Shiden is a arcade style SHMUP (Shoot em up). Shiden takes influence from games like DoDonPachi, Cho Ren Sha 68k and Mars Matrix. In these styles of game the player is a single ship that must face thousands of enemies and dodge all of their bullets whilst causing as much carnage as possible.

After "accidentally" jumping your spaceship through a wormhole, you've crash landed onto this forsaken desert planet a billion kilometres from home.

Natural Selection 2 your friendly resource heavy FPS/RTS hybrid has unleashed buuld 261 for you to sink your teeth into.

From the award winning studio that brought you Ravensword: The Fallen King and Aralon: Sword and Shadow, comes Ravensword: Shadowlands.

Told as a “Wuxia” story, which literally means "martial hero", Mirage captures the essence of a broad genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists. Shrouded in secrecy, an organization of assassins wreak havoc on the local populace.

The Steam client got a major update recently with some pretty needed features which I am sure will please many users!

A little girl was sleeping peacefully with her Teddy bear, when suddenly, a monster popped out from her cupboard then stole her favorite plush.

A malicious orb has cast Savant out of his tower and transformed his surroundings into dangerous enemies! Dodge and shoot your way back up the tower, and blast down waves of enemies as you make your way towards the top! As you progress, you unlock CDs that not only give you new tracks to play to, but also grant you powerful new abilities!

NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.

I held off on this one as reports where that it didn't actually work under Linux yet, looks like it runs at least now. Armed only with logic, integrity and a wry sense of humour - can George and Nico save mankind from disaster?

Hold onto your swords RPG fans Eschalon: Book III is right around the corner, sort of, it will be in your hands February 2014!

Teslagrad is a puzzle platformer with action elements, where magnetism and other electromagnetic powers are the key to go throughout the game, and thereby discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower.

You are a God! You are master and ruler of a loyal nation. You have unimaginable powers at your disposal. You have claimed this world as yours. But there are others who stand in your way. You must defeat and destroy these pretenders. Only then can you ascend to godhood and become the new Pantokrator.

Described as an addictive hybrid of Super Metroid and Terraria, SteamWorld Dig is a platform mining adventure. Take the role of Rusty, a lone mining steambot, as he arrives at an old mining town in great need. Dig your way through the old earth, gaining riches while uncovering the ancient threat that lurks below...

Unvanquished is a fast-paced, futuristic FPS with RTS elements, pitting technologically advanced humans against hordes of highly adaptable aliens. The player can choose from either team, providing a fresh gameplay experience on both sides of the conflict.

Not a game itself but will be very useful for developers i'm sure, Sprite Lamp is a tool to help game developers combine 2D art, such as digital painting or pixel art, with dynamic lighting.

Starbound the game I have probably been most excited about this year is due to drop into public beta in less than an hour, are you ready to rock?

Not exactly gaming news but still interesting and it can impact Linux gaming in the future, Valve (and others) has joined the Linux Foundation.

Bit late of this as I catch up, but Prison Architect has hit a fifteenth alpha version featuring mod support!

Fancy Skulls is a first person shooter with procedural generation and permadeath. When you die - you will have to start over, but level layout, enemy placement and items are random each time you play.