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A look at 'Asura', a top-down hack 'n' slash game inspired by Indian mythology

By Liam Dawe, 14 Apr 2017

Today I took a look at 'Asura' a brand new hack 'n' slash title that's inspired by Indian mythology.

Meganoid, a challenging platformer with roguelike elements releases soon with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 29 Mar 2017

The latest game from Orangepixel, Meganoid, will launch soon with day-1 Linux support and I have to say for a platform it looks really damn good.

Streets of Rogue released on Steam with a free weekend

By Liam Dawe, 10 Mar 2017

Streets of Rogue the fantastic rogue-lite about essentially doing whatever you want is now out on Steam and it's free to try for the whole weekend.

Hyperspace Dogfights, a mix of air brawling and a roguelike first teaser trailer released

By Liam Dawe, 10 Mar 2017

Hyperspace Dogfights sounds really fun and it's starting to look really good too. The developer sent across the new teaser trailer along with some more information on their air brawling and a roguelike mix.

Streets of Rogue will finally release on Steam this Friday, come see the new trailer

By Liam Dawe, 8 Mar 2017

Streets of Rogue is the seriously cool sandbox roguelike with 1-4 player local and online co-op play. It will release on Steam this Friday and they have a new trailer.

Deep Sixed, a very unique looking space survival roguelike will have Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 6 Mar 2017

Deep Sixed is a pretty unique looking space survival roguelike that will be heading to Kickstarter soon and the developers confirmed it will support Linux.

Streets of Rogue has a Steam release date set, plus recent updates have improved online play

By Liam Dawe, 26 Feb 2017

Streets of Rogue is a fantastic idea, to have the combat feeling of games like Nuclear Throne, Enter the Gungeon and others, while having a more open-world approach to the action roguelike genre.

Rencounter, a turn-based roguelike RPG adds Linux support, a quick look

By Liam Dawe, 20 Feb 2017

Rencounter, a reasonably good looking turn-based roguelike RPG has recently added Linux support. The reviews are a bit mixed, but it still might be worth a try.

Crypt of the NecroDancer: AMPLIFIED DLC now available in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 1 Feb 2017

Crypt of the NecroDancer is a fantastic game. I appreciate it even if I have no rhythm to keep up with the beats and this new DLC sounds slick.

Enter the Gungeon gets loads of new content in its latest update

By BTRE, 26 Jan 2017

The very shooty and fast-paced dungeon crawler has gotten a free update called “Supply Drop”. It adds plenty of new guns, rooms and other things for players to find in their playthroughs.

Dead Cells, a roguelike and castlevania-inspired action-platformer looks amazing and heading to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 26 Jan 2017

Dead Cells, a 2D roguelike and castlevania-inspired action-platformer was emailed in by Sintineddu and wow, the art in this one is fantastic.

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.

Jet-combat with swords: “Hyperspace Dogfights” annnounced

By scaine, 12 Jan 2017

Sleeper games announce "Hyperspace Dogfights", a fast-paced aerial rogue-like action game. Set in the same story universe as their upcoming "Hyperspace Admirals" game, Dogfights is aiming for a Linux beta early this year.

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.

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.

Afterbirth+, the next DLC for The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth arrives next week

By EndeavourAccuracy, 28 Dec 2016

Fans of The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, don't spend all your money during the Steam Winter Sale. Next week, one day after the Steam sale has ended, Isaac's 'Afterbirth+' expansion will be released.

Darkest Dungeon adds gamepad support and will get a shorter game-mode

By Liam Dawe, 26 Dec 2016

Darkest Dungeon is a hard and long game, but thankfully the developers know what to do about it. They are planning to add in a shorter game mode for you. They also recently added in gamepad support.

Get your dancing shoes, as Crypt of the NecroDancer: AMPLIFIED DLC is on its way

By Liam Dawe, 23 Dec 2016

Crypt of the NecroDancer: AMPLIFIED is the first gameplay DLC for the roguelike rhythm game and it sounds great.

My Mom is a Witch is now available on Linux, thanks to help from the community

By Liam Dawe, 23 Dec 2016

My Mom is a Witch, an Early Access mix of beat'em up and roguelike mechanics is now available on Linux. The developer explained that this was thanks to the Linux community being so helpful.