOM 2 free until April 30 and you definitely should try it
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You can play XCOM 2 free until April 30 and you definitely should try it
XCOM 2, likely one of my absolutely all-time favourite strategy games can be played for free until April 30.
Verdant Village puts a high-fantasy spin on Stardew Valley styled gameplay - try it free
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Verdant Village puts a high-fantasy spin on Stardew Valley styled gameplay - try it free
Currently in development with it classed as being in an alpha state, Verdant Village seems like a sweet and promising high fantasy alternative to Stardew Valley with some new themes.
It appears that Valve are preparing Half-Life: Alyx for Linux
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It appears that Valve are preparing Half-Life: Alyx for Linux
Half-Life: Alyx, Valve's return to the Half-Life franchise in VR-only form release for Windows last month and it appears they're now preparing a Linux version.
Dark fantasy turn-based tactical roguelike RPG 'Iratus: Lord of the Dead' is out now
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Dark fantasy turn-based tactical roguelike RPG 'Iratus: Lord of the Dead' is out now
Iratus: Lord of the Dead from developer Unfrozen and publisher Daedalic Entertainment has now left Early Access, with it full Linux support is now also up.
Lenovo are to start shipping Fedora Linux as an option on their ThinkPad laptops
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Lenovo are to start shipping Fedora Linux as an option on their ThinkPad laptops
As a nice win for open source, hardware vendor Lenovo are going to begin offering Fedora Linux on their ThinkPad line.
NVIDIA have a new Vulkan Beta Driver out with some important Linux fixes
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NVIDIA have a new Vulkan Beta Driver out with some important Linux fixes
Last week NVIDIA released a new Vulkan Beta Driver which came with some issues, a new build has gone out today fixing some of the most pressing.
LudoNarraCon digital festival starts today on Steam with a sale and livestreams
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LudoNarraCon digital festival starts today on Steam with a sale and livestreams
LudoNarraCon has returned, with another digital event now live on Steam to celebrate narrative games.
Wine 5.7 is out with more WineD3D Vulkan work, a start on a USB device driver
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Wine 5.7 is out with more WineD3D Vulkan work, a start on a USB device driver
The Wine compatibility layer has another development release out today with Wine 5.7 adding in some new features.
Reminder: Update your PC info for the next round of statistics updates
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Reminder: Update your PC info for the next round of statistics updates
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.