Kingdom, A Sidescrolling Strategy Game Released For Linux, Some Initial Thoughts
Kingdom is an interesting looking 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management game, and GOG provided a key for me to take a look.
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Magicka 2 Now In Beta For Linux
Oh man, what a day. First Insurgency, and now Magicka 2 both being in Beta for Linux. Update: It's now downloading.
Tactical FPS 'Insurgency' Now Available on Linux In Beta Form, Woohoo
I have been waiting for Insurgency to come to Linux for over two years, and I'm glad to see the developers start to really make a push for us.
Time To Break Out Of Prison As 'The Escapists' Is Now On Linux
The Escapists is now available on Linux, so we can now take a light-hearted look at being a prisoner and try to escape.
Digging Up A 1999 Fossil With Freespace 2, Have You Tried It? It’s Excellent.
Freespace 2 is a space combat simulator game from way back in 1999, it may be old, but it has an official open source engine and you should really give it a run.
Toby: The Secret Mine, A Very Well Made LIMBO-like Platformer
While I’m not usually a fan of platformers, my mind has somewhat been changed thanks to Broforce. Today I checked out Toby: The Secret Mine and came off feeling pretty good about it.
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition Delayed For Linux, Again
This is starting to be a repeating joke now, of promise after promise and delay after delay. Now with the Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition that was supposed to be a day-1 release for Linux, it has also been delayed.
Arma 3 Linux Beta To Be Updated Soon
Good news folks, the Arma team is busy behind the scenes, and they are planning an update to the Linux beta port.
Payday 2 SteamOS Version Delayed Until Next Year
For those still excited to see Payday 2 on SteamOS/Linux, your wait just got a little longer. Payday 2 is now not due on Linux until next year.
Steam Controller Motion Controls Look Very Slick
A new video has surfaced of the Steam Controller being used with the motion controls, it's not a Linux game, but it looks very slick, and I will for sure be testing this out in games myself.
Hard West, A Weird-Western Strategy Game, Is Coming To Linux
If you have fond memories of the setting of Darkwatch, or you've always wished XCOM featured cowboys and demons instead of aliens, consider yourself lucky.
The Company Of Heroes 2 Linux BeatFeral Event Video Is Now Online
The Linux "BeatFeral" event was captured on video by Feral Interactive, and they have now put out a video with the developers and testers chatting. I even got a small shout out for my victory against developer Edwin.
Ubuntu 15.10 Patched For Steam Controller, Backports To Older Ubuntu Versions This Week
Jorge Castro from Ubuntu poked me recently to let us know that Ubuntu 15.10 has already been patched for the Steam Controller, and 14.04+ others will have a patch back-ported this week.
Sword Coast Legends RPG Released For Linux, Some Initial Thoughts
We don’t have too many high quality RPG titles, and I was excited to finally give Sword Coast Legends a proper try.
GOL Survey Results: October
It’s time to get your monthly fix of stats now that the results for the October (and September) survey are available for you to take a look at and compare with results from previous months.
Vendetta: Curse of Raven’s Cry Officially Announced, Big Update For Raven's Cry
Vendetta: Curse of Raven’s Cry looks like it will be quite the upgrade over the poorly received Raven's Cry. I spoke with my TopWare contact who confirmed it will be free for Raven's Cry owners, with a little manual process.
A Review Of Minimalist Hardcore Platformer INK
INK is a minimalist hardcore platformer where you paint levels as you play, by running and sliding along surfaces, and with the paint splatter of your many deaths.
GOL Game Jam Is Now Live, Development Can Begin!
Our first ever GOL Game Jam is now live and ready. All we need now is submissions of Linux games from our fine community members!
Brigador, The Isometric Action Game With Destructible Environments Released For Linux
Good news, Brigador is now available for Linux and it's pretty damn fun. I gave it the livestream treatment on Friday and it was well worth it.
Valve Rep Confirms Why Some Games Have Their SteamOS Icon Removed
Thanks to me getting in touch with the Starbound developers, it seems a Valve rep has taken to reddit to explain what's going on with games having their SteamOS icon removed.