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Minions of Steel, An RTS & FPS Game Coming To Linux


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Minions of Steel is an interesting looking hybrid of a real time strategy game along with some first person shooter elements, and it is in need of greenlight votes. It does of course state it will be able on Linux too.

Crytek Face More Problems, As Homefront Director Resigns


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So, that's more bad news for our hopes of having the new Homefront: The Revolution not only be on Linux, but ever seeing the light of day. The director has now left.

Super 3D Noah's Ark Now Available On Linux


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Super 3D Noah's Ark was originally a NES & DOS game that was revamped for a 20th anniversary edition, and the new version includes a Linux port with an open source engine.

Unity Looking To Expand Linux Game Pad Support In Unity 5


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Unity developers are requesting SDL stlye mappings from the community to assist in increasing game pad support on Linux in Unity 5.

Out There, A Popular Space Strategy Game Coming To Linux!


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It didn't take long for the developer of Out There to confirm it would come to Linux after announcing the Windows & Mac versions, but after a few requests it's now confirmed, woo!

Infinity Runner Released For Linux Plus Our Thoughts


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Infinity Runner is a great looking first person action game that involves a lot of running. We give it a try to see how it performs.

X-Plane 10 Global 64bit Now On Steam For Linux


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X-Plane 10 Global 64bit is now on Steam for Linux and promises a rather expensive flight simulator experience.

Among The Sleep Developers Are Now Working On A Linux Fix


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Good news everyone! The Among The Sleep developers are now able to reproduce the game breaking bug that affects Linux gamers preventing them from playing, and they are working on a fix!

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


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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


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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


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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


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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?


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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.


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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


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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


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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.