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Looks Like STAR WARS Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords Is Coming To Linux

By Liam Dawe, 25 Jun 2015

Well I do love SteamDB, as it appears STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™ has a Linux icon added, so it looks like the previous ESRB leak about a Linux version could be true after all.

Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Evolved On Linux, Here’s What I Think

By Liam Dawe, 25 Jun 2015

Geometry Wars 3 has been out on Linux for a while now, but sadly it was left outdated for too long with issues. The update is out, so how is the game on Linux?

ARK: Survival Evolved Linux Release Delayed For The End Of June

By Liam Dawe, 25 Jun 2015

ARK: Survival Evolved sadly won't hit the release date today for the Linux & Mac versions, but they sent word that it will release on Tuesday the 30th of June.

AMD's New R9 Graphics Cards Will Support Vulkan & OpenGL 4.5

By Liam Dawe, 25 Jun 2015

AMD has launched their new AMD Radeon™ R9 Series, and with it comes a promise of OpenGL 4.5 and future Vulkan support.

Terraria Sandbox Game Plans A July Linux Release

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jun 2015

Looks like an early birthday present is on its way to me, as the Terraria developers have officially stated Linux & Mac builds should be out in July.

LEGO Minifigures Online Is Officially Coming To Linux

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jun 2015

LEGO Minifigures Online originally appeared on SteamDB back in March, but the developers Funcom said to us directly Linux wasn't planned. Their official site, and Steam store page now officially mention Linux as a supported platform. Bring on the bricks.

Wasteland 2: Director's Cut Has A Trailer, It's Exciting

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jun 2015

Wasteland 2: Director's Cut has me pretty damn excited, especially as I haven't played much of it yet. The new "E3" (bit late aren't you InXile?) trailer is looking great.

Project Cars 2 Announced With Linux Support

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jun 2015

Even though Project Cars hasn't been released on Linux, that hasn't stopped the developers claiming the second one will too. Oh and yeah Project Cars 2 is a thing now.

Dota 2 Reborn Now Officially Supports Linux, Early Look

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jun 2015

In a very surprising move Valve has added Linux & Mac versions of Dota 2 Reborn, all that in less than a week. So much for Valve Time.

Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition Planning A Day-1 Linux Release

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jun 2015

Good news folks, it seems Larian are planning to release Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition on Linux at the same time as Windows!

Massive Planetary Annihilation Update, Galactic War Now Far Better

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jun 2015

Planetary Annihilation is even more awesome now, and further shows Uber Entertainment is giving it great support. They have pushed out a massive new stable build recently, and it's great.

Unreal Engine FPS 'Storm United' Should Finally Update Linux This Week

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jun 2015

Sadly Storm United has left Linux out in the cold for a month now, but an updated build for all platforms is due this week.

Space Colony: Steam Edition Should Be Coming To Linux

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jun 2015

Space Colony: Steam Edition is revamp of Space Colony HD found on GOG, and previously the developers were only hopefully to do a Linux version. It seems like they are in progress right now!

0 A.D. Open Source Strategy Game Has A New & Faster Pathfinder

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2015

0 A.D. is easily one of the most beautiful open source games around, but it has been plagued by poor performance. Hopefully this new and faster pathfinder is a step towards a rock solid game.

Civilization V Now Supports Steam Workshop On Linux

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2015

Civilization V is already a pretty massive game, and now even more so thanks to the continued support from Aspyr Media. Civ V now supports mods thanks to Steam Workshop on Linux.

CRYENGINE 3.8.1 Adds Official OpenGL & Linux Support

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2015

Today is already a good day, you can now add CRYENGINE to the official list of game engines that support Linux, so here's to hoping more games can come over.

Shadow Warrior 2 FPS Gameplay Videos, Looks Insane, Will Be On Linux

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jun 2015

Shadow Warrior 2 was quite a surprise to be confirmed for Linux, especially after we only gained the first instalment recently. Thanks to E3, some gameplay videos have surfaced that makes it looks crazy good.

Alienware Show Off Their SteamOS Steam Machine, Looking Very Positive, More Games To Come

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jun 2015

After Alienware originally shipped out a Windows-based Steam Machine the Alienware Alpha, we now have them showing off and talking up their real SteamOS Steam Machine. We captured a great quote about new games to come too.

Sci-fi Colony Sim Builder 'RimWorld' Alpha 11 Released, New Trailer To Show It Off

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jun 2015

RimWorld is the surprisingly awesome colony building sim from Ludeon Studios and Tynan Sylvester, and it has a big new alpha. The new trailer isn't half bad too.