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Salvation Prophecy Space Epic Is Now On Steam

By Liam Dawe, 13 Oct 2013

One I sadly missed while I had no net. Salvation Prophecy is a military space epic. Human, mutant, and robotic factions are at war for galactic domination.

KarBOOM Indie Car Combat Game Released 29th October

By Liam Dawe, 13 Oct 2013

KarBOOM a car combat game I showed you before has set its sights on a release of 29th October for Desura, FireFlowerGames and ShinyLoot.

Fancy Skulls Random FPS Will Add More Options For Linux

By Liam Dawe, 13 Oct 2013

The Fancy Skulls FPS game made in Unity that we covered before will be adding a few options in-game to help Linux users as Unity has no config launcher on Linux.

Lars Gustavsson of DICE, Creators Of Battlefield Want To Get Into Linux

By Liam Dawe, 13 Oct 2013

Well this is fun news, Lars Gustavsson of DICE has spoken to Polygon about what he thinks of Linux. In future we could see a Battlefield title on Linux.

The Dark Mod Stealth Game Standalone 2.0 Now Available

By Liam Dawe, 12 Oct 2013

Broken Glass Studios announced a few days ago that The Dark Mod Standalone has reached 2.0 and is available for download, so now stealth game fans can get in on the action on Linux easily.

Penumbra Collection Now On Desura

By Liam Dawe, 12 Oct 2013

You can now get the Penumbra Collection direct from Desura for £7.99 which includes all 3 games together.

Glare Beautiful Platformer Officially Released On Steam

By Liam Dawe, 12 Oct 2013

Glare a visually beautiful platformer that we showed you a few times has now been officially released on Steam!

Left 4 Dead 2 Gets Some Essential Linux Fixes

By Liam Dawe, 12 Oct 2013

Left 4 Dead 2 has gotten some rather essential fixes that people have been waiting on for quite some time.

Two Worlds 2 RPG Heading To Linux For SteamOS

By Liam Dawe, 11 Oct 2013

So I contacted Topware the publisher of Two Worlds 2 about the possibility of a Linux port and what a surprise, it's coming soon! Along with "other titles".

Steam Controller Demonstration

By Liam Dawe, 11 Oct 2013

So you wanted to see how the Steam Controller works? Look no further! Valve has release a video showing it used in multiple games.

Gas Guzzlers Car Battling Game May Come To Linux

By Liam Dawe, 11 Oct 2013

Gas Guzzlers Extreme is a fast, furious, armed-to-the-teeth, trigger-happy shooter,shifted into top gear! Take a white knuckle ride in this crazily addictive combat racing game that features a ton of vehicles, weapons, upgrades, on-track bonuses and environments.

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BossConstructor A 2D Build-It-Yourself & Battle Spaceship Game

By Liam Dawe, 11 Oct 2013

BossConstructor is a game about building, tweaking and flying your own spaceship! The game will include about 25 missions which will test both your design and piloting skills.

Bionic Dues, Cook, Serve, Delicious! & Escape Goat On Steam For Linux

By Liam Dawe, 11 Oct 2013

So catching up on all the news while I didn't actually have stable internet, it seems Steam has a bunch of new Linux games for you to sink your teeth into!

Total War: Rome II Will Be Ported To Linux

By Liam Dawe, 10 Oct 2013

Creative Assembly have said to PCGamesN that a port of Total War: Rome II to Linux to support SteamOS gives them no worries.

Nuclear Dawn Confirms The Next Version Features Linux Support

By Liam Dawe, 10 Oct 2013

You may have seen on our twitter a while ago we retweeted a post from Interwave about Nuclear Dawn on Linux!

King Arthurs Gold 2D Cooperative War Game Hits Steam This Month

By Liam Dawe, 9 Oct 2013

KAG is a 2D cooperative war game played with up to 32 players. Play as Knight, Archer or Builder in a large medieval world with physics allowing the construction (and destruction!) of medieval fortresses. They plan to release on Steam shortly!

Void Of Darkness 2D Space Combat, Trading & Exploration Game Alpha Release Live

By Liam Dawe, 9 Oct 2013

The developer of Void Of Darkness let us know that the game is now available on Desura for Linux and it's currently in Alpha with a full release expected later this year. The game itself is a 2D space exploration game with combat, trading and a ship-load more.