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LUFTRAUSERS Arcade Style Aerial Combat Released On Steam For Linux

By Liam Dawe, 18 Mar 2014

This game looks simply awesome, it's a really stylish looking aerial combat game named LUFTRAUSERS that has just been released onto Steam for Linux. I love the colour palette in this game!

Flash Is Dying, Long Live OpenFL

By Liam Dawe, 18 Mar 2014

Lars Doucet, the developer of Defenders Quest has written an interesting blog post about Flash and his thoughts on Flash dying.

Unity 5 Announced With WebGL Exporting, Will They Fix Linux Mouse Woes?

By Liam Dawe, 18 Mar 2014

So, Unity 5 is now a thing, I hear the sound of many developers who recently purchased version 4 crying out in horror at having to pay to upgrade so soon. Looks like a lot of new goodies for developers!

Pharaoh's Dance, Not Your Traditional Platformer

By Liam Dawe, 18 Mar 2014

Pharaoh's Dance was emailed in by the developer and I couldn't help myself in taking a look, it is an abstract climbing/platforming game that takes place inside a giant spinning carnival contraption.

Octodad: Dadliest Catch Has sold 90K Copies, Linux Sales Info Inside

By Liam Dawe, 18 Mar 2014

Octodad: Dadliest Catch the hit indie adventure with some comedy thrown in has officially sold 90,000 copies, the developers have also spoken to me about Linux sales and what it means to them.

GOG.com Are Going To Support Linux, Confirmed!

By Liam Dawe, 18 Mar 2014

This is fantastic news, GOG.com are finally going to open up their store to penguin lovers of the Linux family!

Toribash On Steam Beta Access, 15 Keys To Give Away

By sir, 17 Mar 2014

Today we (Nabi Studios) are almost ready for the official launch of Toribash on Steam but we are still in need of Linux players who could try out the most recent version (4.8 beta 4). So, we have 15 keys to give-away!

Ku: Shroud of the Morrigan Action & Adventure Game Now On Steam For Linux

By Liam Dawe, 17 Mar 2014

A Celt-punk action-adventure set in a future Ireland ravaged by technomagical war and economic collapse, humanity clings on by using the remnants of technology that survive. Our hero must venture into lands unexplored, twisted by strange and mythical powers.

LYNE, A Minimilistic Puzzle Game Now On Steam For Linux

By Liam Dawe, 17 Mar 2014

Deceptively simple. Infinitely complex. LYNE is a minimalist puzzle game that will knot your brain as it calms your soul.

Paragon The Good-Looking Space Trading Game Updated & Interview

By Liam Dawe, 17 Mar 2014

Paragon the great looking space trading and combat game has hit alpha 5 bringing in lots of goodies for you space pirates!

Gauntlet Action RPG From Warner Bros & Arrowhead To Launch On Linux

By Liam Dawe, 17 Mar 2014

This is pretty big and awesome news, Gauntlet the action/RPG game similar in style to games like Diablo is getting a reboot thanks to Warner Bros teaming up with Arrowhead Game Studios who developed Magicka.

Braveland Turn Based Strategy New To Steam For Linux

By Liam Dawe, 17 Mar 2014

Braveland is a turn-based game inspired by old-school strategies with hexagonal battlefield. You will start as a humble warrior's son whose village was cruelly raided and will end as talented commander of your army.

Dead Man's Trail Zombie Survival & Travel Game, Interview Included

By Liam Dawe, 17 Mar 2014

Dead Mans's Trail is a pretty fun looking zombie survival & travel game in the spirit of Organ Trail, with plenty of differences to keep you interested.

Chaos Reborn From the Creator Of The Original X-COM With Linux Support

By Liam Dawe, 17 Mar 2014

Chaos Reborn is the newest major Kickstarter to pop up, from one developer I highly respect for creating the original X-COM strategy game.

DUELYST Squad-Based Tactical Combat Announces Linux Support With First Stretch Goal, I Asked Why

By Liam Dawe, 16 Mar 2014

Previously DUELYST wasn't going to include Linux support at all, now the developers have stated it will be in their first stretch goal due to "overwhelming demand", so I dug deeper.

Black Ice, A Cyberpunk First Person Shooter With RPG Elements

By Liam Dawe, 16 Mar 2014

A Cyberpunk FPS with strong RPG elements, how can you not love Black Ice? It looks fantastic for an early game.

Depths of Fear :: Knossos A First Person Adventure Horror Game Announced For Linux

By Liam Dawe, 16 Mar 2014

Depths of Fear :: Knossos is a first person adventure horror game, with light RPG elements coming to Linux from Dirigo Games and published by Digital Tribe Games.

Hyper Light Drifter, The Incredibly Stylish 2D Action RPG Has New Footage

By Liam Dawe, 16 Mar 2014

Hyper Light Drifter is the fantastic looking 2D action RPG that got funded via Kickstarter, in the announcement of it coming to Playstation devices as well as Linux there is some great new footage.

Sharing Steam Games On Two Different Linux Distributions

By junktext, 15 Mar 2014

Are you a Linux nerd, by that you use two different distros on your PC? If so, do you play games via Steam? If this is the case, I wrote a how-to that explains how you can save lots of storage space by sharing your games' data files across both distros! It's easy.

Valve's Vogl OpenGL Debugger Now Works On AMD's Drivers

By Liam Dawe, 15 Mar 2014

Valve's Rich Geldreich has been busy, he has now fixed a number of issues that where driver specific to AMD, allowing the debugger to work for AMD now too.