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Mainframe Defenders, retrofuturistic squad-based strategy now has a Linux demo


By Liam Squires-Hand
Mainframe Defenders from Old Byte Apps is an in-development retro take on a squad-based strategy roguelike. They just announced today that they've now added a Linux demo.

Learn about eating enemies in the new Bite the Bullet trailer


By Liam Squires-Hand
The upcoming run and gun game Bite the Bullet from Mega Cat Studios is looking really good in the latest feature trailer.

The Khronos Group have now released a Vulkan Guide to get you started


By Liam Squires-Hand
The Khronos Group seems to be making another big push for Vulkan API adoption lately, after putting up an official GitHub repository of code samples they've now done a Vulkan Guide.

Summer Daze at Hero-U is successfully funded and on the way to Linux


By Liam Squires-Hand
Summer Daze at Hero-U, the prequel to Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption from Lori and Corey Cole has been funded on Kickstarter so that's another game on the way to Linux.

Sweet action-adventure Chasm is now available on itch.io


By Liam Squires-Hand
Bit Kid have just recently put up their successfully crowdfunded action-adventure game Chasm on itch.io.

Small Mode returns to Steam, Broadcast Settings appear on Linux and more on Steam Cloud Gaming


By Liam Squires-Hand
Valve continue upgrading the experience for the new Steam Library with another Beta update available now.

AMD announce their third-gen Threadripper processors and a 16 core flagship Ryzen 9


By Liam Squires-Hand
Today, AMD announced when you will be able to get your hands on their third-generation Threadripper processors if you're after a crazy amount of cores. On top of a new 16 core flagship Ryzen 9.

OVERKILL begin updating PAYDAY 2 again with a patch and new DLCs out now


By Liam Squires-Hand
PAYDAY 2 development is officially back on and OVERKILL have today released an update with some free content, plus new DLC.

Alwa's Legacy the successor to Alwa's Awakening announced with a Kickstarter campaign


By Liam Squires-Hand
Alwa's Awakening was released back in 2017 to some rather good reviews, so Elden Pixels are back with the successor Alwa's Legacy.

City-builder Kingdoms and Castles expands again with new buildings and resources


By Liam Squires-Hand
As the small team behind the excellent city-builder Kingdoms and Castles work towards adding in rival AI, they've released another meaty update.

Fast-paced shoot and loot FPS Black Ice adds a big new area and grenade launchers


By Liam Squires-Hand
I already had trouble deciding what weapons to keep in Black Ice and now they've gone and added in grenades and grenade launchers? I need more slots.

Co-op real-time strategy game A Year Of Rain for Linux is a "TOP Priority"


By Liam Squires-Hand
Daedalic Entertainment just released their brand new co-op focused competitive RTS, A Year Of Rain, into Early Access and they confirm that a Linux version is a high priority.

Dead Cells gets bigger again with a new mini-biome and mutations


By Liam Squires-Hand
The brilliant rogue-lite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer Dead Cells has another awesome content update available now.

Seven years ago today, Steam for Linux went into limited Beta


By Liam Squires-Hand
Sometimes it only feels like it was a year or two ago but no, it has been seven years to the date since the valve was opened a little to let some Linux users get some Steam.

The first Beta of Godot Engine 3.2 has been released


By Liam Squires-Hand
The team behind the FOSS game engine, Godot Engine, have now released the first Beta in the 3.2 series so the full release is coming close now with lots of new goodies for game developers.

Abbey Games announce they're going to let staff go in December as they "scope down"


By Liam Squires-Hand
Abbey Games, a developer known for titles like Reus, Renowned Explorers: International Society and most recently Godhood announced today things aren't going so well.

Wilderness survival game Wayward has a massive feature update


By Liam Squires-Hand
Seemingly stranded on an unknown island, Wayward is an indie pixel-art game of surviving in the wilderness.

Transport Fever 2 confirmed for release on December 11, Linux support included


By Liam Squires-Hand
Entering the GOL mailbox today is an announcement about Transport Fever 2 getting a release date! It's arriving on December 11, with Linux support ready for release.

Psyonix talk more about the upcoming Blueprint system for Rocket League


By Liam Squires-Hand
Coming soon to Rocket League is the replacement of loot boxes, part of this is the new previously announced Blueprint system and Psyonix are now ready to talk a little more about it.

Another big SteamVR update is out now, with plenty of Linux fixes for VR enthusiasts


By Liam Squires-Hand
SteamVR 1.8 is now out of Beta and with it, comes plenty of updates to the whole system with some big audio changes and some good sounding Linux fixes.