RogueCraft Squadron, a currently free RTS on itch that's showing real promise
RogueCraft Squadron is another great find on itch. A simple RTS game that has perma-death and upgrades like you might find in a roguelike.
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Fending off monsters in 'Colony Survival', some early thoughts
Colony Survival is a new Early Access mix of a strategy game and a survival game with a voxel style, but is it any good?
The Witcher 3 didn't come to Linux likely as a result of the user-backlash from The Witcher 2
The Witcher 3 is something Linux users have been practically begging to have, but the problem is that it seems it will likely never come to Linux. An ex-Virtual Programming developer has taken to reddit explaining why this may have happened.
Turn a small company into an empire in 'Rise of Industry', it shows a lot of promise
Rise of Industry (formerly known as Project Automata) is a neat little find on itch today, a simulation game about building a small company into an industrial and financial empire!
Game store itch grows up some more, as Double Fine now have their titles on it
Really quite amazing news for the itch games store, as more people are finally taking notice. Double Fine now have a good bunch of their titles on it.
Playing though XCOM 2 Shen's Last Gift gave me high hopes for War of the Chosen
I finally found the time to play through the XCOM 2 DLC Shen’s Last Gift and what an experience it was. This has me really excited for more XCOM 2 with the huge War of the Chosen expansion due later this year.
Aftercharge, a new competitive FPS that should get Linux support sounds very interesting
Aftercharge seems to break a few rules when it comes to competitive FPS games. You have two rather different sides pitting invisible robots against an invincible security squad.
CrossCode, the rather good retro-inspired 2D Action RPG has a big update with more story content
CrossCode is going to be really quite brilliant once it's finished, that I'm pretty certain of. They just recently released a big update too.
The share of Linux users on Steam is still holding steady
Another month goes by and Valve have released their Steam Hardware Survey. It shows a drop in Linux marketshare, but it's not as bad as people claim.
GamingOnLinux is turning 8 years old soon, here’s what we have planned and some thoughts on 2017
The website is growing up! On the 5th of July GamingOnLinux will turn 8 years old and we have a little plan. Plus a few quick thoughts on 2017 so far.
Cossacks 3 has been patched and it should now work a lot better on Linux
Cossacks 3, the strategy title from GSC Game World that is currently in Beta for Linux just got a patch today. It seems the developers are making progress on the Linux issues.
Another look at some absolutely nuts Linux games in the Steam Summer Sale
Since there's a sale going on, I'm going to take another quick look at some of the best sales of Linux games going on right now.
Become a psychiatrist in 'The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker' as it's coming to Linux
The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker sees you as a psychiatrist trying to solve a murder. The unique thing here is that the game is played out through various actors using FMV (full motion video).
Paradox has acquired Triumph Studios, makers of Age of Wonders & Overlord
This is very interesting! Paradox have announced that they've acquired Triumph Studios, makers of Age of Wonders and Overlord.
NVIDIA 384.47 beta driver released, includes a fix for newer Feral titles
NVIDIA have released the 384.47 beta driver and it includes support for more GPUs and it has a fair amount of bug fixes. One notable bug fix is that it fixes an issue with newer Feral games.
Micro Machines World Series released with day-1 Linux support, it’s brilliant
I’ve been playing through Micro Machines World Series and I have to say it’s absolutely fantastic. It’s really damn fun and great to have it on Linux!
After years of waiting, Dragon's Lair is now available on Linux in Beta form
The developers of Dragon's Lair said back in 2013 that with enough interest it would come to Linux, fast forward to 2017 and it finally has.
Quick tip: Adjusting video clip audio levels in Kdenlive
Kdenlive is a pretty fantastic tool for making videos. The more I use it, the more I really appreciate how powerful it is. Here's a quick tip for anyone wanting to edit videos, showing how to adjust volume in different sections of a clip.
Ravenfield updated with a new huge map featuring an aircraft carrier, more early thoughts
Ravenfield is the single-player indie FPS that shows some real promise, so I took a look at the latest update.
EVERSPACE seems to be having more issues with Unreal Engine again with Linux support
EVERSPACE, the gorgeous looking space shooter may eventually come to Linux, but it seems it won't be any time soon due to Unreal Engine issues.
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