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Team Fortress 2 updated to fix Linux memory usage

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2016

Team Fortress 2 is a great free game for when you're bored, and the experience on Linux should be quite a bit better now too.

Feel like fragging? You can do that in your browser with QuakeJS

By Samsai, 6 Jan 2016

Here's an interesting thing I stumbled upon while I was looking up ioquake3 stuff. QuakeJS is a port of the ioquake3 engine to Javascript and WebGL and it plays original Quake 3 maps.

Natural Selection 2 has a major update, the Linux experience is quite terrible

By Liam Dawe, 6 Jan 2016

Natural Selection 2 has been updated again, and this time some essential parts of the game have been improved.

Arma 3 Linux port update in testing, possible BattlEye support to come too

By Liam Dawe, 6 Jan 2016

Exciting news for FPS fans. The Arma 3 developers have updated everyone on what's happening with the Linux port, and it looks like they are even going to work on the BattlEye anti-cheat system.

Insurgency FPS adds official Steam Controller support, better gamepad support overall

By Liam Dawe, 21 Dec 2015

Insurgency was very exciting to have on Linux, as it's the most tactical FPS game we have available. The new updates have made it much more fun too, with gamepad support and decent Steam Controller support added in.

Turok: Dinosaur Hunter looks like it will come to SteamOS & Linux

By Liam Dawe, 19 Dec 2015

Turok: Dinosaur Hunter takes the best from the N64 and PC versions, puts them into a new engine and then released into the wild. It looks like the developers are planning a Linux release too.

Warsow, the free online FPS game hits the big 2.0 release

By Liam Dawe, 15 Dec 2015

Warsow, a rather stylish and free online shooter hit the big 2.0 release recently, and it seems to be pretty good.

Dying Light: Enhanced Edition announced, sounds excellent

By Liam Dawe, 8 Dec 2015

I'm a big fan of Dying Light, even with it being a bit iffy at times for me, but the general gameplay is fantastic. The developers have announced a newer Dying Light: Enhanced Edition is coming

Storm United FPS major patch released, better Linux performance

By Liam Dawe, 24 Nov 2015

Storm United is easily one of my favourite up and coming FPS games, it needs more players so get going people.

Sublevel Zero, The First-person Six-degree-of-freedom Shooter Now Works On Linux

By Liam Dawe, 20 Nov 2015

Sublevel Zero has been updated, and it now launches correctly. It's a good one to try for fans of Descent, and it's rather vibrant looking.

Sublevel Zero, A First-person Roguelike Six-degree-of-freedom Shooter Released For SteamOS & Linux

By Liam Dawe, 19 Nov 2015

Sublevel Zero is an exciting looking game, and with it being a roguelike six-degree-of-freedom shooter i just had to give it a go.

Sublevel Zero, A First-person Roguelike Six-degree-of-freedom Shooter Coming To Linux

By Liam Dawe, 12 Nov 2015

Sublevel Zero is a great looking and well received first-person roguelike six-degree-of-freedom shooter (wow, what a mouthful!).

We Have Two Insurgency FPS Keys To Give Away

By Liam Dawe, 11 Nov 2015

Thanks to a reader, we have two Insurgency keys to give away to you lovely folks. It's a pretty damn good FPS game, and performs really well.

Borderlands 2 & Borderlands The Pre-Sequel Updated

By Liam Dawe, 29 Oct 2015

Borderlands 2 & Borderlands The Pre-Sequel have been updated with some pretty beefy updates, and they include some little Linux fixes too.

Insurgency FPS Now Officially Available On Linux

By Liam Dawe, 28 Oct 2015

I'm a bit behind due to all the fun tonight, but Insurgency is now fully available on Linux with a big update. It's also available dirt cheap in the latest Humble Bundle offering.

Murder Miners FPS Now On Linux In Beta

By Liam Dawe, 24 Oct 2015

We mentioned that Murder Miners was on its way to Linux, and it has arrived already in beta form! I tested it out very quickly earlier, and it seems to run perfectly.

Natural Selection 2 Updated With Much Faster Load Times

By Liam Dawe, 22 Oct 2015

I forget that Natural Selection 2 is on Linux, mainly due to the dying player base and how dog slow it was to load, but it seems they are finally taking steps to improve that part of it.