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Burning Knight looks like a pretty crazy roguelike, developed on Linux


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Burning Knight from Rexcellent Games looks absolutely nuts and not only is it coming to Linux, it's developed on Linux.

A look at some great Linux gaming deals not to be missed this week


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Another week has begun, it's hot and so it's a good time to stay inside playing games obviously. Here's a look over what's going cheap this week.

Talk to Strangers, a game of everyday survival as you become a door to door sales person


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Here's a bit of an odd one, Talk to Strangers puts you in the shoes of a sales person going door to door.

Minimalistic puzzle game 'Simple Dot' releasing next month, looks like it could be interesting


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Simple Dot seems like it has a nice idea, with you drawing lines to get balls from one end of a level to another. A simple idea but it looks like it does get quite complicated later on.

Free and open source racer 'SuperTuxKart' hits the big 1.0 release


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A long time coming for sure, the free and open source racer SuperTuxKart has a big 1.0 release with LAN and online play enabled.

Linux Gaming News Punch - Episode 9


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Coming in hot (please save me from this heat) is the ninth episode of the Linux Gaming News Punch, your weekly round-up of some interesting bits of news.

DragonRuby Game Toolkit, a cross-platform way to make games with Ruby


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Now for something a little different! Ryan "Icculus" Gordon, a name known for many Linux ports and SDL2 teamed up with indie developer Amir Rajan to create a new cross-platform toolkit.

You Died but a Necromancer revived you is good fun in a small package


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You Died but a Necromancer revived you may not be a name that rolls off the tongue easily but it's good fun.

Forager is a weirdly addictive casual grinding game that has mined into my heart


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I'm not usually one for games that have you endlessly wander around, collect resources, build a little and repeat but Forager is so ridiculously charming it's lovely.

Altered, a sweet looking puzzle game where you're part of the puzzle is coming to Linux


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Releasing sometime this Summer, Altered looks like a rather sweet take on the puzzle genre as you're a block that forms part of a puzzle.

Steam Play just got two updates with 4.2-3 and 3.16-9, some great stuff included


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Valve and CodeWeavers are doing some great work for Linux gaming, with Steam Play seeing two updates in a single day.

Sid Meier's Civilization VI updated again, Linux client back in sync for cross-platform play


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Aspyr Media managed to get the latest update to Sid Meier's Civilization VI for Linux approved and it's out now.

Post-apocalyptic roguelite shooter 'Danger Gazers' enters Early Access next week, early thoughts


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I'm honestly not quite sure what to make of Danger Gazers, a top-down roguelite shooter that mixes Nuclear Throne style gameplay with node-based level picking.

Valve released a stable Steam Client update yesterday, some nice fixes in for Linux and Steam Play


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Valve are continuing their polishing effort to make the Steam Client work better, with a load of work from the recent Beta releases now out for everyone.

Silly physics platformer where you swing with your tongue 'Crumble' now has a Linux demo


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In the 3D platformer Crumble, you play as a rolling ball with a smiley face and a loose tongue. It sounds ridiculous and it is but it's also good fun. and after playing the demo I can't wait to see more from it.

Rotation looks like a promising and unique top-down shooter coming to Linux


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I do love a good action-packed top-down shooter but a lot of them do end up feeling a little too similar, Rotation looks like it might mix things up nicely.

Two Point Hospital's Superbug Initiative brings a new challenge system, beta now available


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The Superbug Initiative for Two Point Hospital sees players working together across the world, to complete challenges.

Rocket League has a new Rocket Pass out with a Weekly Challenges system


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It seems developer Psyonix is taking more inspiration from Fortnite for Rocket League with their latest Rocket Pass out now.

You can now easily run the Epic Store on Linux with Lutris, Epic suggests applying for a grant


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Thanks to some effort from the team behind Lutris (and Wine of course), you can now run the Epic Store quite easily on Linux.

King Arthur's Gold, the 2D multiplayer castle siege game is now free to play


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With some silly physics and plenty of fun to be had, King Arthur's Gold has officially gone free to play and it works great on Linux.