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Shadows of Kurgansk, a good looking single-player action and survival game now on Linux & SteamOS

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I have to say, Shadows of Kurgansk looks pretty damn interesting for an action and survival game and it's now on Linux.

Best Buds vs Bad Guys, the action platformer from a dad and son team has been fully funded and coming to Linux

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Best Buds vs Bad Guys is a very cool looking action platformer that is now fully funded and is officially heading to Linux.

Rust has now sold over 30 thousand copies on Linux

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Garry Newman of Facepunch shared on twitter that Rust has now hit over 4 million sales, and Linux is sitting at over 30 thousand.

BrainBread 2, an utterly ridiculous Source engine powered FPS is now free on Steam with Linux support

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BrainBread 2 is a rather amusing fast paced Source engine powered FPS that's 100% free. It's now on Steam!

Rock, Paper, Shotgun is offering FREE keys for indie platformer 'Megabyte Punch'

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Rock, Paper, Shotgun, in association with Bundle Stars, are currently giving away 100.000 free keys for Megabyte Punch.

Life is Strange episode 1 will be free from tomorrow, no exact word on Linux release yet

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While we already know that Life is Strange is coming to Linux from Feral, we don't know when, but we do now know that Life is Strange episode 1 will be free from tomorrow.

Stardew Valley confirmed for a Linux release on the 29th of July

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Stardew Valley is going to be an early birthday present for me, as it's releasing for Linux on July 29th (my birthday being the 30th).

We have 10 codes for Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic to give you provided by GamesRepublic

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Our friends at GamesRepublic have given us 10 keys for Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic. You just have to guess one missing number and the game is yours.

Overlord for Linux release date announced, arriving tomorrow the 21st of July

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Virtual Programming has announced the release date of Overlord (tomorrow!) with a new teaser video. Will be interesting to see how it performs.

paraLLel, a Vulkan renderer for the N64 emulator used by RetroArch

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RetroArch now has a pre-alpha Vulkan renderer for their N64 emulator. This is pretty cool to see and hopefully it helps performance.

You can play controversial FPS 'Daikatana' on Linux now, thanks to a fan patch endorsed by John Romero

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A community project to fix up the FPS Daikatana should now hopefully be playable on Linux and it has official endorsement from John Romero.

Humble 2K Bundle 2 has a few big Linux games for cheaps

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The new Humble 2K Bundle 2 has a couple Linux games you may be interested in picking up for cheap, all good ones too.

TynanSylvester, creator of RimWorld comments on Linux

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TynanSylvester, the developer of the hit indie game RimWorld answered my questions in his reddit AMA.

Blossom Tales, a beautiful looking 2D Zelda-like action RPG is heading to Linux

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Blossom Tales is a rather good looking Zelda-like action RPG that has been Greenlit to be on Steam and it's heading to Linux.

Looks like Stardew Valley is starting to gear up for the Linux release

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I have been waiting and attempting to be patient on this, Stardew Valley has now popped up on SteamDB with a Linux/Mac testing branch.

Rogue Islands, a fast-paced shooter set in a procedural fantasy world from Big Fat Alien will come to Linux

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Rogue Islands is a pretty good looking fast-paced shooter with blocky graphics will come to Linux and it looks good.

The programmer of Antraxx, a massively multiplayer mech shooter says Linux is a definite option

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Antraxx is a very interesting looking massively multiplayer mech shooter and the programmer has stated to me that Linux is a definite option.

OpenTomb is an open source game engine for Tomb Raider 1-5

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OpenTomb is yet another beautiful open source game engine, and this one supports Tomb Raider 1-5. Fantastic to see more of this in my inbox!

GamesRepublic announce 'Indie Spotlight' giving indie developers a place to shine

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GamesRepublic have announced a new initiative towards helping indie developers get exposure of their games.

Linux demo of the System Shock remake is now available on GOG

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As promised, the Linux pre-alpha demo of the System Shock remake is now available to download from GOG.