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I think ‘Particle Fleet: Emergence’ just became my new Linux gaming addiction

By Liam Dawe,
I’m a big strategy game fan, I like building stuff and especially destroying stuff. I did a quick check on new Steam releases today and came across ‘Particle Fleet: Emergence’ and I don’t want to put it down.

Rotate different shapes made out of blocks into holes in 'Security Hole', now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
'Security Hole' recently released for Linux and the developer sent in a key, so I took a look. It's a bit of an odd game, you're trying to help a virus made out of blocks fit into different shaped holes.

'Sundered', a beautiful hand­-drawn action game coming to Linux next year

By Liam Dawe,
Sundered, is a really beautiful looking hand-drawn action game from the developers of Jotun. It's confirmed for Linux and due next year, come take a look.

Just a heads up, Saints Row: The Third on Linux has broken co-op play

By Liam Dawe,
The Saints Row: The Third port from Virtual Programming looks like it could use some love, it seems the co-op play on Linux has been broken since release.

Steam Hardware Weekend sale, bag some cheap kit, Steam Controller now has accessories

By Liam Dawe,
The Steam Hardware Weekend sale is now live and it seems Valve now sell accessories for the Steam Controller.

'Hybrid Wars', a futuristic top-down mech shooter released with day-1 Linux support,

By Liam Dawe,
Hybrid Wars is a rather good looking futuristic top-down mech shooter that has now officially released, and it has day-1 Linux support.

Stardew Valley 1.1 beta now available, you can get divorced, new maps, new crops and more

By Liam Dawe,
Stardew Valley 1.1 beta is now available with Linux support. It has a bunch of new maps and plenty of new content.

Unity have released a preview of the Unity editor with the Vulkan API

By Liam Dawe,
This is pretty exciting, Unity have released a preview update build of the Unity engine with the Vulkan renderer.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, Chaos Rising and Retribution released for Linux, port report and thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
Feral Interactive have ported another set of cracking good games. This time we have Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, Chaos Rising and Retribution to fill our strategy needs!

'We Are The Dwarves' now available DRM free for Linux on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
We Are The Dwarves, an action-based tactical adventure is now available for you GOG fans in their usual DRM free form.

Minecraft: The Exploration Update announced, new monsters, new animals and more

By Liam Dawe,
The Minecraft developers have announced The Exploration Update and they have already released a development release for it.

'Sunless Skies', the next game after 'Sunless Sea' to support Linux, will go to Kickstarter next year

By Liam Dawe,
Failbetter Games have announced their next game titled 'Sunless Skies' as the follow-on from 'Sunless Sea'. Linux will be supported.

'Osiris: New Dawn', a graphically impressive multiplayer adventure and survival game coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
'Osiris: New Dawn' is a very impressive looking mix of multiplayer survival, adventure, action and so on. The developers have mentioned that a Linux version is on the table.

InXile Entertainment announced Wasteland 3, will use crowdfunding on fig

By Liam Dawe,
InXile Entertainment have formally announced that Wasteland 3 is a thing and it will go to crowdfunding site Fig to secure development funding.

'Stash: No Loot Left Behind', the new MMO from Frogdice is now available in Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Stash: No Loot Left Behind is the new MMO from Frogdice that features turn based grid combat, player customizable housing and more.

'Pavilion', the very stylish fourth-person puzzling adventure released with day-1 Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
I wrote about 'Pavilion' months ago, so it's pleasing to see it release as promised with day-1 Linux support. The game has some serious style to it.

'Niche - a genetics survival game' released with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Thanks to a GOL supporter I've had a chance to check out 'Niche - a genetics survival game' and breed my tribe of weird looking animals.

Fusion 3, the next generation game engine and editor from Clickteam will support Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Clickteam are the company behind some really cool tools like Fusion, previously called Multimedia Fusion. They did an AMA today where a developer noted their Fusion 3 editor is running on Linux and other platforms.

Avoid the pile-up in 'Clustertruck', a first-person platformer with day-1 Linux support, it's great

By Liam Dawe,
Clustertruck released today and I've had a chance to play some of it before the release, here's some thoughts.

Steam now has above 2,500 Linux & SteamOS games available

By Liam Dawe,
I've seen some posts on reddit and across the wider net about Steam hitting around 2,000 games for Linux. The truth is the number is actually quite a lot higher.