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The Funding Crowd 10 (July 9th - 15th)

By muntdefems, 16 Jul 2013

Wow, it seems like yesterday that we decided to start a weekly crowdfunding column and it's been 10 issues already. The Funding Crowd has grown an order of magnitude but still hasn't been able to get rid of its chronic lack of punctuality...

Shadow Warrior Classic Redux to support Linux

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jul 2013

Shadow Warrior Classic Redux, classic first person action will be heading to Linux in a future version! About the Game The definitive version of ...

NOWHERE the very odd indie game thats hard to understand

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jul 2013

NOWHERE looks like one trippy game that the developers class as a "a procedural single player, open world, sandbox game". About NOWHERE is a procedural sin...

The next universe sandbox may support Linux

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jul 2013

Universe Sandbox where you can spawn massive stars, launch asteroids, and manipulate gravity with just a few clicks, currently Windows only but the developers have said something interesting for th...

Achron Time travelling RTS game gets updated

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jul 2013

Achron the rather interesting time-travelling Real Time Strategy title has received an update recently that should improve performance, hooray! For those unfamilair Achron descri...

2x0ng Procedural Puzzle Combat Now Out On Desura

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jul 2013

2x0ng is a procedural puzzle combat roguelike game rendered in an 8-bit retro style. Pronounce it "TWO-zong". You control a little pixel-person running through a procedurally-generated maze. The game is now available for free on Desura!

Citizens Of Earth RPG Should Be Coming To Linux Too

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jul 2013

Citizens of Earth is the next game in development at Eden Industries (the developers of Waveform). It’s an RPG that places you in the shoes of the Vice Presid...

The Cheapskate's Corner 9 (Jul 12th-17th) (UPDATED)

By muntdefems, 13 Jul 2013

Welcome back to The Cheapskate's Corner my friends in cheapness. We hope you've got some savings prepared to spend on Linux games because this week comes loaded with sales. The main reason behind this abundance of cheap deals you already ...

ScrumbleShip Space Combat Sim Releases 0.22

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jul 2013

ScrumbleShip is a space combat and construction game from Dirkson. It's got voxels, heat simulation, kilometre long spaceships, real world materials, organic ships, and awesome music.

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Strike Suit Zero Linux Beta Could Start Today

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jul 2013

We have told you before about Strike Suit Zero the space shooter coming to Linux and it looks like it could start rolling out today! UPDATE: It has been delayed but should be tod...

Grappling Hook is now lower in price

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jul 2013

Grappling Hook is an innovative first-person action puzzle / platform game. You use the Grappling Hook as a mighty high-tech tool to overcome various challenging obstacles by performing incredible moves and fast combinations of daring tricks.

Moon Rising's next Beta will be on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jul 2013

Moon Rising is a Turn Based Strategy game based on the Moon! Thankfully they are planning a full single player as well so it won't be another multiplayer only game!

Linden Lab makers of Second Life buys out Desura

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jul 2013

Well that's it folks, Desura has been acquired by Linden Lab the makers well known for the Second Life game. Press Release is below:

Desktop Dungeons will come after a Unity upgrade

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jul 2013

Desktop Dungeons is a quick-play roguelike puzzle game that gives you roughly 10 minutes of dungeon-crawling action per serving. It straddles the casual and hardcore boundary in tha...

Gateways platformer is now officially on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jul 2013

Gateways - 50% off right now too. Grab the gateway guns and explore a huge lab filled with mysterious puzzles in this classic platforming adventure. Use gateway technology...

DOTA2 will be smashing onto Linux soon

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jul 2013

DOTA2 has finally gotten it's official release now and the developers have officially stated the Linux (and Mac) version is to hit soon! Speaking on their official release post

Steam can now officially serve 64bit Linux games

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jul 2013

That's right folks the latest beta changes to the Steam client have been pushed to the main branch so now amongst other fixes Linux can finally get 64bit games from Steam! Linux specific fixes: Added support for 64-bit Linu...

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Infested Planet RTS will be coming to Linux!

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jul 2013

Infested Planet - Command a team of 5 elite soldiers against an alien horde of 100,000. Surrounded on all sides, you must outmanoeuvre and outsmart the enemy.

Crytek need a Linux programmer for CryENGINE Linux!

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jul 2013

Crytek developers of the CryENGINE are in need of a Linux programmer to Main...

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The Funding Crowd 9 (July 2nd - 8th)

By muntdefems, 9 Jul 2013

Welcome back to The Funding Crowd! It's late, we're tired, and we want to go to sleep, although not before finishing and publishing our weekly crowdfunding column! But since we suspect nobody ever reads these introductory paragraphs anywa...