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Cold Beam Games developer claims he is working on a multi-platform engine - Linux is included

By -Daniel-Palacio-, 10 Jul 2016

It's definitely great — and not that usual — when developers are prudent enough to conceive their games from the ground to be multi-platform. That appears to be the case with the developer of the small studio Cold Beam Games.

Alienware do a pretty nice job of advertising their Steam Machine & SteamOS in this new video

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jul 2016

A new promotional video from Alienware showing off their Steam Machine has surfaced recently and it's a pretty nice video.

Mesa 12 released, Vulkan for Intel, OpenGL 4.3 and more for open source graphics users

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jul 2016

Wow, Mesa 12 has officially been released and it's a huge release for them! Intel now supports Vulkan, their OpenGL is up to 4.3 and more.

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Have you seen Black Ice? A really rather cool hack and shoot FPS with Linux & SteamOS support

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jul 2016

Black Ice is a game I have followed for a long time (and personally purchased a copy) and it just released a rather nice update. If you're an FPS fan and looking for something to sink some time into, this could be what you need.

Starbound to finally leave Early Access on 22nd July

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jul 2016

After a number of years in development Starbound is finally about to get a full release and I can't wait to play it in full!

Fossil Echo, a story-driven, short and challenging 2D platformer confirmed for Linux, coming soon

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jul 2016

Fossil Echo is a pretty awesome looking story-driven platformer that has plans for a Linux version, it's not ready just yet but will be soon.

The Wine Development Release 1.9.14 Is Now Available

By sobkas, 8 Jul 2016

The Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.9.14 has many small changes including 20 bugfixes.

Barony, a 3D first-person roguelike goes open source

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jul 2016

Barony, a pretty cool looking 3D first-person roguelike has opened up the engine under the GPL license and is now on github.

Black Mesa developer shoots down anti-Linux troll, confirms Linux version is in progress

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jul 2016

Black Mesa is officially coming to Linux, and the developer confirmed so in a rather delightful way of shooting down an anti-Linux troll in the Steam forums.

Join me for the weekly Linux Gaming livestream at around 7:30PM UTC tonight

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jul 2016

Tonight we shall play games again for your amusement and I will continue as Samsai is currently in the Army.

Team Fortress 2 'Meet Your Match' major update released, patch notes up

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jul 2016

Team Fortress 2 just became way more exciting, as the Meet Your Match update is now live after they revealed more new stuff on Day 2 of the update teaser.

Wizard of Legend seems like a promising 2D dungeon crawler, has a fun demo

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jul 2016

Wizard of Legend is currently on Kickstarter and the great thing is that they built a demo game to show off, it has Linux support and it's pretty cool.

Salt and Sanctuary, the stylish 2D action RPG is officially out for Linux & SteamOS, Ethan's 38th port

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jul 2016

Salt and Sanctuary is now officially available on SteamOS & Linux and marks Ethan Lee's 38th port to our platform.

Broforce major update released with new bros and more

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jul 2016

Broforce have released their 4th of July (7th of July) update and it includes new bros, as well as probably breaking online play even more.

Habitat from Lucasfilm Games, one of the early MMO games is now open source on github

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jul 2016

A little bit of gaming history just got the MIT license treatment. Habitat from Lucasfilm Games is now available under the MIT license on github.

Battlestation: Harbinger changing its name due to trademark troubles, new update soon too

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jul 2016

I feel bad for the Battlestation: Harbinger developer, as I think it's a pretty nice name but another developer has coined the "Battlestation" term so they have to change their name. They will also be doing a free update soon.

Parkitect updated with new rides, new sounds and more

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jul 2016

Parkitect is a very cool Early Access theme park building sim and the latest alpha is now available with Linux support.

Vanguard Princess, a 2D fighting game that features an all-female cast is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jul 2016

Proper fighting games is something we lack, so it's really great to see that Vanguard Princess is coming to Linux!

Team Fortress 2 'Meet Your Match' major update teased, sounds exciting

By Liam Dawe, 6 Jul 2016

Team Fortress 2 is a fantastic game and I do like to jump in now and then for a little blast, but I really do hate having to find and pick a server. Looks like this update was made for me.