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Blackwell Games Make Their Debut On Linux In Humble Bundle: PC And Android 11

By flesk, 23 Sep 2014

The Blackwell series cemented Wadjet Eye Games' position as one of the most beloved modern developers of classic point-and-click adventures. Today the first three games will be available for purchase on Linux.

GOL Cast: Maintaining the Law of Post-Apocalyptic World in Wasteland 2

By Samsai, 23 Sep 2014

Sorry I'm a bit late! This game turned out to be a bit more addictive than I intially thought and only now I managed to escape for a moment to write this article. But let's get to the point and see what awaits us in the post-apocalyptic world of Wasteland 2!

Commander Keen in Keen Dreams Has Been Open Sourced

By Liam Dawe, 23 Sep 2014

Commander Keen in Keen Dreams a classic game from another era has been open sourced and is on github.

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Gauntlet Linux Version Delayed For Steam Machines

By Liam Dawe, 23 Sep 2014

Some of you may be wondering what happened to the Linux release of the new Gauntlet game, well we have the answer for you.

New Steam Store, Lots Of New Stuff

By Liam Dawe, 23 Sep 2014

The new Steam store homepage has been launched and it's a massive change. We are also now curators to help you find games to buy.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Linux Beta Due Soon! (UPDATED)

By Liam Dawe, 22 Sep 2014

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive looks like it will finally enter beta for Linux soon thanks to information from SteamDB. Update: it is now out!

Flockers Now Available For Linux, From The Creators Of Worms

By Liam Dawe, 22 Sep 2014

Flockers is the brand new game from Team 17 who are known for their Worms series of games. In Flockers the sheep that Worms use as weapons are making their stand against the oppressive worm scum.

Excubitor Tower Defence & Action Game Needs Help On Greenlight

By Liam Dawe, 22 Sep 2014

Excubitor is a tower defence game with a difference. It's not all about placing towers and waiting for the enemy to walk in a line towards you. It's also an action game you play from an overhead perspective, and it has boss battles.

Pathologic Remake Plans For Day 1 Linux Support, Now On Kickstarter

By JIghtuse, 22 Sep 2014

Pathologic is a plot-driven survival open-world adventure game now on Kickstarter, but it's much more than that.

Starbound Development Is Very Healthy & Isn't Going Anywhere

By Liam Dawe, 21 Sep 2014

With all the doom and gloom recently about games here's a nice one. The head of Chucklefish has created a blog post about how healthy Starbound is and will continue to be.

Divinity: Original Sin Still Aims For Linux This Year

By Liam Dawe, 21 Sep 2014

We already knew that the Linux version of Divinity: Original Sin wouldn't be out at the same time as Windows, but we didn't know when at all. Users have been asking them about it a lot recently and they still claim it's going to be this year.

Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues RPG Needs Greenlight Help

By Liam Dawe, 21 Sep 2014

Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues is a great looking RPG currently in pre-alpha that has Linux builds available, and it needs help to get on Steam. The game is being created by a team that includes Richard "Lord British" Garriott the creator of the Ultima series.

The Sunday Gaming Section, Linux Gaming From Around The Web

By Liam Dawe, 21 Sep 2014

Here is some Sunday reading for you from other gaming sites across the internet. Not much generally happens on a Sunday, so hopefully this will be a regular article.

Games On AMD FOSS Drivers 3

By Half-Shot, 21 Sep 2014

More driver improvements on the ever changing driver. Mesa 10.3 just came out and the results are in! Here's a look at how the open source driver for AMD GPU's is performing in games.

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Reflex, A Potential Successor For Quake Going To Kickstarter

By lave, 20 Sep 2014

Reflex is a competitive Arena FPS that combines modern tech with the speed, precision and freedom of a 90s shooter. It may become for Quake what UT is for the Unreal series. The game just went on kickstarter and Linux is on their list!

Oculus Rift DK1 VR Device Is Now Open Source

By Liam Dawe, 20 Sep 2014

The Oculus Rift DK1 virtual reality device is no longer worked on as it has been succeded by the DK2, so what better way to continue life in the DK1 than to open source bits of it?

Heavy Bullets FPS Officially Released Out Of Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 20 Sep 2014

Heavily Bullets is a highly colourful first person shooter that has been on Linux for a while, but it's now a finished game and has left early access.

SNOW, A Winter Sports Game Shows A Teaser On Linux, Powered By CryEngine

By Liam Dawe, 20 Sep 2014

SNOW is an upcoming free to play, open world winter sports game that is going to use CryEngine and the developers sent a little teaser out.

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Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition For Linux Is In Testing

By Liam Dawe, 19 Sep 2014

Even though we still haven't gotten the Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition the developer has noted on twitter that Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition is already in testing for Linux, and it's promising.