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Total War WARHAMMER III: DLC "Thrones of Decay" and Update 5.0 released for Linux

Thu, 02 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Feral Interactive have announced, that for Total War WARHAMMER III the DLC “Thrones of Decay” and the Update 5.0 is now available for Linux.

Embrace the Chaos in Thrones of Decay — Out Now for Total War: WARHAMMER III on macO & Linux Last Updated: 2 May 2024 The latest DLC for the gargantuan strategy title introduces three new Legendary Lords across Nurgle, the Empire and the Dwarfs. They each bring unique campaign mechanics to their respective races, with a brand-new objective in Realm of Chaos. All that, plus new Units and Legendary Heroes to help their races achieve total victory and secure the Nemesis Crown. Completionists can purchase the entire pack from Steam or the Feral Store for $22.92 / £19.10 / €22.92. Individual lords can be purchased separately on Steam, for $8.99 / £7.49 / €8.99 each. Also released today is Update 5.0, free to all owners of the game — introducing quality-of-life improvements and bug fixes. For those with a linked CA account, Update 5.0 also adds an extra free Legendary Lord for the Nurgle race, Epidemius. More information about the Thrones of Decay DLC and the latest update for Total War: WARHAMMER III is available on the Total War Blog.

Total War: ROME REMASTERED Patch 2.0.5 released

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The patch 2.0.5 for Total War: ROME REMASTERED has been released for Linux on Steam.

Total War: ROME REMASTERED patch 2.0.5 is now live. Patch 2.0.5 fixes several issues seen in the previous update, as well as further quality of life improvements. Full 2.0.5 release notes: Reduced delay between general’s speech and units cheering in 3D battles Fixed issue where Roman Temples would show as under construction on the 3D map when none were being built Fixed an issue when a Family member could be cloned after bribing a rebel army Fixed an issue where the camera would jump to Tactical View if an animation transition was triggered during user-activated edge scrolling Improved ambient sounds to scale with the number of soldiers, not number of units Fixed an issue where settlement labels obscured by the fog of war could display a different owning faction name than the displayed faction icon Fixed a crash that would occur if a building in a settlement was destroyed while a player’s assassin had an active mission to sabotage that building Fixed an issue where units could be duplicated or missing from various building recruitment lists Fixed an issue where the Majority Religion achievements in Barbarian Invasion would not activate Modding: New gradual trait loss feature correctly applies to traits which have a ‘nogoingback’ level enabled

Civilization VI: DLC "Vietnam & Kublai Khan Pack" released for Linux

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Another DLC called “Vietnam & Kublai Khan Pack” for Civilization VI is now avaiable for Linux on Steam in the New Frontier Pass.

This new content pack introduces Bà Triệu as the leader of Vietnam and Kublai Khan as an alternate leader of either China or Mongolia. Also included is the new Monopolies and Corporations game mode, as well as a new district (The Preserve), with new buildings (the Grove and the Sanctuary). Includes the Vietnam civilization with Bà Triệu, the Voi Chiến unique unit, and the Thành unique building. Civ Unique Ability: Vietnam’s unique ability is “Nine Dragon River Delta.” All land specialty districts can only be built on Rainforest, Marsh, or Woods tiles. Buildings on each type of tile receive either additional Science, Production, or Culture. This ability also allows Woods to be planted with the Medieval Faires civic. Leader Unique Ability: Bà Triệu’s unique ability, “Drive Out the Aggressors,” provides additional Combat Strength for units fighting in Rainforest, Marsh, or Woods tiles; this bonus is further increased for tiles owned by Vietnam. Beginning a turn in Rainforest, Marsh, or Woods also provides additional Movement, which is also further increased for tiles owned by Vietnam. Unique Unit: Vietnam features the unique Medieval era ranged unit, the Voi Chiến . This unit can move after attacking and has additional Movement. It is more expensive than the Crossbowman unit it replaces, but is stronger when defending and has greater sight. Unique District: The Thanh unique district offers additional Culture for each adjacent district. Once Flight is researched, the district generates Tourism equal to its Culture output. It does not require Population and is cheaper to build than the Encampment district it replaces. Also includes Kublai Khan as an alternate leader for China and Mongolia (requires the Rise and Fall expansion to play as Mongolia.) Leader Unique Ability: Kublai Khan’s unique ability, “Gerege,” provides one extra Economic policy slot in any government. It also grants a random Eureka and Inspiration when establishing a Trading Post in another civilization’s city for the first time. As a leader of China, Kublai Khan’s science boosts are even more powerful, and his extra policy slot empowers economic strategies. As a leader of Mongolia, Kublai Khan leverages trade routes for military might. New “Monopolies and Corporations” Game Mode This optional game mode elevates strategic economic gameplay to a whole new level, offering enticing new rewards based on claiming, acquiring, and exploiting map resources in every era. Create an Industry around duplicate Luxury resources to grant powerful buffs to host cities and provide bonus Great Merchant points. Transform Industries into Corporations, which can be given customized names, increase Industry effects, and create Products. Products can be shipped to other cities to share Industry effects throughout a civilization. A Monopoly is created when a civilization dominates the global supply of a Luxury Resource. Monopolies provide additional Tourism and can significantly increase the Gold generated each turn. New District and New Buildings New District: The Preserve district is placed in a secluded area untouched by infrastructure. It can Culture-bomb adjacent unowned tiles, gains additional Housing based on Appeal, and increases the Appeal of adjacent tiles. New Buildings: Two buildings can be constructed in the Preserve district. The Grove unlocks with Mysticism, while the Sanctuary unlocks with Conservation. Both increase the yields of adjacent Charming and Breathtaking tiles that have not been improved.

Civilization VI: Byzantium & Gaul Pack now available for Linux

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The Byzantium & Gaul Pack for Civilization VI is now available for Linux on Steam! Note: there seems to be currently a bug regarding the activation (not only on Linux).

This new content pack introduces Basil II as the leader of Byzantium and Ambiorix as the leader of Gaul. The Byzantine Empire can subjugate enemies with religious and military might, supported by their two unique units, the Dromon Ship and the Tagma. The Gallic horde focuses on military flexibility boosted by a backbone of culture and production with their unique Oppidum district. Civilization VI is required to play add-on content and some features of the New Frontier Pass require the Civilization VI Expansion Bundle to work. Includes the Byzantine Empire with Basil II, the Dromon Ship and the Tagma unique units, and the Hippodrome unique district. Civ Unique Ability: The “Taxis” ability gives units additional Combat Strength or Religious Strength for each Holy City converted to Byzantium’s Religion. Byzantium’s Religion spreads when an enemy unit is defeated. Cities with Holy Sites earn bonus Great Prophet points. Leader Unique Ability: Basil’s “Porphyrogénnētos” ability allows Heavy and Light Cavalry units to do full damage against cities following the same religion as Byzantium. Basil gains the Tagma unique unit when the Divine Right civic is discovered. Unique Units: Byzantium features two unique units. The Dromon replaces the Quadrireme, has additional range, and receives additional Combat Strength against units. The Tagma replaces the Knight and grants nearby land units additional Combat Strength or Religious Strength. Unique District: The Hippodrome replaces the Entertainment Complex district, is cheaper to build, and provides additional Amenities. Grants a Heavy Cavalry unit when the Hippodrome and its buildings are constructed. Also includes the Gaul civilization with Ambiorix, the Gaesatae unique unit, and the Oppidum unique district. Civ Unique Ability: The “Hallstatt Culture” ability allows Mines to provide a minor adjacency bonus for all districts, Culture Bomb unowned territory, and grant additional Culture. Specialty districts cannot be built next to the City Center and do not receive adjacency from other districts. Leader Unique Ability: With the “King of the Eburones” ability, Ambiorix’s civilization gains additional Culture based on unit cost when a non-civilian is trained. Melee, anti-cavalry, and ranged units receive bonus Combat Strength for every adjacent combat unit. Unique Unit: The Gaesatae replaces the Warrior. It is more expensive to train, but receives additional Combat Strength when fighting stronger units and district defenses. Unique District: The Oppidum is cheaper and available earlier than the Industrial Zone and unlocks the Apprenticeship technology when constructed. It is defensible, offering its own ranged attack, and receives a major adjacency bonus from Quarries and strategic resources. New “Dramatic Ages” Game Mode (Requires the Civilization VI Expansion Bundle to play) An optional, specialized game mode with exclusive rule changes: A New “Normal”: Civilizations always enter a Dark Age or a Golden Age in every new era, both of which are more potent than ever and eliminate Normal Ages. New Policies: Players gain access to special Social Policies instead of making Dedications, including new and updated Golden Policies and Dark Policies that offer more flexibility and power. New Golden Age Boosts: Entering a Golden Age with extra Era Score will increase citizens’ Loyalty pressure on nearby civs. New Dark Age Challenges: The chaos of Dark Ages can cause cities to rebel! New Era Scores: Players gain Era Score by completing Technologies or Civics and promoting units through combat. (Players can still earn Era Score from Historic Moments as well.) New World Wonders Biosphere. Increases Appeal from all Marsh and Rainforest tiles. In the Gathering Storm expansion, it boosts Power and Tourism. In other rulesets, it grants bonus Science for every Marsh, Rainforest, or Woods in the city that built it Statue of Zeus. Gives free military units to the city that controls it and increases Production towards anti-cavalry units. New Map Script The Highlands map is a large region dominated by hills and mountain ranges.

Civilization VI: Maya & Gran Columbia Pack now available for Linux

Thu, 28 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000

UPDATE: it was released TODAY! According to an official Tweet by Aspyr, the Maya & Gran Colombia Pack for Civilization VI will be released for Linux **tomorrow (29.05.2020) at 10 AM CST (17:00h CEST).

Update: the Maya & Gran Columbia Pack for Linux will release tomorrow @ 10 AM CST. Thanks again for your patience and support with this launch.**

Total War WARHAMMER II: DLC "The Warden & The Paunch" now available for Linux

Thu, 28 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Feral Interactive has announced, that the (paid) DLC “The Warden & The Paunch” for Total War WARHAMMER II is now available for Linux at the Feral Store and on Steam.

The Warden & the Paunch DLC brings powerful new units, abilities, and mechanics to Total War: WARHAMMER II: Two new Legendary Lords, pitted against one another in a fierce rivalry from which only one will emerge. Eltharion the Grim commands Tor Yvresse for the High Elves. Grom the Paunch leads the Broken Axe Tribe for the Greenskins. As Eltharion, swoop into battle on his mighty Griffon, command High Elven Archmages and Lion Chariots drawn by ferocious War Lions. As Grom, ride across the world and into battle atop the Chariot of Grom, and cook up special feasts for the boyz in Grom’s Cauldron. Recruit elite Regiments of Renown for either faction to cut down your enemies where they stand.

Civilization VI: Update 1.0.0.341 released, "Frontier Pass" not yet for Linux

Thu, 21 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000

For Civilization VI the Update 1.0.0.341 has been released for Linux on Steam. The also for Linux announced Frontier Pass and the today released DLC Maya & Gran Colombia Pack are not (yet?) available for Linux.

