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You can play controversial FPS 'Daikatana' on Linux now, thanks to a fan patch endorsed by John Romero

By -Daniel-Palacio-, 20 Jul 2016

A community project to fix up the FPS Daikatana should now hopefully be playable on Linux and it has official endorsement from John Romero.

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Rogue Islands, a fast-paced shooter set in a procedural fantasy world from Big Fat Alien will come to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jul 2016

Rogue Islands is a pretty good looking fast-paced shooter with blocky graphics will come to Linux and it looks good.

Lovely Planet Arcade, the sequel to Lovely Planet FPS and runner, releases next week plus free keys

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jul 2016

Lovely Planet Arcade the sequel to Lovely Planet releases soon and PC Gamer are giving away free keys for the original.

Have you seen Black Ice? A really rather cool hack and shoot FPS with Linux & SteamOS support

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jul 2016

Black Ice is a game I have followed for a long time (and personally purchased a copy) and it just released a rather nice update. If you're an FPS fan and looking for something to sink some time into, this could be what you need.

Black Mesa developer shoots down anti-Linux troll, confirms Linux version is in progress

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jul 2016

Black Mesa is officially coming to Linux, and the developer confirmed so in a rather delightful way of shooting down an anti-Linux troll in the Steam forums.

Team Fortress 2 'Meet Your Match' major update teased, sounds exciting

By Liam Dawe, 6 Jul 2016

Team Fortress 2 is a fantastic game and I do like to jump in now and then for a little blast, but I really do hate having to find and pick a server. Looks like this update was made for me.

Sven Co-op, a co-operative game originally based around Half-Life now on Linux in Alpha

By Liam Dawe, 6 Jul 2016

Sven Co-op is a still rather popular standalone modification for Half-Life that has just gained a Linux version.

Deep Silver confirm Homefront: The Revolution is still in the works for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jun 2016

Good news for FPS fans as Deep Silver have confirmed again that Homefront: The Revolution is still in the works for Linux.

Thinking about buying Ballistic Overkill? Watch our Twitch session on Youtube to help you decide

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2016

A couple of us are a bit hooked on the FPS game Ballistic Overkill and we did a livestream on Twitch the other night to show it off some more. It's now on Youtube for you to laugh at us.

An update on Insurgency: Sandstorm, Day of Infamy and competitive play for Insurgency

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jun 2016

Insurgency is supposed to be getting competitive features for the online play, but their UI is holding them up. They have written up a post to explain it and they talk about their new games Day of Infamy and Insurgency: Sandstorm too.

Transmissions Element 120, a stand-alone game set in the Half-Life universe is now on Steam for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jun 2016

I had the pleasure of testing out Transmissions Element 120, a single-player experience set in the Half-Life universe. It’s now out, and available on Linux.

Nuclear Dawn FPS/RTS hybrid updated, some important fixes for Linux included

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jun 2016

Yes, Nuclear Dawn is still alive and still being updated. I'm actually shocked, but impressed at this. The new version will make the Linux and Mac versions a bit better too.

Day of Infamy, the WWII mod for Insurgency is being turned into a full game

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jun 2016

Day of Infamy the popular WWII mod for Insurgency is being turned into a full source engine powered game by itself.

Ballistic Overkill adds Linux support, a pretty good looking online class-based FPS

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jun 2016

Ballistic Overkill, an online class-based FPS recently released Linux support, but it was another we totally missed. I picked up a copy and took a look.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive adjusts full screen modes for Linux to help with performance

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jun 2016

One of the complaints recently for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has been the Linux performance, so Valve have changed how fullscreen works to help.

Natural Selection 2 adds a new map and smarter bots

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jun 2016

Natural Selection 2 is continuing its rapid pace of trying to bring players back. They have released update 301 with a few new goodies.

Hard Reset Redux is showing signs that it is coming to Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe, 3 Jun 2016

Hard Reset Redux is a beautiful looking FPS game from Flying Wild Hog and Gambitious Digital Entertainment that is now showing signs of coming to Linux/SteamOS.

The PAYDAY 2 developers now own the franchise, ditching microtransactions, PAYDAY 3 looks like it's a thing

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jun 2016

PAYDAY 2 and the franchise as a whole is now owned by the developers Starbreeze/OVERKILL and they are celebrating by removing the need to buy drills to open a safe.

Dead Island Definitive Edition and Dead Island Riptide: Definitive Edition released, seem to have hidden Linux versions

By Liam Dawe, 31 May 2016

While it doesn't seem Linux/SteamOS is officially supported for Dead Island Definitive Edition and Dead Island Riptide: Definitive Edition they are both playable.