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Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Thursday 22nd of September 2016 01:56:26 AM Filed under
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Gunpods Vagabond, a side-scrolling shooter with Lunar Lander style movement mechanics built with Godot
It's currently free, but the developer plans to gradually increase the price as development continues using an Early Access style model.
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Fatal Theory, a retro inspired beat 'em up now on Linux, some thoughts included
The developer of Fatal Theory [Official Site, Steam] sent in a copy of their beat 'em up for me to have a crack at. It's a retro inspired game with simple gameplay, but is it any good?
The game is very low res, your maximum option is 1024x768 for a Window, or the same in fullscreen which doesn't really look that great. Fullscreen will also turn off your monitor.
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Man O' War: Corsair - Warhammer Naval Battles looks like it's now planned to come to Linux [Ed: Mono warning...]
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'Slayer Shock' from the developer of Eldritch is now in Beta, go hunt some vampires
You're a vampire hunter, your home town is being overrun by the undead and it's your job to lead the extermination. You will be aided by your crew at your coffee house HQ who will help you arm up and discover the leaders behind it all.
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Zombie Night Terror, the really fun Lemmings style Zombie game is now out for Linux
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Classic Flash game 'The Majesty of Colors' is being remastered and will release on Linux
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Games for GNU/Linux
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Tuesday 20th of September 2016 07:09:03 PM Filed under
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LASTFIGHT, a pretty good looking fighting game just released on Linux
Now this looks like some good fun! LASTFIGHT [Official Site, Steam], a fighting game where you can pick up any object and smash your enemy with it is now on Linux.
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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night release has been delayed
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night the gothic, exploration-focused action platformer has been delayed back into the first half of 2018.
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The GameCube and Wii emulator 'Dolphin' can now boot every GameCube game
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Games for GNU/Linux
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Tuesday 20th of September 2016 12:23:06 PM Filed under
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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Mac and Linux versions on the way
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is full of all sorts of strange allegories around prejudice. The game expects us to be surprised that people are distrusting and fearful of the augmented humans that could kill them in a heartbeat with their swiss army penis augmentation, when fact the augmented humans did in fact try and kill all of the regular folk towards the end of Deus Ex: Human Revolution where a broadcasted signal – a bit like in Kingsman: The Secret Service – sent them all into a murderous rage. (Sorry, spoilers.)
It’s certainly a strange thing, but if you can get your head around it (read: suspend your disbelief, ignore the pseudo-lofty stupidness, and generally crack on with things) then it’s a rather excellent game.
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Some thoughts on 'Siralim 2', the never ending monster battling RPG
You don't need to play the first game, as they stand completely apart with their own story and introductions.
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Dogma: Eternal Night is an in-development vampire MMO that will have Linux support [Ed: Microsoft Mono insider, so watch out]
I have to say I think it looks pretty cool, the idea of being a vampire like that in an MMO would be pretty fun.
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Unigine Is Working On Perhaps The Most Beautiful GPU Benchmark, Coming Later This Year
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Games for GNU/Linux
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Tuesday 20th of September 2016 01:44:40 AM Filed under
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Dragon Bros action platformer release in Early Access with Linux support
We certainly aren't short on action platformers! Dragon Bros [Official Site, Steam] recently released with Linux support in Early Access.
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Check out 'Binaries' if you fancy an eye bending challenge on Linux
The developer of 'Binaries' [Official Site, Steam] sent me a copy of their game to check it out and it's impressive. It's a platformer where you're controlling two balls at the same time, each in slightly different level layouts, it's genius.
The game was quietly released for Linux a few months after the Windows version and the developers forgot to even announce it. They only announced it at the start of this month. So you can be forgiven for not knowing about it.
The game is made by Ant Workshop Ltd, who come from my own homeland of the UK. That hasn't swayed me towards it at all though (honest!), it's just a brilliantly designed game. It also has a small amount of our terrible humour in it.
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Face hell in 'Devil Daggers', now available for Linux
Are you ready to face hell? I sure wasn't apparently. Devil Daggers [Official Site, Steam] is now out for Linux and I took a little look.
