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Kontrakt, a hyper-violent action game that looks a little like Hotline Miami announced with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 27 Aug 2018

Kontrakt, a hyper-violent action-adventure is the next game from ShotX Studio that will have Linux support. Arriving on Steam sometime in Q4 of this year.

Looks like the fighting game Fantasy Strike may be heading to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 27 Aug 2018

If there's one genre Linux has a pretty big hole in, it's fighting games. Thankfully it seems we may get another, as Fantasy Strike is showing signs of coming over to Linux.

Dota 2 has a new hero called Grimstroke available now, another called Mars coming later

By Liam Dawe, 27 Aug 2018

The already long list of Dota 2 heroes is now even bigger, as Valve have released an update with Grimstroke as well as teased another called Mars.

Planetary Annihilation: TITANS to get more multithreading

By Liam Dawe, 27 Aug 2018

As you might have read in our previous article, Planetary Annihilation and TITANS are being revived by a new team made up of some of the original developers. One of their developers has given an update on adding more multithreading.

Action RPG 'Contingent' set in late Roman Britannia will come to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 26 Aug 2018

Action RPG Contingent from developer Dark Age Studios seems promising, with a planned Kickstarter coming sometime soon and Linux support is planned.

OpenRCT2, the re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 has another fresh release out

By Liam Dawe, 26 Aug 2018

For those who love the classic RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, OpenRCT2 looks like a rather decent open source game engine to give it a new lease of life especially as it continues to be updated.

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is a ridiculously good local co-op game

By Liam Dawe, 26 Aug 2018

It's been a wet and windy day here, so I blew the dust off my copy of Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime to share with the family and it's the single most bit of fun we've had all together with a PC game before.

Valve are already pushing ahead with updates to Steam Play's Proton with a beta channel

By Liam Dawe, 25 Aug 2018

Valve are now offering a chance to test a beta of the next version of Proton in their Steam Play system.

Need a new game for the weekend? Here's some Linux games on sale

By Liam Dawe, 25 Aug 2018

The weekend has arrived and you're looking for a new game but what to buy? Here's a look at what's both good and on sale. Also, be sure to let us know what you're playing this weekend!

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Feral Interactive are teasing a brand new native Linux port

By Liam Dawe, 24 Aug 2018

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All aboard the hype train, as Feral Interactive are setting off with a new native Linux game that's being teased.

The first-person shooter with a Battle Royale mode 'War Brokers' updated, input issues fixed on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 24 Aug 2018

The more I play of War Brokers, the more I come to appreciate it. It has a number of different game modes along with a recently released Battle Royale mode that's actually quite fun.

7 Billion Humans from Tomorrow Corporation is now out and it's fantastic

By Liam Dawe, 24 Aug 2018

7 Billion Humans will have you automate swarms of office workers with programming to solve puzzles and it's out now with native Linux support.

Despite promising an Early Access release, Crazy Justice is out only for backers for now and it's rougher than expected

By Liam Dawe, 24 Aug 2018

I'm not really sure what Black Riddles Studio are doing with Crazy Justice at this point, as they seem to change their mind about it constantly. They constantly said Early Access was coming out on August 23rd. When actually, it wasn't at all.

Hollow Knight: Godmaster is the final free content update that's now out

By Liam Dawe, 24 Aug 2018

Hollow Knight is now finished as Hollow Knight: Godmaster was just released as the final chapter of the Knight's story.

Reigns: Game of Thrones announced with native Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 24 Aug 2018

Reigns: Game of Thrones has been announced by developer Nerial and publisher Devolver Digital that will continue the swipe left or right mechanic of the previous titles.

Looks like AMD just open sourced their V-EZ Vulkan wrapper

By Liam Dawe, 24 Aug 2018

Back in March, AMD announced the V-EZ Vulkan wrapper, with an aim to make Vulkan development easier. Now it seems they have open sourced it.

Some thoughts on Valve’s new Steam Play feature and what it means for Linux gaming

By Liam Dawe, 24 Aug 2018

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With the dust settling on the absolute bomb that Valve dropped with the new Steam Play feature, I’ve had a little time now to think about the broader implications.

If you have trouble with keyboard input in some Unity games, there is a workaround (updated)

By Liam Dawe, 23 Aug 2018

I'm sure many of you will be aware by now that the Unity game engine has suffered problems with Linux support lately. One of those issues to do with keyboard input does actually have a workaround. UPDATE: See the bottom.

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Trüberbrook, a point & click adventure with a rather unique visual style has a new trailer

By Liam Dawe, 23 Aug 2018

Funded on Kickstarter back in December of last year, Trüberbrook is a very promising point and click adventure game with plenty of modern touches. Their latest trailer makes me want more!

Turn-based tactics game Fort Triumph now has the first whole chapter of the campaign

By Liam Dawe, 23 Aug 2018

Fort Triumph is a very interesting strategy game that mixes in elements from XCOM along with some interesting environmental interactions, they recently updated it with the entire first chapter of the campaign.