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The Weekly Livestream Is Starting At 6 PM UTC! [VODs!]

By Samsai,
The weekly livestream is back after a week long break! I had an unexpected case of winter flu but luckily that has passed and I can get back to streaming and video making. So, let's do this!

Strength Of The SWORD ULTIMATE, Fully Funded & Coming To Linux

By Liam Dawe,
A Fighting game combined with a BRAWLER! With a huge sword, rocket launcher and a FLAMETHROWER! Coming to the Windows/Mac/Linux/PSVita!

Bleed, A Bullet Hell Platformer Now On Linux

By Keizgon,
Bleed is an indie bullet hell shootem-up platformer by Bootdisk Revolution. Originally released in 2013, the developer had stated low hopes of a native port release, but the wait for that day is now over! Initial thoughts are included.

Underworld Ascendant, The Spiritual Successor To Ultima Underworld, No Longer A Stretch Goal For Linux

By Liam Dawe,
This is interesting, Underworld Ascendant is now going to be on Linux without the need for a stretch-goal in the hopes of gaining more backers.

Epic Games Are Throwing Money At Developers

By Liam Dawe,
Epic Games are being epic, as they have announced a funding pool of 5 million to throw at Unreal Engine developers.

Surreal Platformer Tulpa Now Available On Linux

By BTRE,
A puzzle platformer with surreal imagery, Tulpa, was released late last month and almost flew completely under our radar. The game mixes highly contrasting colours, strange environments and moody music to an interesting effect.

Hand Of Fate Out Of Early Access

By BTRE,
The unique action RPG with card deck building mechanics, Hand of Fate, is finally fully released after a year of being in Early Access. The game has a spiffy new trailer to show off the game.

Solo: Gaze Into Madness, A New First Person Horror Will Support Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Solo: Gaze into Madness is a good looking first person horror that looks really quite good. The developer emailed it in directly, so Linux support is a go.

An interview with Gallium Nine project developer Axel Davy

By sobkas,
Today I will interview one of the developers of the Gallium Nine project, Axel Davy. Gallium Nine is a Direct3D 9 implementation for the Open Source Mesa drivers that use Gallium. Used with Wine, it enables you to play Direct3D 9 games with solid performance on Linux.

A Reminder To Fill Out Our February Survey

By Segata Sanshiro,
This is just a mid-month reminder for all those who missed our survey this month or haven’t got round to filling it in yet.

Editorial: Closed Source Tools, And Acquisitions

By Liam Dawe,
A recent editorial from Defenders Quest developer Lars Doucet has sparked my interest, and it has arisen from the news that GameMaker has been acquired by a gambling company.

2D Adventure Game Shipwreck Now On Steam

By BTRE,
The 2D adventure game Shipwreck is now available on Steam. It's been covered previously before when it was only available for Linux gamers via Desura and the Humble Store. Fans of the older Zelda games will probably jump at this.

Decay: The Mare, Psychological Horror Game, Available On Linux

By BTRE,
The horror-themed Decay: The Mare arrived recently on Steam, adding to the list of darker games available for Linux.

Free Open World Game Destination Sol Is Worth A Look

By BTRE,
Destination Sol is an open world game featuring spacecraft and randomly generated star systems and planets. It's an open source project and has recently found its way onto Steam.

Dota 2 Managed To Hit Over 1 Million Players

By Liam Dawe,
Dota 2's popularity is still continuing to surge, and it has recently hit a new milestone of over 1 million players.

Bundle Stars Trinity Bundle Has 10 Linux Games For Dirt Cheap

By Liam Dawe,
Bundle Stars have unleashed their 'Trinity Bundle' and all games support Linux. You can save a massive amount of money buying this bundle!

Feral Interactive Are Teasing Us Again With A New Port

By Liam Dawe,
Feral Interactive really do love their teasers don't they! This time we have a music sheet for you to work out!

Legends Of Eisenwald, A Medieval RPG & Strategy Game Is Coming To Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Legends of Eisenwald never reached the Linux stretch goal to come to Linux right away, but it was always coming and the developers have reconfirmed this.

An Update On The Open Source Project 'Xoreos' Concerning Jade Empire

By DrMcCoy,
xoreos is a FLOSS project aiming to reimplement BioWare's Aurora engine (and derivatives), covering their games Neverwinter Nights and potentially up to Dragon Age II. This is a status update on the work involving the game Jade Empire.

Enter The Gungeon, A Gunfight Dungeon Crawler That Looks Epic

By Liam Dawe,
Enter the Gungeon is a recent discovery that has me excited! It looks similar to Nuclear Throne in an over the top kind of way, and I love it.