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Dota 2 Reborn Announced, Dota 2 To Get Major Engine & UI Updates

By Liam Dawe,
This is what I have been waiting for! Dota 2 has officially announced a major engine update and a slick new UI.

Friday Livestream Is Here At 5 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
I've made my way through the swamp that is Steam Summer Sale and managed to set up a stream for tonight. Really, you should know how much effort I put into... I can't even say that with a straight face. In any case, stream will be up and fun will be had*, so clear up some space for this weeks Friday Livestream!

Just FYI, There Are Plenty Of Games On Sale Over At Steam

By Samsai,
Just in case you've been living under a rock and haven't looked at Steam or social media I think it's good to remind you that the Steam Summer Sales have arrived. Yes, that means praising Gaben and emptying your wallet.

Modern Linux Classics Return In Humble Indie Bundle: All-Stars

By flesk,
The new week-long Humble Indie Bundle: All-Stars contains a good mix of previously bundled Linux games.

Block-Breaker RPG 'Wizorb' Ships With FNA And Is Now On Steam For Linux

By flesk,
Tribute Games' unique Breakout-style JRPG has received the flibit-treatment and is now available to us on Steam for the first time.

Unreal Engine 4.8 Has Been Released With A Massive List Of Changes

By flesk,
Multiplatform VR support, procedural foliage systems and plugins from select partners are among the changes.

Shadow Warrior 2 Announced, Seems to Be Getting a Linux port

By Samsai,
A sequel to the popular reboot of Shadow Warrior has been announced and based on the Steam Store page that went live it seems we will be getting a Linux port of this game as well!

Tactical Heist Game 'The Masterplan' Officially Released Last Week

By flesk,
The game was made available for Linux shortly after arriving on Steam Early Access last year, but is now officially released and available on Steam, Humble Store and GOG.

Teaser Video Released For Upcoming Metroidvania Platformer Corpses 'N Souls

By flesk,
Side Scroll Studios have released a video to show off their engine, 2DEvolved, with some preliminary in-game footage from their upcoming action RPG metroidvania Corpses 'N Souls.

Steam Hardware Pre-Orders Off To A Good Start With 35% Units Sold

By flesk,
Less than a week after opening up for pre-orders of the first Steam Hardware, 35% of the units have already been sold.

Europa Universalis IV: Common Sense Released

By BTRE,
The latest expansion to the popular grand strategy series has been released. With a plethora of changes and additions, it is one of the most comprehensive expansions for the game yet.

Bundle Stars Triple The Fun Brings Plenty Of Cheap Steam Games

By Samsai,
Bundle Stars, a popular game bundle website, has begun the Triple The Fun week which brings cheap triple packs of Steam games every day until Friday.

Get Brick-breaker Grey Cubes For Real Cheap, Plus Initial Thoughts

By muntdefems,
Grey Cubes is a Breakout-style arcade game that was released last month and it is being featured right now on IndieGameStand's pay-what-you-want deal.

GOL Survey Results: May

By Segata Sanshiro,
The results for the May survey are now available for you to take a look at and compare with results from previous months. Many thanks to the 1508 people who took the time to complete this survey!

Co-Op Puzzle Platformer 'Wyv and Keep' Re-Ported To Linux, Now On Humble And Steam

By flesk,
Wyv and Keep: The Temple of the Lost Idol now ships with FNA, and is for the first time available for Linux on Humble and Steam.

Assembly Language Puzzle Game 'TIS-100' In Early Access On Steam

By flesk,
SpaceChem developer Zachtronics is out with a new game where you're tasked with fixing corrupt code to uncover the secrets of the mysterious TIS-100 hardware unit.

GOL Cast: Running And Gunning In A Sandstorm In Spec Ops: The Line

By Samsai,
It seems that Virtual Programming has been rather busy with their porting efforts. What is even more surprising is the quality of these recent eON ports. Spec Ops: The Line is one of them.

An Update On The Open Source Project 'Xoreos' Concerning Sonic Chronicles

By DrMcCoy,
xoreos is a FLOSS project aiming to reimplement BioWare's Aurora engine (and derivatives), covering their games starting with Neverwinter Nights and potentially up to Dragon Age II. This post gives a short update on the current progress.

GOG DRM Free Summer Sale Is Now On

By Liam Dawe,
Looks like GOG are getting in quick before the Steam summer sales start, and they have discounted plenty of great games.

Steam Hardware Available For Pre-order & Early Delivery

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has made some of the Steam Universe hardware available for pre-order and you can even get them early. This includes the Steam Controller and Steam Link.