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Valve Has Greenlit 100 Titles On Steam

By Liam Dawe, 29 Aug 2013

This is the big one folks, 100 titles got greenlit on Steam as a stress test of their system, great for the indie's and great for us too!

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Natural Selection 2 Has Officially Smashed Onto Linux

By Liam Dawe, 29 Aug 2013

You heard it right folks, Natural Selection 2 the FPS/RTS hybrid is now available on Linux from Steam. The official announcement has yet to be made but they confirmed it's correct on their forum.

Metro: Last Light Publisher Confirms Linux Version For This Year

By Liam Dawe, 28 Aug 2013

Metro: Last Light is heading to Linux, you all know this by now and we even spoke to the developers to get it confirmed, now the publisher has written an official statement in support of a Linux version of their AAA shooter!

Vapour A Free Prototype Indie Horror Game

By Liam Dawe, 28 Aug 2013

Vapour is a free prototype indie horror game developed by Tiaan Gerber and Alexander Ehlers (Skobbejak Games) for PC, Mac and Linux Platforms.

Cube Trains A Free Puzzle Game About Railways

By Liam Dawe, 28 Aug 2013

Cube Trains is a free puzzle game where you build elevated railways in a city. It features 3D puzzles, unlimited undo/redo, and smart placement of pieces.

Paranautical Activity Roguelike FPS Is Adding Co-Op Play!

By Liam Dawe, 27 Aug 2013

Paranautical Activity the awesome looking FPS/Roguelike game from CodeAvarice is planning to add Co-Op multiplayer to jump in the game with friends!

PPSSPP An Open Source Sony PSP Emulator

By Liam Dawe, 27 Aug 2013

So if you are a fan of Sony's PSP and love emulation you have a chance at playing some of the games on your Linux box thanks to PPSSPP.

Frogatto & Friends Commercial Version Coming Soon To Linux

By Liam Dawe, 26 Aug 2013

Frogatto & Friends is an old-school 2D action/adventure platformer game, starring a certain quixotic frog. Give it a try! We're trying to push 2D platforming, pixel-art, and music into uncharted territory.

Starbound Gameplay Shown Off At Insomnia Gaming Festival

By Liam Dawe, 26 Aug 2013

Finally some proper Starbound gameplay showing off the game as it is now right from the start to the end of the tutorial quest. Looks fantastic.

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs Gameplay

By Liam Dawe, 25 Aug 2013

Thanks to "PewDiePie" whoever he is, there is now a good bit of the new Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs available to watch on youtube, we have included it here for easy watching.

Timelines: Assault On America New Gameplay

By Liam Dawe, 25 Aug 2013

The great looking real time strategy game Timelines: Assault On America has released its second gameplay trailer!

Planetary Annihilation Update Featuring Orbital Units!

By Liam Dawe, 24 Aug 2013

Planetary Annihilation got a major update a few hours ago which included the start of the much anticipated orbital units, I cannot wait to see how they turn out!

Important Dota2 Update Landing Soon

By Liam Dawe, 24 Aug 2013

Dota2 the massively popular MOBA from Valve is set to get a pretty decent update soon for Linux users!

Gravity Ghost A Game To Soothe Your Senses

By Liam Dawe, 23 Aug 2013

Gravity Ghost is a game to soothe your senses. There's no killing. No dying. No way to fail. Just hours of blissing out to buttery-smooth gravity goodness.

ShinyLoot Game Store Interview And Giveaway!

By Liam Dawe, 23 Aug 2013

ShinyLoot is an awesome game store that has Linux support, one we told you about way back when in April! They have been in beta status for quite some time and are finally about to remove this tag and be classed as fully open!

Sokobond A Puzzle Game About Chemistry

By Liam Dawe, 22 Aug 2013

Sokobond is an elegantly designed puzzle game about chemistry. It's logical, minimalist, and crafted with love and science.

New RPG From Tropico Developers Could Come To Linux

By Liam Dawe, 22 Aug 2013

So news today is that the developers behind Tropico are making an RPG game called Victor Vran, it looks like it's an indie title too being done without funds from a publisher.

Metro: Last Light Devs Continue Pushing Towards Linux

By Liam Dawe, 22 Aug 2013

Well folks the Metro: Last Light version is happening as we all know, no idea yet of when, but if you are keeping track of things as we are you will know they are continuing their private Linux builds.

Defenders Quest 2 RPG/Tower Defence Hybrid Has Been Announced!

By Liam Dawe, 22 Aug 2013

Well this is fun news, Defenders Quest 2 has been announced and will be coming to Linux and thankfully it will not be using Adobe Air like the first version!