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Cities: Skylines - Natural Disasters announced for release on November 29th, new video

By Liam Dawe, 22 Nov 2016

Cities: Skylines - Natural Disasters is shaping up to be a lot more interesting than I thought it would be! It is going to be released on November 29th and they have put out a new video.

Total War: WARHAMMER released for Linux, port report and video

By Liam Dawe, 22 Nov 2016

Total War: WARHAMMER is the latest big Linux port from Feral Interactive. As someone who has only recently become a fan of Warhammer, it was fun to see this game arrive on Linux.

Moon Hunters updated with a bunch of new content for free

By Liam Dawe, 22 Nov 2016

Now this is what I like to see, patches full of free content! Moon Hunters has gained such a patch and here's what's new.

Cossacks 3 to come to Linux soon, finishing touches being done

By Liam Dawe, 22 Nov 2016

Fantastic news for strategy fans, as Cossacks 3 will be on Linux soon. A little later than planned, but we've been told the finishing touches are being done.

GOG are running a big sale, lots of titles up for cheap

By Liam Dawe, 22 Nov 2016

The DRM free store GOG are running a big sale right now, which will run until the 27th. There's plenty on offer!

GOG
On Sale

Ittle Dew 2, the Zelda-like action and adventure game released day-1 on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 22 Nov 2016

Ittle Dew 2 is a Zelda-like action and adventure game from Ludosity that is now available on Linux, thanks to the day-1 release.

Planetary Annihilation: TITANS massive patch released, with multi-threading goodness

By Liam Dawe, 22 Nov 2016

Planetary Annihilation: TITANS has been revived and then some. This massive new patch focuses on performance and turns it up to max.

The Linux & SteamOS port of Killing Floor 2 has been put on hold, it needs a developer

By Liam Dawe, 21 Nov 2016

I hate to be the bringer of bad news, but the Linux & SteamOS port of Killing Floor 2 has been put on hold. Although, it's not all doom and gloom.

Worms W.M.D will be getting cross-platform multiplayer, beta starts on Friday

By Liam Dawe, 21 Nov 2016

Good news, Worms W.M.D is to gain cross-platform multiplayer and the developers have announced an open beta for owners of the game will start on Friday.

Total War: WARHAMMER Linux specifications announced for the release tomorrow, Mesa supported for AMD

By Liam Dawe, 21 Nov 2016

Total War: WARHAMMER comes to Linux tomorrow and it’s good news for AMD GPU users as Mesa will be officially supported on normal Linux distributions, but not on SteamOS.

Steam's Autumn sale to begin soon, date also leaked for the Winter sale

By Liam Dawe, 21 Nov 2016

Keep your wallets close, as the next major Steam sale will be happening soon. As usual, someone has leaked the dates.

Ghostlords, a turn-based RPG about capturing ghosts set in a ruined Great Britain

By Liam Dawe, 21 Nov 2016

Well this game certainly came out of nowhere, Ghostlords is a turn-based RPG set in a ruined Great Britain where you capture ghosts. Being a brit myself, I had to try it.

Fiery Disaster, a simple Tower Defence game now available for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 21 Nov 2016

I love Tower Defence games, so I'm always will to give a new one a go. Fiery Disaster mixes the genre up a bit, as you don't actually place any towers.

The itch app has a new major version, still as slick as ever

By Liam Dawe, 21 Nov 2016

If you're a fan of the games store itch like me, you may want to know about the latest update to their open source client.

Ultimate General: Civil War, the tactical war-game will come to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 19 Nov 2016

The developers of the tactical war-game Ultimate General: Civil War have stated that there will be a Linux version.

Alien: Isolation – The Collection is currently rather cheap on the official Feral store

By Liam Dawe, 19 Nov 2016

If you still haven't picked up Alien: Isolation, now is a good time. Feral Interactive have the game on sale on their official store. Alien: Isolation – The Collection includes all the DLC too, so it's a pretty good deal.

Unity bugs are holding back 'Syndrome' from coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 19 Nov 2016

Syndrome, a good-looking sci-fi survival horror was supposed to come to Linux at release, but it seems Unity is holding it back with bugs.

Nvidia 375.20 stable driver released, increases OpenGL shader cache size and more

By Liam Dawe, 18 Nov 2016

The latest Nvidia driver 375.20 is now available. The interesting change is that it increases the OpenGL shader cache size, which may help with games like Deus Ex Mankind Divided on Linux.

Join me tonight for the usual Friday Linux gaming livestream at 8PM UTC

By Liam Dawe, 18 Nov 2016

It's Friday! Friday, Friday FRIDAY. That means it's time to play games with the community and chat away.

Livestream

Some early thoughts on ‘CrossCode’, an Early Access 2D action RPG set in the distant future

By Liam Dawe, 18 Nov 2016

I’ve held off on ‘CrossCode’ for quite a while, as it looked so promising I wanted to give it time to mature before taking a look. This Early Access retro-inspired action RPG is quite something now.