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Didn't last long: Back 4 Blood no longer working on Linux with Proton

By Liam Dawe, 15 Aug 2021

Well, looks like the previous excitement around Back 4 Blood and the Open Beta for Linux users is over, as it appears whatever they tweaked recently now stops Linux players with Proton.

CS:GO gets some fun new music and a music video from various video game composers

By Liam Dawe, 13 Aug 2021

Introduced back in 2014, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) added in Music Kits to replace music in game and to play if you're the MVP to bug everyone else with and they just released a fun sounding Tacticians Music Kit Box.

Looks like the fresh Back 4 Blood Beta is working on Linux with Proton GE

By Liam Dawe, 12 Aug 2021

Back 4 Blood is releasing in October from Turtle Rock Studios (original developer on Left 4 Dead) and they now have an Open Beta that anyone can try out and it appears to work with Proton GE.

Splitgate continues expanding server capacity and smashing records

By Liam Dawe, 9 Aug 2021

Splitgate, the really fun FPS with portals is currently in an Open Beta on Steam (with full cross-platform play with consoles) and it continues to see high player numbers.

Vomitoreum is a FPS Metroidvania with a sprinkle of horror out now

By Liam Dawe, 3 Aug 2021

Following the successful Kickstarter campaign, developer Scumhead has released their latest FPS with Vomitoreum.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 6: A Lone Marine Battled

By Hamish, 2 Aug 2021

In the same vein as Quake: The Offering, the next game in the series got a similar treatment for Linux with Quake II: Colossus from Macmillan Digital Publishing, containing Quake II as well as its two mission packs The Reckoning and Ground Zero.

Half-Life 2: Remastered Collection coming from the team behind Half-Life 2: Update

By Liam Dawe, 30 Jul 2021

With Valve's blessing, it seems the Half-Life 2 series is getting a full update from the team that made Half-Life 2: Update in the form of the Half-Life 2: Remastered Collection.

Splitgate gets an extended Beta, developers raise $10M

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jul 2021

1047 Games has seen Splitgate blow away all of their expectations, so much so they had to take the game offline (it's back now) and extend the Beta.

Upcoming free to play co-op WW2 zombie shooter Projekt Z gets a Steam page and new video

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jul 2021

Projekt Z from 314 Arts is starting to really sound like it's shaping up nicely and we now know a bit more about the world, their plans for monetization and more.

Valve announces $1 million CS:GO art contest celebrating 10 years of the Steam Workshop

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jul 2021

It's coming close to 10 years since the Steam Workshop went live and so Valve are doing something special. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has a big art competition going live tomorrow (July 22, 2021) for 10 lucky people to win.

Looks like Splitgate will be the next 'big thing' FPS supported on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jul 2021

Splitgate released official native Linux support recently when the open Beta went live, and it seems to be hitting it big pulling in plenty of regular players.

Wolfenstein - Blade of Agony gets another big update in the 3.1 release

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jul 2021

After the recent 3.0 release of Wolfenstein - Blade of Agony, a free FPS inspired by WWII shooters from the 90's and early 2000's they gathered a lot of feedback and another release is out now.

Splitgate the FPS with portals (formerly Splitgate: Arena Warfare) is confirmed for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jul 2021

Splitgate, originally called Splitgate: Arena Warfare, is going through a huge overhaul and relaunching on July 27 and now Linux support is confirmed.

Beyond Sunset looks like a dreamy synthpunk retro sci-fi FPS

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jul 2021

Need more retro-looking FPS goodness? Beyond Sunset is a recent discovery and it sure does look good.

Nightdive Studios show off new System Shock footage

By Liam Dawe, 5 Jul 2021

Five years after the Kickstarter campaign and the System Shock remake from Nightdive Studios is starting to come together with new footage out now.

Unvanquished gets a small bug-fix release for graphical issues and a Flatpak

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jun 2021

Unvanquished, the free and open source humans vs aliens strategic shooter had another update recently, although mostly a cleaning up build from the recent big release.

After the recent patches, Team Fortress 2 hit an all-time high

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jun 2021

It's been a long road for Valve fighting against bots in Team Fortress 2 but it looks like the community has been overall quite happy with the latest changes.

Anger Foot continues being absolutely door-kicking crazy in a new update

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jun 2021

Anger Foot, a prototype developed by Robbie Fraser, Luc Wolthers and Jason Sutherland of Free Lives (Broforce, Terra Nil) is a furious fast-paced action game about kicking-down doors and causing a big mess.

Valve releases a Team Fortress 2 update that helps somewhat against bots

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jun 2021

It seems Valve has not forgotten Team Fortress 2 exists and a fresh update is out now, which pulls in some new security measures and the Summer 2021 Cosmetic Case.