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Interview With Linux Game Porter Knockout Games, Porter Of Shadow Warrior & More

By Liam Dawe, 1 May 2015

Today I had the pleasure of speaking to Aaron, the one man porting machine from Knockout Games. If you don’t recognise the name, you may recognise the porting work in Shadow Warrior (the new one), Outland and more!

Interview

Turn-Based Action Platformer Ronin Is Slated For Release In May

By flesk, 30 Apr 2015

Ronin looks like a cross between Gunpoint and Mark of the Ninja, but will offer a unique blend of stealth and action platforming, and turn-based enemy encounters.

Storm United, The Beautiful Online FPS Has Another Update, Just Awesome

By Liam Dawe, 30 Apr 2015

Storm United is the first real game out there to use Unreal Engine 4 on Linux, and it's really stealing my heart already.

Revisiting My Childhood With ‘Chroma Squad’ Now On Linux

By Liam Dawe, 30 Apr 2015

Chroma Squad is a throwback to shows like Power Rangers, and I took it for a spin to see if it’s cringe worthy, or actually fun.

Terraria Still Planned For Linux, Due After The 1.3 Release

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2015

The developers of Terraria have recently commented on a reddit post, and they mentioned Linux is still planned for the game.

Arma 3 Is Officially Being Worked On For Linux By An External Team, Won’t Be Native

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2015

The Arma developers have confirmed that an external team is working on the Linux version, and that it won’t be native.

Space Colony From Firefly Studios May Come To Linux

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2015

Space Colony is a pretty decent simulation game that has been on GOG for quite some time, and with a new Steam release approaching we asked the developers about Linux.

Looks Like The 'Darksiders' Linux Port Hasn't Been Forgotten

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2015

It's been two months since we last saw any activity regarding the Darksiders Linux port, and a few hours ago the Linux section on SteamDB was updated. Hopefully this means it will still come.

GOG Treat Linux Gamers To More Star Wars, Star Wars: Rebel Assault 1 + 2 Now Available

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2015

GOG are adding more Linux games to their collections, and this time we have been graced with Star Wars: Rebel Assault 1 + 2.

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Editorial: A Conversation About Broken Age

By Cheeseness, 28 Apr 2015

Double Fine's Broken Age is now released. GOL editors Flesk and Cheeseness sit down to share their thoughts on the game, on being backers, and on being a part of the Double Fine community.

The Spatials, Build & Manage A Space Station, Now In Beta For Linux

By Liam Dawe, 28 Apr 2015

The Spatials is a great looking space station building and management game that’s now on Linux. It has been updated with a beta build that includes Linux, so I took a look.

Star Wars: Tie Fighter Special Edition & Star Wars X-Wing Special Edition On GOG For Linux

By Liam Dawe, 28 Apr 2015

For the Star Wars fans who missed it, Star Wars: Tie Fighter Special Edition & Star Wars X-Wing Special Edition are available DRM free on GOG for Linux.

Verdun, WWI FPS, Exits Early Access & Heads For The Trenches

By BTRE, 28 Apr 2015

The squad-based World War I multiplayer FPS Verdun is finally out of Early Access after around a year and a half of development. The game launched with a brand new map and a roadmap for future content.

NOT A HERO From The OlliOlli Developer Will Come To Linux

By Liam Dawe, 28 Apr 2015

NOT A HERO sounds like a pretty crazy game, and it looks pretty nice too. The developer confirmed the game should come to Linux this summer.

Valve Officially Drop Paid Mods

By Liam Dawe, 28 Apr 2015

Not every experiment of Valve's will work, and this time it's paid mods that are being killed off. They will be refunding everyone too.

Kerbal Space Program Reaches Version 1.0, Has A Bunch Of New Stuff

By Samsai, 27 Apr 2015

The space exploration simulator Kerbal Space Program has lauched out of Early Access with the 1.0 release which brings more science, parts and ways to blow up our rockets.

SpecOps: The Line For Linux Is Official, Being Ported By Virtual Programming

By Liam Dawe, 27 Apr 2015

I’m really looking forward to SpecOps: The Line, and now that it’s official I couldn’t be happier! We don’t have many great looking third person shooters, and VP’s porting has come a long way.

We Have More Discount Codes For The Excellent 'This War Of Mine'

By Liam Dawe, 27 Apr 2015

Since the last time we offered discount codes for 'This War Of Mine' went down so well, we decided to team up with Games Republic once more to throw another bunch at you.

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Version 0.3.5 Of The Open Source Platformer SuperTux Released

By Cpukiller, 27 Apr 2015

SuperTux 0.3.5 already released two weeks ago, but i still want to publish a news item on this because I think it's important to feature the open source games.

Sol, A Platformer With Retro Sensibilities, Released and Reviewed

By BTRE, 27 Apr 2015

Sol, a new platformer with a cheery sense of humor and with plenty of throwbacks to games of yesteryear, has been released. Most strikingly, the game features a myriad of accessibility options and is licensed under the GPLv3.