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Hollow Knight, the fantastic looking action adventure game has a Linux build being tested

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Hollow Knight, an incredibly stylish action and adventure game recently launched for Windows, but it seems Linux gamers won't be left waiting for too long.

To no surprise the Cossacks 3 Linux version has been delayed once again

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I have it confirmed that the planned Linux version of Cossacks 3 has been once again delayed and it's now not due until April, if they even make that.

Snoost, a new cloud gaming service has opened with Linux support, uses Steam's in-home streaming

By Liam Squires-Hand,
This is an interesting one, Snoost, a new cloud gaming service powered by Amazon AWS supports Linux. It uses Steam's in-home streaming with your own games library.

Day of Infamy is an absolutely brutal first-person shooter you need to play

By Liam Squires-Hand,
When it comes to FPS games based on realism, Linux is in shortly supply. Day of Infamy is another game that, for me, has closed a gap I needed.

Tiles, a simplistic action-puzzle game with local multiplayer is now out for Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Tiles is a simple looking action-puzzle game with 90 levels of ever-increasing difficulty and it's now out for Linux.

The open source itch client is a little smarter on Linux now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
With the latest release of the open source itch store client, you can now stop your computer going to sleep when using a gamepad.

The developers of 'Ticket to Ride' have abandoned Linux support for their game

By Liam Squires-Hand,
This is a bit troublesome, the developers of Ticket to Ride have decided to abandon Linux support with no announcement.

Ballistic Overkill leaves early access, but major new features will still be added

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The really fun FPS Ballistic Overkill has now officially left Early Access with a patch. The developers have stated they intend to continue adding to it and have major features in development.

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is free to own forever on Steam for one day

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Act quick, as Chivalry: Medieval Warfare for today only is free to add to your Steam account. It's a pretty damn good game too.

Ubuntu now has a more official PPA to get Mesa updates

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Timo Aaltonen noted on his blog that the 'Ubuntu-X' team now have an 'Updates' PPA for you to get the latest Mesa on Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 16.10.

Installation 01, a fan-made Halo game plans Linux support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
As a big fan of the older Halo games myself, Installation 01 sounds like it could be pretty interesting. It also plans full Linux support due to using the Unity game engine.

88 Heroes, a seriously retro action platformer throwback that's actually pretty good

By Liam Squires-Hand,
88 Heroes is an action platformer from developer Bitmap Bureau that's actually surprisingly great. The hook is that each hero has a totally different attack.

Mudlet, the open source MUD client has a new major stable build available

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I don't know how many of you play MUDs, but Mudlet, an open source cross-platform MUD client has hit version 3.0.

Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom is another Kickstarted game to delay the Linux version

By Liam Squires-Hand,
In another case of Kickstarter woes, Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom a promising looking action-RPG seems to be delaying the Linux release.

Point & click horror game STASIS now has a new Linux Beta

By Liam Squires-Hand,
We've all been waiting on it for some time, but point & click horror game STASIS now has a new Linux Beta for you to check out.

RTS game 'Deadhold' could come to Linux, considering an experimental Beta

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The developers of Deadhold want to support Linux and they are thinking about releasing an experimental Linux Beta.

It looks like we may be getting a Planescape Torment Enhanced Edition

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Back in January Beamdog was looking for testers on a new game. Now the Planescape website has a countdown timer.

Some small site updates tonight

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Just to let you know about a minor update I did tonight: You can now pick your timezone in the User Control Panel.

Humble Store has some noteworthy deals on this weekend

By Liam Squires-Hand,
One thing before I go catch some rest: Humble Store are having a Square Enix sale this weekend so a few good Linux titles can be had for cheap.

Join us for the Portal 2 co-op livestream tonight at 20:30 UTC

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Myself and Samsai will once again be teaming up on a livestream to tackle Portal 2 co-op. Hopefully this time he won't troll me so much, but who knows what will happen!