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Unity3D Releases Unity 4.5 & With It Comes Major Linux Fixes

By Liam Dawe,
I really hope a lot of Unity developers upgrade to Unity4.5 as it offers up some heavily needed fixes to the engine for Linux builds of games.

XCOM: Enemy Unknown for Linux Officially Announced

By Liam Dawe,
FINALLY. XCOM: Enemy Unknown for Linux has been officially announced on Feral Interactive's official website. This is something we have been telling you about for quite some time now.

The Last Federation Space Strategy Game Has Announced An Expansion & Given Sales Info

By Liam Dawe,
The Last Federation is the rather good mix of space combat and strategy simulation on Steam from the guys the made AI War & Bionic Dues. The developers have announced an expansion and even noted some details about their sales.

Submerge A Free 2 Play Multiplayer Strategy Game Coming Soon

By Liam Dawe,
One you may have missed on the masses of titles greenlit recently is Submerge as multiplayer RTS game set underwater and it's bloody beautiful.

Prisonscape Adventure/RPG Game Available For Pre-order On Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Prisonscape is one of the more interesting titles I've seen lately. You control a single inmate in prison and have to fight for survival creating weapons. gain henchmen and more.

Blue Saga, A Free Indie 2D MMORPG On Desura

By Liam Dawe,
Decent MMORPG games are something Linux still lacks, we have nothing close to World of Warcraft which is still extremely popular. So, can Blue Saga fill that gap? Probably not, but it's still charming.

Death Epileptic Pixel, A Free, Difficult & Vibrant 3D Platformer

By Liam Dawe,
Death Epileptic Pixel is one game that looks like it will give a fit even to people who aren't sensitive to flashing lights.

Verdun, The WWI First Person Shooter Has A UI Overhaul & A New Map

By Liam Dawe,
The WWI first person shooter Verdun has been through a fair few changes over its life-cycle, none more appreciated than the new much better UI.

Mojang's Card Battle Game Scrolls Has New Hope For Linux

By Liam Dawe,
A bit of a sore spot for me personally, but there is light at the end of the tunnel! Scrolls is the rather good card battle game created by Mojang (creators of Minecraft).

Labyrinthine Dreams 2D Puzzle Game Linux Version Likely This Summer

By Liam Dawe,
Labyrinthine Dreams is a short puzzle game about Beth, a young woman who is standing at Death’s Door. The developer let us know that a Linux version is likely this summer!

KeeperRL Open Source Dungeon Sim Alpha 8 Released, Major Changes Included

By Liam Dawe,
KeeperRL is the up-and-coming open source dungeon sim that recently hit their funding goal on indiegogo to expand. They have also just release a big alpha update to the free and open source game.

Dota2's tournament prize fund has hit nearly 7 million dollars

By Liam Dawe,
I'm not sure how many of you follow e-sports I sure don't, but this figure is interesting regardless. Dota2's next big tournment now has well over $6 million to hand out.

TowerFall Ascension's Linux Port Is Almost Ready

By Liam Dawe,
A bit of good news today is that TowerFall Ascension the highly rated indie game is very near to having a Linux version.

Shipwreck 2D Adventure Game Is Now Super Cheap For Linux & On Desura

By Liam Dawe,
Shipwreck is a top down adventure game in which you must travel the land, explore dungeons, and defeat monsters to earn safe passage off the island on which you are stranded. It's a nice little game and has had a price-drop as well as a Desura release.

Why We Shouldn't Accept Bad Linux Ports

By Liam Dawe,
Thanks to the recent fiasco of The Witcher 2 I wanted to write down some thoughts on why we shouldn't accept bad quality ports from developers.

Pixel Dungeon Procedural Death Labyrinth Turning Open Source

By Liam Dawe,
Pixel Dungeon is a traditional procedural death labyrinth game with pixel-art graphics and simple interface. Originally designed for Android the game is going to be open sourced soon, which means a port for Linux opens up!

8BitMMO, An Odd Free 2 Play MMO Is Now On Linux

By Liam Dawe,
8BitMMO is a retro-style 2D massively multiplayer game! It's a giant construction sandbox -- you can build a home or a castle in a persistent streaming world. Found and manage your own city. Fight evil LawyerCats and engage in Player vs Player battle.

GOL Cast: Fleeing From Elves in The Witcher 2

By Samsai,
Witcher 2 got pushed out for Linux few days ago and I decided it would be wise to cover this ASAP considering how big this release is and how much conversation there has been about its performance. So, let's start it up and check what's inside!

The Galactic War Begins In Planetary Annihilation With A Single-player Mode

By Liam Dawe,
Planetary Annihilation was already awesome for the sheer scale of the game and the fact that it's on Linux means we finally have a big RTS game. The developers have just released a brand new build containing a single-player mode called "Galactic War".

OpenXcom, The Open Source Engine For The Original X-COM Stable Release To Come Soon

By Liam Dawe,
OpenXcom is still one of my favourite open source engines ever. The original X-COM game UFO: Enemy Unknown/X-COM UFO Defense is one of the best strategy games ever made. The incredible open source engine is finally approaching a 1.0 release.