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Solaroids: Prologue is coming to Linux thanks to FNA
The developer of Solaroids: Prologue tweeted out to let everyone know that the indie arcade/action shooter will be coming to Linux. The developer is using FNA for the port and doing it themselves.
Category: Action
Heavy Gear Assault has now officially launched into Early Access on Steam, be wary Linux gamers
Heavy Gear Assault, an online mech-battle arena is now available in Steam Early Access. It has Linux support, but it has issues you should know about.
Best Buds vs Bad Guys, the retro indie action-platformer released for Linux
Later than I had originally hoped, but Best Buds vs Bad Guys has officially released for Linux. I actually Kickstarted this game, so I was hoping it would be good.
Possess the bodies of your enemies in 'MidBoss', coming to Linux and should be a day-1 release
I recently saw 'MidBoss' pop up in my Twitter feed and after seeing how amazing it looked I shot the developer a message. Turns out our friendly neighbourhood porting machine Ethan Lee is doing it and it should be day-1!
The original 'POSTAL' is now open source under the GPL
The original version of the classic shooter 'POSTAL' is now officially open source under the GPL license. That's a pretty nice move by RWS.
Escape from aliens on small islands in 'Mugsters', a colourful and amusing looking indie game
I discovered 'Mugsters' recently and after watching the trailer I feel like I just have to play it. It looks downright hilarious.
Worms W.M.D will get the promised cross-platform online play in early 2017, more updates to come too
Team17 decided to postpone the cross-platform online play update for Worms W.M.D to ensure it all goes smoothly. They also have more planned!
My Mom is a Witch is now available on Linux, thanks to help from the community
My Mom is a Witch, an Early Access mix of beat'em up and roguelike mechanics is now available on Linux. The developer explained that this was thanks to the Linux community being so helpful.
Heavy Gear Assault Steam release delayed by Valve
The Steam release of Heavy Gear Assault has been delayed by Valve. It seems Valve have been so busy the game is currently stuck waiting to be approved.
Arma 3 Linux port updated to Arma 1.64
The experimental port of Arma 3 for Linux has been updated today and we now have the much more up to date Arma 3 1.64.
SPINGUN, a two button arcade shooter that seriously surprised me
I don't often play many smaller arcade titles, but SPINGUN has genuinely surprised me with the interesting control scheme and how fun it actually is.
The Other 99, an UE4 single-player action & survival game is waiting on fixes from Epic for a Linux version
I've been following 'The Other 99' hoping to see a Linux release soon, so I poked the developers about an update. They said they need fixes from Epic due to bugs in Unreal Engine 4 and Linux support.
Iron Sky Invasion now has a Linux beta on Steam, uses Wine
Topware Interactive are again continuing their Wine porting of older titles, this time it's Iron Sky Invasion.
A major update is coming to Starbound, featuring challenging procedural dungeons
Starbound is going to get a major content update soon, which will feature a bunch of awesome new features.
Helium Rain, a realistic UE4 space simulation game is coming to Linux in 2017, looks brilliant
The developers of Helium Rain sent word that their realistic space simulation game will fully support Linux at launch. The main developer is also using Linux to make the game.
Super Rad Raygun, a love-letter to the Game Boy era of gaming, some thoughts
The developer of Super Rad Raygun sent in a key for me to check out their retro-inspired action platformer.
BUTCHER, the brutal 2D shooter has a free DLC which gives you an easy mode
BUTCHER, the gory and totally brutal 2D shooter that's really quite good has a free DLC which enables an easy mode.
Best Buds vs Bad Guys is another game that has been delayed for Linux
Best Buds vs Bad Guys is another game that has sadly seen a delay of the Linux version. I'm a little sour here since I funded it on Kickstarter (broke my own rule there!).
Looks like hit adventure game 'Owlboy' really is coming to Linux, ported by Ethan Lee
Ethan Lee sent out a teaser tweet earlier about Owlboy, as it seems he is porting it and wanted to get in first before it ends up popping up on SteamDB.
Porradaria Upgrade & Porradaria 2: Pagode of the Night, two of the worst platformers I've ever played
Sometimes I get sent really interesting things to cover and sometimes I get sent some really basic, terrible stuff. Porradaria Upgrade & Porradaria 2: Pagode of the Night are two that firmly sit in the terrible pile.
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