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This week Samsai is away in some mystery cabin somewhere deep in the woods, or something like that. So, I will be doing the weekly livestream you unlucky people you!

RONIN is an action platformer with turn-based combat that was released for Windows this summer. The Linux version was released earlier this week, and if you act quickly you can buy it for half-off as part of the Steam Stealth Sale.

A few big sites are now pushing out their articles on the new hardware from Valve, so I decided to point them out for you and take a look.

I'm pretty sad about this, as the last trailer for Broforce specifically mentioned Linux as a platform. Checking their Steam forum, it seems they haven't even begun to build and test it yet.

Last Dream, first kickstarted in June 2013, has now been ported by White Giant RPG Studios to support Linux.

I'm really excited to try Magicka 2, as I thought the first one was quite fun. The developer has been keeping everyone up to date on progress in their Steam forum. Sadly, for AMD GPU users it looks like it won't run as well as on Nvidia hardware.

After the recent SteamDB info for Minecraft: Story Mode, we have some more interesting info to share. It seems one of the developers at Telltale is a Linux user, and wants to see the new Minecraft: Story Mode on Linux.

Third-person shooter adventure First Wonder has been confirmed for Linux upon successful funding on Kickstarter. The spiritual successor is being developed in Unreal Engine 4 by a team of veterans, including designer on MDK and Giants: Citizen Kabuto, Nick Bruty.

Arcen Games announced last week that they're moving the release of Stars Beyond Reach to next year, but the last of their humorous video shorts have been released, and they're teasing a new game to come out in the meantime.

I took a quick look at Noct, a survival horror game coming out on the 22nd of October. It's unique because it's visuals are using a "thermal image satellite system high above the Earth". It sounds cool, and looks cool, but how does it play?

Telltale games are highly rated, so it's pretty exciting to see the possibility of Minecraft: Story Mode on Linux.

Just a heads up, Feral Interactive are hosting a bunch of events from tomorrow and they play to carry them on for a while for both Company of Heroes 2 and Empire: Total War.

After CPU architect Jim Keller left AMD recently, Phil Rogers has now also left and joined up with Nvidia. Here's to hoping their Zen CPU line will bring them back into a nicer light.

Zombasite is a brand new Zombie apocalypse RPG in Early Access, it looks good, and it's from the same developer that created Drox Operative.

Wasteland 2: Director's Cut is a big upgrade to the original Wasteland 2, it's free if you already owned it too. I've tested it a bit, and it's working great.

I didn't expect to read this any time soon! Humble Bundle has laid off 12 people (20% of their staff) due to being over ambitious with their previous hiring.

I still haven't properly tried out Don't Be Patchman, but it looks cool. The funny bit of Wednesday news for you is that it's still the only game on Steam to only support Linux, and the Windows release is now delayed.

The popular physics platformer has received a massive update, adding 75 new and extra difficult levels and the price has been cut in half.

Just a heads up Linux gamers, our release calendar has been updated. It will no longer spam the entire year out to you when you visit.

Murder Miners is a highly rated indie first-person shooter, and it has been confirmed by the developers and porter that it's coming to Linux.