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'Battle vs Chess' is yet another Topware Interactive published title to come to Linux using Wine


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Topware Interactive have now put up a Linux beta for 'Battle vs Chess' that makes use of Wine. It's really cool to see them do this.

Inklings, a lemmings-style puzzle game is now out on Linux


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Inklings is an indie lemmings-style puzzle game with simple visuals, guide your Inklings to safety! This game comes from a family team of developers.

Stellar Overload, the block-based adventure FPS is now on Steam


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If you remember, I recently wrote about Stellar Overload and did a small preview. The good news is that the game is now available on Steam with Linux support.

What have you been playing recently, and what do you think?


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It's sharing time today, as sharing is caring right? What have you been playing recently, and what do you think?

Hyper Ultra Astronautics, a fast-paced competitive local multiplayer space arena


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Hyper Ultra Astronautics is the latest game from FRACTiLE Games and promises lots of space action. It's a fast-paced competitive local multiplayer space arena shooter, and it claims to have a somewhat realistic flight model.

Tomorrow myself and Matt from Feral interactive will be playing Dawn of War II again, join us


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Tomorrow at 12PM UTC (midday), myself and Matt from Feral Interactive will be hitting up some Dawn of War II online, come join us!

Jagged Alliance 2 - Wildfire now has a Linux beta available on Steam, uses Wine


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Topware Interactive are continuing to bring over their older games to Linux using Wine, and that's okay. The latest is Jagged Alliance 2 - Wildfire.

Atomic Space Command, build a ship and take it into battle online


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Atomic Space Command is a new Early Access space battle arena where you build your ship and team up with your friends to take on enemies.

The awesome open source RTS engine 'OpenRA' has a new release, with more original Command & Conquer missions


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I do love 'OpenRA', especially fun when we did our online Linux tournament. The new release is really great too, with it implementing more of the single-player missions from the original Command & Conquer, Red Alert and Dune 2000.

KURSK, an adventure and survival game about the tragedy of destroyed submarine will support Linux


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KURSK looks pretty damn fine, and a rather interesting setting too. An adventure and survival game about a destroyed submarine. It will support Linux!

Signs of Life, a sci-fi survival sandbox platformer now has a Linux version in testing


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Signs of Life, an indie Early Access sci-fi survival sandbox platformer that looks pretty good has switched from XNA to MonoGame, and the developer has put up a Linux version for people to test.

Killing Room, the rogue-like FPS has been delayed for Linux


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I'm pretty sad about this, as I thought Killing Room actually looked really fun. I noticed the Steam page now only lists Windows, so I asked the developer about it and the Linux version is now delayed.

The Wine Development Release 1.9.21 Is Now Available


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The Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.9.21 has many small changes including 18 bugfixes.

Join me for a livestream tonight at 19:45 UTC


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It's Friday livestream night and tonight you can join in. I will be live around 19:45 UTC playing Dawn of War II Retribution and Firewatch!

Testing out 'Star Vikings', a casual puzzle RPG now out in full and available on Linux


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Star Vikings from Rogue Snail is a casual puzzle RPG where it plays a little like a reverse plants vs zombies. It feels very much like a casual mobile game.

Manipulate the ground and fights robots in 'Cloudbase Prime' now on Linux


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Cloudbase Prime is a charming Early Access game about fighting robots and manipulating hexagonal platforms the levels are built with.

Shallow Space open-world beta now on Linux, bringing it to Linux helped overall performance


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Here's something fun, Shallow Space has been re-working to be an open-world space game and the beta is now on Linux. The developer said getting it working on Linux helped overall performance.

Shadow Warrior 2 should still be coming to Linux after all, was a miscommunication


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Put the pitchforks down and stop flipping tables, as it seems Shadow Warrior 2 should still be coming to Linux.

HTC Vive VR demo on Linux used Kubuntu at SteamDevDays


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Here's something awesome to see, the Valve demo of the HTC Vive on Linux was using Kubuntu, and we have some pictures.

Duke Nukem 3D Megaton Edition removed from stores in favour of the new Anniversary World Tour, no Linux support


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For fans of oldschool Duke Nukem on Linux, sadly you're now out of luck. Gearbox took over the rights to Duke Nukem and Devolver's deal for Duke Nukem 3D Megaton Edition has ended, so essentially Duke Nukem 3D Megaton Edition is no more.