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'Questverse' progress report from July to August 2013.

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'Questverse' will be a comedy, anime sci-fi RPG easy to learn, and inspired by the freedom and immersion of the original pen-and-paper RPG games. This is the latest progress report containing information about the contest, blogger/site hybrids, and the current stage of the game editor. Check out the project latest changes!

Xonotic Open Source FPS 0.7.0 Gameplay Video

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Xonotic is a free, open source (GPL) ultra-fast, first-person shooter. This is a short gameplay video to show it off.

Mage Tower Grand Strategy Game Adds Linux Support On Desura

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Take the depth of Dwarf Fortress, add a bunch of lazy mages and update the interface to modern standards? That's Mage Tower in a nutshell. We're building something really ambitious - a world that you can build to your own whim, while carefully balancing resources, knowledge, and external threats.

Glare The Side-scrolling Action Platformer Now Has A Trailer

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We announced Glare to you previously with some excellent looking screenshots and now the developers have sent in a video of the game in action, and it's looking good.

Painkiller: Hell and Damnation Port Is Still Happening As Developer Leaves

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So it seems that the guy porting Painkiller: Hell and Damnation has left Farm51 but he has stated on twitter that the Linux port has not been cancelled.

Last Genesis Survival Game Will Support Linux

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Last Genesis is a survival game with a cooperative and multiplayer aspect. You play as Adam/Eve, a survivor from the destroyed earth and is transported to a mysterious wild. You will have to scavenge for supplies, build shelter, cooperate with other people to survive this hostile environment.

Incognita From The Developers Of Don't Starve

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Incognita is a turn-based tactical espionage game, and is currently in development and will be available for Linux, from the makers of Don't Starve which is an excellent game itself.

Non Nuclear Kill! Mobile & Linux tactical defense game

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Non Nuclear Kill is a 3d, base defense game designed for mobile and PC (to include Linux). NNK will feature a vast amount of player upgrades, achievements and awards. Additionally NNK will have many enemy tiers of ground and air units.

Game Dev Tycoon, FSF Terminated Their License To Use Glibc

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The developers of Game Dev Tycoon have finally detailed the actual reason on why the Linux version isn't yet on Steam and isn't as up to date as the Windows and Mac versions.

Game Developers Talk Up OpenGL At PAX Prime 2013

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At a PC Gaming World talk at PAX Prime 2013 some big name game developers talk down about DirectX and talk up OpenGL, great stuff and the video is within!

Unvanquished The Open Source FPS/RTS Reaches Alpha 19

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The Unvanquished project has hit Alpha 19 which brings in major changes to gameplay to move away from the Tremulous project where they branched off from.

Sloth Patrol A FREE Fast Paced Twin Stick Shooter On Desura

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Sloth Patrol is a fast paced twin stick shooter and the most realistic sloth-based video game ever conceived. The game combines elements of bullet-hell shoot em' ups with the frantic action synonymous with twin stick shooters.

Tenshu General Real Time Strategy On Desura

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Tenshu General is a casual strategy game with a board game look and feel. Set in the time of the samurai in early Japan, players control a Tenshu castle from where they rule their land.

Natural Selection 2 FPS/RTS New Build 255!

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Natural Selection 2 my current favourite FPS/RTS game on Linux has been updated to build 255 which includes a needed fix for Linux. Also time to note their reinforcement program.

The Cheapskate's Corner 17 (Sep 5th-11th)

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The Cheapskate's Corner is back, and surely you are all expecting another burst of sales and bundles like we had last week, right? Well, we hate to break your hopes but that doesn't seem to be the case this time around...

GOG.com Don't Plan On Introducing Linux Support In The Foreseeable Future UPDATED

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Well folks a lot of you saw this one coming, GOG.com have officially responded to us to state that Linux support just isn't happening anytime soon. UPDATED

Hotline Miami To Come Out Of Beta For Linux On September 9th

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Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat. Set in an alternative 1989 Miami, you will assume the role of a mysterious antihero on a murderous rampage against the shady underworld at the behest of voices on your answering machine.

0 A.D. Real Time Strategy Alpha 14 Released & New Crowdfunding Campaign

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The latest and greatest of 0 A.D. the open source real time strategy game has been released, please welcome Alpha 14 Naukratis! Along side this is their new crowdfunding campaign.

Life goes on - Demo available for Linux

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Life Goes On is a comically morbid puzzle platformer game, where you send a series of dauntless medieval knights through a trap-ridden gauntlet, sacrificing them one by one to make progress. Impale a knight on a spike to provide the safe platform needed to cross a pit. Catch another knight on a saw blade so their body falls on a button to solve a puzzle.

MirrorMoon EP A Game About Mystery And Exploration In Outer Space

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MirrorMoon EP is a game about mystery and exploration set in outer space. These space travels begin on a red planet and its unique moon and extend across galaxies. The single player part of MirrorMoon EP blends adventure and exploration with navigation-based puzzle solving.