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Eador. Masters of the Broken World Is Still A Sore Spot For Linux Gamers

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2014

You may not remember this, but Eador. Masters of the Broken World was supposed to come to Linux, and promise after promise it still hasn't arrived, but why? I got in touch with the developers to find out why.

Escape Goat 2 Puzzle-Platformer Released, Our Video & Review

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2014

Escape Goat 2 is now available on Linux from developer Ian Stocker, I put it through its paces to see if it's a good goat simulator or not. Spoiler: It's not a good goat simulator, but it is a good game.

Tallowmere, A 2D Procedural Death Labyrinth Platformer Needing Some Love

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2014

Tallowmere is a 2D indie action roguelike procedural death labyrinth platformer for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, featuring randomly-generated levels, enemies, weapons, and gore.

Copod, A Roguelite Game Of Survival As A Tiny Creature

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2014

Copod is a roguelite where you have to survive as a small creature in a strange world. It is currently in alpha and shows some real promise.

A Big List Of Linux FPS Games, Here's Over 30 To Check Out

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2014

Not enough FPS games you say, we need more you say, fear not for we have a big list for you to sink your mouse into!

3D Gems Match 3 Game On Desura, Looking Good

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2014

3D gems is a match 3 game with a beautiful 3D graphics and unique gameplay, which varies from level to level throughout the game.

See Valve's Vogl OpenGL Debugger In Action

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2014

Valve's Rich Geldreich has continued his awesome blog post about his work on the Vogl OpenGL debugger and has now posted some actual shots of it in action.

The Hong Kong Massacre Promises Lots Of Blood-Shed And Will Be On Linux

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2014

The Hong Kong Massacre is a decent looking top down blood-fuelled shooter that will come to Linux. The game is inspired by classic Hong Kong action movies.

Support 'Game Develop' To Make Ubuntu A First Class Citizen For Its Game Toolkit

By Liam Dawe, 23 Mar 2014

Game Develop is an interesting bit of kit, as it's like GameMaker, Clickteam's Fusion and Scirra's Construct 2 in the way of letting you create games without programming. They need funding to make their Ubuntu support better.

Ground Pounders Strategy Game From 'Sword Of The Stars' Developer Linux Version Now Available

By Liam Dawe, 23 Mar 2014

A little later than expected, but Ground Pounders the turn-based strategy game now has a Linux version on Steam.

Build & Defend Survival Co-Op Rogue-like Game 1.0.22 Released

By Liam Dawe, 23 Mar 2014

Build & Defend is the pretty fun looking co-op survival rogue-like game that doesn't seem to get enough attention.

Maratis Another Open-Source Game Engine

By Liam Dawe, 23 Mar 2014

Move over Godot, you aren't the only open-source game engine in town. Maratis is also free and open source!

GOL Cast: Exploring Ecosystems in Waking Mars

By Samsai, 23 Mar 2014

Being an astronaut and exploring planets far away would be awesome, but sadly becoming an astronaut is really difficult and there won't be any missions to Mars or even Moon for a long time. Oh well, luckily we still have games that allow us to do that.