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Linux Release List has been updated for September 2016. Preview ("early access") releases aside, September turned out to be unusually weak for PC, Windows and Linux alike.

Linux news have been dominated by Rocket League (surely needs no further introduction), complemented by long promised port of Dawn of War 2 by Feral Interactive.

On the low profile "pixelated" front, tireless bedroom coders have once again covered all genres imaginable.

I had my share of fun with turn-based sci-fi opera Halcyon 6; fans of ultra violent side-scrollers could beat out some brains in Mother Russia Bleeds; and arcade button smashers nuked the shit out of Atom Zombie Smasher.

Late in the month Minor Key (of "Eldricht" and "You Have to Win the Game" fame) made available their latest Slayer Shock, while Wargamming.net (providers of World of Tanks) failed to appeal to single-player crowd with top-down shooter Hybrid Wars.

Honorable mention goes to nerdish Particle Fleet: Emergence by Knuckle Cracker and, well, "stupid simple" ballblazer Clustertruck - "ten seconds of concentrated fun" best suited for TVs and Steam Machines, I guess.

Seemingly there was plenty to choose from this month, although (apart from Rocket League) we have to admit to ourself - none of it is long-lasting re-playable material on Linux.

Linux Release List has been updated for August 2016. What is usually dry month for gaming turned out to be pretty strong for Linux: a new Master of Orion has been released, new Worms, and plenty of well-received low-budget indie titles.

The news have been "dominated" (with a grain of salt) by Master of Orion, though I hesitated (a lot) to give it "a splash" on my site. Grand turn-based strategy is my genre of choice indeed, but in the case of MoO - first I've been waiting for GoG to release Linux build (to no avail), than I got distracted by all the cries of oversimplifications. If the new MoO is anything like Civ 5 in space, why bother?

Worms W.M.D. is the second high profile release of August 2016. It's been struggling for positive reception as well, but nevertheless it's a beauty compared to Hedgewars or (still my favorite in the genre) Scorched Earth.

Linux Release List has been updated for July 2016.

Originally released in 1993, Day of the Tentacle is one of the countless highlights of LucasArts' golden age. Not as widely pirated as Indy Jones, maybe, but still firmly engraved in our teenage memories.

Four months ago its remastered version has been released for various crippled platforms. As I recall, there wasn't a Linux build announced, luckily in the end Double Fine didn't left us behind.

As of now, Linux version is available only on Steam. 15 eu it costs. If you don't mind waiting some more, DRM-free GoG upload should follow soon.

I'll wait, why hurry. It's summer anyway, isn't it.

New section has been added to the site - from now on, anyone can browse our database of Linux game developers. Currently the list is going back to January 2015, it doesn't contain such as Valve or idSoft yet.

This might change over time.

Fun fact: Since January 2015, the database has registered 697 games and 613 developers.

In two years, only 84 studios (or individuals) have managed to release two (or more) games on Steam.