Free Game Update [BALANCE/POLISH] Updates to Diplomatic Victory Diplomatic Victory Points Resolution becomes +2/-2 (previously +2/-3) Victory is now determined upon player turn start, rather than upon receiving points. Players now lose Favor per turn for each occupied Original Capital. Aid Request penalty for pollution is doubled. Increased Favor penalty for pollution to -1 Favor per 3 pollution more than average (Previously per 5 pollution, capped at -20 per turn from -10). Anti-Air Combat Strength increased to +7 once formed into Corps and Armies (Fleets, Armadas). Greatly reduced the chance that City-States will spawn adjacent to Natural Wonders or on top of resources. Fixed an issue that was allowing aircraft based on Carriers as well as embarked units to count toward the Flanking bonus when attacking. Unmet players now get a visible pie wedge in the CO2 chart. Tweaked volcano spawn spread. Volcanoes will no longer spawn adjacent to each other. Large portions of the map are no longer skipped over. 1 volcano per continent is guaranteed. Tweaked mountain spawn locations for more intelligent placement. Palenque City-State renamed Mitla. [UI] Players can now manually resize the Offers and Inventory panels during trades. Players can now select different text sizes for the chat panel. Added page history trail to Civilopedia for easier navigation. Fixed an issue that was causing “click” sounds to play whenever a notification was auto-dismissed. Base unit costs and maintenance are no longer shown in the Production Panel. Production Panel now shows only the cost relevant to the city in which the item is being produced. Base values are shown in the Civilopedia as well as the Tech and Civics screens. Added a fix to allow Barbarian Sighted and New Camp icons to properly show in notifications. Fixed an issue where the Tech/Civics Tree scrollbar was being clipped by the background. Improved Deal and Deal Cities presentation by adding item grouping, sub-categories, and collapsing categories. Added icon for Reef adjacency bonus Altered some team colors to be more visible. Better dynamic sizing of various menus – Save/Load, Hall of Fame, Mods, Setup Menu Fixed an issue where buttons in multiple World Tracker menus have partial functionality during World Congress sessions. [AI] Improve Religious Belief analysis - Tends to stop Warrior Monks from always being first chosen Adjust importance of Great Person Points for city projects for AI to make them more competitive with other buildings for AI attention. Fix an issue where the AI was not always using its land ranged units to attack hostile sea units. Fix an issue that could cause the AI to identify a target city for a missionary based on gossip without knowing the actual location, causing the missionary to freeze in place. Improved coastal city ability to recruit naval units for city defense. Adjusted city priority to target wounded units over siege when under attack. Improve air attacks in operations Conditions changed for AI to pursue Culture Victory. [MP] Fixed an issue where the Diplomatic Victory displays nothing in the World Rankings when teams are enabled. Fixed an issue where the Scored Competition prompt would overlap the chat panel when viewing the World Tracker during a Multiplayer game. RED DEATH [PC ONLY] Fixed an issue causing the Matchmaker to fail when overloaded. Overall improvements to AI: AI will more aggressively explore in the early game. AI will now target enemy units with nukes. AI will use better protection of Civilians in all phases. Additional fixes to improve AI play. Fixed an issue where nukes were applying a maintenance cost to certain units, causing them to be removed from play when the player went bankrupt. Updated the Diplomacy ribbon to show the eliminated players. Fixed an issue that could cause the AI to cease attacking enemy units once they are in the final Safe Zone ring. Fixed an issue that could cause the AI to act too passively with ranged units. Fixed an issue that was causing the overlay to either not show up or show up inconsistently. [MODDING] [PC ONLY] WorldBuilder Advanced Mode: when placing a district, if the placement is going to fail because of a missing tech, civic, or population, auto-fix that so it succeeds. Placing a feature over an incompatible resource will now delete the resource. Fixed an issue where using the right mouse button to paint would successfully change all tiles except the tile initially clicked on. Plot Selector now allows changes in the rotation of an existing feature. Various additional UI and quality of life improvements. Fixed various crashes. [BUGS] Fixed an exploit allowing multiple Pantheon bonuses (e.g., infinite builders/settlers) by hitting ESC immediately after selecting a Pantheon. Fixed an exploit where unit Movement Speed and Combat Strength could be retained by upgrading near a Great General. Fixed an exploit where the same District could be built in a city multiple times. Fixed an exploit where a free Policy change was granted after ending a turn with a completed Civic selected. Fixed an issue where Great Generals Horatio Nelson and Georgy Zhukov’s Retirement Abilities were incorrectly granting Combat Strength equal to the number of units a player owned. Fixed an issue where Neighborhoods built by Brazil were failing to gain additional Housing from adjacent Rainforests. Fixed an issue where the Foreign Culture Victory Imminent notification had no functionality when selected during gameplay. Fixed an issue where the amount of Science already spent when viewing the Technology Tree during gameplay was not being displayed. Fixed an issue where Phoenicia was gaining multiple GDRs with Golden Age Dedication, Automaton Warfare. Fixed an issue where Capture Unit ability was successful even when not attacking. Fixed an issue where incorrect information was present when viewing the resource tooltip in the CO2 Contribution section of the World Climate menu. Fixed an issue where the incorrect “Turns Remaining” numerical value was displayed in prompts for completed Emergencies while another Emergency Competition was active. Fixed an issue where Settler tooltips were not showing up. Fixed an issue where the Arrow Storm unit promotion was applying while defending. Fixed various text bugs. Fixed various audio bugs. Crash Fixed an issue causing Mac to crash when trying to run DX12 full-screen Various additional crash fixes addressed. Perf Multiple performance and memory improvements.

Tower of Time: Final Edition released

Thu, 21 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The strategy-RPG-mix Tower of Time has received another update on Steam: Final Edition.

Tower of Time Final Edition We have done some final polishing work on Tower of Time and we consider it ‘Final Edition’ now. Here is the content of the last patch: Fixed achievements on Linux – now working properly Fixed few very small bugs – e.g. effect of the fountains not visible immediately Rebalancing of the difficulty – enemy units, items, skills, battle parameters as number of enemies, spawn frequency, frequency of skills used, etc.. As a result there shouldn’t be any spikes in difficulty levels when moving between Tower levels. Still – when you outgrow current difficulty level (by building a real kick-ass party) – we highly recommend increasing difficulty during the game. You can do it anytime outside combat. Visual upgrade of some skills Tower of Time is 75% off for a limited time. Give it a try if you like fast paced RPGs with heavy focus on party customization and tactical real-time combat with pause or slow time. It’s not a lot of money and who knows, maybe you will be pleasantly surprised. Join us on Discord - if you want to chat with us or would be interested in closed beta of our next project (once we are ready with it) https://discord.gg/FBWCCTb https://www.facebook.com/eventhorizondev/ https://twitter.com/EventHorizonDev https://darkenvoy.com/ Have a great day. Cheers, Event Horizon

Total War Shogun 2: now available for free on Steam

Mon, 27 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The strategy-game Total War Shogun 2 is now available for free until 01.05.2020 on Steam!

It’s a difficult time right now, so to help stave off boredom while you’re stuck at home, we’re giving away SHOGUN 2 for you to keep forever! Find out the full details here: https://www.totalwar.com/blog/total-war-shogun-2-giveaway-and-total-war-sale-faq/ #StayHomeSaveLives

Curious Expedition: free update adds Multiplayer-mode "Rivals"

Fri, 29 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

The “Roguelike Expedition-Simulation-Game” Curious Expedition has received a new free update, which also adds a multiplayer-mode called “Rivals”:

New content update: RIVALS Find the golden pyramid to access the Curious Expedition 2 Closed Alpha! Have you ever wondered what Curious Expedition would be like as a massively multiplayer game? Make sure to play the new RIVALS mode we launched today to find out! Here are some of the things you can expect from RIVALS: Explore worlds that are up to 10,000 times larger than in the original game. Discover new regions and have your name and portrait remembered for all other players to see. Acquire prestigious badges with every golden pyramid you discover. Equip your trek with over 140 Expedition Crates to customize your playstyle and experiment with different strategies. But that’s not all! Hidden away in this massive world, there’s a golden pyramid. Those of you who’ll find it, will get immediate access to the Curious Expedition 2 Closed Alpha on Discord!

Sigma Theory: leaves Early Access

Thu, 21 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Sigma Theory: Global Cold War, the "" leaves Early Access after seven month with a new update.

Sigma Theory is finally out of Early Access! The 1.0 update is available to download from Steam now! The current game has nothing in common with the one we’ve released 7 months ago. We’ve worked hard fixing bugs, improving feedbacks, adding content, fine-tuning mechanics and balancing gameplay with your feedback and support to come up with the best version of the game you get today! Making a game like this with so much novelty is not an easy task and we’re grateful you’ve sticked up with us during the past months. Some of you hated the game, some of you loved the game. But we’ve listened to everyone because, at the end of the day, we’re making games for the players, not for ourselves. The experience of developing the game with you along was enlightening for the whole team and it is something we’ll do again for our next game *cough* Out There: Oceans of Time *cough*. So, again, on behalf of the team: THANK YOU. Development is not stopping as we’re already working on the new playable country that will be available in the next update. **Full patchnote** —-1.0 —- Content New agent : Jahrein New character : Spy drone operator 9 new achievements Visual All countries now have their own buildings in exfiltration scenes Added portal to show when the agent uses the trait GATE in exfiltrations Other various UI improvements Balancing Agents SCAR, MORRIGH4N, MAESTRO and TSUBA become elite Player can now chose whose which agent(s) and scientist(s) gain a trait during events AI now steals more scientists from countries which lost sigma race Actions are now possible in a country at war, but agents only have to be spotted once to be forced to flee the country, and fleeing is slow instead of fast Prisoners now only need to be located before exfiltration, preparation is no longer needed Player now has 3 choices when recruiting an agent mid-game Added a discretion score to exfiltrations No more than 2 organizations will give tasks at any given time Travel is now possible to a country at war, but only infiltration Added doomsday clock bonus when refusing to work with organisation Various Added events for warning player when losing sigma race Added indication of diplomatic cost/benefit on request/offers button tooltips in diplomacy meetings Added a popup to explain why the player gets an ending Added new sounds Added common keyboard shortcuts Added resolution choice in options Added arrows to navigate easily between agents Available spouses are now limited to unlocked agents Added button to cancel ongoing recruitment in recruitment screen Added tooltip for weapon types Bugs Don’t show progress report for double agents that were just recruited Fixed wrong reaction text when agents are ordered to capture or counter a spy Fixed bug where a meeting could still take place with a country that was eliminated Fixed bugs where wrong text or character was displayed in organisation missions Fixed rare game freeze when spouse is kidnapped and country asks for ransom Fixed bug where cancelling a mission and assigning it again could result in a different duration Fixed bug where agent sometimes didn’t explain when quitting because of injury Fixed bug where expired contracts could stay in contracts window Fixed bug where last Opus Mariae mission had the wrong summary Fixed bug where refused or failed mission could still be accomplished afterwards

Battletech: Patch 1.6.0 and new DLC "Urban Warfare" released for Linux

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

A huge patch 1.6.0 and a new (paid) DLC “Urban Warfare” are now available for Linux on GOG and Steam!

Urban Warfare brings ‘Mech combat to the vast cityscapes of the Inner Sphere! Electronic warfare, large-scale building destruction, environmental mechanics, new enemy units and more make the urban sprawl a whole new battlefield. Urban Warfare Street brawls introduce new tactical gameplay challenges as ‘Mech combat moves from wide-open natural landscapes to vast urban sprawls. Every building in the new urban biome is fully destructible, so you’re never more than a few salvos away from a new line of sight, or the defensive cover of high-rise rubble. Destroyed coolant exchanger buildings, and broken electrical transformers that disrupt targeting will drastically change the battle as you go. Electronic Warfare The return of these lost technologies will forever change the 31st century battlefield. ‘Mechs equipped with Electronic Countermeasures (ECM) and nearby friendly units are obscured from enemy targeting systems and immune to indirect fire. Meanwhile, ‘Mechs equipped with Active Probe can reveal, locate, and target enemy units that would otherwise be hidden. Two New BattleMechs The experimental Raven 1X sports an advanced electronic warfare package that combines ECM and Active Probe systems into a lightweight component. The Javelin is a compromise between speed and firepower, with close-range knockout power. New Flashpoints A wide variety of new branching short stories that link together mercenary missions, crew conversations, special events, critical choices, and rare bonus rewards. Three New Enemy Vehicles The Gallant Urban Assault Tank sports a variety of weapons to fight at all ranges with speed and agility, the Packrat is a battlefield support vehicle equipped with a prototype version of ECM, and the Rotunda is a reconnaissance vehicle equipped with a prototype version of Active Probe. New Encounter Attack and Defend is a challenging new mission type where your mercenaries must destroy an enemy’s base to stop a steady stream of attackers before they can overcome your forces and knock out your employer’s base.

