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Bombernauts, bomberman for mental people now on Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
Bombernauts is pretty much bomberman on a year long diet of steroids, as it's insane. We should get a game of this going sometime.

Win an Alienware Steam Machine from Feral Interactive

By Liam Dawe,
Here's a chance to bag a shiny Alienware Steam Machine from Feral Interactive, you just have to draw up some winter themed Mordor art.

Some thoughts on the Asus 4K PB287Q 28 inch monitor, with added radiation alarm

By Liam Dawe,
I recently acquired a new PC and 4K monitor thanks to a family member, so here’s some thoughts on the Asus 4K PB287Q 28 inch monitor.

Turok: Dinosaur Hunter looks like it will come to SteamOS & Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter takes the best from the N64 and PC versions, puts them into a new engine and then released into the wild. It looks like the developers are planning a Linux release too.

Khronos gives an official update on Vulkan

By Liam Dawe,
Khronos has given an official update on Vulkan, there's good news, and there's bad news. The year-end target release date for Vulkan will not be met. However, they are in the home stretch and the release of Vulkan 1.0 is imminent!

Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition for Linux & SteamOS is being held up (updated)

By Liam Dawe,
Not quite as bad news as the Rocket League delay, but Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition for Linux & SteamOS is being held up by some memory corruption issues. UPDATED.

Hacknet, an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator now on SteamOS & Linux

By Liam Dawe,
It was a little weird that a terminal based hacking game wasn't on Linux to begin with, but now it is! Hacknet joins our growing list of interesting titles.

Remember, it's Friday Livestream time at 6 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
Finally, after a tiresome, cold and dark week it's finally Friday and I can relax knowing that the holidays are here! So let us celebrate a little with some Linux games!

Rocket League facing a delay for the SteamOS & Linux version, no 2015 release (updated)

By Liam Dawe,
A big shame, but with all the other games I have right now I'm a little spoilt for choice anyway. Rocket League developers emailed our youtuber friend Jake to confirm it's not this year. UPDATED.

Hatred, the controversial shooter now has a Linux beta

By Liam Dawe,
Good news you maniacs, Hatred the weirdly controversial game is now in Beta for Linux. You need a password, but we have the scoop for you.

Street Fighter V confirmed to be coming for Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
Holy cow! Capcom have announced Street Fighter V is coming to Linux & SteamOS which is a series I never thought we would see on Linux.

Looks like Feral Interactive are porting Medieval II: Total War to Linux (updated)

By Liam Dawe,
I'm not entirely sure if this is an accidental slip, or if Feral Interactive are preparing to release Medieval II: Total War on Linux, but their radar updated today to say Medieval II: Total War is out on Mac and Linux, but it's currently not. UPDATED.

Puzzle game Volvox released on Steam, has WebGL demo

By flesk,
Volvox was released on Steam last week and instantly caught my attention because of its appealing watercolor painted look.

Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna), an atmospheric puzzle platformer looks like it's coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) is a beautiful looking atmospheric puzzle platformer about finding the source of a never-ending blizzard. Looks like it will come to Linux now too!

Company of Heroes 2 patch released for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Company of Heroes 2 has also been updated today, and the main changes are balance fixes and general Linux fixes.

Alien Isolation patch released, improving AMD CPU performance on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Good news AMD CPU fans, Feral Interactive has released a patch for Alien Isolation which should help you a little bit. There's other fixes too.

Steam Controller updated, you can name it, take configs with you, adjust the light & bleep and more

By Liam Dawe,
The Steam Controller keeps on getting better and better, the latest update is pretty fancy too. You can now take your custom configurations with you, and customize the turn on and turn off sound as well as the brightness of the Steam button. You can also now share non-Steam game configs.

Looks like the PAYDAY 2 developers have begun working on the SteamOS & Linux version

By Liam Dawe,
SteamDB is a bit like a drug for some of us waiting on games, and today my usual check-in resulted in finding PAYDAY 2 with some nice looking Linux additions.

openage, an open source clone of the Age of Empires II engine

By Liam Dawe,
These are the types of projects I can really get behind. Much like CosixTH for Theme Hospital, openage is aiming to be a full open source engine for Age of Empires II.

Element, a really cool real time strategy game now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Element has impressed me quite a lot, with some impressive visuals, quick games that you don't need hours for and it's really quite accessible.