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System Shock Pre-Alpha Demo now available on Linux, nearing stretch goal

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jul 2016

As promised the System Shock Pre-Alpha Demo is now available on Linux due to demand for it and closing in on the Linux + Mac stretch goal.

Infinium Strike released, a new arcade style tower defence game, some thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jul 2016

I got sent Infinium Strike by both my Stride PR friends and from GOG, so I took a look and here's some thoughts.

Join me for the weekly Linux Gaming livestream at around 7:45PM UTC tonight

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jul 2016

Tonight I shall be testing out some games, chatting with you and trying to stay awake as I'm exhausted. Come have fun with me on Twitch.

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Lovely Planet Arcade, the sequel to Lovely Planet FPS and runner, releases next week plus free keys

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jul 2016

Lovely Planet Arcade the sequel to Lovely Planet releases soon and PC Gamer are giving away free keys for the original.

Satellite Reign co-op mode now in the stable build, and the game is 50% off

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jul 2016

Satellite Reign is the visually stunning spiritual successor to syndicate and it now has a released co-op mode, along with a hefty 50% off sale.

RimWorld, easily one of the best colony building sims is now on Steam with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jul 2016

I've enjoyed a great many hours in RimWorld. It has charming visuals much like Prison Architect, but you're building a colony with a choice of different AI behind the scenes.

Near Death, survive the cold in Antarctica, coming to Linux in August

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jul 2016

Near Death sounds a bit like The Long Dark, but you're in Antarctica and it sounds like it has a really cool thermal simulation inside it.

Game Pencil Engine has plans to support Linux and get on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jul 2016

Game Pencil Engine is an interesting looking game engine that's planning Linux support soon and it's trying to get on Steam.

VR Funhouse from Nvidia to be open sourced this summer

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jul 2016

VR Funhouse is currently a Windows only advanced VR game, but the interesting thing is that Nvidia claim they will open source it.

Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire, a a tactical turn-based RPG is coming to Linux in August

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jul 2016

Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire, a tactical turn-based RPG in which a 20-year-old princess must save her people from a genocidal empire, launches on Linux on August 31, 2016.

Developers of Turmoil looking for SteamOS testers

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jul 2016

The developers of Turmoil, a simulation game about digging for oil are looking for testers using SteamOS.

Crush Your Enemies, a delightful fast paced real time strategy game now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jul 2016

Crush Your Enemies is one you could easily dismiss with the graphical style, but I assure you it's quite fun.

In Case of Emergency, Release Raptor delayed again and again, now coming July 21st

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jul 2016

Arcen Games, LLC latest game In Case of Emergency, Release Raptor is a very silly themed game and it's having repeated delays. It will now launch on July 21st.

New version of the itch store app is out, better Arch Linux compatibility and other fixes

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jul 2016

Oh my word I do love itch and their store app. It's open source (MIT license), it's beautiful and it actually works really well now.

Worms W.M.D should now be a day-1 Linux & SteamOS release

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jul 2016

Good news, after chatting with Team17, it seems Worms W.M.D will now be a day-1 Linux release which is fantastic.

Want to go hunting vampires? Slayer Shock will scratch that itch for you

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jul 2016

Slayer Shock is the next game from David Pittman (Eldritch, NEON STRUCT) and Minor Key Games (Super Win the Game, Gunmetal Arcadia) that will see you hunting vampires.