Stellaris: DLC "Ancient Relics" now available for Linux on GOG and Steam

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

For Stellaris the new (paid) DLC “Ancient Relics” has been released for Linux on GOG and Steam. Also Stellaris is currently available for free on GOG Connect, and the huge Update 2.3 (“Wolfe”) has been published!

Stellaris: Ancient Relics Story Pack is a new story pack for Paradox Development Studio’s iconic sci-fi grand strategy game, Stellaris. Uncover the ruins of long-dead civilizations in Relic Worlds to piece together the story of their rise and eventual downfall. Excavate their derelict cities and ships to unearth the truth, discover powerful relics and harness them for your own empire’s ambitions. Stellaris: Ancient Relics includes: SAID ANCIENT RELICS Collect valuable relics in your adventures as rewards for resolving game events or after completing a dig at a multi-stage archaeological site. Each relic gives significant benefits to your empire to aid in your interstellar escapades. DIG IN Hit the dirt on a variety of enigmatic and alien worlds with new archeology sites available for your empire to study… or plunder. Each site begins a story with between one and six chapters to investigate. Retrace the history to discover artifacts and relics that can be boons to your empire. THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE Encounter clues about two extinct Precursor civilizations, the Baol and the Zroni, the former a sprawling hivemind of plantoids, the latter some of the most powerful psionics to have ever lived. Players can investigate their home systems to understand who they were and, more importantly, what can be learned from their demise. RELIC WORLDS Once home to vibrant, advanced civilizations, these Relic Worlds now lie dead, replete with desolate ruins and dormant mysteries. Players can excavate guaranteed archeological sites on these worlds and bring to light powerful relics and artifacts. MATTER OF ARTIFACTS Learning from history is much more than parables and antiquities, it can often be the key to understanding one’s own place in the galaxy. Utilizing archaeological research, discover Minor Artifacts, a new consumable resource type which can help empower one’s empire.

Civilization VI: "Great Works and Trade" update released for Linux

Thu, 18 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000

The update called “Great Works and Trade” for Civilization VI has been released by Aspyr for Linux on Steam. This finally re-enables cross-platform multiplayer- games!

A new update, addressing issues that have emerged in the community following the release of the Antarctic Late Summer Game Update, is now available for Civilization VI. Please see below for details on this update. [NOTES] Great Works no longer use Drag and Drop. They have been returned to the previous functionality of “click to move.” Addressed the following trade exploits reported within the community: Fixed: User could trade low Gold-per-turn for high Gold-per-turn with AI players, essentially “stealing” large amounts of Gold. Fixed: AI was not valuing Strategic resources correctly. You could sometimes trade 1 iron for 18 iron. Once you offered over 20 Strategic Resources, the value from the AI would drop to 1 Gold regardless of quantity. It now properly levels off. Fixed: AI would give the player hundreds of Gold for a single Luxury Resource. While AI can give a healthy amount (Gold per turn plus some additional Gold) if they really need the Resource, it should rarely if ever be 10+ Gold per turn. Fixed: The AI would give the player hundreds of Gold for very low quantities of Diplomatic Favor, regardless of whether they were pursuing a Diplomatic Victory or not. This should now be back in line with everything else, with offers weighted accordingly if the AI is chasing a Diplomatic Victory.

Civilization VI: Gathering Storm - Antarctic Late Summer Update now available for Linux

Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000

The new update called “Antarctic Late Summer Update " for Civilization VI: Gathering Storm is now available for Linux on Steam.

