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GOL Asks: What Have You Been Playing Recently?

By Liam Dawe,
Today is Sunday, so that means generally there isn't much news (that isn't backlogged!), so today something different. A question for you the community, what have you been playing?

DubWars, A Musical Top Down Shooter Is Coming To Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The developers of DubWars noted last month that in the next update a Linux version is on the table. We love games that mix music into the gameplay and DubWars could be a winner.

Skyward Collapse Strategy & God Game Now On Linux, Plus Some Thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
Skyward Collapse is a different take on the god game genre that mixes in some strategy and and base building elements to make one weird mix.

OculusVR Buys RakNet Networking Engine & Open Sources It

By Liam Dawe,
Remember all the doom and gloom surrounding Facebook buying OculusVR? Well nothing has really changed, and thankfully they are still being a great company. They have recently purchased RakNet a cross platform C++ networking engine and they open sourced the damn thing.

Worms Clan Wars Looks Like It's Heading To Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Worms Clan Wars a reasonably high rated Worms game looks like it will come to Linux thanks to info taken from the excellent SteamDB.

The Wine Development Release 1.7.22 Is Now Available.

By sobkas,
Wine development team was able to produce a new experimental release today. 1.7.22 bringing many new features and as many as 68 bugfixes.

Retrobooster A Skill Based Survival Shooter Released On Steam, Our Thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
Retrobooster has just released onto Steam and brings with it skill based old school gameplay as you pilot your ship through caves trying not to bounce off too many walls and explode, oh and it's bloody hard too.

Sunrider: First Arrival, A Mix Of Visual Novel & Strategy Now On Steam For Linux For Free

By Liam Dawe,
A fantastic looking and free visual novel with strategy elements is now on Steam for Linux and it's good. I give it a quick look and tell you what I think.

Puzzle Fans Rejoice As MouseCraft Is Now On Steam For Linux

By Liam Dawe,
MouseCraft is a highly rated and crisp looking puzzler inspired by both tetris and lemmings, and it's now joining the ranks of Linux games on Steam.

Developer Teases With Darksiders On Linux Screenshot

By Samsai,
We have good news for those of you who like action-adventure hack and slash games as we have a neat screenshot of Darksiders running on Linux!

Mount & Blade: Warband Out Of Beta For Linux, Free All Weekend & Thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
To celebrate Mount & Blade: Warband being out of beta the developers have put on a free weekend for it. This means you can download and play the full version all weekend, and that's not all it's on sale for super cheap too!

Quest for Infamy, A Point & Click Adventure Released For Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Quest for Infamy is a fantastic looking love letter to old school point and click adventure games with RPG mechanics and turn based battles thrown in for good measure.

Black Ice Cyberpunk FPS Now On Steam For Linux In Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Black Ice the excellent cyberpunk FPS game is now on Steam in the Early Access section and it's looking as good as ever.

Among The Sleep Still Unplayable For A Lot Of Linux Users

By Liam Dawe,
Among The Sleep is a great looking game that sadly on Linux doesn't quite work right with many people unable to play, and no sign of a fix yet.

Grim Fandango Will Be Reaping Its Way Onto Linux!

By Cheeseness,
One month after the initial E3 announcement, Double Fine have let slip the PC platforms that Grim Fandango re-release will be launching on.

The Witcher 2's Linux Version Has An Open Beta For Bug Fixes

By Liam Dawe,
Don't set your hopes too high yet folks as this doesn't yet include performance fixes, as this is a bug-fix only open beta for now. I am glad Virtual Programming decided to go down this road as it seems they are learning from past mistakes.

Interstellar Marines FPS Updates, Fixes Linux Mouse Issues & AI Bots Shown Off

By Liam Dawe,
Interstellar Marines the beautiful tactical FPS game that was recently released for Linux has now been updated for Linux due to their older game engine having mouse issues.

Marvel Heroes 2015, A MMO Action RPG Looks Like It Is Coming To Linux

By Liam Dawe,
My spidey sense is tingling. Marvel Heroes 2015 a free to play MMO Action RPG looks like it will be coming to Linux thanks to info taken from the excellent SteamDB.

Deponia: The Complete Journey Released For Linux

By Segata Sanshiro,
Daedalic Entertainment has released a bundle of the Deponia Trilogy, adding Linux support for the first time. The Visionaire game engine (which the game uses) now also has Linux support, giving the potential for a slew of similar games to appear on Linux.

Natural Selection 2 FPS Needs Linux Developers

By Liam Dawe,
Natural Selection 2 is now entirely supported by a community of coders for free because they love the game, and they need help from tech savvy Linux developers to improve the game on Linux.