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Unity 5.5 released, removes legacy OpenGL support

By Liam Dawe, 30 Nov 2016

Unity 5.5 has been released as a pretty major update to this popular game engine. One interesting bit for us is that games built with 5.5 onward will only have access to the modern OpenGL system.

Unity bugs are holding back 'Syndrome' from coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 19 Nov 2016

Syndrome, a good-looking sci-fi survival horror was supposed to come to Linux at release, but it seems Unity is holding it back with bugs.

The Linux editor for Unity is slated to officially launch with Unity 5.6 (updated: it wont)

By Liam Dawe, 15 Nov 2016

The Linux editor of Unity has been in beta for quite a while, over a year in fact, so it's really pleasing to see it getting bumped up to an official status. Updated!

Silence from Daedalic Entertainment is an absolutely beautiful story-rich adventure game, my thoughts on it

By Liam Dawe, 15 Nov 2016

Honestly, I had never heard of Silence until someone asked me in our IRC to look it up. I am glad they did, as Daedalic were more than happy to provide review access and this game is fantastic.

Unity 5.6 will be the first version of Unity to have SDL for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 9 Nov 2016

The Linux developers at Unity have been plugging away on putting SDL2 into the Linux builds, and with Unity 5.6 it should be there.

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Steam Dev Days 2016 videos are now up, something to watch over the weekend

By Liam Dawe, 4 Nov 2016

The recent Steam Dev Days 2016 now has videos of the talks available, so it could be something interesting for you to watch over the weekend.

Bohemia Interactive formally announce 'Ylands', will support Linux later

By Liam Dawe, 2 Nov 2016

Bohemia Interactive have now formally announced 'Ylands', a cheerful sandbox game that will come to Linux in future.

Unity working towards more multithreading and better Vulkan support soon

By Liam Dawe, 2 Nov 2016

Unity is currently doing their Unite 2016 event, and they have talked a bit about more multithreading and enhanced Vulkan support which will come soon.

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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!

'Sally Face', a rather intriguing & dark adventure game about a boy with a prosthetic face

By Liam Dawe, 21 Oct 2016

Well if that headline didn't catch your attention I don't know what will. Sally Face is a dark adventure game about having a prosthetic face.

'Concealed Intent', a simultaneous turn-based space strategy game has arrived on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 20 Oct 2016

It seems being a big space nerd on Linux has no shortage of good games, as now we have 'Concealed Intent' to join the ranks.

Testing out 'Star Vikings', a casual puzzle RPG now out in full and available on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 14 Oct 2016

Star Vikings from Rogue Snail is a casual puzzle RPG where it plays a little like a reverse plants vs zombies. It feels very much like a casual mobile game.

Manipulate the ground and fights robots in 'Cloudbase Prime' now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 14 Oct 2016

Cloudbase Prime is a charming Early Access game about fighting robots and manipulating hexagonal platforms the levels are built with.

'Noob Squad' is a perfect example of why Valve need to pay more attention to their own store

By Liam Dawe, 8 Oct 2016

Trash, trash and more trash. That's how I would describe what has been gaining a foothold on Steam over the past year or so. Today it's time to rinse 'Noob Squad', an indie FPS that normally costs £0.75.

Streets of Rogue, a rogue-lite RPG about player choice, freedom and fun

By Liam Dawe, 7 Oct 2016

Streets of Rogue is a new game from Matt Dabrowski that blends beautifully a number of different genres. It has elements from RPGs, action like it's from a top down shooter and so much more.

7 Days to Die massive update released, Linux version seems to work okay now

By Liam Dawe, 6 Oct 2016

7 Days to Die is the Kickstarted zombie survival game from The Fun Pimps, colourful history between me and them aside, the game has come a long way. This major update has done a lot for it.

Become an undead assassin in 'Aragami', now available with day-1 Linux support and some thoughts from me

By Liam Dawe, 4 Oct 2016

We don't often get many Stealth games like 'Aragami', so to play this on Linux was awesome. The game is slick, stylish and well worth your time.

'Policy Infinity' FPS renamed to 'Vengeance' with a big update

By Liam Dawe, 3 Oct 2016

'Vengeance' as it's now called, is an indie FPS built with Unity and it just got a huge a update. Featuring a new user interface, new weapons, new maps and more.

'Ballistic Overkill' FPS updated, new UI, new class and more

By Liam Dawe, 3 Oct 2016

'Ballistic Overkill' is currently one of my favourite online FPS games and it has just been updated with a new user interface, a new class and more! It's still as cheap as ever, go get it.