Hi Civilization fans! As we hinted at last week, the first major update for Civilization VI: Gathering Storm is here and you can download it today. Hear about the developers’ vision for this update in our preview video below: https://youtu.be/GGvjflXi3uE SUBSCRIBE on YouTube ► http://2kgam.es/CivilizationYT This update automatically installs through Steam; if you’re having trouble, please restart your Steam client. Please note: Items listed below are for Gathering Storm’s ruleset only unless otherwise specified. [FEATURES] [ALL GAME VERSIONS] New and improved version of Map Pins (now called Map Tacks) that includes pin icons for many new specific markers (Districts, etc.), in addition to a new grouped scrollable list of pins that were placed. Thanks to Bradd Szonye for his Mod inclusion! [ALL GAME VERSIONS] Map text search: Located on the mini-map tool bar. Players can now search for map items via text search and have them highlight on the map. For example, type “Iron”, or “Knight”. Includes search history, search suggestions, and “go to” buttons. [BALANCE/POLISH] Civs Canada: Receives +1 Production from mines on Snow and Tundra (Including hills). China: Great Wall can only be pillaged (never removed) by natural disasters. +2 Gold for improvement itself. Add +1 Gold and +1 Culture to that received for each adjacent Great Wall. Egypt: Update the Egyptian Chariot Archer to not replace the Heavy Chariot. Egypt: Sphinx now provides +1 Culture if built on Flood Plains. Cannot be built on Snow, Snow Hills, Tundra, or Tundra Hills. +2 Appeal (since they are encouraged to build on Flood Plains). Cannot be built next to another Sphinx. France: Château now provides 1 Culture for each adjacent wonder. 1 Gold for each adjacent Luxury Resource. Hungary: Mathias ability now only 75% resource and Gold discount to upgrading levied units (instead of 100%). India: Cities gain an Amenity for every Religion with at least 1 Follower. Missionaries have +2 spreads. +100% Religious pressure from your Trade Routes. India: Varu ability no longer stacks but maintenance reduced to 2. Mali: Nerf the Mali + City-State + Democracy Combo/Exploit. Democracy is now a 15% discount on purchases with Gold. Mali: Increase Mali desert weighting. Maori: Toa ability no longer stacks, and Strength is reduced to 36. Maori: Reduce the Marae ability to +1 of each bonus yield, instead of +2. Netherlands: Add a Production bonus towards Flood Barriers and Dams. Norway: Allow Norway (only) to receive Science and Culture from pillaging improvements in addition to Gold or Faith. Spain: Mission: +2 Faith; +1 Food, and +1 Production if on different continent than your capital. +1 Science for every adjacent Campus and Holy Site. [ALL GAME VERSIONS] Improve leader victory preference weighting. Environment Systems and Climate Change Reduce Dust storm yields by 33%. Add some Food yields from Blizzards. Reduce damage to population and structures from Blizzards by about a third. Detach climate change progress from Natural Disaster Intensity slider. Move percentage of coastal tiles that can flood from 35% to 45%. Halve carbon emissions from units to slow down climate change to just over half the previous rate. Reduce unit CO2 emissions for a player by 50% if they research Advanced Power Cells. Increased chance of Storms and Droughts per degree of temperature rise is no longer 20% for all events. Now it does not increase chance of weaker type of each storm/drought at all but instead boosts stronger type by 50%. From Phase IV on Floods and Storms will not add fertility. At Phases V and above yields previously added to the map can be stripped off as Storms and Droughts pass over (chances increase as you move to later phases). Allow a single player’s CO2 footprint to go negative (if they have run the Carbon Recapture project but never generated much carbon). Hence one player can clean up the other players’ mess. World Congress Provide a one-time cap on each player receiving Favor for reviving each other major player. Adding tooltip to tiebreaker scenarios so players can understand why a player won a tiebreaker. Adding Favor Per Turn and Request for Aid score penalties for excessive Grievances and CO2 emissions. Climate Accords competition now enables projects for decommissioning Power Plants. Reducing the lockout timer on hostile emergencies so that they can show up slightly more often. Reduce time between deals during Request for Aid emergencies so AI can give multiple gifts if desired. Districts/District Buildings Reducing power of Royal Society Government District Building (reducing percentage-per-builder-charge from 3 to 2). Nuclear Accidents of any severity will now always pillage the Nuclear Power Plant. Pillaging [ALL GAME VERSIONS] Convert Science and Culture from pillaging improvements to Gold or Faith. Reduce effectiveness of Raid and Total War policies so they are only +50% instead of +100% to pillaging Dam districts now provides healing if plundered. Pillaged Reactors cannot trigger a nuclear accident. Completing the ‘Recommission Nuclear Reactor’ project will also ‘un-pillage’ it. Improvements Seastead: Cannot be placed adjacent to another Seastead. Wonders Panama Canal wonder now gives +10 Gold to its city. Mahabodhi Temple and Statue of Liberty now award Diplomatic victory points. Units Increase the cost of upgrading units (about 33%). Reduce base cost of Naturalists from 800 to 600 to make them compete better with Rock Bands. Update certain Great Generals and Admirals to provide strategic resources. Make sure Barbarians can’t spawn GDRs. Unsuccessful WMD attacks now consume the WMD. [ALL GAME VERSIONS] Increase the Destroyer’s sight range to 3. [ALL GAME VERSIONS] Air unit and Anti-Air unit combat strength balance changes propagated to base game. City States Add Walls to City States on Diety and Immortal games. Add additional melee units to City States at higher difficulties. Misc Grievances/Warmongering: Changing Grievance calculation (and Warmonger in base and XP1) to treat cities taken offensively during a Defensive Pact/Suzerain War/Emergency War as if taken during a Formal War (now generates Grievances) Setup: For advanced starts, add extra Faith and scale it. [XP1, XP2] Track barbarian camp placement throughout the game (much like we do storms & droughts) and shy away from camp locations that are close to previously used spots. Should distribute camps across the continents better. [MULTIPLAYER] Play By Cloud Hide full games on Lobby list. Adding Remember My Choice option for what happens after a client readies up. Adding automatic ready up countdown. Activating an in-game notification for a Your Turn event to display a popup that will allow the user to go straight into that match. The Upper case " i “, lower case " L”, and number 1 all look identical when observing the Join Code in the Game Summary of the Play By Cloud Staging Room. - Increased size of the font so unique aspects of gylphs can be determined. Misc Relationship pip icons would fail to display when progress with other Human Players during a Multiplayer game (Allied, etc.). Staging Room countdowns should reset when a new session is joined. Countdowns should persist even if the screen is simply hidden, which happens if the Game Settings tab is pressed. In-game chat panel should not display dead players. Additional general bug fixes and polish. [SCENARIOS] You can now play the Black Death scenario in hotseat/PlayByCloud. [SYSTEMS] Add secondary color to jersey selection color collision detection. Now jerseys are only considered to have collided if BOTH primary color and secondary color collide. Jerseys with similar or identical primary colors are now allowed if the secondary colors are very different [UI] Great Works UI: Converted system to Drag and Drop. Climate Overview: Add icon, tooltip for fertilized tiles lost due to weather events. Civilopedia: Pillaging Yields are now database driven in the Civilopedia. [ALL GAME VERSIONS] World Resource Report: Add sorting on resources and on the leaders in a row. Additional general bug fixes and polish. [AI] Trade Increase value of Diplomatic Favor. Limit number of items desired in a trade. Set minimum value for traded items. Don’t try to trade more of a Luxury resource than the human is already importing. Correctly value maintenance resources when calculating trades. Reduces possible exploits with resource for gold trades with the AI. Fixes to trades for strategic resources - Stop paying full value for them when you’ve got a decent stockpile, not just at the stockpile cap. Reduces possible exploits with resource for gold trades with the AI. AI will not pay for banned resources Reduce the chance that the AI offers only a single strategic resource in a trade deal unless they are padding out a larger deal. Improvements to AI Deal management with Gold. [XP1, XP2] Fix an issue where AI was overvaluing Great Works on the turn they are created (causing lots of trade requests). Victory Strategies and Agendas Boost Wonder Obsessed AI’s desire for Wonders in later eras. Improve victory strategies, including Diplomatic victory. Combat Improve AI ability to successfully complete the capture of a city during a Military Emergency they are taking part in. Embarked units know they are under threat from naval units - Improve protection of units while on city assault. [XP1] Improve ability for AI to use Warrior Monks militarily - Add additional war footing condition. [XP1, XP2] Fix an issue where an AI unit garrisoning a city would occasionally leave the protection of the city when they didn’t need to, exposing them to attack. [ALL GAME VERSIONS] AI more strongly prefers attacking with aircraft to deploying to districts. Misc Fixed an issue that was making the AI less likely to improve strategic resources. Avoid advancing your Power Plant if you don’t have resources for it. Increase odds of aggressive civs making encampments. [XP1, XP2] Reduce value of supply convoys, they were heavily overvalued by AI. [ALL GAME VERSIONS] Minor Civs will no longer make aircraft carriers (since they can’t make aircraft) [PERF] Additional AI and rendering performance improvements. [BUGS] Civs Phoenicia: Fix non-capital continent bonuses moving properly for Phoenicia (additional checks). Cree: Poundmaker’s Trade Route UA (which is based on tile improvements at the destination city) now works like it used to back in XP1. Maori: Mana ability was incorrectly being applied to all units. Ottomans: Ibrahim in some situations was not able to be moved to another capital. Kongo: Now correctly is awarded benefits from Founder beliefs. Mvemba now cannot get the Intolerant Agenda. Policies: Check for obsolete policies after awarding free civics (Bolshoi). Many fixes to code that controls what is expelled during city flips, capture, trade, etc. On city transfer, all air-units that do not belong to the new owner that are based in a district or improvement, are immediately re-based, prior to any other expelling of other units. If the city is flipped to a new culture, default placement rules apply, no units are booted out, except stationed air-units, unless they can’t be in the new owner’s territory. If the city is transferred in a deal, only friendly units (non-air), traders and spies can stay. Units, Movement, and Combat Fixed a bug caused when trying to form an Army with a unit that has no movement remaining. [ALL GAME VERSIONS] Don’t factor in embarked and amphibious combat penalties for air units. Don’t let the player select other player’s air units. Fix an issue that was causing the unit cycling to pull camera away from user when they were doing things like changing citizen assignments in the city. Don’t add Mountain Tunnel entrances/exits on water tiles. Don’t let an embarked builder/engineer create an adjacent improvement on a land tile. Remove mountain tunnel entrance/exit if the tile submerges. Don’t let naval units use Tunnels. Carriers/Air Units/Rebasing Added additional checks to rebasing aircraft to make sure they are properly paired in cases where a carrier unit exists in a city center. Correct some visualization issues with air-unit rebasing. When a tile is annexed by a player and it is trying to kick out any other players that shouldn’t be there, don’t assume that all the air units can’t be there, they might be able to stay. Also do the kick out in two stages so that if the units do have to leave, any parent objects are moved first, then child objects, so the child objects can just go to where the parent is (aircraft carrier) if appropriate. Civilopedia Removing a page from the Civilopedia’s Trade Route game concepts, which referred to a base benefit that was removed in XP1 and XP2 and made into a governor bonus instead. Update Sweden’s capitals in the Civilopedia to be Swedish instead of Norwegian. UI Golden Age UI will fail to display on the Status bar when transitioning into the Future Era during a Gathering Storm gameplay. Fix an extremely large amount of space being added for tooltips from point. UI now properly updates upon completion of the Recommission Nuclear Reactor project. [ALL GAME VERSIONS] Several color systems fixes and corrections. Improved default colors for several civs that were difficult to read. Multiple misc UI fixes and updates. Front End: ‘Teams Share Visibility’ is now disabled/0 when ‘No Teams’ is checked and reset when unchecked. Trade Treat incoming gifts as incoming demands; don’t allow the user to modify them. Resources Player Resources are now updated before Player Units in the turn order. This is to fix the issue where the insufficient resource combat debuff was not being removed until the following turn, even though the player had sufficient resources at the beginning of the turn. World Congress Fixing multiple World Congress issues that could cause mis-matched or blank proposal choices to show up on the review and results screens. Adding in filtering for the Migration Treaty, so that players cannot target unmet players. Fixing an issue that would allow a Special Session to be called before the World Congress properly unlocked. Wonders Fixed an overflow that some players noticed when they had large amounts of gold and completed Big Ben, which gives a 50% gold bonus. Fixed an issues with Apadana where the user was not granted 2 Envoys when completed. Fixed Panama sometimes not lining up with its neighbor canals. Grievances Grievances now decay between dead civilizations. Prevents negative Loyalty modifier from hanging around after defeating the city’s original owner. Fixing Grievance notifications doing nothing when clicked. Districts Fixed a bug preventing nuclear reactors from being removed from the game when a city is razed. Changed the identification of nuclear reactor buildings to use a database parameter instead of a game tag. Added fail checks when searching for a reactor type building. District modifiers should now properly reattach when the district was pillaged but has been successfully repaired (was staying inactive; ex. a pillaged Suguba district that was then repaired). Districts that are over strategic resources are now correctly represented in the Reports screen. Resources are shown as from that city as opposed to ‘Gameplay Bonuses’. Misc Hall of Fame: Improved performance of aggregate updates. Also fixed a crash that would occur if one of the Hall of Fame aggregate queries was bad (typically from a mod). Map Gen: Make is so that there is a chance that Zhangye Danxia and Mount Roraima can appear. Before there was 0% chance of them showing up. Map Gen: Make sure coastal lowlands don’t appear inland near lakes Scenarios: Plantations should not show up as a potential build in the Black Death Scenario. Achievements: Fix “Peacekeeper” achievement to require that the end-user be Laurier winning an emergency. Achievements: Ensure that the player has actually won the Nobel Prizes for achievement [ALL GAME VERSIONS] Multiplayer: Fixing progress blocker that was occurring if a player was defeated during their turn in hotseat. Road Vis: Fixing issues with Road and Railroad “spaghetti”. Tile improvement modifiers should now properly detach from an old city when the tile is swapped to another city (was staying active; ex. Power from green energy improvements) [ALL GAME VERSIONS] Espionage: Fix espionage funds being siphoned not showing for negative amounts City-States: When sending your first real Envoy to a city-state, but you already have Amani in that city-state giving you “virtual” Envoys there, correctly award a second bonus Envoy from the Diplomatic League policy [CRASH] Multiple crash fixes as reported by the public crash reporting system [EXPLOITS] [ALL GAME VERSIONS] Re-enable SHIFT+ENTER to force end turn. Make sure that production overflow is lost if this is used. Coastal Raids can no longer target Impassable plots. In Gathering Storm, this loophole allowed naval units to raid a mountain improvement (ex. Mountain Tunnel) without actually pillaging it, allowing continuous gold. Great Generals that transform a military unit into a Corps or Army can no longer do so for the GDR, which is not allowed to be a Corps or Army. Correct exploit where player could receive duplicate Luxuries by trading it away, removing the improvement, then rebuilding it for a duplicate copy. [MODDING] ModBuddy ModBuddy now supports XP1, XP2, and shared pantries in art tools. Misc polish and debugging. WorldBuilder Editor (unsupported) Allow Forge tuner panel to work in WorldBuilder. Add “Basic mode” for creating simple hand-crafted location maps with random start positions. Separate out scenario tools to “Advanced Mode”, which is very much still in development. Add ability to “paint” with different brush sizes. Assign a default continent value when “painting” any terrain (Africa). Scatter Resources button added. Settings Disable Generate New ID button in Basic mode. Make Generate ID button do something in Advanced mode. When updating text strings, the text in the left column did not update to reflect the changes. Now, text options are locked for name, descript, and map name, map descript (they are required). These were able to be deleted before. Misc Don’t allow selection of resource amounts for non-strategic resources in the Plot and Placement editors. Fix an issue where an already saved WorldBuilder map, when loaded back into WorldBuilder, would lose continent data. Erase any improvements on a plot when changing the owner to NONE. Erase improvements and features on a tile if you change the terrain type to something incompatible in the Placement mode. Allow changing the Pillaged state of improvements on tiles. First pass at status message system to give feedback like “Library requires a Campus district” or “Placed Shrine successfully” instead of silently doing nothing. Show correct civ icons in World Builder Player Editor. World Builder Front-End Additional Content New maps created in WorldBuilder are now automatically found and enabled when returning to the main menu. No more required restart. Updated mods UI to show a different icon if the mod came from a map. If a mod has a ‘Created’ property, show the date the mod was created. * Expansion 2 and Expansion 1 are now always shown at the top of the mods listing. Map-loaded mods are always considered compatible. Additional fixes for compatibility, etc. Game Setup Maps now display properly in the in-game map-lists if you are in the correct rule-set, and the map mod is enabled. Maps created in the “Standard” ruleset now will show as playable in both Rise and Fall and Gathering Storm. World Builder Menus Change front-end menus to reflect only items necessary for WorldBuilder. Update text strings. Update in-game pause menu to reflect only items necessary for WorldBuilder. Add World Wrap toggle to Advanced Setup. [ART] Fixing hotseat Rock Band colors. Fixing the unit colors for the Fez city state. Tweaking the unit colors for Japan and Mapuche to match their civ jersey’s a bit better Pass on the “Player Colors” which are the jerseys that are picked when we run out of other reasonable jersey selections. We have enough to cover over the max number of players picking the same civ. Add beards to all remaining leaders that did not previously have beards. Tweak to the civ Icon backing texture that is used in the Character selection screen. Show more representative color scheme so that players will be able to make more informed readability decisions in the main menu. Editing Gorgo/Greece civ symbol placement and size so it matches all the other civs. https://store.steampowered.com/app/947510/Sid_Meiers_Civilization_VI_Gathering_Storm/ Civilization VI: Gathering Storm will launch for Windows PC on February 14, 2019. Follow the conversation on social media by using the hashtag #OneMoreTurn, and be sure to follow the Civilization franchise on social media to keep up to date with the latest news and information on Sid Meier’s Civilization VI.

Slay the Spire: now available DRM-free for Linux on GOG

Wed, 27 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Slay the Spire, the mix of strategy-, Roguelike and card-game, is now available DRM-free for Linux on GOG!

We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire! Features Dynamic Deck Building: Choose your cards wisely! Discover hundreds of cards to add to your deck with each attempt at climbing the Spire. Select cards that work together to efficiently dispatch foes and reach the top. An Ever-changing Spire: Whenever you embark on a journey up the Spire, the layout differs each time. Choose a risky or safe path, face different enemies, choose different cards, discover different relics, and even fight different bosses! Powerful Relics to Discover: Powerful items known as relics can be found throughout the Spire. The effects of these relics can greatly enhance your deck through powerful interactions. But beware, obtaining a relic may cost you more than just gold… Slay the Spire left Early Access and comes with: Three core characters that each have their own unique set of cards. 250+ fully implemented cards. 150+ different items to be found. 50+ unique combat encounters. 50+ mysterious events that can help or harm you. Daily Climbs allow you to compare yourself with every other player in the world. Custom mode that allows mixing and matching various crazy run modifiers.

Hearts of Iron IV: new DLC "Man of the Guns" and Update 1.6 ("Ironclad") released

Thu, 28 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

For the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV a new DLC called Man of the Guns is now available for Linux on Steam.

From the convoy attacks in the Battle of the Atlantic to the fierce carrier battles on the Pacific front, the Second World War saw naval innovation in both tactics and technology. The war at sea takes center stage in Hearts of Iron IV: Man the Guns, a new expansion to Paradox Development Studio’s popular strategy wargame. Design your own ships and refit older models. Alter your convoy routes to avoid hungry wolf packs. Embrace or circumvent naval treaties and deal with the diplomatic consequences. Man the Guns also introduces new alternate history paths for the major democracies of the war and gives the freedom loving nations of the world more freedom to act before the war forces their hand.

