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System Shock: Enhanced Edition Coming To Linux, Native Port


By Liam Squires-Hand
Heads up gamers! System Shock: Enhanced Edition is coming to Linux, and the developer said on twitter it will be a native port.

Valve's Steam Controller Now Has A Later Shipping Date


By Liam Squires-Hand
All pre-orders should still be delivered on time, but if you order them from now you won't get your Steam Controller until December.

Descent: Underground Released In Early Access On Steam


By Liam Squires-Hand
Descent: Underground has released into Early Access on Steam, and I took the punt and a look for you.

There's A Possibility Of Just Cause 3 Coming To SteamOS/Linux


By Liam Squires-Hand
A recent Polygon article that covered Valve's new hardware has some information from Valve, and it's not entirely clear, but it looks like Just Cause 3 could come to Linux.

Natural Selection 2 Updated With Much Faster Load Times


By Liam Squires-Hand
I forget that Natural Selection 2 is on Linux, mainly due to the dying player base and how dog slow it was to load, but it seems they are finally taking steps to improve that part of it.

Nuclear Throne Updated To Include Weekly Challenge Map


By Liam Squires-Hand
Nuclear Throne is something of a dark horse, it doesn't look like much, but damn is it good when you get into it.

RC Mini Racers Could See An Updated Linux Port


By Liam Squires-Hand
RC Mini Racers was originally available for an older version of Ubuntu in the USC, but there's a much newer version on Steam. The developer is seeing how much interest there is in having it on Steam.

Kingdom, A Sidescrolling Strategy Game Released For Linux, Some Initial Thoughts


By Liam Squires-Hand
Kingdom is an interesting looking 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management game, and GOG provided a key for me to take a look.

Magicka 2 Now In Beta For Linux


By Liam Squires-Hand
Oh man, what a day. First Insurgency, and now Magicka 2 both being in Beta for Linux. Update: It's now downloading.

Tactical FPS 'Insurgency' Now Available on Linux In Beta Form, Woohoo


By Liam Squires-Hand
I have been waiting for Insurgency to come to Linux for over two years, and I'm glad to see the developers start to really make a push for us.

Time To Break Out Of Prison As 'The Escapists' Is Now On Linux


By Liam Squires-Hand
The Escapists is now available on Linux, so we can now take a light-hearted look at being a prisoner and try to escape.

Digging Up A 1999 Fossil With Freespace 2, Have You Tried It? It’s Excellent.


By Liam Squires-Hand
Freespace 2 is a space combat simulator game from way back in 1999, it may be old, but it has an official open source engine and you should really give it a run.

Toby: The Secret Mine, A Very Well Made LIMBO-like Platformer


By Liam Squires-Hand
While I’m not usually a fan of platformers, my mind has somewhat been changed thanks to Broforce. Today I checked out Toby: The Secret Mine and came off feeling pretty good about it.

Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition Delayed For Linux, Again


By Liam Squires-Hand
This is starting to be a repeating joke now, of promise after promise and delay after delay. Now with the Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition that was supposed to be a day-1 release for Linux, it has also been delayed.

Arma 3 Linux Beta To Be Updated Soon


By Liam Squires-Hand
Good news folks, the Arma team is busy behind the scenes, and they are planning an update to the Linux beta port.

Payday 2 SteamOS Version Delayed Until Next Year


By Liam Squires-Hand
For those still excited to see Payday 2 on SteamOS/Linux, your wait just got a little longer. Payday 2 is now not due on Linux until next year.

Steam Controller Motion Controls Look Very Slick


By Liam Squires-Hand
A new video has surfaced of the Steam Controller being used with the motion controls, it's not a Linux game, but it looks very slick, and I will for sure be testing this out in games myself.

Hard West, A Weird-Western Strategy Game, Is Coming To Linux


By Cybolic
If you have fond memories of the setting of Darkwatch, or you've always wished XCOM featured cowboys and demons instead of aliens, consider yourself lucky.

The Company Of Heroes 2 Linux BeatFeral Event Video Is Now Online


By Liam Squires-Hand
The Linux "BeatFeral" event was captured on video by Feral Interactive, and they have now put out a video with the developers and testers chatting. I even got a small shout out for my victory against developer Edwin.

Ubuntu 15.10 Patched For Steam Controller, Backports To Older Ubuntu Versions This Week


By Liam Squires-Hand
Jorge Castro from Ubuntu poked me recently to let us know that Ubuntu 15.10 has already been patched for the Steam Controller, and 14.04+ others will have a patch back-ported this week.