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Lazr, the cyberpunk platformer with a love of cloth physics sim has a massive demo update

By Liam Dawe, 11 Mar 2020

Lazr is a cyberpunk platform that's quickly shaping up to be like nothing else, where parts of the level and enemies are made from simulated cloth and a massive demo update is out.

Build a legendary deck of magical cards in 'Dungeon Drafters' - confirmed for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 7 Mar 2020

Dungeon Drafters is a deck-builder that's also a rogue-lite dungeon crawler, with cute graphics and action that looks seriously sweet.

Awesome looking pixel-art arcade adventure 'Battle Axe' fully funded and coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 28 Feb 2020

Battle Axe inspired by titles like Gauntlet, Golden Axe, Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara and more looks quite incredible and the good news is their Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign was fully funded.

Quiet survival adventure 'Aquamarine' is fully funded and on the way to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 26 Feb 2020

Some good news to share today, as Aquamarine from Moebial Studios has managed to push through the noise and get fully funded on their Kickstarter campaign.

With clever cloth simulation the cyberpunk platformer 'Lazr' is funded

By Liam Dawe, 25 Feb 2020

With a campaign that had quite a dicey ending, Lazr, an action platformer with some really fun use of cloth physics/simulation has now been funded on Kickstarter.

Skul: The Hero Slayer has you swap your skull to gain new powers - now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 19 Feb 2020

Skul: The Hero Slayer is an action-packed rogue-lite platformer, where you play as the anti-hero Skul who sets off on a quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his demon King from captivity.

2D strategy and business simulator 'Plutocracy' now available on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 19 Feb 2020

Want to have a go at 'big business'? Plutocracy is a 2D strategy and business sim that will let you attempt to build up your business empire along with all the politics that comes with it.

Vagrus - The Riven Realms hits more milestones on Fig, funding big new features

By Liam Dawe, 19 Feb 2020

The hybrid Early Access/Crowdfunding model 'Open Access' on the Fig platform seems to be working really well for Vagrus - The Riven Realms.

Cyber Knights: Flashpoint from Trese Brothers is becoming a big Kickstarter success

By Liam Dawe, 18 Feb 2020

Trese Brothers Games (Star Traders: Frontiers) have a bit of a hit on their hands here, as Cyber Knights: Flashpoint is smashing through goals on Kickstarter.

When Kickstarter goes wrong for indie games: Drift Stage

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jan 2020

A lot of the time Kickstarter (and other crowdfunding) for indie games goes well, in fact the vast majority of the time all is fine. Sometimes though, everything breaks down as is the case with Drift Stage.

Apocalyptic fantasy RPG strategy 'Vagrus - The Riven Realms' new build out, passed $50K on Fig

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jan 2020

Vagrus - The Riven Realms, an incredibly engrossing in-development narrative blend of fantasy RPG and strategy mechanics has a fresh build up.

Stylish 2D action adventure Alwa's Legacy is successfully funded and coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2019

Great news for fans of colourful retro-inspired action adventures, as Alwa's Legacy (the successor to Alwa's Awakening) has managed to get funding.

Petal Crash looks like a super sweet arcade-action puzzler coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 25 Nov 2019

Currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter and fully funded, the arcade action puzzler Petal Crash looks like a good bit of fun.

The Sunday odds and ends Linux and gaming section

By Liam Dawe, 24 Nov 2019

Blimey, where did Saturday go? It's Sunday already? Yes it is. A time for rest, relaxation and plenty of gaming. Time to go over a few random bits of news!

Comedy adventure game 3 Minutes to Midnight funded and coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 9 Nov 2019

Scarecrow Studio have raised enough funding to have a successful Kickstarter campaign for 3 Minutes to Midnight, a comedy adventure game due out next year.

Summer Daze at Hero-U is successfully funded and on the way to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 8 Nov 2019

Summer Daze at Hero-U, the prequel to Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption from Lori and Corey Cole has been funded on Kickstarter so that's another game on the way to Linux.

EVERSPACE 2 is officially funded and on the way to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 5 Nov 2019

After looking a little iffy in the last few days, ROCKFISH Games managed to pull it out of the bag and end up getting over their initial funding goal for their space action adventure EVERSPACE 2.

The Sunday odds and ends Linux and gaming section

By Liam Dawe, 3 Nov 2019

Sunday is a day to do the dishes, hoover the halls, wipe the decks and probably play a whole lot of video games. Here's our Sunday section of interesting things.

Summer Daze at Hero-U from the designers of Quest for Glory will support Linux

By Liam Dawe, 25 Oct 2019

Lori and Corey Cole are back again, after releasing Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption last year they're returning for the spin-off game Summer Daze at Hero-U.