Civilization VI: DLC "Gathering Storm" and huge update released for Linux

Thu, 14 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

The new DLC “Gathering Storm” and a (5.6 GB) huge update to Civilization VI have been released for Linux on Steam.

In Gathering Storm, the second expansion to Civilization VI, the world around you is more alive than ever before. Chart a path to victory for your people by developing new advanced technologies and engineering projects and negotiating with the global community in the World Congress on critical issues. The choices you make in the game will influence the world ecosystem and could impact the future of the entire planet. Natural disasters like floods, storms, and volcanoes can pillage or destroy your Improvements and Districts – but they may also refresh and enrich the lands after they pass. In addition to these new systems, Civilization VI: Gathering Storm introduces eight new civilizations and nine new leaders. Seven new world wonders can be constructed, as well as a variety of new units, districts, buildings, and improvements. ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS Volcanoes, storms (blizzards, sand storms, tornados, hurricanes), climate change, floods, and droughts. POWER AND CONSUMABLE RESOURCES Strategic resources play an additional role in Gathering Storm. These resources are now consumed in power plants to generate electricity for your cities. Initially you’ll be powering your most advanced buildings by burning carbon-based resources like Coal and Oil, but renewable energy sources also unlock as you progress to current-day technologies. Your choices about resource usage will directly affect the world’s temperature and can cause melting ice caps and rising sea levels. ENGINEERING PROJECTS Shape the world around your empire to overcome unfavorable land conditions by making improvements like canals, dams, tunnels and railroads. When settling cities, consider the flood risk to coastal lowland areas, but keep in mind that in the late-game, new technologies like Flood Barriers can be used to protect these tiles. WORLD CONGRESS Make your voice heard among the other leaders of the world. Earn Diplomatic Favor through Alliances, influencing city-states, competing in World Games, and more. Use Diplomatic Favor to extract promises from other leaders, vote on Resolutions, call a Special Session to address an emergency, and increase the weight of your votes in your quest to achieve the new Diplomatic Victory. 21st CENTURY TECHNOLOGIES & CIVICS A new era has been added to the Technology and Civics trees. Combat new environmental effects with speculative ideas such as relocating your population out to seasteads and developing technologies to recapture carbon emissions. NEW LEADERS AND CIVS Nine new leaders from eight new civilizations are introduced. Each brings unique bonuses and gameplay, as well as a total of nine unique units, four unique buildings, three unique improvements, two unique districts and one unique governor. NEW SCENARIOS The Black Death: The Black Death ravaged Europe and western Asia in the mid-14th century, killing a greater share of the population than any other event in world history. The pandemic killed millions, ruined economies, upended political dynasties and transformed the face of the Western world. Your task is to lead your nation through the calamity: keep your population alive, your economy strong, and your faith unshaken amidst a world of terror and desperation. War Machine: At the outset of WWI, the German Imperial Army had a daring plan: invade neutral Belgium and then rush the French heartland before they could mobilize to resist. If successful, the German forces would capture Paris within a month and end their resistance forever. In counter, the French command prepared Plan 17, an all-out onslaught designed to meet and stop a German offensive. When war was declared, both armies swung into motion and set up one of the most incredible and shocking military campaigns in world history. In this multiplayer scenario, players take the side of one of these two great powers at this same precipice. As Germany, your task is to capture Paris. As France, your task is to prevent its capture. The clock is ticking, and the enemy is moving. Advance! MORE NEW CONTENT Seven new world wonders, seven natural wonders, 18 new units, 15 new improvements, 9 new buildings, 5 new districts, 2 new city sets, 9 new techs and 10 new civics have been added. IMPROVED GAMEPLAY SYSTEMS The Espionage system has been enhanced with new options, the Culture and Science Victories have been updated, new Historic Moments have been added, and additional improvements have been made to other existing systems.

Humble Paradox Bundle 2019 now available

Fri, 08 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

At HumbleBundle you can currently get an very interesting Bundle for strategy-gamers on Linux: the Humble Paradox Bundle 2019. From $1 on you’ll get:

Age of Wonders II: The Wizard’s Throne
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
Magicka 2 (Linux native)
Crusader Kings II (Linux native) If you pay more than the average (currently at $6.10) you’ll also get:
Age of Wonders III (Linux native)
Crusader Kings II: The Old Gods DLC (Linux native)
Europa Universalis IV (Linux native) And if you pay **12$**or more, you’ll also get:
Steel Division: Normandy 44
Age of Wonders III - Deluxe Edition DLC (Linux native)
Magicka 2 Deluxe Edition DLC (Linux native)
Europa Universalis IV - El Dorado DLC (Linux native)

Battletech: Patch 1.4.0 with german, french and russian localization released

Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

The huge Patch 1.4.0 for the turn-based strategy game Battletech has been released. Besides a lot of fixes it also includes the complete german, french and russian localization:

LIVE - BATTLETECH 1.4.0 Release Notes: The One with Localization! Welcome to BATTLETECH 1.4! This release contains a number of quality-of-life improvements and bug fixes, as well as the official localized releases of BATTLETECH in French, German, and Russian. We have also improved performance for saving and loading games. A few things to note about localization: If you switch to a different language and it isn’t showing up on screen, back out to the main menu so that the language pack can refresh. There is no noun declension in procedurally generated contracts. BattleMech names are consistently not translated, as consistent with other BATTLETECH translations. We hope you enjoy our latest BATTLETECH update! – HBS IMPORTANT: Additional note for players who mod various game files… Reminder that modding is not officially supported. If you have saved a game with any mod active, that saved game will not work after an update has been applied unless you replace all modded files exactly as they were when the save game file was created. Saved games require the exact same data state in order to function properly. As always, if you experience further issues please contact Customer Support at: https://support.paradoxplaza.com Highlights Localized versions of BATTLETECH - French, German, and Russian players, rejoice! BATTLETECH has now officially moved out of the localization beta and into a full release! We’ve implemented an increased number of translations, and improved translation accuracy. UI improvements - We’ve removed excess symbols and fixed many occurances of text truncation/bleeding and incorrect line breaks for text in all languages. Improvements Fixed the splash screen delay that some users experienced and reported. Some conversation and narrative text was updated for clarity. Updated tree placement around hexes so that players can navigate to forest positions more easily. The player is now notified about reputation requirements for events. Bugfixes Fixed an issue with video settings not saving in fullscreen or windowed modes. Player ‘Mechs are no longer submerged in deep water. Fixed store issues that prevented some players from selling items in Ironman career mode. Fixed functionality with the Big Steel Claw that prevented players from selling and storing it. Corrected an issue that could cause the wrong follow-up event to trigger after completing Operation: Flattened Earth. Flashpoint owners can now play multiplayer games against non-Flashpoint owners. Fixed issues with enemy ‘Mechs getting stuck in geometry when spawning outside the map in some combat missions. Fixed an audio issue with turret generator destruction in Target Acquisition missions. “Spore Cloud” debuff icon is now present in the jungle biome. Dropships that fly in at the end of the Steel Beast flashpoint land correctly and no longer float above the map. Fixed issues with UI card on the star map for the Kurita Alliance Flashpoint. Fixed the Mechwarrior VO played after successfully damaging an enemy structure. Fixed UI issues with reputation icons and tooltips. Known Issues On rare occasions, a small amount of partly unlocalized mission objective text may appear in French, German, and Russian versions of the game. Custom Mechwarrior callsigns and ‘Mech names may appear localized if the custom name is a word that is already used elsewhere in the game. A desync notification may appear during rounds in Multiplayer if the Host and Guest use different decimal separators (e.g. English vs Russian, French, or German). However, clicking “Continue” will clear the notification, and the match can be finished.

Beholder 2: Update with german localization released

Mon, 17 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

For the dystopian strategy-game Beholder 2 an update has been released today on Steam, which (among other things) adds the german language to the game. The version on GOG will get this update for sure soon.

Beholder 2 Update Today the Minister of Updates wishes to report on some recent developments. Ministry of Innovations: Added German, Korean and Polish localizations. Added a new type of a save file (“Daily Save”) that automatically saves game progress at the start of each in-game day. Added a controller icon to the game menu (when PS4/Xbox controller is in use). Ministry of Game Balance: The system for penalizing theft has been improved: When you steal something, you’ll see an in-game notification. The first time you’re caught with stolen items, you’ll receive a warning. The next time you’re caught, you’ll be able to pay the fine later. IMPORTANT: these changes are not applicable if you are caught with items prohibited by the Government. Increased some bill discounts from reading books. Increased the rewards for the following quests: “Cover-up”, “The Most Dangerous Game”, “Carl Zero”, “Beneficial Effect”, “Epidemic”, “Past Mistakes”. Ministry of Bug Fixes: Fixed a bug that made it impossible to change the screen resolution. Fixed a bug where graphics settings could not be applied. Fixed a bug that lead to duplicate Autosave and Quick Save files. Fixed a quest in which Peter Dong kept offering to help with promotion after promotion was already achieved. Fixed a bug that lead to loss of control after a conversation with a courier (“Deal with the Devil” quest). Fixed a bug that led to an incorrect camera position after loading save files. Fixed a bug that lead to incorrect avatars being shown in dialogues. Fixed a bug that made it impossible to open a file while testing clones in the “Carl Zero” quest. Fixed a bug where prohibited items turned up in “Lost and Found” after their owners were arrested. Fixed a bug where a theft warning appeared when you put any of your items into the inventories of other characters. Fixed a bug where a loaded save file led to old emails in the Patriot Terminal being marked as unread. Fixed a bug where there were no bills, but the buttons were active in the “BILLS” section. Fixed a bug that lead to loss of control while completing the “Win or Die!” quest. Fixed a bug regarding earning the “Mischief Managed” achievement. Fixed a bug where both the “Film and Tape” and “The Escape” quests were marked completed if a player completed either of them. Linux. Fixed a bug where the game couldn’t be run in windowed mode. Ministry of Collateral Improvements: Improved Chinese and English localizations. Improved some animations. Improved some cut-scenes. Improved the GUI. Would any of this have been possible without the Wise Leader at the helm of our Great State? We all know the answer to that!

Dungeons 3: third and final DLC "Lord of the Kings" now available for Linux on GOG and Steam

Sun, 22 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

The third and final (paid) DLC for the strategy game Dungeons 3 is now available for Linux on GOG and Steam!

FEATURE LIST 3 Campaign maps with audio 3 new Evil hubs New Boss enemy: King Arcturus New Wall Tile Set for the Dungeon ABOUT THIS CONTENT The great King Arcturus returns from his quest with the Holy Grail in tow, only to find out that someone has devastated his city of Stormbreeze (and the rest of the kingdom). He immediately set about recapturing the lands, but he hadn’t reckoned with the Always-Has-The-Last-Laugh Evil. Although the player initially helps King Arcturus, they soon return to side of Evil where, with the help of some converted heroes, they wipe the floor with him.

