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Isometric university management game 'UniverCity' has entered Early Access, developed on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
UniverCity from developer Matthew Collins who develops on Linux is a new in-development university management game, it's now available in Early Access on Steam.

The Humble Jackbox Party Bundle is out, some of their games have hidden Linux beta versions

By Liam Dawe,
A quick tip for those who love their party games as Humble have put out the The Humble Jackbox Party Bundle.

Valve may be adding support for using compatibility tools for playing games on different operating systems

By Liam Dawe,
Reddit seems to be buzzing with information from SteamDB showing indications that Valve might be adding support for compatibility tools to enable you to play games on operating systems they weren't designed for, like Wine.

The Linux version of Moonlighter should be out soon, in the 'last stage'

By Liam Dawe,
The action RPG Moonlighter seemed really interesting with the shopkeeper element to it, so it was sad the Linux release was delayed. Looks like the delay will come to an end soon!

TANGLEWOOD is a properly retro puzzle-platformer that's now out for Linux, includes a Mega Drive rom file

By Liam Dawe,
Big Evil Corporation have released their puzzle-platformer that really is rather retro and not just because of the style. It was released today for Linux but it's also a SEGA Mega Drive game too.

2D pixel horror game 'Ellen' is looking for Linux testers of their teaser

By Liam Dawe,
If you love your horror games, keep an eye on Ellen as it looks pretty spooky. Turns out Red Mount Media will be doing a Linux version and they require testers.

Reynard, an action RPG that mixes in some Tower Defense now has Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Hyper Fox Studios announced today that their sweet action RPG Reynard, which also has elements of Tower Defense now supports Linux.

The original The Banner Saga is no longer officially supported on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
We already knew that the second and third parts of The Banner Saga wouldn't be coming to Linux, but now the original The Banner Saga is no longer supported on Linux.

Blood will be Spilled, a narrative spaghetti western platformer with tactical turn-based combat is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Blood will be Spilled has you follow Jack, a mosquito bounty hunter on his path of revenge voiced by Elias Toufexis (Adam Jensen from Deus Ex) and it's coming to Linux.

A small update on the status of BATTLETECH for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
We've had a number of users get in touch about BATTLETECH and we have a small update for you in regards to the Linux version.

Play It Now - Invisible Inc

By scaine,
Welcome to the another review in the PIN (Play It NOW) series. Conscious that all previous PINs have been action games, this time I’m covering Invisible Inc from Canadian studio Klei Entertainment, a superb stealth/strategy hybrid in the mould of XCOM.

DXVK expands with Direct3D 10 over Vulkan in Wine, also info on the new Direct3D 9-to-11 project

By Liam Dawe,
There's so many incredible things going on around Wine right now it's hard to keep track. DXVK is now expanding to support Direct3D 10 over Vulkan in Wine. There's also a new Direct3D 9-to-11 project to convert Direct3D 9 programs to Direct3D 11.

Insurgency: Sandstorm is looking real good in the latest videos, Linux version should come in the first couple updates

By Liam Dawe,
Insurgency: Sandstorm is the new tactical FPS from New World Interactive that will be coming to Linux. There's new videos out to show it off and we have an update for you about Linux support.

SC Controller, incredibly useful UI/Driver for the Steam Controller has a new release

By Liam Dawe,
If you ever have issues with games not picking up your Steam Controller correctly, you should probably take a look at the excellent SC Controller project.

Rings of Saturn is a hard sci-fi, top-down space simulator coming soon to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Space sim Rings of Saturn was announced earlier this month, with a promise of a realistic top-down experience and it actually looks surprisingly good.

Open-world vehicle builder 'TerraTech' has left Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
I absolutely love games that let me build something, drive around and blow stuff up so I've been enjoying my time with TerraTech which is now out.

Hard rock musical comedy metroidvania platformer 'Bad Pad' officially released

By Liam Dawe,
Sometimes games get practically no attention which is such a shame, Bad Pad is one such game that deserves a little more as it's actually pretty good.

Set Phasers to fun! Stage 9 lets you explore the Enterprise-D from Star Trek The Next Generation on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Are you as excited as I am about the news of Sir Patrick Stewart returning as Jean-Luc Picard in a new Star Trek series? Well, now you can nerd out in style with Stage 9 which let's you explore the Enterprise-D from Star Trek The Next Generation.

Real-time tactical RPG 'City of the Shroud' has a Linux demo build available for testing

By Liam Dawe,
City of the Shroud, a real-time tactical RPG just recently launched on Steam and it turns out it's had a Linux demo build for testing for a long time, with hardly anyone stepping up to check it out.

Gladiabots, the AI combat arena now has a test release for Linux on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Fancy having a team of robots you program with drag and drop AI fight in an arena? As that's exactly what you will be doing in Gladiabots.