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Steam Client Beta finally adds Big Picture Configuration editing for the Steam Controller and more

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have now updated the Steam Client and the firmware for the Steam Controller to allow Big Picture Configuration editing and more.

Play as superpowered 'Mr Shifty' in this upcoming top-down action game

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
Mr Shifty is a top-down action game inspired by Hotline Miami, but with different aesthetics and a focus on using superhero abilities. The game will be out next year, and the developers started preparing the Linux version two months ago.

Upcoming ragdoll small platformer 'City Climber' is looking for votes at Steam Greenlight

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
City Climber is an upcoming good looking platformer where you need to control a ragdoll character using your mouse or your controller. It was created by one person and right now is looking for votes on Steam Greenlight. There isn't a precise release date, but apparently the game will be finished by next month.

The Girl and the Robot, a third-person action adventure game released for Linux, sadly buggy

By Liam Dawe,
A brand new third-person action adventure game is now available on Linux. Some of the people who made The Girl and the Robot are ex Gameloft, EA and Ubisoft developers!

Looks like Subnautica from the Natural Selection 2 developers won't get Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
This is quite sad, it seems we have been left wondering for a while (years) about Subnautica, but a developer has now confirmed a Linux version is not being worked on.

Mighty No. 9 is now actually live on both Linux & Mac

By Liam Dawe,
Good news platformer lovers, as Aaron from Knockout Games sent word that the Linux & Mac versions of Mighty No. 9 are now actually live on Steam.

Worms W.M.D is out day-1 on Linux, here's some early thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
With thanks to my friends at GamesRepublic I was sent a key to Worms W.M.D today to give it a test, so test it I did! Warning: Image heavy article.

The awesome looking RPG, Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom has a new trailer

By Liam Dawe,
The RPG game Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom has a new trailer fresh out of Gamescom and it looks awesome.

Mighty No. 9 has its SteamOS icon back, not yet playable

By Liam Dawe,
The action platformer Mighty No. 9 looks like it has its SteamOS icon back, but looking at reports it's not yet playable on Linux.

CRYENGINE is planning to add in Vulkan support around October for the 5.3 release

By Liam Dawe,
CRYENGINE, the other major game engine is adding in Vulkan support in their 5.3 release due in October.

N++ a fast-paced, momentum-based platformer confirmed for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
N++ a simple, fast-paced, momentum-based platformer has been confirmed by the developers as being on it's way to Linux.

Yooka-Laylee ToyBox shows that Yooka-Laylee should have no problems coming to Linux, plus new trailer

By ChloeWolfieGirl,
Yooka-Laylee is a game being created by the minds behind Banjo-Kazooie. A playable Toybox was recently released to Kickstarter backers.

Want to be notified when your favourite livestreamers go live directly on your desktop? Got some tools for that

By Liam Dawe,
The excellent OMG! Ubuntu! website has discovered a few nifty Linux desktop applications that will help you get notified when your favourite streamers go live. Handy if you follow our livestreams that's for sure.

FEZ has a massive 1.2 update that switches out MonoGame for FNA & SDL2

By Liam Dawe,
Ethan Lee is at it again, the hit indie platformer FEZ has released the big 1.2 update that ditches MonoGame for FNA.

Have you seen ChromaGun? A first-person puzzler inspired by portal, but with paint

By Liam Dawe,
The developer of ChromaGun sent in a copy of the game for me to test out and while I found the idea rather cool, shooting paint around to solve puzzles it does have major issues on Linux.

Monsters and Monocles, a new co-op top down shooter enters Early Access, some early thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
Come in, have a cup of tea to replenish that mind and let me tell you about Monsters and Monocles a stylish new co-op shooter that’s now available for Linux.

A reason for poor performance on AMD plus Mesa has been found and a patch is in progress

By Liam Dawe,
Marek Olšák has recently sent word to the AMD mailing list that they have found a reason for some games performing poorly using Mesa. Another developer noted that a patch is already in progress.

Nvidia beta driver 370.23 has initial support for PRIME Synchronization

By Liam Dawe,
Nvidia has released the beta driver 370.23, the good news for multi-GPU users is that it features initial support for PRIME Synchronization.

No Man's Sky has been shown to work rather well in Wine on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Not my usual sort of topic, but since it's proving popular it's probably worth highlighting. No Man's Sky the brand new survival sim from Hello Games works rather well in Wine on Linux.

Livestreaming on Linux? Here's an essential tip you need on getting follower alerts to show up

By Liam Dawe,
Livestreaming is a big thing now! We do it, you do it, your dog would probably like to do it too. One thing that hasn't previously been easy is setting up things like follower alerts, now it is.
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