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There's a new Linux beta of 'Black Mesa' that fixes it running on Linux, Xen levels nearly finished

By Liam Dawe,
For those who've been wanting to play Black Mesa, the fan-made recreation of Half-Life you're in luck as Crowbar Collective put up a Beta for Linux users.

The Atari VCS team aren't doing themselves any favours by accusing The Register of being professional trolls

By Liam Dawe,
It seems the Atari VCS team are burning bridges before they're even built, as they accused the well respected tech news site The Register of professional trolling.

The Linux version of Turok has left beta, available to everyone

By Liam Dawe,
Turok, the revamp of the 1997 shooter arrived in Beta for Linux back in May and now it's officially out.

Steam Summer Sale is up, free game from Humble Store & Fanatical sale too

By Liam Dawe,
There's quite a lot of sales and stuff going on right now, so I'm going to cram some into one article to give you an extra scoop with sprinkles and all.

For The King is a really great strategic RPG you must try that just got updated

By Liam Dawe,
Strategic RPG 'For The King' is a game that constantly surprised me with some really great gameplay.

How to be a great advocate for a niche gaming platform

By Marc Di Luzio,
Directly helping to bring games to Linux can be super complicated - I’m talking low-level, real-time, writing-a-GUI-in-Visual-Basic-to-hack-the-Gibson complicated. What if there was a way to support the platform you love with just your regular old self?

Stormy sailing game 'Make Sail' adds in sea turtles you can ride on

By Liam Dawe,
I'm still terrible at it but there's a lot of charm to Make Sail and the steady improvements have been impressive. This latest update is a rather nice one.

XENONAUTS 2 hit Kickstarter and it's already funded, hopefully coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
I've been having an internal debate with myself about covering this one, since I'm a huge fan of XCOM-like games but the developer of XENONAUTS 2 isn't yet fully committing to a Linux version.

Top-down sci-fi adventure 'Xenosis: Alien Infection' has been fully funded

By Liam Dawe,
As a huge fan of Xenosis: Alien Infection, the top-down survival adventure game from NerdRage Studios, I'm really happy to see it get funded.

Harebrained Schemes making 'good progress' on the Linux version of BATTLETECH

By Liam Dawe,
While the Linux version of BATTLETECH sadly didn't release with the latest patch, the developer did give it a clear mention.

Prime Mover, an open-ended puzzle game about designing circuit boards adds Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
You all love your programming puzzle games right? Prime Mover is a puzzle game about designing circuit boards and it's now on Linux.

Reverse engineered source code for Diablo is now on GitHub

By Liam Dawe,
This is a bit of a surprise! Someone going by the name 'GalaXyHaXz' has put up source code for the original Diablo that was apparently reverse engineered.

Free and open source racer 'Yorg' has a new build out with experimental multiplayer

By Liam Dawe,
Remember Yorg? The free and open source racer I showed a little of back in March has a fresh update out with experimental multiplayer.

The shoot 'em up 'Super Galaxy Squadron EX Turbo' is now available on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Super Galaxy Squadron EX Turbo is probably one of the most insane shoot 'em ups I've ever played and it's now on Linux.

Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! had an absolutely huge content update

By Liam Dawe,
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! is a challenging and surprisingly good restaurant sim that just had a whopper of an update.

The Way of Life: DEFINITIVE EDITION is now available on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The Way of Life: DEFINITIVE EDITION officially arrived on Linux yesterday. A story-based game that aims to tackle some serious themes.

Game store itch is having a big summer sale

By Liam Dawe,
For those who want to show their support for the smaller game store itch, now might be a good time as they're doing their own summer sale.

Darkest Dungeon: The Color Of Madness DLC is now out

By Liam Dawe,
Darkest Dungeon: The Color Of Madness DLC brings quite a bit of new content to the gothic roguelike and it's now officially out. There's also a free character DLC.

Vehicle battle game 'Robocraft' is now completely lootbox-free

By Liam Dawe,
I'm a big fan of Robocraft, a free game where you build your own vehicle and battle with it. Now even more so, since they've removed the last traces of lootboxes.

The hilarious action-RPG Super Cane Magic ZERO had a huge update, final release is nearing

By Liam Dawe,
Super Cane Magic ZERO is a comedy action-RPG that I'm really quite fond of and the developer recently pushed out a major update.