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Barony, a 3D first-person roguelike goes open source

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jul 2016

Barony, a pretty cool looking 3D first-person roguelike has opened up the engine under the GPL license and is now on github.

Battlestation: Harbinger changing its name due to trademark troubles, new update soon too

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jul 2016

I feel bad for the Battlestation: Harbinger developer, as I think it's a pretty nice name but another developer has coined the "Battlestation" term so they have to change their name. They will also be doing a free update soon.

Dwarf Fortress gets a 64bit build

By Liam Dawe, 6 Jul 2016

Dwarf Fortress has joined in on the 64bit fun with a brand new build that features native 64bit support.

NECROPOLIS, the third person action game from Harebrained Schemes may come to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2016

Harebrained Schemes third person action game NECROPOLIS may actually come to Linux, they say it's on their list of things to do.

Explore an alien-infested space station in the roguelike XENOMARINE

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jun 2016

I love everything to do with the film Aliens, so a roguelike inspired by it is a must play for me. XENOMARINE shows some early promise.

Heroes of Loot 2, an arcade style dungeon crawler released with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jun 2016

I'm going to be honest, I was not a fan of the original Heroes of Loot as I foundnd it too repetitive, bland and easy. Heroes of Loot 2 thankfully has improved pretty much everything.

Blacksea Odyssey is now fully released, go harpoon something and rip it apart

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jun 2016

Blacksea Odyssey is a violent top-down rogue-lite space shoot'em up RPG brimming with colossal creatures and runic technologies. I've played it myself a number of times and I think it's quality fun.

Captain Forever Remix, spaceship building and combat meets Lego now fully released

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jun 2016

Captain Forever Remix is a really cool spaceship building and combat game that has supported Linux for a while, but it's now finished and it's out.

RymdResa, a peaceful space exploration game now available on Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe, 30 May 2016

Oh yes! I have been really looking forward to doing some exploring in RymdResa and now it's available for Linux & SteamOS with a nice discount.

Harpoons at the ready as Blacksea Odyssey is powering out of Early Access on June 1st with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 25 May 2016

Fancy taking on some insanely big space creatures with harpoons? Blacksea Odyssey will scratch that itch right off.

CRYPTARK, the fantastic 2D sci-fi roguelike shooter has a massive update with a co-op option

By Liam Dawe, 19 May 2016

CRYPTARK is probably one of the best sci-fi roguelike shooters I've played for a while and this new update is fantastic. You are now able to do a co-op campaign if you have two gamepads handy.

Duskers leaves Early Access, here's a review

By Stupendous Man, 18 May 2016

Duskers, an Indie sci-fi 'rogue-like' strategy game from Misfits Attic has now left Early Access. This is my review of the game after having spent a week and some 5 hours with it.

Losing my mind to stress in the Darkest Dungeon, some thoughts on this brutal Linux game

By Liam Dawe, 4 May 2016

I was sent a key to Darkest Dungeon by the developer as I was itching to give it a go. I've been playing quite a bit of it and found out just how brutal it is.

Duskers now officially supports Linux, quitting Early Access mid May

By Liam Dawe, 1 May 2016

Duskers is the really rather slick exploration, strategy and roguelike mix that has a seriously cool graphical style. Linux is now officially supported and it's leaving Early Access this month.

Darkest Dungeon officially released for Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe, 26 Apr 2016

Today is the day we get another popular game! Darkest Dungeon is now officially available on Linux, ported by Aaron from Knockout Games.

Wayward, an Early Access turn-based, top-down, wilderness survival roguelike now available

By Liam Dawe, 25 Apr 2016

I've watched Wayward change and grow for years now (first wrote about it in 2013!) and it finally has a Steam release.

Battlestation: Harbinger, a little favourite of mine, is now DRM free on GOG

By Liam Dawe, 22 Apr 2016

I checked out Battlestation: Harbinger a while ago and thought it was a great idea for a space exploration game. The good news is that it's now DRM free on GOG with Linux support.

Duskers developers planning official Linux support, current beta works well

By Liam Dawe, 19 Apr 2016

Duskers is the rather unique strategy and survival game in procedurally generated worlds. You pilot drones into spaceships and figure out what's going on.