We are sitting outside a German cafe, enjoying the last warm days of 2015, imagining our video game project. We wanted something like Zelda on the Super Nintendo but more futuristic. And with pixels — many, many pixels.
Well this was unexpected! 3D Realms is back, teaming up with Voidpoint for a brand new FPS named Ion Maiden and the first part is now available in Early Access with Linux support.
I've not been this intrigued by a game for quite some time, One Hour One Life sounds like one of the most unique survival games I've ever seen.
Flying Oak Games certainly get points for originality here, as Boo! Greedy Kid is a pretty amusing idea for a casual fast-paced puzzle game.
In addition to an update to the excellent SC Controller software, it seems there's also work towards getting full Steam Controller support in the Linux Kernel.
Underworld Ascendant, the action RPG from the original creators of Ultima Underworld added Linux support as part of the original Kickstarter back in 2015. Now, it seems they're not too sure what they're doing with Linux support.
The incredibly useful SC Controller tool has a fresh update out that sees the return of AppImage support, a few new bits and some bug fixes.
Heroes of Hammerwatch, a rogue-lite action-adventure from Crackshell releases on March 1st and they've just put up a shiny new trailer.
If you enjoyed the camp tactical RPG Chroma Squad, get ready for more action as it now has a free Episode Creator and Steam Workshop support.
If you're like me and you want to see more MMOs on Linux, you might have been excited to try Tale of Toast, sadly they've had a rough start.
Vaporum, a steampunk dungeon crawler from Fatbot Games has been officially released for Linux, available from both GOG and Steam. I've spent some time with it now and here's some thoughts.
Tannenberg, the WWI FPS that follows the Eastern Front is going to get an update sometime soon that should give a decent performance boost.
Here's one that didn't seen to get any attention, Attrition: Tactical Fronts a quick play, turn-based strategy game for 1-2 players added Linux support back in December.
That's a title I didn't think I would ever write! Robots controlled by fish is certainly an amusing idea and it's coming with the metroidvania action-RPG 'Feudal Alloy' later this year.
Speaking on their official blog, Godot Engine developer Juan Linietsky writes about how the open source game engine will be getting Vulkan API support.
Rise to Ruins, the rather excellent indie godlike village simulator is a favourite of mine and here's some information on how it's doing on Linux.
Albion Online is set to expand again with the 'Lancelot' update that has been announced for release on March 12th.
Crossing Souls, from Fourattic and Devolver Digital is an action-adventure love letter to the 80's and it's pretty good overall.
Not exactly Linux news, but still interesting since Vulkan is what will likely power many Linux games in future and having Vulkan on Mac could result in easier ports to Linux.
If you took Asteroids, gave it a retro text-terminal menu along with a huge skill tree and some slick music what do you get? BYTEPATH.
Anticheat check - which competitive games actually work on Linux?
How to give Valve feedback when Proton games have issues on Linux / SteamOS
