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Black Ice, the 'hack and shoot' FPS has a major update to change the entire game

By Liam Dawe,
Black Ice is another one high on my list of promising Early Access titles and for good reason, the developer just put out a massive update that changes the game.

How to record videos on Linux using OBS Studio with separate audio tracks for gameplay and microphone

By Liam Dawe,
Something I had been meaning to check out for a while is how to easily record videos of games, but have my microphone and the game audio in two different tracks. It turns out, it's actually quite easy.

Serious Sam 3: BFE with the 'Fusion' engine and Vulkan could arrive next month in Beta

By Liam Dawe,
Croteam has stated on their forum that Serious Sam 3: BFE running on their new Fusion engine which uses Vulkan could arrive in public Beta as early as next month.

MX Nitro, a positively rated motocross racing game is heading to Linux, should be here 'very soon'

By Liam Dawe,
MX Nitro is another title that popped up on SteamDB today and the developers behind this motocross racing game stated on Steam it should arrive 'very soon'.

Total War: SHOGUN 2 looks like it will be heading to Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
Well this was quite a surprise to see! It looks like Total War: SHOGUN 2 is going to make an appearance on Linux & SteamOS.

I Am The Hero, a surprisingly great beat 'em up has Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
I Am The Hero is an indie beat 'em up that I've actually been having quite a bit of fun with and I think you should check it out.

Rencounter, a turn-based roguelike RPG adds Linux support, a quick look

By Liam Dawe,
Rencounter, a reasonably good looking turn-based roguelike RPG has recently added Linux support. The reviews are a bit mixed, but it still might be worth a try.

Motorsport Manager 'GT Series' DLC announced, looks and sounds like fun

By Liam Dawe,
Motorsport Manager is to get a major gameplay DLC named 'GT Series' which will add-in closed-wheel racing!

Major update of the open source FPS 'Unvanquished' due soon

By Liam Dawe,
Unvanquished, the open source humans vs aliens FPS is due to get a massive update soon and it sounds pretty decent.

Colony building sim ‘Maia’ huge update released featuring Lava and colonist relationships

By Liam Dawe,
Maia, the colony building simulation from Simon Roth has a huge update which includes Lava and colonist relationships. It’s sounding more and more like a heavily simulated version of ‘the sims in space’.

Tonight at 20:00 UTC we continue Civilization VI live on Twitch

By Liam Dawe,
Tonight I shall once again be joined by Samsai and BTRE live on Twitch as we continue our quest towards world domination, something like that anyway.

Join me for the livestream tonight at 20:30 UTC

By Liam Dawe,
Tonight I shall be continuing a little in Half-Life 2: Update (my first ever play-through) and another game Samsai is forcing me to play.

Wine 2.2 released with even more Shader Model 5 instructions and work towards Direct3D command stream

By Liam Dawe,
Wine development is starting to heat up again, as Wine 2.2 is now officially available. Sounds like a good one too.

Fumiko! Possibly one of the weirdest platformers I've ever played was developed on Linux, lots of bugs

By Liam Dawe,
Fumiko! An incredibly strange platformer was sent in by the developer, it was developed on Linux so I was keen to take a look.

Friday Livestream today at 6 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
New games and lots of them! Prepare yourselves and adjust your monitors to our frequency for yet another evening (or day, morning, afternoon, timezones...) of live Linux gaming!

Come watch me be a master assassin, my release day HITMAN livestream is now on Youtube

By Liam Dawe,
Okay, so master assassin might be pushing it, as it took me just shy of two hours to finish one level! You can now watch my failure on Youtube.

Concealed Intent, a turn-based strategy with a rather interesting mechanic for online play

By Liam Dawe,
Sadly it got buried in my inbox, so apologies to the developer on this, but Concealed Intent is a game you should check out. It has a few bugs, but it's still a very interesting experience.

Eco Alpha 5.4 release, featuring performance improvements and a few big features

By Liam Dawe,
You might not remember Eco, the in-development 'global survival game' where everything you do affects the environment. They have released a juicy new update with improved performance and some new features.

The Inner World - The Last Wind Monk, a beautiful hand-drawn adventure & puzzle game will come to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The Inner World - The Last Wind Monk is a follow-up to the previous adventure game The Inner World, but you don't need to play the first one to enjoy it. Like the previous game, it will support Linux.

System76 have refreshed their most powerful Linux laptops now with 7th Gen Intel CPUs

By Liam Dawe,
System76, the Linux hardware vendor sent out a press release announcing a refresh of their most powerful laptops, which now boast 7th Gen Intel CPUs.