A rather funny developer got their fake game "Watch Paint Dry" on Steam without Valve seeing
In an amusing turn of events, a developer managed to get their fake game "Watch Paint Dry" onto Steam without Valve ever seeing it.
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Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear DLC released with day-1 Linux support
Great news RPG fans, as Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear DLC is now available and has day-1 Linux support as promised.
Human Resource Machine from World of Goo creators now on Linux & SteamOS
Human Resource Machine have a brief beta period, and now the developers have announced it's officially supported on Linux & SteamOS.
Secrets of Grindea, an old-school RPG with co-op support could see a Linux release
Thanks to Ethan Lee and his FNA project, it looks like Secrets of Grindea an old-school RPG with co-op support could be seeing a Linux release.
Open source RTS '0 A.D.' alpha 20 Timosthenes released
Good news strategy game and open source lovers, as 0 A.D. alpha 20 is now available and has a number of new features.
1993 Space Machine, a game originally meant for the Amiga is coming to Linux
1993 Space Machine a game that was originally supposed to be on Amiga, but never released is out for other platforms. The developer has confirmed it's on its way to Linux.
Unity3D game engine hardware statistics updated, shows Linux is very low
If you didn't know already, Unity games tend to phone home details of what you're running. They release this data, and it shows Linux is a pretty low percentage of gamers.
Don't Starve: Shipwrecked Expansion sails out of Early Access, Linux supported
Don't Starve: Shipwrecked Expansion is a pretty big expansion to the really great survival game Don't Starve. It is now fully available and features Linux support.
Xamarin announces Mono will be put under an MIT license
Pretty nice news here. Recently Microsoft purchased Xamarin the creators of Mono, and now it will be opened up under the MIT license.
Linux now has 2,000 games on Steam, big milestone
I have double checked this, and it seems to be accurate. Linux now has 2,000 games on Steam, and that's a pretty healthy milestone.
EVERSPACE, a fantastic looking 3D space shooter with roguelike elements coming to Linux
EVERSPACE is an incredibly beautiful looking 3D space shooter that takes elements from roguelikes that was funded on Kickstarter. They smashed their funding goal, and it's heading to Linux now too.
Epistory - Typing Chronicles, an atmospheric adventure typing game now fully released
Epistory - Typing Chronicles the unique atmospheric adventure typing game is now fully released. I have taken a look to see what you might expect.
Banished Linux port is pretty much complete, OpenGL performing well
The developer of Banished has written an official blog post on the Linux & Mac porting progress, and it's sounding really great.
CHKN is probably the weirdest sandbox game I've ever seen, coming to Linux on April 1st
This is not an April fools I assure you. CHKN is a sandbox survival game about creating life, and life looks weird.
Children of Morta, a beautiful narrative-based roguelike hack’n slash coming to Linux
Children of Morta is a discovery I'm really happy about, as the animation and art style is just simply amazing.
Wyrmsun, the retro-themed & open source RTS is now free on Steam
Wyrmsun is an open source RTS game that released on Steam a while back, and it's now switched to being free.
Verdun, the WWI FPS has a free expansion release, game is now broken on Linux (now fixed)
Another developer not even testing the Linux game even once before pushing out a big update. This time sadly it's Verdun, the interesting WWI FPS.
Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space, a roguelike space adventure with spaceship combat
I've been testing out a little bit of the fantastically named Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space today, and here's some thoughts. It came to Linux last month, but probably went under most gamers radar as it didn't go in the new releases section.
Developers of ARK: Survival Evolved facing a lawsuit from the Dungeon Defenders devs
Oh dear, oh dear. The developers behind ARK: Survival Evolved (Studio Wildcard) are facing a lawsuit from the developers behind Dungeon Defenders (Trendy Entertainment). The games are very different, but it's a people issue here.
Interstellar Marines updated with new main menu and unlockable skins
Interstellar Marines the good looking, but troubled Early Access FPS have received an update with a few new features.
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