Starbound the game I have probably been most excited about this year is due to drop into public beta in less than an hour, are you ready to rock?

Step into the space suit of valiant gravity badger Captain T Bayback as he ventures into the deadly depths of deep space to save his friends, family and the universe itself from the threat of the deadly Evil Honey Badgers, aka the Hellsett.

Greetings Officer-Cadet o249, Are you ready to be put to the test? If deemed worthy, you will be assigned as an officer in the shadowy halls of Facility 7C. You will remotely lead a squad of operatives on daring espionage missions to plant evidence, steal secrets, assassinate targets, and perform sabotage for the glory of the Dark Father.

Alone in space, light years away from your family, armed with only your Fistcannon, Platform Drill and the meanest cup of coffee in the sector; you are Cargo Corps' latest recruit, a Cargo Commander.

Here comes the latest issue of The Funding Crowd, bringing the best looking campaigns aiming to fund Linux games.

Cat Banana Studios is proud to announce the launch of the Kickstarter and Steam Greenlight campaigns for Imagine Nations. Imagine Nations is a sandbox game (think Minecraft or Cube World) that combines elements from all of your favorite games in a procedurally generated universe.

The developers confirmed to me via twitter they are in fact planning to bring Solar Flux to Linux! This interesting strategy game looks like it will have a lot of fans for good visuals and engaging game-play. Ride those solar flares baby!

You might remember Halfway, the game I showed you back in September when I interviewed the developers, they are now back showing it off with a new video!

The Funding Crowd is back, slightly overdue but nonetheless full of the brightest and the best among the Linux games crowdfunding campaigns.

Chuck's Challenge 3D is a new puzzle game by Chuck Sommerville, creator of the classic title Chip's Challenge. His latest creation has just been released on Desura as a result of a successful Kickstarter campaign.

A world made of tiny colourful cubes sets the stage for a cast of cute characters on their quests to find courage, adventure, friendship, and sometimes just a way to get home.

Natural Selection 2 one of my favourite shooters has been updated recently and they are bringing an old map back from the original mod to the new game!

Arcen Games creators of Bionic Dues, AI War, Skyward Collapse have teased their new game "The Last Federation" which is a space-based mix of strategy and tactics.

Defender's Quest II: Mists of Ruin takes place in a world whose surface is covered by a toxic, heavier-than-air gas known as "Mirk."

The Funding Crowd is back two weeks after our previous edition. Yeah, we've been pretty busy searching among the new campaigns and selecting the best ones to be spotlighted on our column just for you.

When you played a RTS or MOBA, did you ever wish to come down and keep the enemy at gunpoint in dynamic battles? In Universum you can!

Have you ever wanted to be president? or prime-minister? Convinced you could do a better job of running the country? Let's face it, you could hardly do a worse job than our current political leaders. Crime, Unemployment, National Debt, Terrorism, Climate Change...

Rating: 8.5/10 The original Trine (2009) first became notable to me after I had discovered that its developer Frozenbyte had given full permission to redistribute certain screenshots of the game under a Creative Commons license as long as an attribution back to them was preserved...

Explore, Expand, Exploit and Exterminate your way across a galaxy of Timothy Zahn's favorite aliens...and some of your own. I interviewed them on the project and here is the result!

SCALE is a first person reality manipulation game that reimagines exploration with a unique resizing mechanic. It's currently on Kickstarter looking for $87K and it's sitting pretty at $41K with plenty of time still left (25 days).