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AMD's OpenGL Performance Is Nothing Close To Nvidia On This Benchmark

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I got an interesting email from Michael A. Marks the technical director for Aspyr Media who built his own steambox and ran some OpenGL tests with interesting results.

New Release: Kill Fun Yeah A 2D Online Platform Shooter Full Of Crazy

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Kill Fun Yeah actually looks like it could be a lot of fun. It's so simple, but looks very well executed with fun weapon effects.

New Release: The Fall, A Unique Mix Of Puzzles & Action Released On Steam For Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Fall is a unique blend of traditional adventure game puzzles and action, mixed together nicely and set in a world rich with atmosphere. Our editor Cheese took a look at it recently too!

Defense Zone 2 Tower Defence Moves Out Of Early Access, Available For Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Defense Zone 2 a pretty decent looking indie tower defence game is now officially available and out of early access.

Anomaly Defenders Released For Linux, The Last In The Anomaly Series

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Anomaly Defenders is now out for Linux and continues the struggle from the previous Anomaly games, only this time you are attacking the aliens! There's a good deal going on it too.

Spacebase DF-9, A Space Station Building Sim Alpha 5 Released For Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Spacebase DF-9 already looks like a great game and now alpha 5 is available for Linux too! The developers note that it's their biggest update yet to their space station building game.

Interstellaria New Trailer, Mixing Starbound-like Gameplay With FTL

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I have to say that I simply love all these space themed games coming out for Linux and Interstellaria looks to be one of the best.

New Release: Among The Sleep A Horror Game From A Toddlers Perspective, Has Issues

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Among The Sleep is easily one of my favourite game ideas to come out of Kickstarter, sadly though the release is plagued with graphical glitches for seemingly only nvidia users.

New Release: Strata A Simple Looking Yet Challenging Puzzle Game Now On Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A truly unique puzzle experience that embraces simplicity, elegance, and challenge. Strata paints a simple yet challenging puzzle game onto a sophisticated canvas of color and sound.

Youtube Are Being Stupid On Video Monetization Yet Again

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Youtube are in the firing line again for anyone who wants to make money from gaming videos on their service with the latest stupid move.

New Release: TowerFall Ascension Officially Released For Linux & On Sale

By Liam Squires-Hand,
TowerFall Ascension the highly rated indie game is now officially available on Linux and with it comes a nice sale. Two of my favourites things a game and sale!

Grim Platformer Monochroma Has Been Released On Steam

By HadBabits,
Monochroma, a grim indie platformer (where have we heard that before?), has been released on Steam. The developer, Nowhere Studios, managed to fund the game last year on Kickstarter and Greenlit on Steam. It appears to be set in a dark industrial world with an orwellian vibe. Carried by plot sans dialogue and some great 2.5D visuals, this game definitely looks to have potential.

Fresh Footage Of The New Unreal Tournament That's Coming To Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Unreal Tournament is coming to Linux with the brand new version and we have some fresh footage for you to ride that hype train to game land.

Warlock 2: The Exiled, A Good Looking Strategy Game Looks Closer To A Linux Release

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Earlier this month we pointed out that Warlock 2 a good looking strategy game may come to Linux, the developers also sent us a funny message on it.

Ask The Community: Your Thoughts On The Steam Client Being DRM

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A new topic to generate some discussion today is an ask the community section on why you think Steam itself is DRM?

Bionic Dues Now DRM Free On Humble Store

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Bionic Dues is the pretty fun 2D mech combat game from Arcen Games that was previously Steam-only for us Linux gamers. Luckily now you can get it on Humble Store too!

Survive As A Tiny Creature In Copod's Pay What You Want Deal

By Liam Squires-Hand,
We don't usually do shout outs for game sales any more due to having our big Sales Page, but this seems worthy. Copod a fantastic little roguelite where you are a tiny creature trying to survive in a strange world.

Desura Starts A Race To The Bottom For Indie Games

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Desura starting this weekend will launch a big sale called "Cheap End", it will run monthly on the lasy weekend of every month and promises plenty of cheap games.

New Release: Kill The Bad Guy Released For Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Track the Bad Guys, be brutal and smart in your planning, and eliminate them one by one. But bear this in mind: each criminal’s death has to look like an accident. In each level, you’ll have the chance to splatter and destroy the Bad Guy using various weapons and traps.

Valve Has Yet Again Greenlit 35 More Linux Games For Steam

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve has done the usual and given that greenlight for a ton of indie games to come onto Steam, we highlight the ones with Linux support.