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Sail The Seas In ‘Windward’, Some Thoughts On This Arrrr Game

By Liam Dawe,
Windward came out of Early Access in May, and I finally had some time to sit down and give it a proper go, and what I found was quite interesting.

Story-Driven Noir Adventure 'Knee Deep' Has Been Released

By flesk,
The first episode of swamp noir adventure 'Knee Deep' has been released on the Humble Store and Steam.

Postal 2 For Linux Finally Has A Big Update, Includes Steam Workshop

By Liam Dawe,
Postal 2's Linux version has been lagging behind the Windows build for a long time, but no more. RunningWithScissors took the port in-house, and it's now updated.

Volgarr the Viking Action Platformer Now On GOG For Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Volgarr the Viking is a highly rated game that mixes action and platforming, and it's now on GOG for Linux.

Slipstream Is A Promising Looking Fake 3D Racer, Demo Available

By Liam Dawe,
Slipstream is currently looking for votes on Steam's Greenlight, and it's quite promising. It's very much inspired by older racing games, and the demo is interesting.

Samorost2, Machinarium Collector's Edition, To The Moon & Botanicula Now On GOG For Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Heads up GOG fans, they just recently released some more great Linux games to build up your DRM free collections.

The State Of Unity On Linux

By Liam Dawe,
We know that Unity is working towards bringing their editor over to Linux, and this little update on their official website slipped past me.

Coffin Dodgers Racer Released Out Of Early Access, My Initial Thoughts On It

By Liam Dawe,
Coffin Dodgers is a good looking arcade racer that has been fully released for Linux. I decided to take a look and see if it’s worth your time.

Satellite Reign Full Release Next Month & New Launch Trailer

By Liam Dawe,
Satellite Reign is the "spiritual successor" to Syndicate, and it does look rather good. The game will fully launch next month, so here's a fancy launch trailer for you.

Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear Expansion Announced

By Liam Dawe,
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition is about to get bigger, thanks to a new expansion named 'Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear'.

Cossacks 3 RTS Has Two New Teasers, Will Be On Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Cossacks 3 was quite a surprise to be announced for Linux, and new details are slowly trickling in about this strategy game. We now have two short teaser videos showing them game off.

The Wine Development Release 1.7.47 Is Now Available

By sobkas,
Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.7.47 have many small changes including 48 bugfixes.

Third-person Psychological Horror 'Through the Woods' Demo Is Very Promising

By Liam Dawe,
I've just gotten around to trying out the demo for 'Through the Woods' that was pointed out to me, and wow this looks like it's going to be pretty great.

The Architect Puzzle Game Full Release, It's Interesting

By Liam Dawe,
The Architect is a game I covered way back last year, and now it's had a full release I gave it another run. If you like puzzle games done a bit differently, this will be a good fit for you.

Oh, Goodie, It's Friday Livestream Time Again At 5 PM UTC! [Highlights added!]

By Samsai,
You know, I'm slowly starting to run out of witty comments about the arrival of Friday. So, to avoid silly jokes about silly pop songs I'm going to keep it simple and welcome one of the greatest moments of the week, weekend. And along with that comes the regular Friday Livestream.

Adventure In The Tower Of Flight Available & My Thoughts

By BTRE,
Featuring both retro art and music, Adventure in the Tower of Flight tries to combine both old school elements with a different approach to platforming. I played through the game and have a few throughs to share about the experience.

Thoughts On The Final Steam Controller

By Liam Dawe,
A fellow named Devin White has written up a lengthy blog post on his experience using the final iteration of the Steam Controller, and it's well worth a read.

An Update On The Open Source Project 'Xoreos' Concerning Dragon Age

By DrMcCoy,
xoreos is a FLOSS project aiming to reimplement BioWare's Aurora engine (and derivatives), covering their games starting with Neverwinter Nights and potentially up to Dragon Age II. This post gives a short update on the current progress.

Slime Rancher Is Probably The Most Adorable Game I've Seen For A While

By Liam Dawe,
Slime Rancher is a hard game to categorise, it looks cute in a way that makes me want to play it, and you capture pokemon like slimes to mess about with.

GOL Cast: Running From Boulders In Barony [Updated]

By Samsai,
I'm a fan of roguelikes and I'm a fan of first-person shooters. So naturally I really like the idea of combining these two genres. And as it happens, another game called Barony has attempted that. Let's see how it fares!