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Kerbal Space Program Goes Beta, Beta Late Than Never

By Liam Dawe,
Kerbal Space Program has been updated again with a huge update, and brings it into the "beta" phase of development. They will now start to implement the final major components to career mode.

Godot Engine 1.0 Is Out, Open Source Game Engine & Editor

By StianTheDark,
The newly open-sourced game engine Godot received its first major release today! In the middle of the winter game-jam too, even though the release candidates have been out for a week or so.

No, Final Fantasy XIII-2 Probably Isn't Coming To Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Sorry to be the bringer of bad news, but it seems some Linux websites are claiming that Fantasy XIII-2 will come to Linux. Sadly, this is not actually the case.

Survival RPG 'NEO Scavenger' Officially Launched

By flesk,
The post-apocalyptic survival RPG was officially launched yesterday after nearly four years in development. A demo of the game is available and it looks good.

Massive Starbound Update Coming Soon, New Huge Trailer

By Liam Dawe,
It's not secret that Starbound hasn't updated their "stable" branch for a while, but that is going to end early next year with lots to come. The new trailer has me very excited.

Roguelike 19th Century Exploration Simulator 'Curious Expedition' Available In Web Alpha

By flesk,
The full game will be available as an offline DRM free version next summer, but the developer, Maschinen-Mensch, has released an alpha to gather player feedback to help balance procedural aspects of the game.

GOL Cast: Fighting The Wreckoning In Cosmochoria

By Samsai,
This intriguing piece of arcade-y space adventure was sent to us some time ago and I finally got around to trying it out on a relatively recent livestream and it surprised me positively. Here are my thoughts on it along with some gameplay.

The Original Strife: Veteran Edition, The Original FPS & RPG Hybrid On Steam For Linux, We Have Keys

By Liam Dawe,
The Original Strife: Veteran Edition is apparently the original hybrid of FPS and RPG games. It has been revamped, and placed onto Steam. The engine is even open source and included with the game.

Airline Tycoon Lands On Linux, Somehow We Didn’t Notice

By Segata Sanshiro,
Looking through Steam’s holiday auction today, I noticed something which excited me and perplexed me at the same time: Airline Tycoon has been ported to Linux and somehow I didn’t notice that one of my favourite business sims of all time had been released now for over a week.

The Wine Development Release 1.7.33 Is Now Available.

By sobkas,
Wine development team was able to produce a new experimental release today. 1.7.33 bringing many new features and as many as 29 bugfixes.

StarMade, A Space Crafting Game Now In Steam Early Access, Minecraft In Space

By Chris from jersey ,
To sum the game up, it's Minecraft in space with a dash of Privateer and Wing Commander. Building ships (and bases) block by block.

IO Is An Abstract Puzzle Platformer With A Difference

By Liam Dawe,
iO is one of the more interesting platformers I've been sent recently for the interesting growing and shrinking mechanics, and it's not as simple as it looks.

Friday Livestream At 6 PM UTC, We Have New Games! (VODs have been added)

By Samsai,
For a couple of weeks we've survived on a bunch of older games and an occasional alpha, but today I have something awesome for you: brand new Linux games!

Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition Now In Beta For Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Need more games? Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition has dropped in beta form for Linux gamers, so it's time to get your RPG hat on.

Counter Strike: Global Offensive Lowers Memory Use On Linux

By Liam Dawe,
If like me you found Counter Strike: Global Offensive to be a little bit of a hog this should help. Speaking on the CS blog the developers noted memory use on Linux and Mac has been lowered.

Civilization: Beyond Earth To Launch Very Soon On Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Civilization: Beyond Earth has been sent to approval for the final checks on the Linux version, so it's time to prepare for just one more turn.

Metro 2033 Redux & Metro Last Light Redux Launch On Linux, Sorta (UPDATED)

By Liam Dawe,
Both Metro 2033 Redux & Metro Last Light Redux now have Linux icons on Steam, but they aren't currently downloadable. Looks like someone either forgot a switch or two. UPDATED

Trine Enchanted Edition For Linux Released

By Liam Dawe,
It's been a while, but Trine Enchanted Edition has been officially released for Linux. Be sure to give you love to Frozenbyte for delivering on their promise.

Laser Beam Puzzle Game 'Prelogate' Released On Steam, Demo Is Available

By flesk,
The logic puzzle game has been available DRM free from Desura since this summer. It was released on Steam yesterday and it's looking great.

The 7DFPS Challenge 2014: A Linux Perspective

By Cheeseness,
Last month, professional and enthusiast developers put their skills against the clock for the 2014 7DFPS challenge. We take a look at why it's important, hear from some Linux using developers, and list the games currently providing Linux builds.