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Some thoughts on Pankapu, a 2D action-platformer with metroidvania elements

By Pattedetable,
Pankapu, by Too Kind Studio, has launched its second and final episode. The first episode launched back in September 2016, after a successful Kickstarter campaign. Here is a short summary of the game, as well as some thoughts on it.

Time Recoil, a top-down shooter where you kill to slow time is now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
10tons Ltd have now put out a Linux version of their time-slowing top-down shooter 'Time Recoil', so I took a little look.

There's now a Linux build of Unity 2017.3, with a new installer

By Liam Dawe,
Unity 2017.3 is now available on Linux and it comes with a fresh install experience to match the Windows & Mac versions.

Game developer 'Atlus' issues a DMCA takedown against open source PS3 emulator

By Liam Dawe,
Game developer Atlus, who make the popular Persona series have issued a DMCA take-down against the developers of popular PS3 emulator RPCS3.

Remember SpringRTS? The RTS game engine that powers a number of titles has a new release

By Liam Dawe,
It's been quite a while since SpringRTS had a new release and it's been a long time since I played it, but it's good to see that it's alive.

Caveman Warriors, the rather sweet platformer that supports 1-4 players is now out

By Liam Dawe,
I tested out Caveman Warriors way back in March of this year before the release and I came away impressed. Now that it's released, how did it go?

Ballistic Overkill has an opt-in beta for the new Leaderboards feature, seems to fix the fullscreen issue

By Liam Dawe,
Love the FPS Ballistic Overkill? Well it's about to get Leaderboards and you can check them out in a new opt-in Beta.

Cities: Skylines - Green Cities has a new trailer and release date, also details on a free update

By Liam Dawe,
Pollution been getting you down? Ready to go Greeen? Cities: Skylines - Green Cities, the latest expansion to the city builder releases on October 19th and it has a new trailer.

TIC-80, a 'fantasy computer' is now open source under the MIT license

By Liam Dawe,
TIC-80, a 'fantasy computer' for making, playing and sharing tiny games is now officially open source under the MIT license.

Outskirts is a colourful, clever and difficult bullet-hell shooter that's now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Do you like bullet-hell games? Outskirts is something you absolutely need to look at. The idea is clever and it's quite challenging.

Atari are launching a new gaming system, the 'Ataribox' and it runs Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Another Linux-based gaming system is coming, this time from Atari. The Ataribox will run on an AMD processor and it sounds quite interesting.

DwarfCorp, an open source & procedurally generated real-time strategy game is now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
DwarfCorp, an open source fantasy real-time strategy game finally has a proper public release, it's now in Early Access.

Uebergame, a free and open source shooter has a new release

By Liam Dawe,
Uebergame, a free and open source FPS just had a fresh release with new maps, UI updates and plenty more.

The Spicy Meatball Saves The Day, a superhero text adventure with first person controls, re-launched

By Cheeseness,
First person/text adventure hybrid, The Spicy Meatball Saves The Day has been re-launched with all-new audio, gamepad support, improved controls and more!

Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator is now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator, a game about a Dad looking to date another Dad is now on Linux.

Morphite, the casual and stylish FPS is now on Linux, hold off for now

By Liam Dawe,
I've been excited to try Morphite, the low poly stylized FPS that people keep comparing to No Man's Sky and now it's on Linux here's some initial thoughts.

Reminder: Update your PC info for the next round of statistics updates

By gamingonlinux,
This is your once a month reminder to make sure your PC information is correct on your user profiles. A fresh batch of statistics is generated on the 1st of each month.

Operator Overload is due out this week promising 'complex combinatoric conundrums'

By Liam Dawe,
Operator Overload, a puzzle game I briefly wrote about back in June last year is finally getting a release this week.

Unbalance, a very minimalist puzzle game that's super cheap and quite good is on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Unbalance is a minimalist puzzle game about spinning things around to drop a red ball onto something, it's actually quite clever.

Digging for riches and falling onto spikes in SteamWorld Dig 2, now available for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
If you're a fan of the first game, you're going to love this. If you missed the first one, you're still going to love SteamWorld Dig 2.