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Shortest Trip to Earth, a top-down spaceship simulator inspired by FTL and Firefly will come to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Shortest Trip to Earth, a top-down spaceship simulator inspired by FTL and Firefly that's currently funding on indiegogo will come to Linux.

Breaking out in The Escapists 2, some thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
The Escapists 2 launched recently with day-1 Linux support, Team17 sent over a key and I’ve taken a look.

One of Valve's choices of games to highlight for Steam Machines is more than a little silly

By Liam Dawe,
It's true that the marketing around SteamOS and Steam Machines wasn't all that great, but what they're showing as "Optimized for Steam Machines" is a bit of a joke.

A bunch of Feral Interactive Linux ports may be broken on Arch and others, here's a possible workaround

By Liam Dawe,
It seems an update of glibc has caused a bunch of Linux ports from Feral Interactive to be broken. Here's a possible workaround for now.

Vulture, a build-em-up arcade shooter that sounds pretty good has Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
There's a lot of arcade shooters around, but Vulture mixes the genre up with more modern systems like a block-based upgrade system to customize your fighter.

The End Is Nigh could be on the way to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
For those that don't follow Ryan "Icculus" Gordon on Patreon, a little hint was dropped in a recent post and it could mean "The End Is Nigh" is heading to Linux.

Dead Acres, a multiplayer survival farming game has Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Farming! Zombies! Maybe a little Tower Defense? Dead Acres, an Early Access game from Glowstick Entertainment has Linux support.

Super Blood Hockey is now officially out for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Following a rather short beta, Super Blood Hockey is now officially available for Linux. People who helped to test it will even be added to the credits.

Faeria’s Oversky co-op mode gets its final set of stages

By BTRE,
The free-to-play card game got its last batch of special co-op stages earlier this week. You’re now able to experience the full range of themed stages with special cards.

Shroud of the Avatar has yet another free trial

By BTRE,
The hybrid MMORPG that can be played offline and in single player, if so desired, has another free trial period for the next couple of weeks.

Molecats, a Lemmings-like puzzle game where you adjust the environment to progress

By Liam Dawe,
Molecats is a puzzle game about indirect-control, where you adjust the environment to let these weird creatures get to safety. The developers just put out a Linux version of this Early Access game.

The beautiful space combat game 'EVERSPACE' finally lands on Linux in an unofficial form

By Liam Dawe,
EVERSPACE has been a wee bit overdue for Linux, but today that ends. It's now available to download and it seems to run just fine.

The co-op, action RPG 'Dauntless' may see Linux support in future

By Liam Dawe,
Dauntless, a co-op, action RPG that's currently in a closed-Beta may see eventual Linux support, as one of the developers is a Linux user.

Space combat game 'ASTROKILL' has been patched with improved Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
The developer of ASTROKILL has been busy! The latest patch has just release and the Linux version has been improved.

Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is free on Steam until later today

By Liam Dawe,
Grab a permanent free copy of Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine on Steam today, the deal lasts until around 5PM UTC.

Survival game ‘Rust’ updated with a new Unity version & our server is now on a fresh map

By Liam Dawe,
The Early Access survival game Rust has been updated, our server has been updated and we’re now on a fresh map.

The Frostbite engine apparently has partial Linux support but that doesn’t mean we’ll get ports anytime soon

By BTRE,
The technical director for Electronic Art’s SEED division who works on the engine has stated that it’s capable of running on Linux. While very cool, this isn’t a reason to get your hopes up when it comes to future AAA ports just yet.

Tyranny – Bastard’s Wound released, some thoughts

By BTRE,
The latest DLC for Obsidian’s RPG has been released today. I was given the chance to play through it and have some thoughts to share.

Wine Staging 2.16 is out with more D3D11, D3D8 & D3D9 work and fixes for games like The Witcher 3

By Liam Dawe,
Wine Staging 2.16 sounds like a pretty fantastic release overall, with more work done on D3D11, D3D8 and D3D9.

Citadale: The Legends Trilogy, originally a Wii U title to come to Linux with two new chapters

By Liam Dawe,
Citadale: The Legends Trilogy, originally a Wii U title under the name "Citadale: Gate of Souls" is now heading to Steam with Linux support.