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Planetary Annihilation: TITANS major patch released, features built-in mod manager

By Liam Dawe, Jun 1, 2016

Planetary Annihilation: TITANS has been updated with a rather large patch that brings in a number of new goodies. There were a number of test releases, but they have all come together for an official stable patch.

GOG Connect announced, add certain Steam games to GOG for a limited time

By Liam Dawe, Jun 1, 2016

I was wondering if GOG would ever do something like this and it's really cool to see them finally dip their toes in it. For a limited time using GOG Connect a few Steam games can be redeemed on GOG for fully DRM free builds.

Tumbleweed Express, trains mixed with guns in the wild west now on Steam with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, Jun 1, 2016

Tumbleweed Express looks like quite a cool action game where you're defending a train from airships and other trains with Borderlands styled graphics.

The Way of Life, a short and interesting single-player experience, released on Steam for free with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, Jun 1, 2016

The Way of Life sees you relive different experiences using three characters at different ages. It sounds like a cool idea and it's free so why not give it a go?

Simutrans, the open source transportation simulation game is now on Steam

By Liam Dawe, Jun 1, 2016

Simutrans is a bit of an oldie in the open source gaming world, but it's pretty good and it has now found its way onto Steam.

Life Is Strange is coming to Linux & SteamOS by Feral Interactive

By Liam Dawe, Jun 1, 2016

Feral Interactive have updated their teaser radar to show that Life Is Strange is coming to Linux/SteamOS and Mac. The only official announcement for now is Mac App Store, but it is now confirmed to be coming to Linux.

Salt and Sanctuary, a haunting 2D action RPG looks like it could come to Linux

By Liam Dawe, May 31, 2016

Salt and Sanctuary is a very stylish looking 2D action RPG with haunting visuals and fast paced combat. Looks like Ethan Lee is having a go at porting it.

Rotorcross, an open source multirotor racing simulator has a Linux version

By Liam Dawe, May 31, 2016

Apparently Rotorcross is becoming a thing where you race drones and it actually sounds like a pretty cool idea for a game. The code is open source too, but it's built with Unity.

Dead Island Definitive Edition and Dead Island Riptide: Definitive Edition released, seem to have hidden Linux versions

By Liam Dawe, May 31, 2016

While it doesn't seem Linux/SteamOS is officially supported for Dead Island Definitive Edition and Dead Island Riptide: Definitive Edition they are both playable.

Alien Hunters DLC for XCOM 2 now available along with a big patch on SteamOS & Linux

By Liam Dawe, May 31, 2016

A little later than I had hoped, but Feral Interactive have released the Alien Hunters DLC for XCOM 2 along with a patch to bring it up to the same level as Windows.