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Feral Interactive Are Behind The Batman: Arkham Knight, GRID Autosport And Company Of Heroes 2 Linux Ports


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Feral Interactive just sent out word that not only are they porting Shadow of Mordor to Linux, but they are the mean porting machine behind the recent announcements of Batman: Arkham Knight, GRID Autosport and Company of Heroes 2.

Sentinels Of The Multiverse, A Mix Of Comics & A Card Game Ported To Linux


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Sentinels of the Multiverse is quite a fun looking title that was ported to Linux last month, and sadly it got buried in my growing inbox.

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Claptastic Voyage Trailer


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Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Claptastic Voyage looks and sounds like it will be a pretty great DLC! It will release for Linux at the same time as Windows thanks to Aspyr Media, and it now has a trailer.

President Of Blizzard Responds To The Linux Petition, Petition Owner Creates Childish Response


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In a sad turn of events, but not exactly surprising, the President of Blizzard responded to the petition calling for Blizzard to support Linux, the answer is obvious, but what's sad is the response from the petition creator.

Linux Now Has Over 1000 Titles On Steam


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That's a bloody huge milestone. We all know quality over quantity, but with 1000+ games now on Steam for Linux, there has to be something for everyone!

Hotline Miami 2 Released, Doesn't Work On Linux For Some


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Another new game, and another new set of issues for Linux gamers to deal with! We are the lucky bunch aren't we!

Dying Light Major Patch Released, Performance Finally Okay On Linux (UPDATED)


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Hooray for Techland! Dying Light is finally playable on Linux, so you can join us in having some cake. It's not perfect, but far far better! (UPDATED)

Cities: Skylines City Builder Releases Today, Some Thoughts After Playing It


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Cities: Skylines is our answer to not having Sim City on Linux, and it’s time for us to take a look at this new city building sim.

The Entroware 'Proteus' Gaming Laptop, Reviewed For Linux


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Entroware is a UK-based startup aiming their sights at the Linux market, and we have been sent the “Proteus” gaming laptop to give our thoughts on.

Nightside Is That RTS Game I’ve Been Waiting For On Linux


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I’ve had the pleasure of speaking to the developer of Nightside, and testing out a Linux build. My early thoughts are very good!

Outland, A Fast-paced, Dynamic Platformer Now Available On Linux


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A little late on this, sorry. Outland is a beautiful looking action platformer where you use the powers of light and dark to save the world!

H-Craft Championship Free & Open Source Racer New Version


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H-Craft Championship is a futuristic racer that's free and open source, and the developers kindly let us know about a new version.

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel New DLC Arriving On March 24


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Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is to gain another DLC that sounds awesome! In Claptastic Voyage you will enter the mind of Claptrap! They will also release a Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack 2.

Shadow Of Mordor Wins GDC Game Of The Year, Linux Version Due This Spring


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After the influx of news recently you will already know that Shadow of Mordor is heading to Linux thanks to Feral Interactive, and the game is so good it has managed to win the GDC Game of the Year award!

Evoland, A Really Interesting Adventure RPG Now Working On Linux


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We held off on covering Evoland as their Steam release for Linux didn't work until now, but we got in touch with the developers and they said they have fixed it! Evoland is very interesting for the mechanics of unlocking new gameplay systems and graphical upgrades as you progress.

Tanks Of Freedom, A Turn-based, Isometric, Classic Strategy Game Built With Godot


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Tanks Of Freedom is an open source (MIT License) isometric strategy game, originally started for the Global Game Jam 2015.

Steam Hardware Survey For February 2015


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Here's the Steam Hardware survey results for February 2015 with one interesting difference from the past surveys.

Tell Blizzard You Want Linux Support In Their Games


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I have been hesitant to cover things like petitions and forum posts in the past, especially for Blizzard, but now seems like the best time to really get them to listen to us.

Nvidia PhysX Source Code Now Available Free On GitHub


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Nvidia has now put up the PhysX SDK on github for everyone to sink their teeth into, like with Unreal Engine it does require you agree to their EULA though, so it's not "free software".

Contagion, Cooperative Survival Horror FPS Is Still Planned For Linux


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I managed to get hold of the Contagion developers, and they confirmed the Linux port is still planned! We haven’t heard from them about it since June last year, so it’s good to see it hasn't been forgotten.