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Join me at 10AM UTC (in less than an hour from now) for another GOL vs Feral Twitch livestream

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jun 2016

It's Wednesday, so that means myself and Matt from Feral Interactive will be playing Company of Heroes 2 live on Twitch. Come join us, we need fresh meat for the grinder, Matt also needs someone he can actually win against, poor Matt.

Indie turn-based board strategy game 'UFHO2' is now FREE on Steam

By -Daniel-Palacio-, 22 Jun 2016

UFHO2, a mix of strategy and a board game is now completely free on Steam. No adverts, no in-game transactions or anything. It's just free.

In Case of Emergency, Release Raptor is releasing on 5th of July

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jun 2016

In Case of Emergency, Release Raptor is the latest game from Arcen Games, LLC and a rather big departure from their usual stuff. You're a velociraptor in space tearing up robots.

Play as a ghost in point & click adventure game Goetia now on Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jun 2016

As far as Goetia adventure games go, this looks pretty good. Nice smooth looking graphics and an interesting sounding story. It is another Square Enix published game to come to our platform too!

VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action released for Linux, some thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jun 2016

VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action has been released for Linux and thanks to the guys at GOG I have been sent a copy to play with. Here's some thoughts.

LIMBO is free on Steam for 24 hours, grab it while you can

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jun 2016

Not free to play for 24 hours, actually free. If you install it you get to keep it. LIMBO is actually a pretty great platformer you all need to try.

Mighty No. 9 delayed for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jun 2016

Sad news folks, no Mighty No. 9 release today for us Linux gamers as it has been delayed by a few days.

A third of Valve now working on VR, still no Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jun 2016

A Valve developer on reddit has talked a bit about Valve and VR, and he specifically stated that a third of Valve is now working on VR. A third of Valve, yet still no Linux support.

Buy games from G2A? You should just stop already, tinyBuild lost out on approx $450K of sales

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2016

We've had colourful discussions about G2A in our Telegram group, IRC, reddit and other places. Some people don't care and just want cheap games, but for those of you who want to support not only Linux, but gaming in general—read on.

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Open source strategy game Unknown Horizons is in need of developers

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2016

Unknown Horizons, an open source strategy game that has been around for quite some time is currently in need of help.

NECROPOLIS, the third person action game from Harebrained Schemes may come to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2016

Harebrained Schemes third person action game NECROPOLIS may actually come to Linux, they say it's on their list of things to do.

Want to play the classic racer Need For Speed II SE on Linux? There's an open source engine for that

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2016

A classic racer from the 90's, Need For Speed™ II SE has an open source game engine allowing you to play it on Linux.

Thinking about buying Ballistic Overkill? Watch our Twitch session on Youtube to help you decide

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2016

A couple of us are a bit hooked on the FPS game Ballistic Overkill and we did a livestream on Twitch the other night to show it off some more. It's now on Youtube for you to laugh at us.

Script your own AI in the MMO RTS game Screeps

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2016

As far as unique ideas go, Screeps has got my attention. It claims it's an MMO RTS where you the player actually script your units AI.

An interview with Paradox Development Studios about supporting Linux

By BTRE, 19 Jun 2016

Lately, I’ve been busy playing a lot of Hearts of Iron 4 and Stellaris, as both were day-1 releases on Linux. I spoke with Gustav Palmqvist, a PDS developer who helped make those releases happen on our platform of choice.

The Hive, a rather good looking RTS game has Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jun 2016

I completely missed the fact that The Hive added Linux support some time ago. It's a pretty good looking RTS game that feels a bit like playing the Zerg in Starcraft.

Resolution added to the user stats page, please update your profiles

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jun 2016

I have done some more work on the user statistics page tonight. I have now included an option to pick your resolution. I will do a regeneration soon once a few people have added theirs so it's not blank.

What are you playing this weekend?

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jun 2016

It's the weekend already? Oh goodie! Time to dust off that game collection you've been neglecting due to work, school, family or whatever. Tell me what you're playing and what you think to it.

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Titan Quest RPG could see a Linux version in future

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jun 2016

A developer of Titan Quest commented on their Steam page that they will be looking into Linux and Mac support. Great news, as another positively received RPG would be great for us.

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Want to build a DRM free theme park? Parkitect is now on GOG with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jun 2016

I am totally in love with Parkitect, so many good memories of playing Theme Park on the Amiga came back when I tried it. You GOG fans can now join in the action too.