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The latest Black Mesa update makes it much smoother on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 23 Dec 2019

With Crowbar Collective enabling a Beta containing the full Black Mesa experience recently, it came with a major performance problem on Linux which now seems to be solved!

Fast-paced free shooter TO4: Tactical Operations has arrived on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 23 Dec 2019

With an aim to bring back some apparent "nostalgic feelings" from earlier online shooters, TO4: Tactical Operations from TacByte is now in Early Access.

Free and open source arena FPS 'Red Eclipse 2' is now out on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 20 Dec 2019

The fast-paced arena styled first-person shooter Red Eclipse 2 has now officially released on Steam so anyone can jump in, as it's free and open source.

Realistic gun simulation FPS 'Receiver 2' announced from Wolfire Games

By Liam Dawe, 14 Dec 2019

Receiver is getting a much expanded sequel! Wolfire Games (Overgrowth, Lugaru) have confirmed Receiver 2 is releasing with Linux support next year.

Insurgency: Sandstorm no longer getting Linux/Mac support or a campaign mode

By Liam Dawe, 10 Dec 2019

New World Interactive have released a news post going over the state of Insurgency: Sandstorm, along with announcing a bunch of features no longer being made.

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Indie FPS Ravenfield's work in progress Conquest Mode gets a tech tree

By Liam Dawe, 9 Dec 2019

Ravenfield, the highly amusing and incredibly moddable indie FPS that's in Early Access continues expanding the new Conquest Mode.

Prepare for Half-Life: Alyx with the full and complete Beta of Half-Life recreation Black Mesa out now

By Liam Dawe, 7 Dec 2019

Black Mesa, the seriously impressive recreation of the original Half-Life can finally be completed! Crowbar Collective have put up the big complete Beta. A great way to prepare for the Half-Life: Alyx release next year.

Aquiris Game Studio ending support for their online FPS Ballistic Overkill

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2019

Ballistic Overkill, an easy pick up and play first-person shooter from Aquiris Game Studio is now essentially being killed off.

It's already possible to play Halo: The Master Chief Collection on Linux with Steam Play

By Liam Dawe, 4 Dec 2019

I will admit I am truly surprised at how quickly people managed to find a way to run Halo: The Master Chief Collection on Linux with Steam Play.

Arsenal Demon, a fast-paced arena-survival FPS lands on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 2 Dec 2019

Wall running, long jumping and lots of pew-pew is what you will be doing in Arsenal Demon. It's a newish arena-survival FPS and it's now available on Linux too.

Quake II RTX got an update to further improve the graphical fidelity

By Liam Dawe, 27 Nov 2019

It seems NVIDIA aren't quite done with Quake II RTX, seemingly now using it as a testing area to keep pushing more advanced features for ray tracing.

Awesome looking FPS WRATH: Aeon of Ruin from KillPixel and 3D Realms coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 26 Nov 2019

WRATH: Aeon of Ruin, another retro first-person shooter published by 3D Realms and 1C Entertainment we covered back in March certainly looks awesome and the Linux version is in progress.

Set between Half-Life and Half-Life 2, Valve have now properly announced Half-Life: Alyx (updated)

By Liam Dawe, 21 Nov 2019

Half-Life: Alyx, the first Half-Life title in far too long has now been officially revealed with the Steam store page for it now available and you can also pre-purchase.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's mission system in Operation Shattered Web is pretty good

By Liam Dawe, 19 Nov 2019

I will admit, after dropping an update last night with a big new Operation for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive I was a little sceptical with the Battle Pass system. However, it's surprisingly good.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive releases the huge Operation Shattered Web update

By Liam Dawe, 19 Nov 2019

Not content with just announcing Half-Life: Alyx, their new VR flagship title, Valve also updated Counter-Strike: Global Offensive with a big new operation called Shattered Web.

Red Eclipse 2 is a revamp of the classic free arena shooter coming to Steam

By Liam Dawe, 11 Nov 2019

I will admit this is quite a surprise, Red Eclipse is a first-person shooter I haven't seen mentioned in a long time and it seems they're closing in on a big revamped release with Red Eclipse 2.