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The Bug Butcher released for Linux & SteamOS, here's some thoughts for you

By Liam Dawe,
The Bug Butcher isn't the usual sort of game I am into, but something about the artwork and idea behind the game hooked me in. I took a look, and here's my findings.

Feral Interactive are teasing a new Linux port on their radar

By Liam Dawe,
Feral Interactive are crazy busy right now, and it seems they have yet another Linux game port up their sleeves.

Help get good looking FPS 'Squad' on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
A developer of Squad mentioned again that they want to do a Linux version, but it's not a priority. The developer asked people to comment on his reddit post in they want Linux support.

That Dragon, Cancer is now doing a Linux release on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
I spoke to the developer of That Dragon, Cancer and they have now confirmed they are actually able to put the Linux version up on Steam.

Hit indie game Undertale looks like it's coming to Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
Undertale, a very popular 2D indie RPG looks like it's coming to Linux. It has 'Overwhelmingly Positive' reviews overall on Steam, so that's something.

Door Kickers 2 strategy game announced, Linux support confirmed too

By Liam Dawe,
The sequel to the critic and public-acclaimed Door Kickers moves the action to the Middle East and puts the player in control of military Special Operations Teams fighting an elusive Terrorist Network.

Another great highlight video from our GRID Autosport tournament on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Another week and another session in our GRID Autosport tournament, it's time for you to see more dirt driving from the Linux community.

Superpowers, a HTML5 development environment for 2D & 3D games now open source

By Liam Dawe,
This is pretty awesome news, a very promising HTML5 development environment for 2D & 3D games has become open source!

The new Master of Orion 4X strategy game might see a Linux release

By Liam Dawe,
I've put millions of hours into Master of Orion 2, so to hear about a brand new Master of Orion was quite exciting. I've been following it for a while, and it looks like it might get a Linux release.

Shakedown Hawaii, the follow up to Retro City Rampage should be on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Shakedown Hawaii is something that popped up in my twitter feed today, and I must say it looks really rather good. Reminds me of the original Grand Theft Auto games quite a lot.

Disassembling NWScript bytecode with the open source project 'xoreos'

By DrMcCoy,
xoreos is a FLOSS project aiming to reimplement BioWare's Aurora engine (and derivatives), covering their games starting with Neverwinter Nights and potentially up to Dragon Age II. This post gives a short update on the current progress.

The Humble Store is having a winter sale, go grab cheap games

By Liam Dawe,
It's getting pretty cold outside, so now is a good time to stock up on some games isn't it? Good thing Humble Store is now having a winter sale.

Slime Rancher now on Steam Early Access, it's so cute, watch out for killer rainbow slime

By Liam Dawe,
Slime Rancher is quickly becoming one of my favourite indie games. It's a cute and silly game, and I have fallen in love with those stupid little smiling slimes.

Albion Online update Brutus sounds like it will be rather good

By Liam Dawe,
I actually love Albion Online, and I think it's going to be a big hit when they add in more content and quality of life stuff. They have listened and the 'Brutus' update is coming.

SteamOS beta update adds bluetooth pairing support

By Liam Dawe,
SteamOS just keeps getting better at actually being a useful system. A beta update just launched giving you access to easily pair bluetooth gear to SteamOS.

Friday Livestream, finally with new releases! Starting at 6 PM UTC

By Samsai,
It's time for our weekly livestream once again and luckily this time around we have a couple of new games to play! So, let's have fun with these recent releases on the traditional Friday Livestream of Linux games and random discussion!

Nvidia talk Vulkan in a developer blog post, they say Vulkan supplements OpenGL

By Liam Dawe,
Nvidia are talking about Vulkan a little more now, which is really good to see. Looks like they will have a little bit of support for it on "day-zero" too.

The Mean Greens - Plastic Warfare now in closed testing for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The Mean Greens - Plastic Warfare is a title I really want to try, but I didn't have time to get into the closed-beta. I've been told by a few people now that the Linux beta is running really well.

Papo & Yo finally has a Linux version on Steam, two years later

By Liam Dawe,
Papo & Yo, a popular game that was ported to Linux with the Humble Indie Bundle X two years ago finally has the Linux version on Steam.

Medieval II: Total War Collection released for Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
Feral Interactive have released another big strategy title for us, today we are graced with Medieval II: Total War Collection!