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Sickhead Games​ working with Chucklefish to port Stardew Valley to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Recently the developer of Stardew Valley announced that Chucklefish (developers of Starbound) would handle porting Stardew Valley to Linux & Mac. Chucklefish have now announced they are working with Sickhead Games​ on the porting process.

Get ready to explore as La-Mulana now officially supports Linux on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
La-Mulana is a positively rated, retro inspired hard platformer with puzzles and exploration. The developers have just released the Linux version on Steam.

Atriage, a turn-based strategy game inspired by 80s anime is now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Atriage is one title I missed due to Steam's failure to show games that produce a Linux version after the Windows release in the Linux newly released section. Atriage is a turn-based strategy game inspired by Sci-fi space naval battles in 80s Anime where you command a fleet of ten warships against a rival commander.

Dungeons & Robots, an action shooter RPG is coming to Linux soon

By Liam Dawe,
Dungeons & Robots is an interesting looking Early Access action RPG that looks very promising and the developers have confirmed it's coming to Linux soon.

RUNNING WITH RIFLES updated with mod support and a big sale, already has a zombie mod

By Liam Dawe,
RUNNING WITH RIFLES is easily one of those games where I can simply tell you just to buy it, as it's so much fun. They have just added Steam Workshop support and a big sale is going on. Someone has already made a mod to turn it into a zombie game.

Civilization VI announced, will support Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
Civilization VI has been announced, the publisher has confirmed to me that Linux will be supported and the official twitter account has also confirmed Linux will be supported.

The adventure game Moebius: Empire Rising is supposed to be releasing for Linux soon

By Liam Dawe,
Moebius: Empire Rising is the adventure game with a story written by Jane Jensen (Gabriel Knight, Gray Matter) and it's supposed to be releasing for Linux soon.

Check out this video of RUINER, the incredibly stylish cyberpunk Unreal Engine action game

By Liam Dawe,
Back in April I let you guys know about RUINER, an incredibly stylish looking cyberpunk shooter built with Unreal Engine. It seems IGN had a little hands-on time with it, and it looks really fun.

Unity3D working on SDL, Wayland and Mir support

By Liam Dawe,
The folks Unity3D are currently doing a "HackWeek" when they work on special projects. It looks like the Linux team are working on using SDL instead of X11 directly which will bring Mir & Wayland support amongst other things.

Albion Online MMO major update to come soon, new developer video released

By Liam Dawe,
I am really excited to get back into Albion Online after they do the player-wipe, and the next few updates sound massive.

I am livestreaming Company of Heroes 2 against Feral Interactive again today, 10AM UTC

By Liam Dawe,
In less than an hour I face off once again against Matt from Feral Interactive in Company of Heroes 2, come join the fun at 10AM UTC/11AM BST.

Solar Division tower defence updated, now has difficulty levels and better balance, now much more enjoyable

By Liam Dawe,
I recently covered Solar Division and while I liked most of what it had to offer, the game was just too easy. The developers agreed with me and they have not only balanced some tower types, they have also introduced difficulty levels.

Rescue space whales and other weird creatures in Dr. Spacezoo now in Steam Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Do you love twin stick shooters with good soundtracks? How about rescuing weird space creatures? Well Dr. Spacezoo might be what you need.

Free to play action platformer MMO StarBreak released on Steam with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
An action platformer MMO isn't something you see very often, but StarBreak hopes to pull it off. It's free to play too, so you have nothing to lose by trying it out.

One of my favourite racing games 'Distance' has a massive update

By Liam Dawe,
Distance was a surprise hit with me when I picked it up and it's really pleasing to see it get some big updates. The "Creativity Update" was released yesterday and I've checked it out.

SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell, a heavy metal first-person platformer that looks insane is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
I am not usually a fan of speedrunning or platformers, but SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell not only sounds good it looks awesome too. I can already hear the frustration brewing in me at failing so much in it.

Infinium Strike launching July 14th with Linux support, blending space action with tower defence

By Liam Dawe,
Infinium Strike is a pretty damn interesting looking space action and strategy game. I like the mix of styles the game has and it will include a proper campaign, sold!

Mushroom Crusher Extreme, repel the invasion of giant Shrooms on Linux, demo available

By Liam Dawe,
Today I took a quick look at Mushroom Crusher Extreme which is a cute little isometric arcade-style fantasy game.

Looks like both Dead Island Definitive Edition and Dead Island Riptide Definitive Edition are coming to Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
Good news zombie slaying fans, as it looks like both Dead Island Definitive Edition and Dead Island Riptide Definitive Edition are coming to SteamOS and Linux.

The itch games store is running "Itch.io week" starting today, celebrating their open marketplace

By Liam Dawe,
I like a lot of what Itch.io are doing, and it's good to see them do more events to highlight developers and features available on the store.