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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.