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Steam Beta expands for another 5000!


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Steam developer Frank announced via the Steam for Linux group that the limited Steam Beta has been expanded by another 5,000 people.

The Real Texas on Desura and money off!


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The Real Texas is an action adventure game that plays like a mashup of Zelda: Link to the Past and Ultima VI. Sam, an ordinary Texas rancher, is on holiday in England when he falls into a blue portal and lands in Strange, Texas.

Super Hexagon May Be Getting A Linux Release


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Earlier today I was exchanging tweets with Terry Cavanagh (creator of VVVVVV) about his new game Super Hexa...

Desurium 0.8 RC3 Call For Testing


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Last month saw the 0.8 branch of Desurium receive final polishes after entering a "feature freeze". We are on our third Release Candidate and are seeking feedback before moving...

Have an Nvidia Optimus chip? Look here!


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So if you have a laptop with Nvidia Optimus (Intel and Nvidia graphics) it can be a royal pain to get it all working correctly (currently you would always be using the Intel chip), quite some time ago (over a year infact!)

Spectraball: Extended Edition


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Shorebound studio's, the people behind the sadly failed kickstarter Shadow Remnants are doing a small kickstarter for their almost finished gam...

Mystic Mine puzzle game goes open source!


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Mystic Mine by Koonsolo has gone open source and is now available on ...

Egosoft plans new Linux ports for X3


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Linux Game Publishing recently lost the license they had for selling the X-series of games. Now, we know why. The developer Egosoft is taking care of the porting themselve...

Desurium needs testing


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Okay folks Desurium (The open source client for Desura) needs more testing and feedback. Remember to submit all bugs (although try to s...

The Adventures of Rick Rocket arrives on Desura!


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The Adventures of Rick Rocket is now available on Desura! It's the golden age of space exploration. As mankind begins to venture out into space, a m...

Airline Tycoon Deluxe has landed in the Ubuntu Software Centre


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Good news for Ubuntu fans worldwide! Airline Tycoon Deluxe has landed in the Ubuntu Software Centre! Thomas from Runesoft mailed ...

Website hit by spam attack


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Okay so today we got hit by a rather large spam attack I am currently dealing with. I have banned most of the spammers but still going through the list and also added a much more powerful captcha (you now have to play a small game to registe...

Steam big picture from login!


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This is something worth looking into, omgubuntu reported on a github page here by "thor27" where you can in Ubuntu install a Steam Big Picture session so when you login all you ...

Unity3D 4.0 Now Available With Linux Exporting


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Unity3D the awesome game engine has official released 4.0 including the much requested Linux publishing support which will hopefully pave way for many more Linux titles!

Distance (Nitronic Rush spiritual succesor) fully funded!


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Distance the futuristic arcade racing game that

Cheese Talks To flibitijibibo (about cross platform game porting)


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My latest "cheese talks to" interview is live, this time talking with cross platform game porter flibitijibibo (Ethan Lee) about porting games, software development and his...

Q&A with Hero-U's Corey & Lori Cole


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Todays question time is with Corey from the Hero-U Kickstarter a sort of Adventure/RPG 2D hybrid! They are looking to get to $400,000.

New user-made content for Steel Storm


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Let it be known that user "necrodoom" made a whole new campaign for Steel Storm!