There was much rejoicing and fanfare earlier today among Linux gamers eagerly awaiting the Linux release of The Witcher 2 - Assassins of Kings, which has landed on Steam For Linux. However, some of the rejoicing was short-lived. It didn't take long for Linux users to dig deeper into the downloaded…

It was only a bit over a week ago that I wrote an article on the Birdie Twitter application. Well, now the Birdie team is scrapping the current codebase and looks to be rebooting the application as Birdie 2.0. In a blog post titled "It's time to say goodbye" on the 26th February 2014, the…

Humble Indie Bundle 11 adds another three games plus Valve announces the release of the Portal 2 beta for Linux! Humble Indie Bundle 11 launched last week, featuring six cross-platform games, although at this stage only five are completely Linux compatible. As usual the three additional games have…

It's that time again folks, another Humble Indie Bundle has landed featuring 6 Linux compatible games. Well, sort of... for now, let's just say 5 Linux compatible games. It almost seems like the Humble Bundles are rolling out quicker and quicker these days. Humble Indie Bundle 11 has recently…

The popular but at times controversial init/system management daemon known as systemd looks to be becoming the de facto init standard in the Linux world as Ubuntu decides to switch to systemd in place of Upstart. Mark Shuttleworth revealed the upcoming changes in a blog post titled 'Losing…

"Created by real world astronauts, scientists and architects. Build vast colonies and cities. Explore the many unknowns of our universe!" That's the tagline of the ambitious space sim/real time strategy game Kickstarter project by Space Enigma Studios, who is also promising day one Linux…

As we come to expect from the Humble Indie Bundles, with around 6 days remaining, another 3 games have been added to the latest Bundle for those paying above the average purchase price. Humble Indie Bundle X launched last week, featuring games such as To The Moon, Joe Danger 2: The Movie, Papo…

Just mere days after Paradox Interactive announced the Cities in Motion franchise was coming to Linux, it has already arrived! Both Cities in Motion 1 and 2 have landed on Linux, including all currently available DLC content. Normally, I'd leave upcoming or just released gaming news to others such…

Linux gamers rejoice, Humble Indie Bundle X has arrived and it features some great new Linux debuts! As usual, it's pay-what-you-want and features 6 cross-platform, DRM-free games as well as downloadable soundtracks. The latest Humble Bundle features the following games: To The Moon Joe Danger 2:…

Swedish video game publisher, Paradox Interactive, are continuing the Linux love, announcing that the entire Cities in Motion franchise will be brought to the Linux platform! Paradox Interactive, who have already brought such games as Crusader Kings 2 and Europa Universalis IV to Linux, recently…