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Maia 0.5 Stardystopia Released, It’s A Pretty Huge Update To The Colony Builder

By Liam Dawe, 4 Sep 2015

Maia is a close favourite project of mine, and I really can’t wait to see it get more content. Thankfully the latest version has been released today, so I took a look.

Illuminascii, A Weird FPS With An ASCII Text Based Visual Style

By Liam Dawe, 3 Sep 2015

I do love my FPS games, but I'm not entirely sure about Illuminascii. It mixes traditional graphics with ASCII for a really cool effect, but the gameplay isn't all that great.

DiRT Showdown Updated For Linux, Should Fix It Up Nicely

By Liam Dawe, 1 Sep 2015

DiRT Showdown has fantastic performance, but it did suffer from an annoying bug, and it looks like it has now been fixed.

BlazeRush Is A Fantastic Combat Racer On Linux, It’s Actually Hilarious

By Liam Dawe, 29 Aug 2015

I’m not always a fan of combat racers, but wow BlazeRush is quite a surprise to find. I've actually been having a lot of fun with it.

MadOut Is A Pretty Terrible Combat Racer On Linux

By Liam Dawe, 29 Aug 2015

Here I am pointing out another game you should probably avoid on Linux. This time it’s the turn of MadOut, a combat racer that’s just not good.

Company Of Heroes 2 Released For Linux, Port Report & Thoughts Included

By Liam Dawe, 27 Aug 2015

Feral Interactive have ported yet another excellent game, and this time we are graced with Company Of Heroes 2!

Unreal Tournament Has Been Updated Again, Here's Another Look On Linux

By Liam Dawe, 26 Aug 2015

The new Unreal Tournament has been updated again, and it's sporting a fresh coat of paint on the main menu, amongst other changes.

Celestian Tales: Old North RPG Released For Linux, Some Thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 21 Aug 2015

After a little miscommunication it turns out Celestian Tales: Old North did release as originally planned day-1 on Linux, and I managed to give it a go and write down some thoughts for you.

TerraTech, An Open World Customizable Vehicle Combat Game With Some Thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 20 Aug 2015

TerraTech is my latest discovery and purchase, after the developers fixed up the input issues in the demo, I was able to see that it's quite an interesting vehicle combat game.

Back In The 70s With The Crookz, A Tactical Theft Game, Demo Available Now

By Eike, 16 Aug 2015

The Crookz is styled all like the 70s. Hair is growing wild and the colours are, too. And I'm a 70s child, I was eager to try it. The demo is available now!

OlliOlli2 Welcome To Olliwood Released For Linux, Pretty Buggy

By Liam Dawe, 13 Aug 2015

Time to dust off your skateboard's as OlliOlli2 Welcome To Olliwood has been released for Linux the same day as other platforms, hooray for same-day releases!

BOMB: Who let the dogfight? Exits Early Access & Released For Linux, It’s Terrible

By Liam Dawe, 12 Aug 2015

BOMB: Who let the dogfight? An interesting name, but the game is so bad it makes me want to forget it. Sadly it's not one of those "so bad it's good" types, it's just poor.

Interplanetary Strategy Game Thoughts, Throwing Missiles From Planet To Planet On Linux

By Liam Dawe, 10 Aug 2015

Interplanetary is a very intriguing game about firing missiles, railguns and lots of fancy weapons from your planet, to an enemy planet, and it’s quite good.

Nightside, The Awesome Traditional RTS Game Exits Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 6 Aug 2015

Nightside is a personal favourite of mine, after I did initial testing for the developer a while ago they decided Linux would be worth it. The game has now left early access!

DiRT Showdown Tested On Linux, Preview Port Report

By Liam Dawe, 3 Aug 2015

I managed to get an early look at what will be one of Linux's only semi-realistic racers, and the results of DiRT Showdown on Linux are rather interesting.

Shallow Space Looks Like The Spaceship RTS Game Linux Is Needing, Some Thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 2 Aug 2015

It's not often I get over excited about a game, and I'm not entirely sure how this flew under my radar, but Shallow Space looks seriously good.

Casual Clickers 'AdVenture Capitalist' And 'Time Clickers' Now On Steam For Linux

By flesk, 31 Jul 2015

Both games were made available for Linux on Steam last week, and are some of the first games in the increasingly popular genre called "idle games" available natively for Linux.