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Football Manager 2016 Released For Linux & SteamOS

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Football fans rejoice! We have a day one release of Football Manager 2016 for Linux & SteamOS. It's a very popular game series, and great to see another on Linux.

How-to: Minecraft with the Steam Controller on Linux desktop and SteamOS

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I wanted to see how easy it was to not only get Minecraft working with the Steam Controller on Ubuntu, but to also see if I could get it all on my Steam Machine, and as it turns out most of it is easy enough.

Legends Of Eisenwald Linux Port Put On Hold, Developers Asking For Help To Port It

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Legends of Eisenwald an adventure game with tactical battles, RPG and strategy elements that was funded on Kickstarter. They wanted to do a Linux release, but they didn't hit the goal to do it right away, and now due to finances it's on hold.

Torment: Tides Of Numenera Alpha Gameplay, Delayed Until 2016

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Torment: Tides of Numenera is an upcoming crowdfunded RPG from veteran developers inXile Entertainment set in the Numenera universe, and a spiritual successor to Planescape: Torment.

Sublevel Zero, A First-person Roguelike Six-degree-of-freedom Shooter Coming To Linux

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Sublevel Zero is a great looking and well received first-person roguelike six-degree-of-freedom shooter (wow, what a mouthful!).

My Own Thoughts On The Steam Controller, Flawed, But Fun

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I honestly can’t remember the last time I was this excited about any hardware. It may only be a gamepad, but the Steam Controller is so very different it’s refreshing.

Looks Like Road Redemption Is Finally On Its Way To Linux

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Road Redemption is the rather cool looking spiritual successor to Road Rash (an old love of mine), and it looks like it may come to Linux sometime soon.

Wyrmsun, A 2D RTS Game Inspired By The Classics, On SteamOS & Linux

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Wyrmsun is yet another game we totally missed, mainly due to it not appearing in the SteamOS + Linux new releases. Valve really need to fix games showing up there if they add a Linux version to an existing release later on.

KWAAN, A 2D Online RPG & Pixel Editor For SteamOS & Linux

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KWAAN is a game we completely missed covering, it never appeared in Steam's new release section for Linux either as the Linux version was released after the initial Windows version. It's a weird (but interesting) looking 2D online RPG.

Alienware Interview Video About Their Steam Machine, SteamOS & The Future

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Not our video, but an interesting watch and it's good to see a company speak so highly about Steam Machines and SteamOS, even if the Alienware rep is a little wrong at times.

X3: Reunion, X3: Albion Prelude And X3: Terran Conflict Now DRM Free On GOG

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GOG don't just do classic games remember, they also do big space games too! X3: Reunion, X3: Albion Prelude and X3: Terran Conflict are now on GOG for Linux

We Have Two Insurgency FPS Keys To Give Away

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Thanks to a reader, we have two Insurgency keys to give away to you lovely folks. It's a pretty damn good FPS game, and performs really well.

The Long Dark Officially Released For SteamOS & Linux, Steam Controller Support Added Too

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The Long Dark, the beautiful survival game is now officially available for SteamOS & Linux today, it has also been updated with Steam Controller support.

Steam Machines, Steam Link & Steam Controller Officially Released & SteamOS Sale

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Today will go down in the history books of Linux gaming that’s for sure, although not in as big a way as I was hoping for.

Grow Home From Ubisoft Now On SteamOS & Linux

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Grow Home the wacky-looking, but intriguing game from Ubisoft's Reflections studio is now officially available for us Linux and SteamOS folk.

Magicka 2 Officially Released For SteamOS & Linux

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After a short beta period Magicka 2 is now officially available for the roll out of Steam Machines, and for those of us on normal Linux desktops too of course.

Story-Driven Noir Adventure 'Knee Deep' Has A New Act And Full Voice Over

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Act 2 of "swamp noir" adventure game 'Knee Deep' was released last week, and came with voice acting for both acts.

Concluding our first ever Game Jam

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So a little over a week ago the first ever GOL Game Jam came to an end and it's time to wrap things up, look at the games and naturally congratulate the winners!

Flamebreak Mixes A Roguelike With MOBA Action, Initial Thoughts On This Absolute Gem

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Flamebreak has utterly shocked me. I thought it looked quite fun from the description and pictures, but the gameplay has completely hooked me in.

2Dark - A Survival Horror Game Coming To Linux

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2Dark is a Stealth Horror Adventure game in which you have to find and rescue kidnapped children from various serial killers.