Devil Daggers is a first-person arena style shooter, you're essentially always trying to beat your previous scores, and everyone else. What's really cool is you can download a replay of anyone's game to see how they did it. The game is rather simplistic, but it's brilliantly designed to hook you in.
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Unigine 2.3.1 Now Supports GPGPU Computing Via Compute Shaders, Renderer Improvements
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Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Monday 19th of September 2016 11:02:32 AM Filed under
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Stellaris: Leviathans DLC announced, making space feel a little less empty
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PPSSPP, the Best Free PSP Emulator, Now Lets Users Record Their Video Games
A new stable release of the PPSSPP free, cross-platform, and open-source PSP (PlayStation Portable) emulator application has been made available for download, version 1.3.
PPSSPP 1.3 is here seven months since the release of the previous maintenance update, namely PPSSPP 1.2, and adds various interesting additions, such as better support for Android-based Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphones, as well as any device running Apple's iOS 9 or later mobile operating system.
There's also improved support for 64-bit Android TV platforms, a memory leak patch for Raspberry Pi single-board computers, the implementation of the latest FFmpeg multimedia backend, and a workaround for some rendering issues on Tegra K1 and Tegra X1 mobile processors.
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Devil Daggers, a very highly rated fast-paced shooter should come to Linux soon
The developer of Devil Daggers [Official Site] has teased a Linux version to come soon, exciting, as it looks great and has very positive reviews overall.
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Become a box in 'What The Box?' a rather funny online shooter that has Linux support
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Fantasy role-playing game 'The Dwarves' set to release on December 1st
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Games for GNU/Linux
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Monday 19th of September 2016 05:35:44 AM Filed under
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Freespace 2 looks set to gain an open source mission editor
Freespace 2 was released in 1999 and still to this day holds up as one of the best space shooters around, and my own personal favourite. The mix of seriously intense space battles with an interesting story I thought was really well done overall. One day I would love to see it gain another game in the series. In 2002 Volition release the source code to Freespace 2!
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GNOME Games Levels Up With Gamepad, Fullscreen & PlayStation Support
Despite being an avid retro gamer I've never used the GNOME Games app — and I've really been missing out.
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'Deus Ex: Mankind Divided' Mac And Linux Versions Announced, Marking Series Linux Debut
Get yourself some augmentations no matter your operating system.
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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided to make its way to Linux and Mac
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Linux gave me one of my best gaming experiences yet
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Sunday 18th of September 2016 05:22:43 AM Filed under


A few times in your life, you have a life changing experience. Maybe it’s getting married, having your first child, or finishing your college degree.
Well, I just had a life changing experience. And it was because of a video game. Not just a video game, but a video game that I played on Linux.
As I am sure many of you are aware, Linux gets the unfortunate notoriety of being a poor operating system for games (this seems to be changing in the public's eyes). Sure, we do have less games than other platforms, but that certainly doesn’t mean the games themselves are of poor quality.
I was reminded of this when I completed the recently ported game to Linux, ‘Life is Strange’ [Official Site, Steam]. Developed by Dontnod Entertainment, and ported to Linux by the awesome folks at Feral interactive. With the combined work on developing the game itself from Dontnod, and the wonderful port by Feral, I have just had one of my best gaming experiences ever. And it was all done on Linux.
Also: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Heads to Linux and Mac, Courtesy Feral Interactive
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Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Saturday 17th of September 2016 07:18:11 PM Filed under

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Tor Browser 6.0.5 Released For Windows, Linux, And Mac OS X
The Tor Project has released Tor Browser 6.0.5 for all major platforms. This update of the popular anonymity software comes with an important bug fix in Mozilla Firefox that allowed an attacker to exploit an add-on vulnerability and inject malicious code. Other changes come in the form of updated HTTPS-Everywhere and a new Tor stable version 0.2.8.7.
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Sayonara Music Player 0.9.1 Released, Here’s How To Install it On Ubuntu
A new version of the Sayonara music player is out, and it adds cover art support, new icons, and a new crossfader. We show you how to install it on Ubuntu.
