Classic first-person shooters are without question my favourite video game genre, and it would be nice to be able to sit down and play more Indie games that can satisfy both my classic FPS craving while at the same time pushing the genre forward. Ziggurat attempts to do both, and it wins my respect for that.
Linux gamers can now easily play the classic fighting game 'Pray for Death', as GOG have packaged it up with DOSBox.
The fun and charming platform inspired by 8-bit era visuals has gotten a shiny new campaign. This isn’t the only major addition and there’s plenty other new content available to enjoy.
Beat Cop, a retro styled adventure game taking inspiration from old cop shows has arrived on Linux, but is it as good as it looks?
Hard West is a hard game to recommend to anyone unwilling to subject themselves to a trial by fire. If it were a horse I would say that it tried to buck me at every possible opportunity. It almost succeeded too.
Strife: Quest for the Sigil was both a critical and commercial disappointment for Rogue Entertainment in 1996, and the source code to the game was mislaid by its developers. Years later work begin on reverse engineering Strife using the released Doom code. Night Dive Studios would later use this community project to craft The Original Strife: Veteran Edition.
GOG have revived two more classic games for Linux, as Castles 1 & 2 now have Linux versions bundled with DOSBox.
This action-adventure platformer Gunmetal Arcadia, with smooth retro-styled art, was released earlier in the week.
The classic strategy game 'Constructor' is now on GOG with Linux support thanks to DOSBox and it's free until tomorrow too.
Obsidian has announced a sequel to their original RPG, Pillars of Eternity. This direct sequel will have plenty of technical improvements and will take in a whole new region of the world of Eora.
Shadowrun was not only the first CRPG series I found compelling enough to play through all the way to the end, but one that I also found myself invested in enough to purchase additional instalments soon after playing the first.
Imperium Galactica II: Alliances just released for Linux & SteamOS and it looks like it's a native version.
Lost Eden, a classic from 1995 has been released on GOG and it has Linux support right away thanks to DOSBox.
I am a Pizza addict and now I think I finally realize why. I played a lot of Pizza Tycoon when I was younger and I think it had an effect on me. It's now available on GOG with Linux support.
Age of Conquest IV by Noble Master Games is a strategy title that manages to go far beyond its roots in family tabletop gaming to become a lightning fast war game where you must do or die to succeed.
You have a few days to grab a total of 5 Linux-supported games from GOG's '10 good buys of 2016' sale.
GOG have put up two more classic games with Linux support today with Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade and Stunt Island.
Have you been missing your chance to insult random people? Oh...Sir!! The Insult Simulator is now DRM free with Linux support on GOG.
For those of you who stick with GOG, you may want to know that Besiege, a very cool physics based building game is now available.
BLACKHOLE & Space Rogue Classic are both now available on GOG and they came along with Linux builds as well.
