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Solitude, a short game about leaving everything behind, it looks bizarre
Solitude, is a short game about leaving everything behind to become a shepherd, sort of. It looks utterly bizarre and quite unique.
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Checking out the parody action platformer ‘Cyber Chicken’, to see if it’s worth your monies
Cyber Chicken is a parody action platformer from WHOA! And published by Groupees Interactive. I grabbed a key to see if it’s worth a laugh or not.
Stratus: Battle For The Sky, an RTS styled like the classic Netstorm Islands at War & it's coming to Linux
Stratus: Battle For The Sky looks like a pretty great RTS game, as a fan of the classic Netstorm Islands at War I am looking forward to this different form of strategy game coming to Linux.
Unity 5.5 released, removes legacy OpenGL support
Unity 5.5 has been released as a pretty major update to this popular game engine. One interesting bit for us is that games built with 5.5 onward will only have access to the modern OpenGL system.
Anima Gate of Memories, a third person action RPG is now on Linux, some quick thoughts
I have been waiting for this one! Anima Gate of Memories looks fantastic and we don't have many good third person action RPG.
Nearly 4 years later, Steam still won’t close to the tray icon on Linux without workarounds
In January 2017 it will be 4 years since a bug report was opened about Steam not closing to the tray on Linux. On Windows it works perfectly, but on Linux it has been left to gather dust like so many other issues.
The developers of 'Darksiders' comment on the Linux version, they couldn't fix the issues
Darksiders was supposed to come out for Linux a long time ago and never happened. The developers haven't forgotten about it, but it seems the issues are proving difficult to fix and they have been busy.
Valve adds OSVR headset support to Steam
If you want to play games in VR on Steam, the list of compatible headsets just got bigger. OSVR is now a supported option.
The Great Whale Road, a story-driven RPG with turn-based battles is now on Linux
If you're in the mood for a good-looking 2D RPG with turn-based battles you may want to know that 'The Great Whale Road' is now on Linux.
GOG have something mysterious planned for December 1st
GOG are going all mysterious on us, with their Twitter account simply popping out a big teaser image for December 1st. Time to get our thinking hats on.
Tower Unite, a community-based virtual world party game is now on Linux in beta
Tower Unite is an interesting MMO, it's a community-based virtual world full of other games to play online. An interesting concept, sounds a bit like Second Life to me.
Cities: Skylines - Natural Disasters released with a free scenario editor, some thoughts
Thanks to my contact at Paradox, I have been able to test the new Cities: Skylines - Natural Disasters DLC before release. Here are my thoughts on it.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive update release, new group lobbies feature and crates
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, the popular FPS from Valve has another update with one rather interesting feature. You can now join game lobbies made by members of Steam groups you belong to.
A Little Less Desperation, a point & click adventure game in a comedic sci-fi setting is heading to Linux
The developers of 'A Little Less Desperation' emailed in to let me know that their sci-fi comedy point & click game will be heading to Linux. It's currently on Kickstarter with a few days left and it's fully funded. It even has a demo!
The super slick itch games client has another major update, faster than ever
I can't help but love all the work itch are doing, especially since they have one of the nicest game clients available. They have just pushed out yet another major update.
X-Plane 11 now in beta, also has a demo available
X-Plane 11 is nearing release, so the developers have put up a beta and a demo of the beta for you to try before you buy.
Tomorrow is your chance to help me defeat Feral in Dawn of War II
Tomorrow at 1PM UTC I will once again face off against Samy from Feral for your viewing pleasure on Twitch, but remember you can join in too!
VK9, the open source project to implement d3d9 over Vulkan continues to improve
VK9, formerly known as 'SchaeferGL' is an open source project that aims to implement d3d9 over Vulkan.
Space colony sim 'Maia' updated, creatures will invade your base and more
I am keeping an ever watchful eye over Maia hoping that it eventually gets polished up enough to be something great. This new update sure does sound nice, but sadly the game still lacks a lot of polish.
The Station, the first-person narrative sci-fi game has been Greenlit and reached its Kickstarter goal
This is really great news! The Station, one of those promising upcoming games I covered recently has not only been Greenlit, but they have hit their Kickstarter funding goal too.
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