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'Slayer Shock' from the developer of Eldritch is now in Beta, go hunt some vampires

By Liam Dawe, 21 Sep 2016

Slayer Shock is the next game from David Pittman (Eldritch, NEON STRUCT) and Minor Key Games (Super Win the Game, Gunmetal Arcadia). It's available to buy right now with access to a beta.

Man O' War: Corsair - Warhammer Naval Battles looks like it's now planned to come to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 21 Sep 2016

Thanks to Mike for sending this in, it seems Man O' War: Corsair - Warhammer Naval Battles will gain a Linux version in future.

Fatal Theory, a retro inspired beat 'em up now on Linux, some thoughts included

By Liam Dawe, 21 Sep 2016

The developer of Fatal Theory sent in a copy of their beat 'em up for me to have a crack at. It's a retro inspired game with simple gameplay, but is it any good?

Gunpods Vagabond, a side-scrolling shooter with Lunar Lander style movement mechanics built with Godot

By Liam Dawe, 21 Sep 2016

Gunpods Vagabond is a 2D, side-scrolling shooter with physically simulated, Lunar Lander style movement mechanics. It was built with the open source Godot engine, so I took a look.

LASTFIGHT, a pretty good looking fighting game just released on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 20 Sep 2016

Now this looks like some good fun! LASTFIGHT, a fighting game where you can pick up any object and smash your enemy with it is now on Linux.

The GameCube and Wii emulator 'Dolphin' can now boot every GameCube game

By Liam Dawe, 20 Sep 2016

Little late on this due to inbox spam (too many games getting released!), but it seems Dolphin the GameCube and Wii emulator can now boot every GameCube game in the official library.

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night release has been delayed

By Liam Dawe, 20 Sep 2016

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night the gothic, exploration-focused action platformer has been delayed back into the first half of 2018.

Dogma: Eternal Night is an in-development vampire MMO that will have Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 20 Sep 2016

Dogma: Eternal Night was emailed in and I took a look as we still don't have many MMO games on Linux. It's looking quite interesting, but it seems it's in the early stages.

Some thoughts on 'Siralim 2', the never ending monster battling RPG

By Liam Dawe, 20 Sep 2016

Siralim 2 certainly caught my interest with being able to control monsters and battle with them, as it's a type of game I've wanted on Linux, so is it any good?

Join me and Matt from Feral Interactive tomorrow at 10AM UTC for another livestream

By Liam Dawe, 20 Sep 2016

Tomorrow is Wednesday and that only means one thing—War. At 10AM UTC tomorrow myself and Matt from Feral Interactive will be heading to the battlegrounds of Company of Heroes 2.