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Proton beta 3.16-2 is out for Valve's Steam Play system

By Liam Dawe, 17 Oct 2018

Valve are continuing to polish the next version of Steam Play's Proton with an update to the beta channel.

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Planetary Annihilation: TITANS has a new public test build up with lots of improvements

By Liam Dawe, 16 Oct 2018

The newly formed studio, Planetary Annihilation Inc, has pushed out their first upgrade for the strategy game Planetary Annihilation: TITANS.

Egosoft to launch X4: Foundations on November 30th, hopefully with a Linux beta build

By Liam Dawe, 1 Oct 2018

Egosoft have officially announced their latest space sim X4: Foundations is going to launch on November 30th, although the status of the Linux build isn't fully confirmed.

Battle Royale game Crazy Justice just had an update to the closed beta, we have keys to give away

By Liam Dawe, 29 Sep 2018

Fancy getting in on the action? Black Riddles Studio has finally released an update to Crazy Justice and we have some keys available.

Valve have pushed out a new Steam Play beta with DXVK 0.80 and more

By Liam Dawe, 28 Sep 2018

As expected, Valve have pushed out an update to Proton for their Steam Play system with a new beta version.

BATTLETECH gets an opt-in Linux beta on Steam

By BTRE, 27 Sep 2018

Harebrained Schemes have made good on their promise to have a Linux beta for their tactical ‘Mech combat game. It works well with a few caveats.

The latest Steam Client Beta has some fixes for Steam Play, Steam Link improvements and so on

By Liam Dawe, 20 Sep 2018

For those of you who like to live life on the edge, the Steam Client Beta was updated yesterday with some fixes for Steam Play amongst other things.

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2D wizard arena-fighter 'Gift of Parthax' now has a Linux beta

By Liam Dawe, 17 Sep 2018

Gift of Parthax is an arena fighting game where you play as a Wizard who can create their own spells, looks interesting and it now has a Linux beta available for testing.

Cosmic Star Heroine has a Linux version in beta

By BTRE, 1 Sep 2018

The RPG title has finally gone forward with its promised Linux support and now has an opt-in beta on Steam. I've had the chance to play a little and have enjoyed what I have seen.

A beta of BATTLETECH for Linux is due in 'next few weeks'

By Liam Dawe, 28 Aug 2018

Harebrained Schemes just released another major patch for BATTLETECH and they also gave an update on the status of the delayed Linux version.

Valve are already pushing ahead with updates to Steam Play's Proton with a beta channel

By Liam Dawe, 25 Aug 2018

Valve are now offering a chance to test a beta of the next version of Proton in their Steam Play system.

Despite promising an Early Access release, Crazy Justice is out only for backers for now and it's rougher than expected

By Liam Dawe, 24 Aug 2018

I'm not really sure what Black Riddles Studio are doing with Crazy Justice at this point, as they seem to change their mind about it constantly. They constantly said Early Access was coming out on August 23rd. When actually, it wasn't at all.

The Humble Jackbox Party Bundle is out, some of their games have hidden Linux beta versions

By Liam Dawe, 15 Aug 2018

A quick tip for those who love their party games as Humble have put out the The Humble Jackbox Party Bundle.

The third backer build of Phoenix Point is now due in November, the aim is to be a 'major leap forward'

By Liam Dawe, 1 Aug 2018

The third backer build of the rather promising dark strategy game Phoenix Point is due out in November and they're planning to expand it quite a bit with the Geoscape strategic element.

The Linux beta of Arma 3 has been updated to 1.82

By Liam Dawe, 25 Jul 2018

The experimental Linux beta of Arma 3 has once again been updated putting the Linux version up to 1.82.

BulletRage, a completely over the top twin-stick shooter will release with Linux support later this year

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jul 2018

Sporting some seriously over the top action sequences, BulletRage will bring intense twin-stick action to Linux later this year.

A new Steam Client Beta is out adding support for PS3 Controllers and many more

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jul 2018

Valve are continuing to push ahead with improvements to their Steam Input system, with it now supporting PS3 Controllers and many more.

There's a new Linux beta of 'Black Mesa' that fixes it running on Linux, Xen levels nearly finished

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jun 2018

For those who've been wanting to play Black Mesa, the fan-made recreation of Half-Life you're in luck as Crowbar Collective put up a Beta for Linux users.