War for the Overworld: Patch 2.0 and new DLC "The Under Games" released for Linux

Sat, 21 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

The strategy game War for the Overworld another huge free patch 2.0 as well as a new (paid) DLC called “The Under Games” has been released on Steam. Both change and extend the main game in dramatic ways:

War for the Overworld 20. Apr. The Under Games Patch 2.0 Released! Darkest greetings Underlord, The wait is over! Through the broiling, discordant mass of the Aether the end is in sight and the prize within our grasp. Kairos lies ahead, unprotected but for a smattering of would-be heroes and the ever elusive deity Kira. The conquest of new realms is your raison d’être but you know what they say: Practise makes perfect Underlord! This time there can be no mistakes, no failures, and Kira will not escape your wrath yet again. To that end we must prepare. Now answer this call-to-arms: join The Under Games, and prove yourself the greatest of the Underlords! But beware: the rules of war have changed with the gargantuan free Patch 2.0, and there is much for you to learn. And don’t look now, but the Ultimate Edition is casting its monstrous shadow across the Overworld as well! Read on Underlord! The Under Games Expansion (£7.59, $9.99, €9.99) The Under Games is underway and it awaits a new champion to claim the title of strongest Underlord! The reward will be exquisite: leading the charge into the pathetic realm of Kairos! Will you take the mantle in this new fully-featured expansion? Available now on Steam and the new Brightrock Store (which also has physical copies of the game and other goodies)! We’re also putting the game and all DLC on sale with up to 75% off for the next 48 hours, so grab them while you can! https://youtu.be/0OO87VOO5vE The Under Games represents a distinct departure and challenge from any experience we’ve released before. Its focus is on Underlord vs Underlord combat in a Skirmish-like campaign, set across a variety of game modes – two of which are brand new! Choose your champion, realise their unique powers, then carve your bloody path through your kin to reach the final. Key Features An all-new 7-level campaign Choose your Underlord and participate in a deadly tournament, set across a series of scenarios that call back to classic Dungeon Management gameplay! Each of the 4 playable Underlords has a unique playstyle, driven by their powerful traits and exclusive minions and Aspects. Each Underlord has their own path through The Under Games, meeting distinct opponents en route and experiencing their own story! A completely overhauled AI awaits with 5 difficulty levels and a multitude of personalities to put you through your paces. Conquer arenas with distinctive layouts and a variety of visual themes, including the new blood-soaked Sanguine theme. 2 new games modes Race to capture and hold key positions in King of the Underhill, which will then blast your opponent’s Dungeon Core from distance. Mount a multipronged attack against your opponent’s Core Shards, then watch as their dungeon crumbles. 3 new Underlords with their own unique unlockable Dungeon Themes. 9 new Aspects expand your Veins of Evil, with new defences, constructs, potions and spells! New terrain features and shrines await in the Underworld, such as the ultra-hard Quartz and Moongate teleportation shrine. As War for the Overworld’s final expansion we wanted to deliver an experience unlike any other so far, filled to the brim with new concepts and content to ensure that each time you play you get a different experience. This is a game of strategy Want to know more? Take a deep dive into each of the new Underlords and their new Aspects: Meet Underlord Shale – The Wild Stampede! Meet Underlord Volta – The Infernal Contraption! Meet Underlord Lamash – The Rotting Reaper! Free Patch 2.0: Untold Depths Alongside The Under Games we’re unleashing the truly gargantuan free Patch 2.0 upon the unsuspecting Underworld, packed to the brim with features, content and improvements. It’s the largest single update ever released for War for the Overworld! In fact it’s so big that we couldn’t compile all the release notes in time. So instead we’ve compiled a list of the major features and improvements, as well as details on the huge balance update. Even with just that focus the list is longer than any other update we’ve ever released; but rest assured that there are many more fixes and minor improvements in there as well. You can read our release notes here (English only). If you’d rather dive right in then here are the headlining changes: Remastered Main Campaign including new cinematic cutscenes, new terrain themes, rebalanced levels, and improved tutorials. Vastly expanded Map Editor features as long-requested by our fans: build maps for nearly any mode, including My Pet Dungeon, and use the new Mighty Script Editor to trigger complex events. Now you can truly create the levels you’ve always wanted to, and even chain them together to make narrative campaigns! More types of content on the Steam Workshop, with scripted custom scenarios and campaigns arriving when our industrious community get their hands on the new tools. The best will be curated by us, so you won’t miss a beat. New game modes to use in Skirmish, Multiplayer and the Map Editor: claim key positions in King of the Underhill, or destroy fragments of your opponents in Core Shards. Devastating New Underlord AI, rebuilt from the foundations to challenge even the most scheming players. Our new AI can use all the tools and tricks you’ve come to rely on – can you rise to the challenge? Sanguine and Snowy terrain themes now available in the enhanced Map Editor, which recast levels in either blood red or ice white. New Sacrifice ritual calls back to the origins of the Dungeon Management genre: drop different combinations of minions onto your Sanctuary Altar, and if the dark god Mendechaus is feeling generous, you might get something exciting in return! Polished to a shine! You’ll find countless new animations, gameplay improvements, balance adjustments, significant performance optimisations, and other changes and fixes – as you’ve come to expect from us in our quest to create the ultimate Dungeon Management experience. As you can see we’ve really dug deep on this release, and there’s barely a part of the game that hasn’t been touched up in some way. And thanks in no small part to the efforts of our volunteer QA testers, the enhanced Map Editor is sure to excite and deliver some incredible opportunities for User Generated Content. We hope you have fun exploring its untold depths! We can’t wait to see what you build when you get your Hand of Evil on the new tools! With that in mind we’ve overhauled both the Steam Workshop and our own Foundry forum to help with sharing this content. In the coming weeks and months, we also plan to start spotlighting the work of our industrious content authors in a new series of Community Spotlights. There will be rewards! The Ultimate Edition ($24.40, £17.89, €23.29 for the next 48 hours, or $59.99, £43.99, €56.99 normally) To bring the complete experience of War for the Overworld together as we round off the game, we’re launching the Ultimate Edition! This includes everything you need to get the most out of the game – and it’s all wrapped up in a package with a permanent 10% discount! Kasita can barely keep her Hand of Avarice off of it! War for the Overworld Base Game & Free Crucible Expansion Heart of Gold Expansion My Pet Dungeon Expansion The Under Games Expansion Underlord Edition Extras (dungeon theme, soundtrack, lore books) You can grab The Ultimate Edition from Steam and our very own store! And whilst the huge sale is on you can grab all this with a whopping 63% off! ($24.40, £17.89, €23.29.) Where to Next? As always we’ll be continuing to monitor the release; if you run into any issues please let us know through our usual support channels. For our future plans regarding War for the Overworld, we’re still trying to determine exactly what small updates may be coming and when. At the very least we’ll likely be rolling out one more minor patch with a few small features, such as custom voice-over to support map creators; so if you have any suggestions please let us know! We’ll also be discussing in the coming weeks exactly what future support for WFTO will look like. So please be patient with us and expect an announcement soon. Beyond that we’re not quite ready to announce anything else just yet. Watch this space. But for now, don your Hand of Evil, get ready to run the gauntlet, and seize your copy of The Under Games from Steam or our very own store. It’s time to make your move! And remember: If you’re yet to experience the wonders of running your own dungeon, there’s never been a better time to be bad than with the new and heavily-discounted Ultimate Edition! Claim it now on Steam or our store! We’ll see you underground. Cheers, – Brightrock Games Team

Tower of Time: RPG-Strategy-Tactic-Mix leaves Early Access

Thu, 12 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

The RPG-Strategy-Tactic-Mix Tower of Time has released another huge (2,5 GB in size) patch and officially left Early Access. The full version is now available for Linux on Steam.

Tower of Time is an incredible adventure packed with over 50 hours of gameplay, hand-crafted levels, and a rich story told through animated cinematics. Taking classic RPG gameplay to the next level, Tower of Time features flexible character development, thousands of pieces of loot and equipment and the complex and tactical real-time combat system. Engaging story of epic proportions Immerse yourself in a world where technology meets magic with devastating consequences. Gather a group of diverse champions and lead them through the tower. Hundreds of lore books and scattered pieces of information slowly reveal the history of Artara as your party of adventurers approach their fate. Deep tactical real-time combat with pause or slow-time Take ultimate strategic control of each battle with the Arrow-Time combat system that slows the action down to a crawl or pauses it. Plan ahead and position your party where you need them for ultimate effect. Use Arrow-Time to react to new threats, deploy devastating new spells and attacks and counter enemy attacks. No two encounters are ever the same. 7 Unique character classes, each with different strengths and weaknesses. Complex skill system with two exclusive enhancement trees and multitude of options. Skill Gestures - draw some of the skills as you want. Gravity manipulation – leap large distances to scatter your enemies or draw them in. Rich equipment system. 150 enemies with unique skills and tactics. Over 50 Bosses wielding a diverse range of skills and spells. Five difficulty levels, including Epic difficulty (not recommended for new players). Multiple combat modes ensure that there’s plenty of variety and fresh challenges ahead. Travel through hand-crafted levels that have been carefully designed to challenge you. New character progression system. Unique Party Alignment system. Combat Challenges, designed to test your tactical and party-building skills. Crafting, enchanting, legendary items. Upgrade-able city.

Attack of the Earthlings: turn-based strategy game now available DRM-free for Linux on GOG

Thu, 15 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

One month after the release on Steam, the turn-based strategy game called Attack of the Earthlings appears now also DRM-free for Linux on GOG.

Attack of the Earthlings combines turn-based combat and stealth in a dark comedic single player campaign, where you the player, take control of the native alien race to defend your home world from the invading humans. Galactoil, a comically dysfunctional energy corporation, are hell-bent on harvesting the known universe for energy and will drill anything in its incessant quest to line its pockets with profit. However, their latest foray into energy exploration on Planet X13, has placed them into a bit of a pickle. The Swarmers, the native insectoid species, have another idea - to eat all the workers! You take control of the Swarmers, a highly aggressive insectoid species, who must convert human flesh into alien muscle, upgrade their units and even find the time to gatecrash a birthday party. To put a stop to the invasion, the Swarmers must plan attacks carefully. Take control of unsuspecting workers, set traps, emerge from vents and hiding spots to take your human prey by surprise, and assault in groups to kill multiple enemies at once. The more earthlings killed, the more corpses can be consumed and transformed into new units with specialized roles and unique abilities. The flesh of their own workers is the key ingredient to developing a successful alien insurgency against Galactoil. Voice actor and Vine extraordinaire, SungWon Cho A.K.A ProZD (A Hat in Time, Paradigm), lends his brilliant voice to X13 mining operation Regional Manager Dennis Dickinham; a man both massively unqualified and massively overpaid. A gregarious fellow who finds joy in everything, be it catching a few rounds of golf with the boys or rerouting power from sickbay to the massage chairs in the boardroom, Dickinham’s a delight to be around! Just never, NEVER utter the phrase “bad idea” in his presence. The game also features an original soundtrack by composer Mikolai Stroinski (Vanishing of Ethan Carter, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Blood & Wine).

Dungeons 3: new DLC "Evil of the Caribbean" now available for Linux on GOG and Steam

Fri, 02 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

The strategy game Dungeons 3 has gotten a new (paid) DLC: Evil of the Caribbean. It is now available for Linux on GOG and Steam and leads the player into a Pirates paradise:

FEATURE LIST A new, fully voiced campaign across 3 challenging maps 3 new Evil hubs New Wall Tile Set for the Dungeon New Outfit: Thalya the pirate ABOUT THIS CONTENT After her numerous adventures, Thalya has earned herself some peace and quiet, and so the Never-Gives-Subordinates-Vacation Evil sends her to the pirate holiday paradise of Turtoga. However, it still has a few teeny tiny tasks for its general, such as rum running, still not paying off gambling debts and dealing with creatures from the depths of the ocean (Cthollho or something like that).

Dungeons 3: new DLC "Once upon a Time" now available for Linux on GOG and Steam

Fri, 02 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000

For the strategy-game Dungeons 3 a new (paid) DLC is now available on GOG and Steam: Once upon a Time. The player will be going to the Fairyland:

Feature-Liste A new, fully voiced campaign across 3 challenging maps 3 new Evil hubs New Boss enemy: The Good Fairy New Wall Tile Set for the Dungeon The Absolute Evil travels to Fairyland, home to the Good Fairy. This disgustingly good creature provides heroes with invigorating potions and is generally the detestable source of good deeds. With the help of some ensorcelled heroes and more than a few exploding sheep, the Absolute Evil brings this story to a nasty end!

