Sudden Strike 4, a short teaser video of it running on Linux
With thanks to Kalypso Media, I have early access to the new strategy game Sudden Strike 4. Here's a quick look at how it runs, a full review will come at release.
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Hollow Knight adds free content alongside update
The beautiful hand-drawn platformer has gotten a rather sizable update today. Those intrepid explorers intent on discovering the secrets of Hallownest can look forward to new challenges and encounters.
A few thoughts on The Heart of the Earth, a challenging platformer
This puzzle-platformer challenges players with rotating levels full of hazards. I gave the game a spin and have a few thoughts to share.
Stellaris: Synthetic Dawn will allow you to play as a customized robotic civilization
Paradox has announced the next DLC for Stellaris named 'Synthetic Dawn' and it promises lots of goodies.
GOG adds the Linux version of Brigador: Up-Armored Edition
Another bit of lovely DRM free GOG news for you! GOG just added the Linux version of the rather splendid and destruction-heavy Brigador: Up-Armored Edition.
Better late than never, GOG now has the Linux version of Dust: An Elysian Tail
Dust: An Elysian Tail released for Linux a few years ago and now GOG finally have the Linux version available too.
Linux desktop market share hit an all time high in July, according to one measure
Here's a bit of positivity for you today! According to the statistics gathered by the netmarketshare website, in July the percentage of people using Linux on the desktop hit an all time high.
Lots of changes could be coming to the Serious Sam games on the Vulkan Fusion engine
Serious Sam Fusion is Croteam's Vulkan-powered game engine that covers many Serious Sam games and it seems they have some plans.
Epic Games looking to make Vulkan the default API for Linux games in Unreal Engine
Epic Games have done a talk at SIGGRAPH 2017 and it turns out they're looking to make Vulkan the default API for exported Linux games.
Valve finally update their old Groups system, no longer will we be spammed with group invites
The Groups system on Steam has been left to rot a little, but Valve have finally decided to update it. This also removes the ability for spammers to spam group invites out, something I complained about only recently.
Cossacks 3: The Golden Age DLC announced, releasing this month
For those of you enjoying Cossacks 3 you might be pleased to know another DLC is on the way! Cossacks 3: The Golden Age is planning to release on August 24th.
Tacoma, the sci-fi narrative adventure has released with day-1 Linux support, some thoughts
Tacoma, the sci-fi narrative adventure from the developer of Gone Home has officially launched. It includes day-1 Linux support so I took a look.
Linux game sales statistics from multiple developers, part 5
It’s been a long time since I’ve done this, but here’s part 5 in the series of me talking to developers about how their games have been selling on Linux.
Want to compare your Steam library with Wine compatibility? There's a script for that
I was recently sent an interesting little script that will compare a downloaded list of your Steam games, with the Wine AppDB to show you a list of what you can expect to be able to play with Wine.
The Darkside Detective, a supernatural point & click adventure is now on Linux
The Darkside Detective, a supernatural point & click adventure recently released with day-1 Linux support and it looks good.
Morrowind continues living on, with a fresh release of the open source OpenMW game engine
A fresh release of OpenMW, the open source game engine to play Morrowind has been released. There's not a huge amount of new features, but there's a lot of fixes.
Slime Rancher has officially left Early Access, go catch some slimes!
Slime Rancher, probably one of my top 10 indie games has just left Early Access joining the world of fully released games.
SimAirport, an airport design and management game is looking for Linux testers
SimAirport aims to be a modern tycoon-style game where you build and manage every aspect of an airport. It's coming to Linux and the developers are looking for some testers.
The Silver Case, a remaster of the original 1999 title is now available on Linux
Today we gain another remaster of a classic game. This time it's 'The Silver Case' which originally released in 1999, many years later it was remastered and released in 2016 and now we have it too.
Pizza Connection (Pizza Tycoon) now has the Linux version with DOSBox on Steam
Pizza Connection (also known as Pizza Tycoon) was released on GOG thanks to DOSBox back in January, now Steam has this classic for Linux gamers too.
- Pricing announced for the Orange Pi Neo gaming handheld with Manjaro Linux
- Vulkan API developers try to address some developer frustrations with a new extension
- Mecha BREAK now Steam Deck Verified and SteamOS Compatible ahead of release
- A Hat in Time gets a surprise update with DirectX 12 and Vulkan support
- 10 years after release Dying Light: Retouched is a nice upgrade for the Techland zombie game
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