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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.

Jupiter Hell, the modern turn-based roguelike has been funded

By Liam Dawe, 14 Dec 2016

Jupiter Hell, the glorious looking modern roguelike has been over-funded on Kickstarter and so it's officially on its way to Linux.

DoomRL or 'DRL' as it's now called has gone open source

By Liam Dawe, 7 Dec 2016

After ZeniMax sent the lawyers knocking, the developer of what was called DoomRL (Doom Roguelike) has changed it's name to 'DRL' and it's now open source.

Dungeon Souls, the action and adventure roguelike has left Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 5 Dec 2016

Dungeon Souls is a roguelike I was quite impressed with back when I played it in January, and it's really pleasing to see development now finished.

ZeniMax are flexing their legal muscles towards DoomRL

By Liam Dawe, 2 Dec 2016

This is quite sad really, ZeniMax are now sending their cronies after DoomRL the Doom-inspired roguelike.

Jupiter Hell, a modern turn-based sci-fi roguelike from the creator of DoomRL is on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe, 16 Nov 2016

Jupiter Hell looks and sounds very exciting, especially since it will have full Linux support. It's from the same developer who made DoomRL. The developer told me Linux support will be in from the beginning.

Killing Room is another game that promised Linux support that may no longer happen

By Liam Dawe, 14 Nov 2016

Killing Room is an FPS from Alda Games was supposed to be on Linux day-1. It was delayed due to issues with the Linux version and getting the Windows version ready, but now it's even less certain.

Space Jammers, the roguelike shooter that works well on Linux needs funding on Kickstarter, possible source release

By Liam Dawe, 9 Nov 2016

Space Jammers is a very cool roguelike shooter that currently has a free demo version available, and now it's on Kickstarter to finish the job.

Enter the Gungeon has another patch, it no longer screws up the audio if you switch to another app

By Liam Dawe, 8 Nov 2016

Enter the Gungeon is the fast paced action dungeon crawler that's damn fun, but one issue I repeatedly had with it was the broken audio when you alt + tab, that's now fixed.

Control a scared little alien in 'Scary Humans', now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 7 Nov 2016

Scary Humans is a small and difficult survival game where you are constantly being chased by those pesky Humans. Is it worth your bucks?

Streets of Rogue, the awesome RPG rogue-like mega-game is going to support online co-op

By Liam Dawe, 26 Oct 2016

Streets of Rogue is already an extremely cool game, but now it's about to get even cooler. The developer mentioned to a GOL follower than he is planning online co-op support!

'Polygod', a randomly generated FPS with a brutal difficulty curve is now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 21 Oct 2016

'Polygod' is an Early Access FPS with a focus on random generation and high difficulty, the developers just released a Linux version and need feedback.