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Some thoughts on Linux gaming in 2019, an end of year review

By Liam Dawe,
2019 is coming to a close, it's been a pretty wild year for Linux gaming that's for sure! Here's some thoughts on the year and what to expect for 2020.

Crazy typing adventure dungeon-crawler Backspace Bouken is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Backspace Bouken isn't your standard dungeon crawler, it mashes it together with a typing game and the end result is pretty hilarious.

A reminder of some great looking games coming to Linux from successful crowdfunding campaigns

By Liam Dawe,
Crowdfunding for games doesn't always work out but thanks to the likes of IndieGoGo, Kickstarter, Fig and more we have a lot of good Linux games. There's plenty more on the way too, let's take a quick look. Warning: Lots of media inside.

Hellpoint, the dark sci-fi action RPG from Cradle Games now launching in 2020 with new details

By Liam Dawe,
Cradle Games recently put out some fresh exciting details for Hellpoint, their upcoming crowdfunded dark sci-fi action RPG.

The Humble Paradox Management Bundle just launched, great deal for Linux gamers

By Liam Dawe,
The Humble Paradox Management Bundle just launched and it's a really great selection of games that's available for Linux.

A round-up of some good sales going on Linux games for you this weekend

By Liam Dawe,
Roll up! Roll up! Come and see what could possibly be your next game purchase. Here's a little round-up of what's going cheap for you this weekend.

New Steam Client Beta upgrades the Linux Steam Runtime Container and Remote Play Together

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have another freshly brewed Beta available for the Steam Client that was released yesterday ready for more testing.

Retro styled strategic fleet defence game XO has entered Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
In the space strategy game XO, you take command of the last remaining Battleship as you attempt to gather a fleet in a desperate bid to save humanity.

Card-battling mechanics with roguelike exploration, Space Grunts 2 is nearing a full release

By Liam Dawe,
As Orangepixel celebrate 15 years of developing games, their latest with Space Grunts 2 is getting ready to leave Early Access.

Checking up on the latest huge updates to sci-fi mining game, Rings of Saturn

By scaine,
ΔV: Rings of Saturn continues to expand, adding new POIs, crew, upgrades and more in their latest series of updates.

Quirky and engrossing space-colony sim Oxygen Not Included has a big free update out

By Liam Dawe,
Klei Entertainment have recently pushed out the Meep's Mandatory Recreation Pack free update with plenty of fixes and some new content along with it.

Some early first impressions of Google Stadia played on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Stadia has launched if you have the Founder Edition, our unit and code came a little late but it's here and surprisingly it all seems to be working well.

BATTLETECH Heavy Metal has firmly stomped its way to release

By Liam Dawe,
BATTLETECH Heavy Metal, the latest expansion to the turn-based strategy game that has you fight with massive lumbering 'mechs is out now.

Set between Half-Life and Half-Life 2, Valve have now properly announced Half-Life: Alyx (updated)

By Liam Dawe,
Half-Life: Alyx, the first Half-Life title in far too long has now been officially revealed with the Steam store page for it now available and you can also pre-purchase.

Remote Play Together released out of Beta, big sale now on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have decided to remove the training wheels from Remote Play Together and give it a released sticker along with a big sale.

Vulkan post-processing layer vkBasalt has a new release up with SMAA support

By Liam Dawe,
Continuing to boost the feature set of the post-processing layer for vkBasalt, a new release is up and it appears we missed a few smaller in-between releases too.

The fantastic co-op space sandbox Avorion should now be easier to get going

By Liam Dawe,
Avorion already had a lot of things truly nailed down, from the freedom to build and explore to the excellent presentation but one thing it lacked was a good experience for newer users. Now it should be much improved.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's mission system in Operation Shattered Web is pretty good

By Liam Dawe,
I will admit, after dropping an update last night with a big new Operation for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive I was a little sceptical with the Battle Pass system. However, it's surprisingly good.

Start your week off with a new game, here's a few for Linux going cheap

By Liam Dawe,
Another week, another sale of course. Let's have a little look over what's going cheap for Linux gamers across this week.

The surprisingly good deck-builder Fate Hunters has arrived on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
Releasing originally back in July, Fate Hunters is another deck-building roguelike filled with random encounters and just recently it was released DRM-free on GOG.
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