Pony Island has been out for a while (since January 4th, actually) and it has proved to be a very interesting game, getting extremely positive reviews by both critics and Steam users alike.
Paint the Town Red features the aesthetics of Thirty Flights of Loving, the pace of Eldritch and the absurdly deranged violence of Hotline Miami and Postal 2.
Today I am taking a look at SUPERHOT, a game that I've been hyped about ever since I first heard about it. The idea is awesome, but does it work well?
The game, as of the day this article was written, holds "overwhelmingly positive" reviews on Steam, so you may want to give it a chance and spend at least a few minutes playing it. You don't have to pay anything, you simply download it (only 8 MB) and load it in mere seconds. It's very easy to learn but a bit tricky to master.
XCOM 2 has been fixed up quite a bit in this first patch now available for Linux & SteamOS. I've tested it myself, and it's a far nicer experience now.
The latest in the Deponia series is heading to Linux on the 1st of March named Deponia Doomsday. The previous games looked great, and they are pretty popular.
The amazing and unique "logistics simulator" where you build massive convoluted factories while fending off hordes of insect aliens is finally coming to Steam on 25th February!
Shadwen looks like it might turn a few heads at release, and it certainly seems like it could be interesting to me. There is now a demo available to try out.
Remember the problems I recently had with Dying Light? Turns out it was the fault of Steam. The new beta client should fix issues people have with various games on newer distributions. It also adds a new experimental feature for the Steam Controller.
Not to be confused with the other popular Hitman series, this new entry is a strategy game set in the Hitman universe.
Originally due for release days ago, but the developer delayed it due to the big Steam sale. NeonXSZ has been worked on by the developer for four years!
Zombasite genuinely impressed me when I played it back in October, and it's really good to see development going strong on this ARPG. It has a new trailer, feast your eyes.
Thanks as usual to SteamDB, it looks like the Linux/SteamOS and Mac ports of Evolve might still be happening.
Plague Inc: Evolved, a game all about making the deadliest pathogens to wipe out the human race, has now officially released as a version 1.0 on Steam and brings in some co-op features.
SteamOS is the console OS from Valve to turn PCs into consoles, but with PC things you love such as the ability to mod and use PC software. But it puts them in an easy to use package with a controller on the TV and removes some hassle that operating systems like Windows, Mac, Ubuntu (or other Linux distributions with a desktop GUI) and FreeBSD includes.
At times Linux ports are lacking quite a bit, but some like Total War: ATTILA actually run pretty damn close to Windows performance.
I know you lot love your simulators, so how about Construction Simulator 2015? The developer has a Linux build, but it needs testers.
Heads up Vulkan fans, The Talos Principle beta has been updated to include the Vulkan build for Linux gamers to test out.
Valve have also updated the Steam beta client, and it brings in official Vulkan support plus some really handy Steam Controller adjustments.
SteamOS Brewmaster update 2.63 has been pushed to brewmaster_beta, if you are opted into the beta on SteamOS you will get an updated Nvidia driver featuring Vulkan support.
