Category: Steam

For quite some time Portal 2 had broken textures on Linux and Windows. I reported the issue to Valve in April 2016 and they have now finally fixed it.

Game porter Timothee Besset, who did the Rocket League port, has posted on the bug report about Rocket League freezing up a lot on Mesa to note that he has started working on the issue.

Avorion promises to give you a big open galaxy to explore fight, trade and construct spaceships in. They claim to remove a lot of micro-management which has me excited and it looks really slick.

Ballistic Overkill, my favourite online FPS right now has a new update and it's quite a biggy. It includes a big new map and other goodies.

It seems another porting company is starting to work on more and more Linux ports and the year has only just begun! Virtual Programming are working on Arma: Cold War Assault and Frog Climbers in addition to the already announced Putty Squad.

RUNNING WITH RIFLES is a fantastic top down army shooter and it has a major update featuring new weapons, vehicles and more.

We had a post before about Kick Ass Commandos from another editor, but now I've given it a go in the full version and here's some thoughts.

The developers of Monumental Failure sent over a key for me to test out their hilarious and totally historically accurate game about building monuments.

Honestly, I never heard about this title until Steam recommended it to me, and once I learned that it has a demo available, then it became a priority. Of course, I think it was a very good experience, and I'm looking forward to eventually acquire the full game.

If you fancy scaring yourself silly this weekend, be sure to check out Alien: Isolation - The Collection which is 70% off on the Feral Interactive store.

If you weren't already sold on Yooka-Laylee, this new multiplayer trailer might just sell you on it and it looks fantastic.

Originally available to anyone who went to a physical Games Workshop store, this Legendary Lord has now been made available for free on Steam if you own the game.

The upcoming RPG by inXile Entertainment is looking good. There’s a pair of new trailers that show off more of the game systems and offer a preview of what we can expect once the game is out.

The next installment in the noir point and click adventure will be arriving soon. This humor-laced adventure will throw more of everything at the player, including more crime bosses and allies.

SteamOS isn't being left out in the cold like some would believe, as it too today got a big update with new shiny stuff.

This is the big one. Steam have released a major update of the Steam client which not only adds in some big new features, it also drastically improves the Linux client.

Imperium Galactica II: Alliances just released for Linux & SteamOS and it looks like it's a native version.

Long War 2 is the massive overhaul mod for XCOM 2 from the same people who did the original Long War for the previous XCOM game.

Fumiko! A new single-player, story-driven game that has been developed with Unity and Linux is coming out next month. It looks absolutely bizarre, but in a good way.

In another case of scammers trying to buy keys with often stolen credit cards to sell on websites like G2A, the developers of 'Factorio' have written about their experience with it.