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Star Command Developers Discuss Steam Dev Days And Port Of Star Command To Linux

By JoseJX,
In a message for backers of Star Command, developers discuss Steam Dev Days and are asked about a potential SteamOS port of their game.

Slitherine To Improve Linux Support

By Liam Dawe,
Slitherine game store and publisher has announced improved cross platform support. Until now, Pandora: First Contact was only available to Linux gamers as a download and you had to buy the version separate from the Windows and Mac version.

Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball Out For Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Disco Dodgeball is a team-based multiplayer FPS where you race around a skate park / dance club in jet-powered robots and try to hit each other with exploding dodgeballs.

Toki Tori 2+, Two Tribes and Linux

By Cheeseness,
One year after Linux fans came together to show support, Toki Tori 2 has finally arrived for Linux! Two Tribes, however, has recently emerged from financial troubles as a new company - where does Linux support fit for them now?

Linux Game Sales Statistics From Multiple Developers

By Liam Dawe,
I reached out to a number of developers to see how their sales are doing across different operating systems, here are the results for you.

Heroes of a Broken Land A Turn Based RPG With Town Building

By Liam Dawe,
Well now this is an odd combination, Heroes of a Broken Land combines an RPG/First Person Dungeon Crawling with a town management game with interesting results.

Six Wheels and a Gun Buggy Combat Game Needs Testing

By Liam Dawe,
Abraham Stolk emailed us to request testing of Six Wheels and a Gun that he has ported over to Linux.

Steam Bandits: Outpost New To Steam For Linux

By Liam Dawe,
A new release for Linux in Steam's Early Access is Steam Bandits: Outpost what will become a free to play game in the future, it looks pretty decent too.

GOL Cast: Crashing On Zombie Infested Islands in Estranged: Act I

By Samsai,
Ah, zombies. There can never be enough of them, right? Well, getting stranded on an island infested with the things after a storm nearly sinks your ship and drowns you might sound like a perfect vacation to you then.

Positech's Cliffski Developer Of Democracy 3 On SteamDevDays

By Liam Dawe,
I don't usually point out developers blog posts unless they say something interesting, luckily the developer of Democracy 3, Gratuitous Space Battles, Redshirt & more has said something I bet a lot of developers now feel.

The New Interstellaria Alpha Teaser Looks Fantastic

By Liam Dawe,
Interstellaria the 2d space SIM/RPG/Sandbox game has a new alpha trailer and wow this game looks fantastic, this is going to be a true must-have for sci-fi space fans.

Scavenger A Wireframe & Glitchy Music Game Free At Desura

By Liam Dawe,
Have you ever wondered what it felt like to pilot the Millennium Falcon through the asteroid field in Empire Strikes Back; dodging asteroids and evading enemy fighters? Well Scavenger looks nothing like it Star Wars, but it does look like some good wireframe fun.

Original Natural Selection Source Code Now On Github

By Liam Dawe,
The original Natural Selection modification of Half Life has been put onto github by the developers, pretty nice move.

NeonXSZ First Person Spaceship Shooter Major New Version

By Liam Dawe,
In NeonXSZ (pronounced Neon Excesses) you are injected into cyberspace to stake your place in a war of virus verses machine. During your journey you will fly dozens of spaceships with hundreds of upgrades allowing you to create totally unique spacecraft with which to wage war.

The Wine Development Release 1.7.11 Is Now Available

By sobkas,
Developers introduced a new point release 1.7.11 of a development branch of Wine. While keeping with a two week release cycle, They were able to push out many new features and 46 bugfixes. It includes a preparation work for D3D command stream.

Leadwerks Game Creation Kit Has Fixed Two Major Linux Blockers

By Liam Dawe,
The Leadwerks game creation tool has pushed passed two major Linux issues the developers came across making way for the Linux release. Good news everyone!

Fancy Skulls "Cool Bugfixes And Optimizations" 0.5.2 Released, GOL Video Included

By Liam Dawe,
Fancy Skulls the fun looking and a bit odd FPS game has released two point versions recently and we have the scoop for you. I also captured a little video so feast your eyes.

Planetary Annihilation RTS Has Its First 2014 Major Patch

By Liam Dawe,
Planetary Annihilation the massive scale RTS has received its first patch for 2014 and it includes some pretty sweeping changes!

Octodad: Dadliest Catch To Release For Linux This Month

By Liam Dawe,
Octodad: Dadliest Catch is about destruction, deception, and fatherhood. The player controls Octodad, a dapper octopus masquerading as a human, as he goes about daily life.

Estranged: Act I Now On Steam For Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Estranged: Act I tells the story of a lone fisherman, whose ship is stranded on a mysterious island during a violent storm.