XCOM 2 War of the Chosen: huge update 1.3.1 released for Linux

Thu, 01 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Feral has released today a 11 GB huge Update for the Linux-version of XCOM 2 War of the Chosen. This update contains the huge Fall-Update (released in October on Windows) as well as the minor update from December. It adds numerous improvements and bugfixes to the game. Here is the Changelog to the Fall-Update:

The Fall 2017 update for XCOM 2: War of the Chosen is available now on PC and coming soon for Mac, Linux, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. This new update institutes multiple bug fixes and optimizations that will facilitate a better overall experience for players. Challenge Mode has been updated to include new stats on the leaderboard, new player-to-player tracked events and retooled notifications. Head below for the full list of changes. Good luck, Commander. Gameplay – Strategy Layer Beta Strike now is applied to XCOM soldiers if the tutorial is enabled Scientists and engineers can no longer be used while deployed on Covert Actions Fixed base game soldier promotion abilities not being free in the Training Center if a cross-class ability is purchased first Fixed a visual issue with the inventory menu after selecting a Grenadier’s utility item or grenade slot in the Hangar Fixed Resistance Order card duplication Fixed a navigation issue caused by empty Resistance Order card slots Tutorial: Players can now re-enter the Research screen if they’ve tried to exit during the tutorial. Fixed an issue that prevented soldiers from being dismissible after completing Lost and Abandoned with the Tutorial enabled Fixed the conventional weapon breakthrough tech causing “+1 Damage” to display on the claymore when viewed in the Armory Soldiers in the Character Pool now generate with a background Scavengers Resistance Order now only applies to resource-based POI rewards Weapon color defaults to 20 now instead of -1 to prevent mismatched color previews Camera outline and poster display update on screen change Fixed an issue with SPARKs getting permanently stuck in a wounded yet “Available” state after going on Chosen Stronghold missions Fixed the Lost World Dark Event to expire correctly Fixed lingering cohesion glow after creating a new bond Fixed an issue where faction soldiers in the Training Center promotion screen would not appear when cycling through soldiers Removed references to Resistance HQ from strategy notifications Removed the ability for soldiers to gain positive traits as part of the AWC post-mission negative trait recovery mechanic Soldiers on Covert Actions no longer drop their equipped items when the player enters the squad select screen Fixed Rescue Soldier missions sometimes appearing with no reward if you fail it the first time Adding additional text to the Reaper’s Silent Killer ability description Fixed weapons with mods attached not upgrading to the next tier for soldiers who are deployed on ambush-able Covert Actions Gameplay – Tactical Layer Chosen will be activated only if someone on XCOM team has been revealed Fixed a bug where the fog of war fails to update or disappear when the player’s Codex creates a clone during a mission Fixed an issue where detection tiles would disappear for faction soldiers after loading a save while in concealment VIPs using hunker down no longer break concealment Berserk Rangers no longer attack squadmates Fixed visualization of Archon patrol pathing Units now take claymore damage when a claymore is detonated underneath them while on a destructible floor during tactical gameplay ADVENT Priests triggering Sustain while standing in the evac zone no longer fails the mission Alien Rulers get a 1.5X HP boost when Beta Strike is enabled Fixed an issue where Purifiers became unresponsive after their clone made from Shadowbind was destroyed Bladestorm and Retribution excludes teammates as valid targets Enemy reinforcement visual indicator no longer disappears Chosen can no longer turn into cocoons from Chryssalid poison Spectres hit with Stasis will no longer prevent shadowbound units from recovering when the Spectre is killed Fixed missing flyover for Lightning Reflexes Gremlins only reveal hidden units after a hack attempt is made Changed Skirmisher Ionic Ripjack stun chance to 25% Darkclaw now gains the effects of equipped ammo Brutal Chosen strength temporarily decreases soldier Will Fixed ambient lighting not being applied in some non-tactical areas Targetable enemy indicator refreshes correctly after navigating tactical menus Fixed an issue where help text and other pop-ups would not trigger during the tutorial Units provided by the Volunteer Army & Double Agent Resistance Orders will no longer count as units lost during a campaign Updated Mimic Beacon behavior for Purifier, Priest, Spectre, and shadowbound units Added AI AoE finder updates to enable AoE attacks on Mimic Beacons Fixed an issue preventing Mimic Beacons from being attacked more than once by purifiers Skulljack now kills units instantly if Beta Strike is enabled Shredded armor no longer reappears after reloading a save Fixed an issue where Skirmishers could use Wrath to move to an area, but not perform a melee attack Fixed infinite visualization hang when X2Action_WaitForAnotherAction fails to receive the event trigger it is registered for Fixed issue with claymores not being immediately targetable by the Reaper Reduced Chosen Hunter pistol range Skulljack no longer prevents a unit from becoming concealed Supply Extraction loot now recovered if XCOM evacs from the mission Fixed a loss of functionality caused by simultaneously entering a rescue circle and triggering a Lost pod during a Rescue Stranded Resistance Agents mission Fixed crash caused by too many Lost on screen at one time Restricting spawns in the corners of some parcels to prevent Chosen from being stuck if they spawn in the corner of a map Slightly reducing the aim of Retaliation civilian militia and Volunteer Army soldiers Shadowbound units don’t get abilities granted from Sustaining Spheres. This matches up with shadowbound units not getting built in Sustain ability from units either Prevent Chosen Kidnap / Extract on special units that come from HQ via Double Agent or Volunteer Army Fix for an indefinite hang when a unit gets the burning status effect when moving for a Skullmine action during tactical gameplay Holy Warrior effects no longer persist after the Priest is removed from the mission Chosen Sarcophagus health displays correctly after loading a save game while the shield is up Bluescreen Rounds no longer affect destructibles Updated Shadowbind to remove the Parthenogenic Poison from the target Decoupled GameStateUnit and asynchronous pawn load requests to prevent hung levels and crashes on level load Fixed crashes related to GetAllViewersOfTarget Fixed crashes related to GetAllVisibleToSource Fixed crashes related to GetAllViewersOfLocation Fixed crashes caused by for large block of LoadMap crashes Fixed GetWorldInfo crashes on RenderThread FixedProtection against IsAudible crashes from effects Challenge Mode Added new event notifications: 5 Enemy Kills, Concealment Broken, First Soldier Wounded, Killed a Sectopod or Gatekeeper, Lost a Sectopod or Gatekeeper, and Completed Mission Challenge Mode replay improvements: show the reaper roll, skip challenge points banners, disable mission narratives Added user score and total players to Challenge Mode squad select screen Changed Challenge events to display completion percentages of total players for an event ADVENT soldiers now take an action when their shadowbound clone is killed Enemy units will now move or take actions when the player Shadowbinds another enemy unit in the same pod Challenge Mode replays will now automatically start playing Fixed an issue where Focus drops were not occurring in Challenge mode Additional score break down and stats to leaderboard Consolidated the objective and enemy score decrease messages into one message when appropriate Fixed an issue causing Challenges to auto-complete Misc Modding - Added files to improve compatibility between the game and uncooked content Character Pool now checks base game and expansion directories for available pools Fixed Character Pool lighting when on Stronghold shell screen Fixed a crash with the Character Pool trying to access a version of a unit that no longer exists Added a button to open the local Photobooth directory from the game Class pose filtering is skipped when doing a memorial shot Additional crash and bug fixes

Tower of Time: huge update of Linux build released

Thu, 18 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000

The Linux-version of the RPG/Strategy-Mix Tower of Time has received a very big (3 GB in size) patch on Steam:

Hotfix 0.6.2.1334 and Linux Patch (big) Hello All, We just released a hotfix 0.6.2.1334. The following issues are fixed: Issues Achievements will properly unlock Linux We also updated Linux build. We have tested it on Ubuntu 17.04. If you have a different distro and run into troubles with cinematics, please let us know. Thanks. Thanks for your feedback and reviews. Cheers, KM P.S. One of the Primal Beasts (in the screenshots above) is also very excited about this hotfix, since you will finally be able to test your skills against him in the final Beast Challenge

Tooth and Tail: Patch 1.1.1 with GOG Crossplay released

Sat, 13 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000

The Steam-version of the strategy game Tooth and Tail has received the Patch 1.1.1. This makes it possible to play together (or against) with owners of the GOG-version:

Patch 1.1.1 is out, and with it, crossplay between Steam and GOG players is now live. There’s also a number of stability fixes for Mac players, a ton of balance changes, and a revamp in the MMR points for winning in Ranked matches. Features GOG players and Steam players can now play together! You will notice that you need to select your region before playing online, which you can always change via the options menu. Global Pick and Win Rates now represent last 2 weeks of data rather than all time Ranked Bottom tier no longer loses points upon loss Sneaky hidden option for saving out minimaps (figure it out or ask me in discord!)

Civilization VI: Fall-Update and DLC Khmer and Indonesia Civilization & Scenario Pack released for Linux

Thu, 11 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Finally the so called Fall-Update for Civilization VI has been released on Linux by Aspyr, incl. the DLC “Khmer and Indonesia Civilization & Scenario Pack” (if you own the Digital Deluxe Edition, otherwise get it here). This update changes a lot in the game, especially at Religions. Sadly there is still no Cross-Platform-Multiplayer:

Update (1/11/2018) The latest free update in the award-winning Sid Meier’s Civilization® franchise is live on Steam (Mac and Linux). This update includes a number of balance tweaks, civ-specific adjustments, AI tuning, and bug fixes. There is also the new premium DLC, the Khmer and Indonesia Civilization & Scenario Pack available now! Just one of the big changes for the Fall Update: Religion has been overhauled. Religion gets fleshed out with new beliefs, new religious units, two new Pantheons, along with new Founder, Follower, Enhancer, and Worship Beliefs. These beliefs unlock the ability to build two new buildings as well as a new combat unit, the Warrior Monk. Finally, the Religion Lens has been overhauled to improve overall usability and readability. Beyond religion, there’s a number of other changes in store. For more details, read the patch notes. Due to instability issues on cross-platform play between Mac/Linux and PC, the feature is not yet available. We continue to work on supporting stable cross-platform play. Next, we’re working with 2K to launch the Rise & Fall Expansion content by late Q1/ early Q2 2018. Mac and Linux players can join the Mac Steam group to match up against one another! If you run into any problems with installing the update or with the game after its updated, please open a support ticket with us: https://support.aspyr.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

The Curious Expedition: Update v1.3.0.1 with Mod-Support and Achievements released

Wed, 20 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000

The fantastic Rogue-like Strategy-game The Curious Expedition receives with the current update v1.3.0.1 for Linux many improvements but also Mod-support and Achievements!

