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A Linux Port Of Terraria Will Soon Be Looked At, Hooray

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jul 2014

Terraria a very popular 2D sandbox game is alive once again thanks to a renewed push from developers, and in a recent update they noted Linux will be looking into after Mac (and Mac looks close).

Valve Has Flipped That Switch & Greenlit More Linux Games This July

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jul 2014

Valve have done their usual thing of turning on the greenlight to go for a bunch more indie games. We have the ones listed as supporting Linux for you.

Don't Starve Together Teaser Release

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jul 2014

Don't Starve Together is the eagerly anticipated multiplayer expansion for Don't Starve, a game that has been screaming out for a multiplayer since day one. There is now a very early teaser.

Battle Group 2 Action Game On Linux, My Thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jul 2014

Battle Group 2 was released for Linux this June, and it's a reasonably good little Linux game, so here are my thoughts on it.

GOL Asks: What Have You Been Playing Recently?

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jul 2014

Today is Sunday, so that means generally there isn't much news (that isn't backlogged!), so today something different. A question for you the community, what have you been playing?

DubWars, A Musical Top Down Shooter Is Coming To Linux

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jul 2014

The developers of DubWars noted last month that in the next update a Linux version is on the table. We love games that mix music into the gameplay and DubWars could be a winner.

Skyward Collapse Strategy & God Game Now On Linux, Plus Some Thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jul 2014

Skyward Collapse is a different take on the god game genre that mixes in some strategy and and base building elements to make one weird mix.

OculusVR Buys RakNet Networking Engine & Open Sources It

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jul 2014

Remember all the doom and gloom surrounding Facebook buying OculusVR? Well nothing has really changed, and thankfully they are still being a great company. They have recently purchased RakNet a cross platform C++ networking engine and they open sourced the damn thing.

Worms Clan Wars Looks Like It's Heading To Linux

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jul 2014

Worms Clan Wars a reasonably high rated Worms game looks like it will come to Linux thanks to info taken from the excellent SteamDB.

The Wine Development Release 1.7.22 Is Now Available.

By sobkas, 11 Jul 2014

Wine development team was able to produce a new experimental release today. 1.7.22 bringing many new features and as many as 68 bugfixes.

Retrobooster A Skill Based Survival Shooter Released On Steam, Our Thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jul 2014

Retrobooster has just released onto Steam and brings with it skill based old school gameplay as you pilot your ship through caves trying not to bounce off too many walls and explode, oh and it's bloody hard too.

Sunrider: First Arrival, A Mix Of Visual Novel & Strategy Now On Steam For Linux For Free

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jul 2014

A fantastic looking and free visual novel with strategy elements is now on Steam for Linux and it's good. I give it a quick look and tell you what I think.

Puzzle Fans Rejoice As MouseCraft Is Now On Steam For Linux

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jul 2014

MouseCraft is a highly rated and crisp looking puzzler inspired by both tetris and lemmings, and it's now joining the ranks of Linux games on Steam.

Developer Teases With Darksiders On Linux Screenshot

By Samsai, 11 Jul 2014

We have good news for those of you who like action-adventure hack and slash games as we have a neat screenshot of Darksiders running on Linux!

Mount & Blade: Warband Out Of Beta For Linux, Free All Weekend & Thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jul 2014

To celebrate Mount & Blade: Warband being out of beta the developers have put on a free weekend for it. This means you can download and play the full version all weekend, and that's not all it's on sale for super cheap too!

Quest for Infamy, A Point & Click Adventure Released For Linux

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jul 2014

Quest for Infamy is a fantastic looking love letter to old school point and click adventure games with RPG mechanics and turn based battles thrown in for good measure.

Black Ice Cyberpunk FPS Now On Steam For Linux In Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jul 2014

Black Ice the excellent cyberpunk FPS game is now on Steam in the Early Access section and it's looking as good as ever.

Among The Sleep Still Unplayable For A Lot Of Linux Users

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jul 2014

Among The Sleep is a great looking game that sadly on Linux doesn't quite work right with many people unable to play, and no sign of a fix yet.

Grim Fandango Will Be Reaping Its Way Onto Linux!

By Cheeseness, 10 Jul 2014

One month after the initial E3 announcement, Double Fine have let slip the PC platforms that Grim Fandango re-release will be launching on.

The Witcher 2's Linux Version Has An Open Beta For Bug Fixes

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jul 2014

Don't set your hopes too high yet folks as this doesn't yet include performance fixes, as this is a bug-fix only open beta for now. I am glad Virtual Programming decided to go down this road as it seems they are learning from past mistakes.