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First Trailer Published For Upcoming RPG Evoland 2

By flesk, 14 May 2015

Developer Shiro Games have previously announced that Evoland 2 is coming to Linux, and have now released the official trailer for the upcoming game.

The Dying Light Linux Performance Patch Is Glorious, GOL Sneak Peek

By Liam Dawe, 14 May 2015

Thanks to my friends at Techland I have been able to test the upcoming Linux performance patch. It’s looking mighty fine right now.

A Look At Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Scandinavia Expansion

By Segata Sanshiro, 14 May 2015

The folks at SCS Software released a big patch for Euro Truck Simulator 2, along with a Scandinavia DLC, so I decided it was a good time to revisit the game and give some commentary on it and the expansion.

Planetary Annihilation Developers Are Making Another Pass At Polishing The Linux Version

By Liam Dawe, 14 May 2015

Planetary Annihilation is a great game, despite a few flaws here and there. It's my favourite strategy game on Linux, and the news is good.

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Skullgirls Is Now Being Ported Officially, And Not By Volunteers

By Liam Dawe, 14 May 2015

In a move that will please many (myself included), the Skullgirls Linux port has now been moved to a porting partner to be done officially.

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Our Linux Game Release Calendar Is Now Live

By Liam Dawe, 13 May 2015

I've worked over the last few days in my coding cave to bring a new feature, a release calendar for Linux games!

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CO-OP : Decrypted 2.5D Puzzle-platformer Adds Linux Support, Some Thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 13 May 2015

CO-OP : Decrypted recently added in Linux support to the rather good looking 2.5D platformer, so it’s time for an overdue look at it with some initial thoughts.

Lovecraftian Precision Action Platformer 'They Bleed Pixels' Available In Linux Beta On Steam

By flesk, 13 May 2015

The popular action platformer has undergone a massive rewrite since last year to remove the dependency on XNA and to add a host of improvements. It is now nearing completion and has been made available in an open beta on Steam.

Hardcore Gravity Platformer 'Blackhole' Released For Linux

By flesk, 12 May 2015

The charming sci-fi platformer was released for Windows in February to very positive reviews from press and customers, and is now finally available for Linux.

Master Of Orion 1 & 2 Now Available On Linux, Thanks To GOG

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2015

If you’re a fan of 4X strategy games, then you will have probably heard of Master of Orion. Honestly, Master of Orion 2 is one of my all time favourite games, and now I can play it without any messing around on Linux.

TowerFall Ascension DLC 'TowerFall Dark World Expansion' Released, Game Also Now On GOG

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2015

TowerFall Ascension has been given the gift of DLC and DRM free treatment on GOG.com. The Dark World Expansion pushes TowerFall further in every direction, a great excuse to revisit the beloved indie fighter.

Invisible, Inc. Strategy Game Released For Linux, Some Thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2015

Invisible, Inc. has snuck out the door and is now available on your favourite operating system. I’ve been looking forward to this for some time, so I took a look.

ARK: Survival Evolved, A Beautiful Unreal Engine Survival Game Is Heading Our Way

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2015

ARK: Survival Evolved is doing the rounds right now, and for good reason. It's an Unreal Engine 4 powered survival game with RPG elements and dinosaurs.

Koji Igarashi Of Castlevania Fame Announces Spiritual Successor "Bloodstained"

By Sam Bird, 12 May 2015

On May 11th, Koji Igarashi launched a Kickstarter for a new game. Called Bloodstain, it is much in the vein of the Castlevania games he's worked on in the past.

Cute But Challenging Puzzle Game 'Snakebird' Released On Steam For Linux

By flesk, 11 May 2015

Don't let the cute looks deceive you. Behind its innocent looking facade, Snakebird hides a fiendishly hard puzzle game that should give even the most seasoned puzzle veteran a proper challenge.

Frozenbyte Confirm The Trine 3 Linux Release Is Due After The Final Windows Release

By Liam Dawe, 11 May 2015

It's sad, but not entirely unexpected that we will be left waiting for Trine 3. We did have to wait for ports of Trine and Trine 2, but when our editor Cheeseness spoke to Frozenbyte it sounded like the Linux version would be out during Early Access.

Empire: Total War Has A Beta That Enables Linux Vs Mac Online Play

By Liam Dawe, 11 May 2015

It's great to see bigger games coming to Linux like Empire: Total War, but having Linux only multiplayer does make the experience less fun. Feral Interactive are trying to fix this for us with a beta test.

Feral Interactive Looking For QA Testers & Developers

By Liam Dawe, 11 May 2015

Feral Interactive took to reddit to announce they are expanding, and they don't just need developers, but people with experience testing AAA games.

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Two Worlds II Action RPG Will Apparently Still Be Ported To Linux

By Liam Dawe, 10 May 2015

You might not remember, but we had the Publisher of Two Worlds II confirm to us multiple times that Two Worlds II would come to Linux, and then things got confusing, but now one of the actual developers has confirmed it will happen.

Dr. Spacezoo, A Seriously Slick Twin Stick Shooter Available On Linux With A Demo

By Liam Dawe, 10 May 2015

Dr. Spacezoo is a new discovery of mine thanks to twitter! It's a twin stick shooter with some very frantic gameplay, nice visuals and a great soundtrack.