This Is the Police 2 has officially released a little earlier than expected
A few days earlier than expected, it seems This Is the Police 2 has now been officially released with Linux support.
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Another weekly look at some good Linux games on sale
As always, there's plenty of Linux games on sale across various stores and here's your weekly roundup of what to look out for.
Theme park building game 'Parkitect' beta 9 is out
For those who like a relaxing experience, Parkitect is a solid choice. Beta 9 is out with a new ride, new default park terrain options and more.
Strategy game 'Gladiabots' where you fight by giving robots their own AI updated, Steam release soon
Gladiabots from developer GFX47 was just recently updated with quite a lot of improvements ahead of the Steam release on August 9th.
Detective adventure 'Lamplight City' is confirmed to be coming to Linux
One for fans of point and click adventure games, as the detective adventure Lamplight City from the developer of A Golden Wake and Shardlight is coming to Linux.
The Albion Online 'Merlyn' update is now officially live bringing Faction Warfare
Get ready for another fight, as the MMO Albion Online has its fourth major post-launch update with Merlyn.
The adventure platformer 'Chasm' has finally released with same-day Linux support
After a long wait, the adventure platformer Chasm from developer Bit Kid is now officially available.
The video of Keith Packard's presentation on 'Making Games Work Better on Debian' is up
For those interested, the video of Keith Packard's presentation at DebConf 2018 is now available to view.
Open source Morrowind game engine OpenMW 0.44 released
For those wanting to play Morrowind on Linux, the latest version of the open source game engine OpenMW is out with a new spell search bar and more.
Jay Pinkerton, the co-writer of Portal 2 is back at Valve
I'm sure this will excite a few of you, as it has been confirmed that Jay Pinkerton who co-wrote the Portal 2 story is now back at Valve.
UniverCity, an isometric university management game arrives in Early Access next month, developed on Linux
When I reached out to the developer of UniverCity, just to confirm Linux support was in I didn't get a reply I expected.
Valve have restored the fully offline mode for the new Steam Chat system and more
There's an update out for the new Steam Chat system for everyone along with changes only available for those in the Steam Client Beta.
What are you playing this weekend?
The weekend has arrived and for many of you this is likely your best time to boot up your favourite game, so what are you all playing?
Byte Driver combines a retro driving game and a shooter that will test your reflexes
Byte Driver from developer Vector Hat looks like an incredibly retro experience, currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter with a Linux demo available.
Geneshift, the fun top-down shooter with vehicles adds bot support for multiplayer
Geneshift (previously known as Mutant Factions) is a rather good top-down shooter with a single-player and co-op campaign along with multiplayer. Recently, it's had some pretty big updates I'm going to go over.
Facepunch are no longer selling the Linux version of the survival game Rust (updated)
Sad news, Facepunch are no longer selling the Linux version of their survival game Rust after removing mentions of Linux support yesterday from their Steam page.
Samurai Riot is an easy to get into beat 'em up with Linux support
Now that Samurai Riot is out with Linux support, I took a bit of a look at it to see if this beat 'em up is worth your time.
Jenny LeClue, a very interesting metanarrative adventure game releases this year with Linux support
Jenny LeClue looks like a very interesting adventure game featuring a metanarrative where your choices affect Jenny (the protagonist) and the author’s story.
Sunless Skies adds the dark region of Eleutheria, full release delayed
Sunless Skies, the rather interesting Victorian Gothic adventure from Failbetter Games just had a big update adding in the dark region of Eleutheria.
Lovecraftian RPG 'Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones' is coming with Linux support next year
Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones from developer Cultic Games is promising a mix of rich RPG world building and turn-based tactical combat.
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