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Major update to Albion Online, the fun MMORPG on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
I'm a pretty big fan of Albion Online, as we had a big drought of MMORPG games on Linux. Albion Online is in closed beta (you can buy in anytime) and it just had a juicy update.

The Mean Greens - Plastic Warfare, a beautiful Unreal Engine toy soldier game looking for Linux testers

By Liam Dawe,
The Mean Greens - Plastic Warfare is a pretty damn good looking action game about plastic toy soldiers, reminds me of a game I played like it years ago. The developers are interested in a Linux version, and want testers.

The Last NightMary - A Lenda do Cabeca de Cuia, a point and click survival game now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The Last NightMary - A Lenda do Cabeça de Cuia is an interesting hybrid of a point and click game with survival elements, has nice artwork too.

Sunken, an impressive looking action RPG with roguelike elements planned for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
I've been sent Sunken by a user, and I have to say it looks like quite a good addition to the action RPG genre, the good news is the developer is already planning a Linux version.

Race Online, a fun little 2D racer has test builds available for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Race Online is bringing back memories of some Amiga games I played many years ago, and it already performs nicely on Linux.

Lucius II, wreak havoc as the bad guy on SteamOS & Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Lucius II is a game we sadly overlooked, once again due to it not showing up in Steam's new releases section due to adding the Linux version later. Lucius II has a unique twist where you play the bad guy and wreak havoc as the son of the devil.

Hatred, the controversial shooter is now being tested for a Linux port

By Liam Dawe,
Hatred, that weird shooter about killing anyone and everyone is now in testing for Linux the developer has confirmed, and SteamDB shows it too.

User Submitted Editorial: Current Linux gaming situation

By Wojtek88,
Every year, when we're near the end, we start to create some summaries. I've just decided to do small summary of what happened for me (a Linux gamer) this year. I am going to focus on AAA titles (and those that are close to be AAA), so if you're interested in Indie games, it's possible that this article is not for you.

Unity 5.3 released, hello modern OpenGL system for Linux gaming

By Liam Dawe,
Unity 5.3 has been on my radar for one single reason, they finally have a modern OpenGL system! I really hope developers upgrade to it.

Humble NEOGEO 25th Anniversary Bundle, almost all games available for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Well this was a surprise, the Humble NEOGEO 25th Anniversary Bundle has been released, and it features plenty of games nearly all of which are available on Linux.

Massive Starbound update released, tons of new stuff

By Liam Dawe,
Starbound was already a huge and interesting game, and now they have released another massive update. With new combat, vehicles, new unique monsters and more.

Dying Light: Enhanced Edition announced, sounds excellent

By Liam Dawe,
I'm a big fan of Dying Light, even with it being a bit iffy at times for me, but the general gameplay is fantastic. The developers have announced a newer Dying Light: Enhanced Edition is coming

Dreamfall Chapters review

By Segata Sanshiro,
Dreamfall Chapters Book 4 has been released, accompanied by a major engine update and the time seems apt for a review. I previously covered the game’s performance improvements, and thanks to those, the game can now be discussed on its own merits rather than get bogged down in the numerous performance issues.

The Fall of the Dungeon Guardians, a surprisingly great dungeon crawler

By Liam Dawe,
If you like first-person dungeon crawling, I seriously suggest you take a look at The Fall of the Dungeon Guardians.

Hybrid Beasts, a quality looking turn-based action game like Worms coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Hybrid Beasts was sent to me on twitter earlier, and after watching the trailer I'm pretty much sold. It looks like it could be good fun.

Dreamfall Chapters Book 4 Released Along With Engine Upgrade

By Segata Sanshiro,
Norwegian developer Red Thread Games has released Book 4 of Dreamfall Chapters, and along with it a massive engine update from Unity 4 to Unity 5 which intends on fixing many of the performance woes suffered by the game.

Feral about AMD driver support

By Eike,
Reading through the Feral Interactive Facebook page, I stumbled upon this post, which is the most elaborate about the topic by Feral I know of about AMD support.

Goat Simulator appears to be getting a new DLC, the trailer is good

By Liam Dawe,
Goat Simulator, ahh what a strange game it is, stranger that people actually buy it and like it! Personally not a fan, as it's too stupid for me, but the new trailer caught my interest.

Garry Newman, developer of Rust & Garry's Mod on supporting Linux, possibly not for future games

By Liam Dawe,
I may not like Garry Newman, or his games, but I know they are important to some people. I thought it was worth highlighting this.

A developer on Tesla Effect details why the Linux port never arrived

By Liam Dawe,
Tesla Effect was a pretty interesting looking game, but sadly the Linux release never happened and not because the developer didn't try.