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Wizard arena-fighter 'Gift of Parthax' is now officially out on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Announced yesterday after a pretty short beta period, the magical arena fighting game Gift of Parthax is now officially available for Linux.

Challenging minimalist puzzle game 'DotLine' released with native Linux support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
DotLine from The Selenite Forge who also made Bionic Attack is a minimalist puzzle game that tries to challenge your brain, out now with native Linux support.

GOG added two more Visual Novels with Linux support, Highway Blossoms and A Kiss For The Petals

By Liam Squires-Hand,
For those who love Visual Novels, you might want to know that GOG have expanded their collection a little again recently.

Top-down shooter Geneshift is getting a Battle Royale mode and it sounds like a lot of fun

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Geneshift (also known as Mutant Factions or Subvein) is a top-down shooter with some seriously good action that's currently in Early Access and the developer has decided to add a Battle Royale mode.

Aspyr Media have a big sale going on the Humble Store, some sweet deals to be had

By Liam Squires-Hand,
For those of you in the mood to start you week with some fun new games, Humble Store is doing an Aspyr Media sale.

Sunless Skies to leave Early Access on January 31st, 2019 also now out is a free pen and paper RPG system

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Failbetter Games have announced that Sunless Skies is set to leave Early Access on January 31st, 2019. They've also released a free pen and paper RPG system.

The beautifully weird hidden object adventure game My Brother Rabbit is out, it's really sweet

By Liam Squires-Hand,
My Brother Rabbit from Artifex Mundi is an absolutely beautiful adventure game that has shocked me with how good it is.

What even more developers think of Valve's Steam Play

By Liam Squires-Hand,
You think we were done writing about Steam Play? Wrong. Here's what Godot Engine's Rémi Verschelde and Marc Di Luzio (previously Feral Interactive, now at Unity) think about it.

The rather good 2D action RPG 'Chronicon' just had a major upgrade

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Being completely honest here, I absolutely love this game! The 2D action RPG Chronicon has a new update with some major improvements.

Turn-based rogue-like RPG 'Depth of Extinction' confirmed to release on September 27th

By Liam Squires-Hand,
We knew that the rather good rogue-like RPG Depth of Extinction was releasing soon and now we know how soon, this week on Thursday it will be available across a number of stores.

Space sim 'Helium Rain' to leave Early Access next month, along with a major update now available

By Liam Squires-Hand,
After over a year in Early Access, the rather good space sim Helium Rain is going to leave Early Access on October 11th.

PlayOnLinux has a new alpha release out with an overhaul of the interface

By Liam Squires-Hand,
PlayOnLinux, a program which helps Linux users manage games run in Wine has a new release out aimed at giving the project a new life.

Looks like Galaxy in Turmoil, an exciting looking free to play shooter will come to Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Galaxy in Turmoil is an upcoming shooter that looks promising, with large 32v32 battles that take place both on the ground and in the air. The developers are looking to do a Linux version too.

OpenRA for playing classic Command & Conquer titles has a fresh release up with AppImages for Linux builds

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The excellent open source RTS game engine OpenRA, which allows you to play classic Command & Conquer titles has a new release out.

DXVK 0.80 is out with a new cache to reduce stutter and further CPU overhead improvements

By Liam Squires-Hand,
DXVK, which provides a Vulkan-based D3D11 and D3D10 implementation for use in Wine has a new build out. The pace of development on this continues to absolutely mesmerise me.

SC Controller driver and UI version 0.4.5 is out, last release for a while

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The amazingly useful SC Controller project, a third-party open source driver and user interface for the Steam Controller has a new release out. Sadly, the last for a while.

Humble Monthly adds in Dungeons 3 and Hidden Folks, pretty good deal now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The current Humble Monthly just became a much better deal for Linux gamers with two brand new early unlock titles.

An update on the status of porting Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation for Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Writing an update on what's happening with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation, the Stardock CEO mentioned Linux support again in a recent post on Steam.

Feral Interactive are teasing ANOTHER new Linux port

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Feral Interactive are at it once again, go dust off those thinking caps as they're bringing another game to Linux.

The beautiful puzzle adventure 'The Gardens Between' is now out with native Linux support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Gardens Between from The Voxel Agents looks like a fantastic puzzle adventure and it's now available with native Linux support.