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A 2015 Thanksgiving Retrospection About The Open Source Project 'xoreos'

By DrMcCoy, 27 Nov 2015

xoreos (a F/OSS reimplementation of Bioware's Aurora engine) developer DrMcCoy reflects on the project's progress over the past year, and offers thanks to supporting contributors and the community.

0 A.D. Alpha 19 “Syllepsis” Released

By Samsai, 26 Nov 2015

A new alpha release of the open source RTS 0 A.D. has just been released. The new release has various technical improvements and a couple of new gameplay and AI features.

Feral Interactive have a big sale on their store

By Liam Dawe, 26 Nov 2015

Here's an easy chance to snap up some cheap ports from Feral Interactive, as they have discounted their games until November 30th.

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Dying Light's DLC The Following will be on Linux, price set to rise soon

By Liam Dawe, 26 Nov 2015

I have it straight from the developer that Dying Light's DLC The Following will be on Linux, after I saw reports and speculation that it wouldn't be. The price is also set to rise, so you may want to pickup the season pass soon due to how big it is.

Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh tested on Linux, very freaky

By Liam Dawe, 26 Nov 2015

Today I decided to have a glass of man-up juice and actually play Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh. It's quite an experience.

Hollow Knight looks like exactly the type of action platformer I would play on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 26 Nov 2015

Hollow Knight's trailer took me by surprise, not only do the graphics and animations look really sweet, but the gameplay actually looks rather good.

GhostControl Inc, the ghost hunter turn-based strategy game has a big update

By Liam Dawe, 26 Nov 2015

GhostControl Inc is a pretty cool idea, and one to try for fans of things like XCOM and Ghostbusters, the developers just landed a nice big update too.

Empire TV Tycoon released for SteamOS & Linux, manage your own TV channel

By Liam Dawe, 25 Nov 2015

Empire TV Tycoon has just today put up their Linux version after sorting out some issues, and I can't wait to give it a go.

A big Steam sale is now on, get some cheap games for Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe, 25 Nov 2015

Heads up cheapo hunters, as Steam has a big sale on right now that lasts until December 1st. I've highlighted some deals I think are pretty good.

Steam

Albion Online, my impressions of this new Linux MMO currently in closed beta

By Liam Dawe, 25 Nov 2015

Albion Online is something I have kept on eye on for sometime now, and since I’ve been playing it during the closed beta period here are my initial thoughts on it. This is not a full review, as I will do that once it’s completely out.

Switch Galaxy Ultra, a fast-paced arcade racer now on SteamOS & Linux

By Liam Dawe, 25 Nov 2015

Switch Galaxy Ultra looks pretty decent, it has some positive reviews, and it has parts designed by WipeOut co-creator Jim Bowers.

Mini-review of physics puzzler Unmechanical: Extended, released for Linux on GOG and Steam

By flesk, 25 Nov 2015

Unmechanical has been extended with a new chapter, adding more than an hour's worth of new puzzles and exploration, and the Unreal Engine 3 powered game is now officially available for Linux.

New Broforce update adds new characters, new game mode and more

By Liam Dawe, 25 Nov 2015

Broforce is by far my favourite action platformer ever made, that is an easy decision for me to make. The fact they are still updating it is awesome.

Storm United FPS major patch released, better Linux performance

By Liam Dawe, 24 Nov 2015

Storm United is easily one of my favourite up and coming FPS games, it needs more players so get going people.

The New Crimson AMD Driver Tested on R7 370 4G

By Samsai, 24 Nov 2015

The new proprietary AMD GPU Driver named Crimson just shipped and I decided to take it for a spin in a set of benchmarks. So, let's see if we see any improvement in the performance of these drivers.

Syber discounted their Steam Machine line and most are now sold out

By Liam Dawe, 24 Nov 2015

Well now, Syber discounted their Steam Machine line (all three models), and now all but the highest price machine are sold out.

Leak: AMD's new driver will apparently offer much better performance on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 24 Nov 2015

It seems a leak from slides showing off AMD Crimson is reporting much better Linux performance in certain games.

GOL Asks: What have you been playing on Linux & SteamOS recently?

By Liam Dawe, 23 Nov 2015

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It's time for another edition of "GOL Asks", and today I am asking about games you have been playing and loving or hating recently.

Editorial

Epistory - Typing Chronicles, an atmospheric action/adventure game now on Linux & big update

By Liam Dawe, 23 Nov 2015

I previously mentioned that the seriously cool looking Epistory - Typing Chronicles would come to Linux & SteamOS, but it's now out, and it just had a big content update too!