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GOL Cast: I Am So Godly in Reus

By Samsai,
Many games focus on smaller details, rather limited worlds and single important characters but sometimes you just need to kick back and assume a role of a god to whom the whole world is just a playground.

140 A Challenging Minimalistic Platformer Now In Beta For Linux

By Liam Dawe,
140 is a challenging minimalistic platformer with abstract colorful graphics. Rhythmic awareness is required to overcome obstacles controlled by an energetic, yet melancholic electronic soundtrack.

The Wine Maintenance Release 1.6.2 Is Now Available

By sobkas,
Wine developers have today released a maintenance version of Wine 1.6.2. As it's only a minor update, it doesn't introduce any new functionality, except update to liblcms version 2, only various fixes including 36 fixed bugs.

SteamLUG January Events

By Cheeseness,
The SteamLUG (Steam Linux User Group) events calendar for January is up, featuring Nuclear Dawn, No More Room In Hell, Brütal Legend and more!

The Funding Crowd 26 (Dec 18th - Jan 10th)

By muntdefems,
The Funding Crowd is back in 2014 with the best and the finest crowdfunding campaigns on which you can spend whatever you've got left after the holidays.

3089 A Futuristic Action RPG Released On Steam

By Liam Dawe,
3089 is a futuristic, procedurally generated, open-world action role-playing game. All terrain, enemies, weapons, items, quests & more are uniquely generated. It's also very weird.

Violett, GhostControl Inc And More Linux Games New On Desura

By Liam Dawe,
For those not keeping up, Desura has added a ton of games recently so it's time to highlight them! Useful for those of you who prefer other stores than Steam or don't like all your eggs in one basket.

AMD Catalyst 13.11 Linux Beta V9.95 Driver Is Out

By Liam Dawe,
A new official beta has landed for AMD graphics users that adds official support for SteamOS and fixes a few of issues.

The Mims: Beginning Indiegogo Campaign

By Xpander,
The Mims Beginning is a Real Time Strategy game with a dose of cosmic humour. The story takes place in an unknown space and time. In this galaxy mythical floating islands give shelter to all kinds of unusual and dangerous creatures. Its currently running an Indiegogo Campaign and needs some support!

Minecraft Gets Its First Development Snapshot In 2014

By Liam Dawe,
Minecraft gets its first development snapshot for 2014 and it features some pretty interesting changes.

Cities In Motion & Cities In Motion 2 Released For Linux On Steam

By Liam Dawe,
The day has come simulator fans, both Cities in Motion & Cities in Motion 2 including the new DLC have been released for Linux on Steam!

Fields of War Mech Combat MMO Headed To Desura

By Liam Dawe,
Fields of War is a mech-unit online combat game that I previewed for you lovely people before, it is now heading to Desura in the hopes of more sales and more players!

Unvanquished RTS & FPS Hybrid Releases Alpha 23

By Liam Dawe,
Unvanquished is a fast-paced, futuristic FPS with RTS elements, pitting technologically advanced humans against hordes of highly adaptable aliens. The player can choose from either team, providing a fresh gameplay experience on both sides of the conflict.

Killing Floor 2 Leaked By Steam, Turns Out To Be A DLC UPDATED

By Liam Dawe,
So zombie killing fans of Killing Floor may be a little excited now as Killing Floor 2 was leaked by Steam!

Deadly 30 A Retro-Style Survival Horror Now On Steam For Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Well now this looks like fun, Deadly 30 just popped up on Steam and promises some pretty gruesome action in side-scrolling form.

Crea 2D RPG Sandbox Now Available On Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Something I completely missed is Crea, a cute looking 2D sandbox RPG which is now on Humble Store and looks very much like Terraria & Starbound, but that's not exactly a bad thing.

SteamOS Gains An AMD Preview Graphics Driver

By Liam Dawe,
The venerable Phoronix has reported that SteamOS has been updated to include a preview driver from AMD to fix issues and hopefully lay the ground work for a more stable driver.

Secrets of Rætikon Action-Focussed Exploration Game Now On Steam For Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Previously we told you name had come to Linux and was planned a Steam release, well it has now happened. Secrets of Rætikon is an action-focussed exploration game with an open world.

Linux Sales Are Higher Than Mac For Maia Developer

By Liam Dawe,
So to keep the theme going of not directly new/up-coming gaming news after the Black Annex developer stated how easy it is to support Linux, the developer of Maia has openly stated that Linux has sold far more than Mac for him.

Cities In Motion 2 Shows Up In Steam For Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Only a few days back we broke news to you that Cities In Motion 2 was soon to drop for Linux gamers on Steam, it seems for a lot of people it's now installable!