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MOTHERGUNSHIP, a bullet-hell FPS where you craft your guns works great on Linux with Steam Play

By Liam Dawe,
Need a fun new FPS to try? MOTHERGUNSHIP is absolutely nuts and it appears to run very nicely on Linux thanks to Steam Play.

Build and manage your very own vineyard in Terroir, now available for Linux on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
GOG have added another Linux game to their DRM-free collection recently with the tycoon vineyard building game Terroir now up.

ScummVM 2.1.0 is now ready for testing with support for more major classics

By Liam Dawe,
ScummVM, the clever bit of software enabling many classic point-and-click adventure games to run nicely on modern systems has a big new release in need of some testing.

Richard Stallman has resigned from the Free Software Foundation and MIT

By Liam Dawe,
Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation has resigned and he's also left his position in CSAIL at MIT.

Lenna's Inception, the Zelda-like action-adventure RPG is looking brilliant in the latest trailer

By Liam Dawe,
Lenna's Inception, a name I've honestly not heard of since 2013 is closing in on release with a brand new trailer and some big news about the development.

You may want to hold off on Linux Kernel 5.3 and systemd 243 if you use a gamepad

By Liam Dawe,
Did you do a big system upgrade recently and notice you're having gamepad issues? You're not alone. Time to downgrade perhaps.

The latest Overcooked! 2 expansion sounds more crazy than ever with the Carnival of Chaos

By Liam Dawe,
Overcooked! 2 is no doubt one of the best, most hilarious and most infuriating co-op experiences around all in one. It just got bigger again too, with another great sound DLC out now.

Fantastic looking beat 'em up Shing! confirmed to be releasing for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
One we completely missed from Gamescom is Shing!, a new beat 'em up from developer Mass Creation releasing next year and it looks like it's going to be a lot of fun.

Buoyancy, a city-builder where you manage a floating city has a Linux test build up

By Liam Dawe,
Sometimes when you ask if a game is coming to Linux it's a no, others say it's planned and when it's Buoyancy the developer just puts up a build soon after asking.

NARWHAR Project Hornwhale, a really wacky shoot 'em up that reminds me of the Amiga days

By Liam Dawe,
The developer of NARWHAR Project Hornwhale emailed in recently about their new arcade style shoot 'em up being released with Linux support. It's a bit wild.

Ocean exploration game Beyond Blue has a new story trailer and voice cast reveal

By Liam Dawe,
Beyond Blue, the near-future ocean exploration game from E-Line Media (publisher of Never Alone) has a new story teaser.

Receiver, the experimental FPS from Wolfire Games had a big update recently (updated)

By Liam Dawe,
Receiver is a name I've not heard in a long time, the indie FPS released back in 2013 by Wolfire Games and it's just seen a big update. UPDATED: See the bottom.

It Stares Back, an RTS with a really wild style will be coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Always on the lookout for my next strategy game fix, I recently came across It Stares Back after it pulled my in due to the wild visuals.

Kind Words, a pretty sweet experience about sending and receiving anonymous letters

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Popcannibal (Make Sail, Girls Like Robots) just released an updated version of the Humble Original Kind Words with Linux support.

Village building sim with god powers Rise to Ruins to leave Early Access next month

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Raymond Doerr has announced their village building sim Rise to Ruins will leave Early Access on October 14th.

Weekend Deals: grab DiRT Rally completely free to keep and more not to miss

By Liam Dawe,
Just a quick one really on some excellent deals going on right now, including two games you can grab completely free to keep.

Steam Play Proton 4.11-4 has been released into the wild

By Liam Dawe,
Get ready for another weekend full of testing games, as Valve and CodeWeavers have put out a fresh official build of Steam Play Proton for your pleasure.

Just some of the games coming to Linux in 2019, the September edition

By Liam Dawe,
It's been quite a while since we had a listicle of interesting games gearing up for release on Linux in 2019, let's take a fresh look today.

Story-driven tactical RPG with time manipulation mechanics 'Iron Danger' should come to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Here's some fun news, Iron Danger from Action Squad Studios sounds interesting and it's trying to set itself apart from the many turn-based tactical RPGs out there.

Wine 4.16 is out with 'more reliable mouse grabbing in games'

By Liam Dawe,
The Wine team have opened up another bottle of the good stuff this evening, with the Wine 4.16 development release now available.