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Evolvation, an Unreal Engine online space shooter is now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jan 2017

I've given Evolvation for a little spin, but right now it's still in development and it has issues to be aware of.

Rise to Ruins (previously Retro-Pixel Castles) has a major content update now out

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jan 2017

The new official name 'Rise to Ruins' along with a big update to my favourite little village builder is now live.

Streets of Rogue development build updated with NAT punch-through and automatic port forwarding

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jan 2017

Streets of Rogue, the rather excellent open-world roguelike has been updated again. Two major new features for the online mode are NAT punch-through and automatic port forwarding to make connections easier.

Pixel Princess Blitz, a roguelike sandbox action RPG that plans Linux support is on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jan 2017

I don't cover too many crowdfunding projects, but Pixel Princess Blitz does look pretty entertaining. It also features full Linux support with no stretch goal.

Lugaru campaign now fully playable in Overgrowth, Lugaru HD now fully open source including the data

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jan 2017

Two interesting bits of news for you! First up, Wolfire Games have updated Overgrowth with another alpha build and the Lugaru campaign is now finished. On top of that, Wolfire has made the data files for Lugaru HD fully open now too.

Have you tried Switchcars? A roguelike arcade game set in a broken spacetime

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jan 2017

Switchcars is a game I've been putting off trying for quite some time to wait for it to get polished up some more, but now I've jumped in at the deep end of this arcade style roguelike.

Gearend, a cute 2D non-linear exploration game built on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jan 2017

I was sent in Gearend by a reader, as it not only looks like a pretty good 2D exploration game, but it's also developed on Linux.

Ballistic Overkill, possibly my current favourite online FPS updated, available in more countries now too

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jan 2017

Ballistic Overkill, the really fun and dirt cheap online FPS is now available in more countries! On top of that, they worked on some more optimization.

Clean up after a dungeon master and discover secrets in 'Almost Epic Adventures : The Goblin's Week'

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jan 2017

The developer of Almost Epic Adventures : The Goblin's Week emailed in to let us know about their game and it has a rather unusual setting.

Project Zomboid updated yet again, trading now possible with other players

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jan 2017

Project Zomboid has another release pushed to the stable branch of this in-development Zombie survival game. One of the major new features is the ability to trade with other players when playing online.

Some thoughts on Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, the real-time tactics game

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jan 2017

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, a top-down stealth game from Mimimi Productions released with day-1 Linux support. I have fond memories of games like Commandos, so is it any good?

Chronicon, a good looking 2D action RPG should come to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jan 2017

The developer of Chronicon has stated that a Linux build will be worked on and should be available in a few months.

My thoughts on the MMO Albion Online on Linux, many months later

By Liam Dawe, 6 Jan 2017

I’ve been playing Albion Online on and off since November 2015 and since then it has evolved into something much bigger.

Heroes of Dire, a turn-based combat MMO is available for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 5 Jan 2017

Heroes of Dire is an interesting one, as it's an MMO featuring turn-based combat where you can borrow fighters from friends or a guild.

Voxeliens, a game I covered back in 2012 has gone open source

By Liam Dawe, 5 Jan 2017

Voxeliens, a game I haven't seen much on since I wrote about it back in 2012 has officially gone open source a few days ago. It's a retro-style arcade shooter and it's essentially a 3D voxel-based version of Space Invaders.