Games: Vampire Crawlers, Tingus Goose, and More

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 17, 2025

• Vampire Crawlers from the Vampire Survivors dev gets a fun new trailer | GamingOnLinux

  I am seriously stoked by Vampire Crawlers that adds to the world of Vampire Survivors with a fast-paced deck-builder from developer poncle.

• Tingus Goose is completely absurd and possibly 2025's strangest game | GamingOnLinux

  Tingus Goose has released recently and after being mystified by the demo, I took a look at the full game and I honestly still have no idea what is going on.

• ARC Raiders gets a huge v1.7.0 free update with a new map condition, new event, skill tree resets and more | GamingOnLinux

  Embark Games have been cooking, with ARC Raiders v1.7.0 out now that brings quite a lot to the popular extraction shooter - so time for another run.

• Ubisoft acquires March of Giants and the team from Amazon joining Ubisoft | GamingOnLinux

  Amazon continue moving further away from making and publishing their own games, with them selling off the upcoming March of Giants and the team behind it to Ubisoft. The game isn't available yet, and only completed a closed alpha test earlier this year so it's likely still quite a while away.

• Poly Bridge developer’s next game is Poly Bricks - a LEGO-like cozy, creative brick-building game | GamingOnLinux

  Riding the wave of more cozy games, developer Dry Cactus (Poly Bridge series) is working on their next game titled Poly Bricks that will come to Linux. They originally described it as a "cozy, creative brick-building game" that's "designed to capture the joy of building sets on your bedroom floor".

• The classic Plague Inc: Evolved gets a new free daily Outbreak Mode | GamingOnLinux

  Plague Inc: Evolved is a game about infecting the world by evolving a deadly global plague, and now there's new ways to play it.

• Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven arrives in January | GamingOnLinux

  Developer Massive Monster has revealed the exciting Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven DLC will arrive January 22, 2026 with a new trailer and more info. One of my favourites is about to get a whole lot more interesting.

• Hollow Knight: Silksong to get a free expansion, Hollow Knight getting a refresh upgrade | GamingOnLinux

  Team Cherry just revealed some huge news for both Hollow Knight: Silksong and the original Hollow Knight with some free extras on the way.

• [Proprietary] Bad challege designs are ruining video games

  Imagine for a moment, you log onto Battlefield 6 and hop into a game, only to find that half – actually half – of the lobby is drone spotting the enemy. Almost no one is pushing the objectives, and because everyone is fighting for the spot credit, almost no one is getting that either.

  You proceed to play a weird ghost town of a game, where you are constantly getting shot in the back, and you barely see any teammates.

  That has been a reality in the game this past week, as folks attempt to complete a special challenge to spot enemies with the drone in exchange for the highly coveted in-game advertisement for Red Bull — a little Red Bull can that hangs on your weapon. That way, you can always remind yourself to buy Redbull every time you play the game!