Modding and Achievements are here! The Curious Expedition - ByteRiot We’ve been looking forward to this moment for a looong time! We’re happy to finally share our big modding and achievements update with you! :) Modding! We have a new modding menu where you can select any amount of mods you want to run in your game Steam Workshop support. You can subscribe to mods on steam and they will get automatically downloaded into your game. You can also upload new mods directly from the game and see the current mod ratings. Steam is not required for mods though No coding required! We have a simple text format which allows to add any new content. These are the same tools that we used during development. Add items, characters, enemies, dice, statuses, events, worlds and much more. We went through all our scripts and made sure that they have nice entry points for being moddable. We made all of our text and image content open source. You can see it at https://github.com/Maschinen-Mensch/curiousexpedition and use it as inspiration for your own mods or games Access lots of ingame debugging tools which allow you to spawn any entity or run any event on the fly. We actually improved the dev tools so much beyond of what we used during development that we are bit jealous of you now (it’s fine though) We’re shipping the game with multiple example mods (including the t-rex, scientific assistant and yakul mods) We’ve prepared extensive wiki documentation and tutorials for you to check out at http://curious-expedition.wikia.com/wiki/Modding:Home. If you have more questions also please join our discord server https://discord.gg/maschinen-mensch and chat with us and other modders directly We created a free extension for the free Visual Studio Code text editor. Go to https://code.visualstudio.com/ to download the editor and enter TCE Script in the extension settings to download our plugin. It will give you proper syntax highlighting and search functionality making working with the script files much more convenient. This is just the start of our modding tools. We’re looking forward to your feedback and will add more functionality to support your ideas. Achievements! We added over 60 new cool achievements to the game (some of them are secret) There is a new section in the hall of fame allowing you to see all the achievements and your progress These achievements are synched to steam achievements, which you can show off on your steam profile. Steam is not required for achievements though Almost all our achievements track their progress separately for each difficulty level, so once you’ve mastered easy or medium difficulty, you can try your luck again on a harder difficulty For now achievements are disabled when mods are enabled Main Menu New background graphics Added a news section allowing you to read about development news from within the game Nicer UI elements (checkboxes and exit buttons) Added animated campfire to several event screens Added new secret explorers Added new sound effects for some aftermath events English text will be shown as fallback if no localized string is available Tuning Lone survivor perk fills up full sanity bar when triggered Made climbing gear slightly stronger and climber perk slightly weaker Increased ship water refill to 20 units Angry native zones can never become unaggroed now (unless they are sleeping) Restricted most quests to appear before final expedition Missionary quest is now automatically resolved when entering the village Remove local curses when stepping through portals Corruption sprawls will no longer kill enemies Tesla gun now benefits from gun expert perk No random fires can happen when packing a camp up anymore. (Pyromaniacs still can lay a fire though) Bugfixes Fixed multiple bugs potentially causing being stuck in tutorial Fixed flood curse following you beyond expedition end Fixed ship getting destroyed Fixed rare crash when having a empty slot in inventory Konrad quest can now be completed even after leaving the village when first encountering him. Freeing slots in the hot air balloon should now work more intuitively Fixed exploit that allowed to return more items than normally allowed with the hot air balloon Fixed issues with path finding in dog sledge Improved camera behavior when panning to locations Removed ability to dismiss character while a pending diary event is already waiting Mount button is now greyed out when already mounted Fixed mounted status not stored in savegames Fixed issues with native visit event Fixed event flow after fighting with giant spiders Fixed shaman perk not working on all mushrooms Fixed combat cursor picks new enemy when old target died Fixed family amulet event line Fixed wrong button help text on scale 3 setting Fixed unlocalized texts in game over screen Fixed being able to stop village spawn via mini puppets Fixed failed idol quest was not handled correctly Fixed vulture night event showing up even though player had no ammo Fixed musician quest not always resolving properly Fixed special friend event flow Fixed Olivia not having a crystall ball at game start Fixed same piece of meat being cooked by multiple cooks at the same time Always show diary alert first before interrupting player action during travel Fixed enemies killed by a debuff now don’t supply dice in the next round anymore Fixed window size issues Fixed unusable items having infoboxes explaining how to use them Fixed large inventories overlapping Flee or Roll button during combat Fixed double epilogue caused by obsidian mirror Fixed mini maps sometimes going blank or regenerating or crashing the game Fixed some places being unreachable after world generation Fixed parts of golden pyramids being missing sometimes Fixed crash bug caused by (de)buffed characters entering combat Fixed crash bug in tutorial caused by no place to spawn the ship being found Fixed charismatic perk only working once Fixed weird duplicated actions in queen conflict event Fixed problem where two events could trigger at once

Zombie Night Terror: Patch 1.3.1 with Level-Editor released for Linux

Wed, 25 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000

For the Lemmings-inspired strategy-game Zombie Night Terror the Patch 1.3.1 has been released for Linux ob Steam. It contains among other things a Level-Editor and fixes the Linux-specific startup-bug. Also the developer started a contest for the best self-made levels. The game is currently available with a discount on Steam and also on GOG, but here at the moment not with the latest update.

Patch 1.3.1 The latest update had some issues with some anti-viruses and Steam was not initializing correctly on Linux. This update should fix the Steam initialization error and a bug preventing you to publish a chapter without a cover, the antivirus false positive was fixed last night with a quick hotfix. We are very sorry for the inconvenience and hope your still having fun feeding your zombie horde!

Beholder: Blissful Sleep DLC released

Thu, 18 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000

The “spy-on-simulation” Beholder has gotten a (paid) DLC today: Blissful Sleep. Description:

The Ministry of Introductions is honored to introduce Hector, the ex-landlord succeeded by Carl Shteyn. You may remember him being beaten and then dragged away, but things aren’t always what they seem to be… Welcome back to the grim dystopian future of Beholder , where ordinary people struggle to survive while subjected to the directives of an iron-fisted Government! The time has come to tell the stories of: the one who has fallen a victim to a horrifying mistake, and is now desperately seeking for salvation; the ones who broke the law to find happiness and are now facing the consequences; the one who risked his life for the State but has been left behind; the one who had everything but lost it all; and the one who mews! You’ll meet many others, all of whom are living under the same roof – and under the thumb of a government that has absolute control over its citizens and never turns its peering eye away! Return to Krushvice 6 and serve the State and Wise Leader well!

Valhalla Hills: big update and second DLC released for Linux

Thu, 19 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000

If you like Settlers, you may already know of Valhalla Hills, which had recently a big update. The Changelog ist accordingly large:

** Spells ** The Altar has been updated. There are different kinds of spells you can use now: Fireball: This spell attacks enemies within a certain range. Healing spell: This spell heals all friendly Vikings within a certain range. Watching grass grow: This spell creates a meadow within a certain range. Reforestation: This spell plants trees within a certain range. Retreat: This spell causes every soldier to rush back to the start portal immediately. Caffeine Boost: Through this spell all Vikings are wide awake for a certain time. Big Viking Belly: This spell refills the stomachs of all Vikings. Clannish Vikings: This spell increases the population limit. Fried Fish Rain: Fried fish appears from nowhere within a certain range. Beer Carousal: You can’t eat diamonds, but drink beer instead. Now then, throw the gewgaw away! Goat brood: This spell spawns goats within a certain range. Volcanic Eruption: Take control of Mother Nature and let a barrage of fire hail down upon your enemies.- DLC 2 only! ** Vikings ** Hunters are allowed to have two carriers now. Your Vikings get honor even in the Freegame mode now. The Animal Breeder needs less time and wares to produce a goat. There is a new military unit: the healer. He is able to use different kinds of healstaffs. These weapons for the healer are produced at the Armory: simple Healstaff, Bone Staff, Crystal Staff. Just like other military units he reaches a higher stamina through beer and his healing ability gets stronger through gold. Vikings who reached the sacred halls of Valhalla can now be recalled with the “Order Vikings” - Button at the Starting Portal into the game. They will have more strength and health than your ordinary Vikings. If no Vikings of your tribe claimed Valhalla ordinary Vikings will be called into the game, but only if you have build enough dwellings. ** New building: Food Stock ** Since many players wished for it: This building is used only for food stocking. ** UI ** A bug that caused the first click on the GUI to be ignored has been fixed. ** Misc. ** A big memory leak was found and fixed. The game does not need as much memory as it used to. A new load animation shortens the waiting time. The torchlight now represents the real status of the building. (enabled/disabled) - (Geologist torch bug) As a workaround for the jumpy mouse cursor we have disabled border scrolling on Macs per default. scrolling für Mac standartmäßig deaktiviert.

The Mims Beginning: full release now available for Linux on Steam

Wed, 18 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000

After being more than four years in development the makers of The Mims Beginning released the full version of their god-like strategy game on Steam. Also a very interesting Making-Of with many screenshots and videos has been published. Official website: http://www.mimsthegame.com/

Wargame: Red Dragon Map Pack #3 free for Linux available on Steam

Tue, 16 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000

The strategy game Wargame: Red Dragon adds a big patch and new maps with the recently released Map-Pack #3. The patch also includes changes concerning the balancing of the game, so also veterans might take a closer look!. Official announcement:

NEW MAPS: … the ported classic map Thüringer Wald in two variants: 3v3 Snake Pit 3v3 Crossroad Plus 4 variants of existing maps: 4v4 Heartbreak Ridge 4v4 Crown of Crags 2v2 Operation Chomite 1v1 Death Row MAP CHANGES : Based on the feedbacks brought by the community after the release of the previous Map Packs, we have made some changes on the following maps: Sun of Juche & Final Meltdown: downscaling the reinforcement arrow. Mud Fight: smaller red spwan sector to balance the “point of contact” near Alpha. Mud Fight: central sector moved slightly closer to blue side in order not to incorporate another hedge. Nuclear Winter is Coming (Conquest): increasing one sector’s value from 1 to 2. Punchbowl, removing the contral sector, outside of the town. Hell in a very small place, central and bottom zones slightly extended in favor of blue side. 38th Perpendicular, increasing the size of India sector to facilitate access to the city above. Highway (big), central secttor’s value increased from 1 to 2. Wrecks & Rocks, extending Foxtrot sector to include some woods in order to help blue side securing it. BALANCE: GENERiC:

Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition now available for Linux on Steam

Fri, 18 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Silently creeped Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition in my Steam-library a few moments ago! I’m currently downloading the 13.3GB, and will report here soon, if it really works! UPDATE: currently there is sadly no executable file, so the game won’t start.

Hard West: fix graphical Bugs on Linux

Sat, 21 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Hard West may show some graphical issues on Linux (like flickering shadows or clouds). Since the game is also using the Unity-Engine 5, the same fix as for Sword Coast Legends works here. Set the launch-options in your Steam-client to LC_ALL=C %command% This fixed all graphical issues for me.

Hard West now available for Linux on Steam

Wed, 18 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Hard West, a turn-based strategy game set in a a unique “Weird” West World, is now available for Linux on Steam. Description: When a tragic turn of events sets one man down a path of supernatural chaos and revenge, he must brutally hunt down all those whom wronged him. Fight and survive through 8 unique story-based scenarios, and try your hand at 40 individually designed turn-based combat missions with your

Grand Ages: Medieval now available for Linux on Steam

Fri, 25 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Grand Ages: Medieval, the newest game from Gaming Minds, is now available for Linux on Steam! Description: Rise from the humble role of a simple mayor governing a small settlement and rule over all of Europe.

Age of Wonders III now available for Linux on Steam

Tue, 14 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Long awaited, now official at last: Age of Wonders 3 is available right now for Linux on Steam! Description: Age of Wonders III is the long anticipated sequel to the award-winning strategy series. Delivering a unique mix of Empire Building, Role Playing and Warfare, Age of Wonders III offers the ultimate in turn-based fantasy strategy for veterans of the series and new players alike!

Tropico 5 Update 1.9 for Linux available

Wed, 25 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000

The Tropico-Update 1.9 has been released. It contains a lot of fixes, also for Linux- and Multiplayer-Dictators. Changelog:

Fixed numerous small UI issues
Teamsters and construction workers no longer use the metro while on duty
Game no longer autosaves after a scenario has been won or lost
Arrest citizen action is disabled when a kill order is still pending
Fixed citizens getting stuck in dock garages (sometimes happens with many tourists arriving at once)
Increased Trawler’s range and fixed some small issues with it (Waterborne)
Fixed severe performance drops during Kraken attack in mission 4 of the Waterborne expansion campaign (Waterborne)
Arrested rebels no longer join squads during rebel attacks
Fixed oil buildings not activating after winning the mission „Catch the Toucan“ (Gone Green)
Dynasty members can no longer be killed by tanks
Fixed citizen actions counting while the game is paused (e.g. when issuing them from the Almanac)
Multiplayer: Fixed some desyncs
Multiplayer: Fixed an issue with population limits in OSX and Linux versions
Several localization fixes and updates for all supported languages

Warhammer Quest now available on Steam for Linux

Wed, 07 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Warhammer Quest, ein Strategy-Game based on a Table-Top-Spiel, is now available on Steam for Linux. But beware: this Game seems to be a port of an IOS-Title and is full of Micro-Transactions. Description: Based on the classic tabletop game, Warhammer Quest is an addictive mix of role-playing and strategy.