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Arcen Games, developer of AI War & The Last Federation laying off staff


By Liam Squires-Hand
Sad news today, Arcen Games who support Linux rather nicely with their games is laying off almost all staff members.

Garry Newman of Rust and Garry's Mod regrets supporting Linux


By Liam Squires-Hand
Garry Newman's latest lovely remark is that if he could do it again, he would never support Linux. It joins the list of lovely quotes from him about the platform.

Albion Online MMO content update Brutus is now live, much better overall


By Liam Squires-Hand
Albion Online is going to be something big when it's fully released, I'm sure of it. This update shows me how much they are listening to the community (within reason) too.

Homefront: The Revolution gamespot video looks good, but it will feature microtransactions


By Liam Squires-Hand
Homefront: The Revolution is a title I am going to love I'm sure, and the more I see of it the happier I am with how the gameplay looks.

Master of Orion officially confirmed for Linux & SteamOS by Wargaming


By Liam Squires-Hand
It's nice to have some good news. I told you all recently that it looked like Master of Orion was coming to SteamOS & Linux, and now it has been confirmed by Wargaming themselves.

Torment: Tides of Numenera launches in Early Access without Linux support, coming much later


By Liam Squires-Hand
I was really hoping to give Torment: Tides of Numenera a go, but it seems I won't be able to since they have launched without Linux support right now. They aren't sure if it will get a Linux version during Early Access or after the final release.

Rocket League not due on SteamOS & Linux for another 6 to 8 weeks


By Liam Squires-Hand
Well, I'm glad I didn't buy it on a promise. Rocket League developers have confirmed it's going to be another 6 to 8 weeks before the SteamOS & Linux version is ready.

Talos Principle & Serious Sam 3 getting Vulkan updates, Serious Sam 4 will be on a much improved engine


By Liam Squires-Hand
Both The Talos Principle and Serious Sam 3 should be getting updates with the Vulkan API, and Serious Sam 4 will also use it.

Mighty No. 9 delayed again due to networking problems


By Liam Squires-Hand
A shame when games get delayed, especially games like Mighty No. 9 that a lot of people are hoping turns out good. I would rather they delayed it, and delayed it some more until it's a polished experience.

Death by Game Show is a really weird strategy game now on Linux, some thoughts


By Liam Squires-Hand
I love strategy games, so I just had to give the totally weird looking Death by Game Show a go. My PR people sent over a key so I could check it out.

Feral Interactive will livestream some XCOM 2 before release this Thursday


By Liam Squires-Hand
Feral Interactive will be teasing the Linux port of XCOM 2 this Thursday at 6PM GMT, so we can see how it's doing.

Escape from Tarkov, the new Russian Survival MMO FPS looks like it's heading to Linux


By Liam Squires-Hand
Escape from Tarkov is an interesting looking Russian-made action MMO that is apparently going to come to Linux too.

Atari Vault, a 100 classic game collection heading to SteamOS & Linux


By Liam Squires-Hand
This is lovely news, Atari Vault a new official collection of 100 classic games is heading to SteamOS & Linux

Vagante, a nifty-looking platformer with permadeath, available on Linux


By BTRE
Fans of challenging platformers with the trendy roguelite appellation might be interested to know that there's something new that they can sink their teeth into. Vagante promises countless hours of procedurally generated fun alone or with friends.

Our Linux & SteamOS gamer survey results for January 2016


By Liam Squires-Hand
Another month, and another survey done. The latest results are in and the findings are within normal expectations. This leads me to a question I want to ask everyone.

Bound By Flame has a new Linux beta to fix some issues


By Liam Squires-Hand
I have yet to give Bound By Flame a real good go, but it's really good to see this Action/RPG game get some support with a new patch in beta.

First-person puzzle game Attractio has been released on Steam


By Samsai
A first-person puzzle game by the name of Attractio, developed by GameCoder Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, has been released for Linux on Steam.

XLarn, an expanded version of a roguelike classic, is available on Linux


By BTRE
Another updated version of an old roguelike was released for Linux earlier this month. Players can expect to fight monsters, explore and have all the traditional trappings of dungeon crawlers.

Kopanito All-Stars Soccer is a colorful sports game available on Linux that looks it's like a blast to play


By BTRE
Fans of the beautiful game might be happy to know that we've had our first football (soccer for you Yanks out there) game available on Linux for a few months now. Well, first one that's more about the matches than the management side of things. Kopanito is a diverse and fast-paced game that looks pretty fun.

Empires, a Source SDK hybrid of FPS and Strategy looks like it's coming to Linux


By Liam Squires-Hand
Empires, a Source SDK game that's been around for quite a long time looks like it's coming to Linux, can't wait to try it.