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The latest 'Steam Client Beta Update' fixes wired Steam Controller support on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Oct 20, 2016

Those of you who have been having trouble with the Steam Controller when in wired mode may appreciated the latest Steam client beta, as it fixes it.

Football Manager 2017 now has a playable beta if you own the game on Steam, Linux included

By Liam Dawe, Oct 19, 2016

Football Manager 2017 is the latest in the line of FM games from Sports Interactive and SEGA and it supports Linux once again. The developers confirmed to me on twitter that Linux is included in the beta.

'Battle vs Chess' is yet another Topware Interactive published title to come to Linux using Wine

By Liam Dawe, Oct 17, 2016

Topware Interactive have now put up a Linux beta for 'Battle vs Chess' that makes use of Wine. It's really cool to see them do this.

Jagged Alliance 2 - Wildfire now has a Linux beta available on Steam, uses Wine

By Liam Dawe, Oct 15, 2016

Topware Interactive are continuing to bring over their older games to Linux using Wine, and that's okay. The latest is Jagged Alliance 2 - Wildfire.

The Wine Development Release 1.9.21 Is Now Available

By sobkas, Oct 14, 2016

The Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.9.21 has many small changes including 18 bugfixes.

Shallow Space open-world beta now on Linux, bringing it to Linux helped overall performance

By Liam Dawe, Oct 14, 2016

Here's something fun, Shallow Space has been re-working to be an open-world space game and the beta is now on Linux. The developer said getting it working on Linux helped overall performance.

Earthlock: Festival of Magic has a public opt-in Linux test build, no longer requiring an invite

By Liam Dawe, Oct 11, 2016

Earthlock: Festival of Magic is a rather great looking adventure RPG inspired by some older JRPGs, the developers recently opened an invite-only Linux test, but they have decided to open it up to everyone.

'Critical Annihilation', a twin-stick shoot 'em up made entirely out of destructible voxels has a Linux build

By Liam Dawe, Oct 10, 2016

'Critical Annihilation' is a rather fun looking shoot 'em up that features destructible voxels. Linux users asked for a build and the developer has put up a beta.

'Enclave', the 2003 action RPG now has a Linux beta that uses Wine

By Liam Dawe, Oct 8, 2016

'Enclave' is another Wine-port from Topware Interactive who promised to bring their older published titles to Linux. I'm totally okay with this, and it's currently in Beta.

Rocket League 'AquaDome' update is live with the new map

By Liam Dawe, Oct 4, 2016

Rocket League, the highly addictive masterpiece that's currently in Beta on Linux has been updated with a brand new arena named 'AquaDome'.

The Wine Development Release 1.9.20 Is Now Available

By sobkas, Oct 1, 2016

The Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.9.20 has many small changes including 18 bugfixes.

The third beta of FREE FPS ‘Ravenfield’ is out, the game keeps getting better

By -Daniel-Palacio-, Sep 24, 2016

‘Ravenfield’ is a small but excellent FPS inspired by Battlefield (but without Multiplayer), and now its single developer is releasing an update. There isn’t a lot of new content, but the new assets and improvements are surely welcomed.

Upcoming Rocket League AquaDome update will add a new arena and more cars

By BTRE, Sep 22, 2016

The footie-with-rocket-cars chaos of Rocket League will see an aquatic-themed update in October. A preview of the brand new arena and a pair of cars that are evocative of the deep blue sea are shown off in a spiffy new trailer.

'Slayer Shock' from the developer of Eldritch is now in Beta, go hunt some vampires

By Liam Dawe, Sep 21, 2016

Slayer Shock is the next game from David Pittman (Eldritch, NEON STRUCT) and Minor Key Games (Super Win the Game, Gunmetal Arcadia). It's available to buy right now with access to a beta.

Project Highrise now has an experimental Linux version

By Liam Dawe, Sep 16, 2016

Project Highrise a cool looking skyscraper construction and management sim is now available on Linux, but it's a very experimental form.

Stellar Overload (previously named Planets³) has released an experimental UE4 Linux build, looks very cool

By Liam Dawe, Sep 15, 2016

Quite some time ago I wrote about Planets³ (now called Stellar Overload) and how they didn't hit the Linux goal, but didn't want to leave Linux out. Looks like they are delivering on that.

Rocket League updated for SteamOS & Linux, AA now works, FPS no longer locked to 60

By Liam Dawe, Sep 13, 2016

The SteamOS beta for Rocket League has been updated, and it seems it has fixed a bunch of obvious issues.

Rocket League thoughts on Linux, initial port report, it’s also 25% off right now

By Liam Dawe, Sep 9, 2016

Rocket League did actually arrive on Linux while I was asleep last night and my lovely team popped the article out for me. I am awake, I have played it and here are some thoughts.

Rocket League officially confirmed for Linux with the next update, a beta version that is

By Liam Dawe, Sep 2, 2016

Oh my! Rocket League has finally been officially announced as having an actual Linux release. The next update named "Rumble" will have a beta version for Linux.