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Games: Match Shot Chimera, Frogspin, and More
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Match Shot Chimera blends together a shoot 'em up with clever match-3 mechanics
Match-3 and blow everything up in Match Shot Chimera, a unique fusion of two rather different genres of games into something fun. There's a demo now available which has Native Linux support, and the developer recently confirmed that it will be releasing September 9th.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Check out the new demo for Frogspin, a platformer all about mayhem where you spin to win
Frogspin is an upcoming roguelike platformer where you spin to win, which results in some absolute mayhem as every level begins with the pull of a lever. The developer just announced a free demo is now available.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Moonlight Pulse is a metroidvania set inside an immense interstellar organism now with a Linux version
Set inside an immense interstellar organism, Moonlight Pulse looks like a fun metroidvania and recently it gained a Native Linux version. It was originally released back in April 2024, and now has an overall Very Positive rating on Steam.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Half-Life: Cross Product Multiplayer gets a Steam release
Half-Life: Cross Product Multiplayer is a free mod for Half-Life that's basically a big overhaul of HLDM (Half-Life Deathmatch) and now it's now on Steam. They regularly upgrade it with new maps, game modes and more. It even has Native Linux support too.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Retro x86-based machine emulator 86Box v5.0 brings a new integrated machine manager
86Box is a low level x86 emulator that runs older operating systems and software, with a big new release out to make managing multiple systems easier.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Bottles devs give more info on their funding from NLnet
Recently the Bottles team announced they've been granted funding by NLnet NGI Zero Commons and now they've given more detail on what it means.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Open source evolution sim Thrive adds planet customization
Open source evolution sim Thrive version 0.8.3 brings in some more customization in how you play, along with new additions to the gameplay. Just like playing the early stages of the classic game Spore, except with a lot more science behind it.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Tomb Raider I and Tomb Raider II open source re-implementations updated with new graphics options
The TRX project that brings an open-source reimplementation of Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2 has big new releases out now. It's split into two with TR1X for Tomb Raider I and TR2X for Tomb Raider 2 but they share a lot of the changes.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ GE-Proton 10-13 released with video fixes for various games and new options
The community compatibility layer GE-Proton for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck version 10-13 brings fixes for videos on various games with some new options.