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Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander released with day-1 Linux support, some thoughts


By Liam Squires-Hand
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a blend of a space strategy game with base building and RPG elements. It recently launched on Linux day-1 so here's some thoughts.

The original 1997 version of FPS ‘Shadow Warrior’ is now FREE on GOG, along with both expansions


By -Daniel-Palacio-
While it's sad that Shadow Warrior 2 won't see a day-1 Linux release, in the meantime you can fill the void with the original 1997 version of the game, which has become FREE on GOG.

A new build of Retro-Pixel Castles is available, has a new launcher for Linux and a whole new interface


By Liam Squires-Hand
Retro-Pixel Castles really is quite awesome (seriously, go try it!) and now even more so. The developer has included a Linux launcher bundled with Java to remove any issues for Linux users. Oh, it also has a flashy new interface.

A Linux release for Kingdom Come: Deliverance still looks very unclear


By Liam Squires-Hand
You may or may not remember that I wrote about Kingdom Come: Deliverance back in March. The developers said it wasn't technically possible, now it seems months later they still have no idea.

StarMade, the Minecraft-like spaceship builder now has a brand new launcher, be sure to try the demo!


By Liam Squires-Hand
StarMade is an impressive game, it has a similar voxel-block style to Minecraft, but that's were the similarities end. The game now has a proper launcher that includes a bundled version of Java. This will make it easily run on Steam Machines.

Hue, an award-winning platformer where you alter the worlds background colour is now on Linux


By Liam Squires-Hand
Hue looks like a great idea, it's an adventure platformer where you change the background colour of the world.

Owners of Armello on GOG can get a refund due to it not getting DLC and online features


By Liam Squires-Hand
You might remember a heated topic recently that the GOG version of 'Armello' was renamed to 'Armello DRM-Free Edition' and it won't be getting the DLC. It seems GOG are offering refunds now.

Curvatron, a simple yet interesting evolution of the old game 'Snake', we have free keys for you


By Liam Squires-Hand
Curvatron has recently been released on Linux and the developer sent in a bunch of keys for you lucky people. The game itself is inspired by the old game 'Snake' that was on rather old Nokia mobile phones.

Wargame: European Escalation works once again for Nvidia users, two years after breaking


By Liam Squires-Hand
It seems Wargame: European Escalation was broken for nearly two years for Nvidia GPU users on Linux. The recent Nvidia 370.28 driver seems to have fixed it.

Agricola spinoff and Patchwork pass Greenlight, heading to Linux


By adolson
Two more digital incarnations of designer Uwe Rosenberg's hit 2-player board games are coming to Linux on Steam, as they've both now passed their Greenlight campaigns!

We Happy Few to release on Linux after the full release, not during Early Access


By Liam Squires-Hand
I spoke to the developer of We Happy Few on twitter to get an update on the Linux version, it seems it has been pushed back.

A montage of an intense ranked 1on1 battle I did in Rocket League, amazing


By Liam Squires-Hand
I think I might be a little bit in love with Rocket League now it's available in Beta for Linux & SteamOS. Here's a clip of a 1on1 battle I did today that had me sweating.

Death Road to Canada is now available DRM free for Linux on GOG, survive your road trip filled with Zombies


By Liam Squires-Hand
My friends at GOG sent word that Death Road to Canada, a game about surviving the Zombie apocalypse during your road trip is now available DRM free for Linux on their store.

Little Invasion Tales, manage a growing community under attack from little cartoon aliens, confirmed for Linux


By Liam Squires-Hand
I was really excited when I saw the video for Little Invasion Tales, so I shot off a message to the developer who confirmed to me that Linux will be supported!

How to delay an indie game, Simon Roth of Maia writes about games taking time


By Liam Squires-Hand
I'm quite a fan of the indie colony building sim Maia, it sweet has retro sci-fi future graphics and it's starting to come together little by little. It has taken a long time to get here, so Simon has a blog post explaining what's going on.

Rogue Stormers from the Giana Sisters developers is now on Linux, an action heavy platformer


By Liam Squires-Hand
Thanks to robvv in our forum for pointing this out, 'Rogue Stormers' an action packed platformer with heavy action and RPG elements is now on Linux.

Join me tonight for the special Rocket League Linux gaming livestream!


By Liam Squires-Hand
Tonight around the usual time of 19:45 UTC (quite possibly earlier too!) I will be livestreaming some more Rocket League. I already did some this morning, but tonight I will do some more.

Victor Vran, the really great action RPG now has local co-op play


By Liam Squires-Hand
I know a few of you have been waiting for this! Victor Vran now officially has local co-op play, which makes an already fantastic game even better.

There is a demo available now for ‘Epistory: Typing Chronicles’, a Bastion-like typing adventure


By -Daniel-Palacio-
Epistory: Typing Chronicles is an interesting isometric adventure where you type words to kill your enemies. It now has a demo available to try out.

GOG now have the challenging minimalistic platformer '140', cool soundtrack that ties into the gameplay


By Liam Squires-Hand
GOG add another game to their lovely DRM free library, next up is the simple yet challenging platformer '140'.