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I am livestreaming Company of Heroes 2 against Feral Interactive again today, 10AM UTC

By Liam Dawe,
In less than an hour I face off once again against Matt from Feral Interactive in Company of Heroes 2, come join the fun at 10AM UTC/11AM BST.

Solar Division tower defence updated, now has difficulty levels and better balance, now much more enjoyable

By Liam Dawe,
I recently covered Solar Division and while I liked most of what it had to offer, the game was just too easy. The developers agreed with me and they have not only balanced some tower types, they have also introduced difficulty levels.

Rescue space whales and other weird creatures in Dr. Spacezoo now in Steam Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Do you love twin stick shooters with good soundtracks? How about rescuing weird space creatures? Well Dr. Spacezoo might be what you need.

Free to play action platformer MMO StarBreak released on Steam with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
An action platformer MMO isn't something you see very often, but StarBreak hopes to pull it off. It's free to play too, so you have nothing to lose by trying it out.

One of my favourite racing games 'Distance' has a massive update

By Liam Dawe,
Distance was a surprise hit with me when I picked it up and it's really pleasing to see it get some big updates. The "Creativity Update" was released yesterday and I've checked it out.

SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell, a heavy metal first-person platformer that looks insane is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
I am not usually a fan of speedrunning or platformers, but SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell not only sounds good it looks awesome too. I can already hear the frustration brewing in me at failing so much in it.

Infinium Strike launching July 14th with Linux support, blending space action with tower defence

By Liam Dawe,
Infinium Strike is a pretty damn interesting looking space action and strategy game. I like the mix of styles the game has and it will include a proper campaign, sold!

Mushroom Crusher Extreme, repel the invasion of giant Shrooms on Linux, demo available

By Liam Dawe,
Today I took a quick look at Mushroom Crusher Extreme which is a cute little isometric arcade-style fantasy game.

Looks like both Dead Island Definitive Edition and Dead Island Riptide Definitive Edition are coming to Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
Good news zombie slaying fans, as it looks like both Dead Island Definitive Edition and Dead Island Riptide Definitive Edition are coming to SteamOS and Linux.

The itch games store is running "Itch.io week" starting today, celebrating their open marketplace

By Liam Dawe,
I like a lot of what Itch.io are doing, and it's good to see them do more events to highlight developers and features available on the store.

Stellaris releasing today with day 1 Linux support, here’s my review, livestream later with key giveaway!

By Liam Dawe,
Stellaris is the brand new space strategy game from Paradox that will launch today with day 1 Linux support. I was able to play it and livestream it before release, so here are some thoughts.

Warhammer 40,000: Carnage Champions coming to Linux on 11th of May

By Liam Dawe,
Linux is about to get some more Warhammer with Warhammer 40,000: Carnage Champions, looks like a mobile port, but could be worth looking into.

OpenApoc, the open source engine for X-COM: Apocalypse shows impressive progress

By Liam Dawe,
I actually really liked where XCOM went with X-COM: Apocalypse, it had issues sure, but it had some interesting features. Like OpenXcom, OpenApoc will be a fully featured open source engine. The new video showing their progress is fantastic.

Sunday chat: What have you been playing, and what do you think?

By Liam Dawe,
It's Sunday, I'm extremely tired after a long day and I've been coding away at the new PC Specifications feature for user profiles so I don't really have time to post up news articles tonight (it's getting late). So I ask you: What are you playing, and what do you think?

Changes to our Survey are coming, hopefully to make it easier and better

By Liam Dawe,
I have been a little unhappy with how we have been doing our monthly survey for some time, so I am making some steps towards making a better one.

Feral Interactive officially confirm F1 2015 is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Not sure how we missed this, but Feral Interactive have officially confirmed F1 2015 is coming to Linux. Update: The Feral news post has now been taken down.

Action platformer Mighty No. 9 to be released June 21st, looks like Linux support will be day 1

By Liam Dawe,
It seems like Mighty No. 9 might finally see a release! The developers announced recently that it will be released on June 21st.

The friendly Friday Livestream is here again, drop by at 5 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
Congratulations, you have made it to another Friday! As a reward for completing yet another week of your life, I bring you a Friday Livestream to fill up those potentially empty hours of your evening, morning or afternoon depending on your location on our blue planet. We have Linux games and we are going to play those while talking about nothing and everything, so make sure you are there!

Free to play MMORPG Ryzom launches on Steam with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
The classic MMORPG Ryzom has officially launched on Steam with full Linux support. This new release has a few updates to the old game too.

Stealth game Shadwen, the newest from Frozenbyte to launch 17th May with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Good news stealth fans, as Frozenbyte are back and Shadwen will release on May 17th complete with Linux support.