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Point-and-click adventure game Demetrios released DRM-free and on Steam

By flesk, 2 Jun 2016

Demetrios - The BIG cynical adventure is the remake of an unreleased adventure game, funded on Kickstarter last year, and is now available DRM free and on Steam.

The Mean Greens - Plastic Warfare adds Steam Controller, Linux & SteamOS support in a big patch

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jun 2016

I have been seriously wanting to try this out. The Mean Greens - Plastic Warfare is a great looking Unreal Engine 4 title about plastic soldiers doing what they do best.

Substance Painter 2, a feature-filled 3D texture painting app comes to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jun 2016

Substance Painter 2 looks like an incredibly useful application for game developers to get to work on their graphics and you can now do so on Linux.

The PAYDAY 2 developers now own the franchise, ditching microtransactions, PAYDAY 3 looks like it's a thing

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jun 2016

PAYDAY 2 and the franchise as a whole is now owned by the developers Starbreeze/OVERKILL and they are celebrating by removing the need to buy drills to open a safe.

Brigador stomps out of Early Access with such beautiful destruction, a must try on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jun 2016

Oh baby! Brigador is one game you cannot afford to miss out on. It has such beautiful design and destruction that I can't help but fall in love with it.

Steam Machines are dead in the water according to Ars, not quite

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jun 2016

Ars Technica has written up an article about Valve's Steam Machines and how they seem to have sold less than 500,000 units in around seven months.

Valve announce over half a million Steam Controllers have been sold

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jun 2016

An awesome milestone for such an interesting device! Valve have stated in an update that the Steam Controller has sold over half a million units!

Steam's latest Hardware Survey is out, shows Linux at 0.84%

By Liam Dawe, 1 Jun 2016

The latest Steam Hardware Survey is now available and if you take it at face value it doesn't look so good for Linux. I am remaining positive as always about it.

Stellaris patch 1.1 "Clarke" is now available, includes beta UI scaling option

By Liam Dawe, 1 Jun 2016

The first major Stellaris patch 1.1 code-named "Clarke" is now available and brings plenty with it. I'm looking forward to diving back in.

Planetary Annihilation: TITANS major patch released, features built-in mod manager

By Liam Dawe, 1 Jun 2016

Planetary Annihilation: TITANS has been updated with a rather large patch that brings in a number of new goodies. There were a number of test releases, but they have all come together for an official stable patch.

GOG Connect announced, add certain Steam games to GOG for a limited time

By Liam Dawe, 1 Jun 2016

I was wondering if GOG would ever do something like this and it's really cool to see them finally dip their toes in it. For a limited time using GOG Connect a few Steam games can be redeemed on GOG for fully DRM free builds.

Tumbleweed Express, trains mixed with guns in the wild west now on Steam with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 1 Jun 2016

Tumbleweed Express looks like quite a cool action game where you're defending a train from airships and other trains with Borderlands styled graphics.

The Way of Life, a short and interesting single-player experience, released on Steam for free with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 1 Jun 2016

The Way of Life sees you relive different experiences using three characters at different ages. It sounds like a cool idea and it's free so why not give it a go?

Simutrans, the open source transportation simulation game is now on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 1 Jun 2016

Simutrans is a bit of an oldie in the open source gaming world, but it's pretty good and it has now found its way onto Steam.

Salt and Sanctuary, a haunting 2D action RPG looks like it could come to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 31 May 2016

Salt and Sanctuary is a very stylish looking 2D action RPG with haunting visuals and fast paced combat. Looks like Ethan Lee is having a go at porting it.

Dead Island Definitive Edition and Dead Island Riptide: Definitive Edition released, seem to have hidden Linux versions

By Liam Dawe, 31 May 2016

While it doesn't seem Linux/SteamOS is officially supported for Dead Island Definitive Edition and Dead Island Riptide: Definitive Edition they are both playable.

Alien Hunters DLC for XCOM 2 now available along with a big patch on SteamOS & Linux

By Liam Dawe, 31 May 2016

A little later than I had hoped, but Feral Interactive have released the Alien Hunters DLC for XCOM 2 along with a patch to bring it up to the same level as Windows.

Avalon Lords: Dawn Rises, a medieval RTS is going free to play on June 2nd, Linux supported

By Liam Dawe, 30 May 2016

Seems like sales of Avalon Lords: Dawn Rises haven't been what they expected, as the developers have announcing it's going free to play on the 2nd of June.