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NitroShare – Easily Share Files Between Multiple Operating Systems on Local Network
One of the most important uses of a network is for file sharing purposes. There are multiple ways Linux and Windows, Mac OS X users on a network can now share files with each other and in this post, we shall cover Nitroshare, a cross-platform, open-source and easy-to-use application for sharing files across a local network.
Nitroshare tremendously simplifies file sharing on a local network, once installed, it integrates with the operating system seamlessly. On Ubuntu, simply open it from the applications indicator, and on Windows, check it in the system tray.
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Bash 4.4 and Readline 7.0 released
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GNU Bash 4.4 Released With New Features And Changes
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Microsoft updates Skype app for Linux users
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Apache2: Rewrite REQUEST_URI based on a bulk list of GET parameters in QUERY_STRING
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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is coming to Mac and Linux
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Deus Ex Mankind Divided Mac and Linux Coming in 2016 – System Requirements Are Also Set to Be Revealed
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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Coming to Mac and Linux in 2016
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided will be available on Mac and Linux later this year, it has been announced. While the console and PC versions were published by Square Enix, these versions are being handled by Feral Interactive.
Feral previously worked with Square Enix to publish Tomb Raider, Life is Strange, and Sleeping Dogs on Mac and Linux. A more specific release date has not been announced. System requirements for both Mac and Linux versions will be detailed "closer to launch."
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Heavy Discounts On Asypr Media’s Linux Games, Including Borderlands 2
Aspire Media are celebrating their 20th birthday with a sale — which is my kind of celebration!
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Games for GNU/Linux
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Saturday 17th of September 2016 12:00:08 AM Filed under
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Indie action multiplayer game 'Marooners' released for Linux
Along with RIVE, now we have another game coming from the Netherlands: Marooners is a casual title developed by M2H studios (Verdun), aimed to be played at parties with your friends. It consists in a group of minigames where you have to collect treasures while trying to survive your friends' attacks and diverse environmental threats. Also, there is an original mechanic that suddenly switches the game modes, forcing you to quickly adapt to the consequent chaos.
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Looks like 2D adventure game 'Owlboy' will come to Linux using FNA
Thanks to the great TheLinuxGamer for the poke on Twitter about it, it seems that 'Owlboy' [Official Site] will come to Linux using FNA.
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Project Highrise now has an experimental Linux version
Project Highrise [Official Website] a cool looking skyscraper construction and management sim is now available on Linux, but it's a very experimental form.
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Starbound updated with new fishing feature, collections and a Relocator tool
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Aspyr Media are celebrating their 20th anniversary with a big sale
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The new video for Transport Fever shows off the town simulation, looks awesome
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Super Time Force Ultra now available DRM free for Linux on GOG
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SKYHILL, the 2D survival game is now available DRM free for Linux on GOG
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Games for GNU/Linux
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Friday 16th of September 2016 09:14:29 AM Filed under
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Feral Interactive Said To Be Announcing "Massive" New Game For Linux Tomorrow
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Feral's New Linux Port Is Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Is Coming to Linux
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is coming to Linux (and macOS) later this year, games publisher Feral Interactive has announced.
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Feral Won't Say Yet If Their Newest Linux Game Will Support Vulkan
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Space Shooter ‘Everspace’ To Hit Linux Later This Month
The sumptuous looking crowd-funded space shooter 'Everspace' will launch on Linux before the month is out, games developers Rockfish Games have announced.
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Interview with Timothee Besset, formerly of id Software, who helped port Rocket League to Linux
After waiting a while Rocket League finally launched on Linux in Beta form this month. It was fully worth the wait [my article here], but I wanted to speak to one of the main people behind the port itself.
I would like to thank Timothee "TTimo" for taking time out of his busy developer life to answer my questions.
Hopefully you will find this interesting.
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CryENGINE 5.3 Pushed Back One Month, Delaying Vulkan Support
CryENGINE 5.3 had been planning to ship in mid-October with a number of new features -- including Vulkan support -- but now it's delayed at least one month.
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