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Verdun is a squad based massive multiplayer first person shooter set in the first world war. Inspired by the infamous battle of Verdun in 1916 players are able to take part in never seen before WWI action. Made by 3 indie developers from BlackMill and M2H. There is a beta version available for download and also a trailer movie of what can be expected.

GamingOnLinux brings you the first part of an exclusive interview with the many developers and Linux maintainers of 'Alien Arena', a free multiplayer fast-paced deathmatch FPS pitting Humans versus Martians.

Drifter is a really great looking 2.5D space trading game that we covered recently about a Linux version incoming, well it's now here!

The sequel to Audiosurf is heading to Linux! Audiosurf is a music-adapting puzzle racer where you use your own music to create your own experience, sadly it seems the first one won't be coming but the sequel Audiosurf Air will be! Just like the original Audiosurf, you can play to relax or you can play to compete on the high score boards--your experience is up to you. I'm so looking forward to all of you getting your hands on this game!

Holder of numerous awards and accolades, The Swapper is an atmospheric puzzle platformer set in the furthest reaches of space. Players wield an experimental device able to clone the user and swap control between them. Dropped into a character and world as mysterious as the workings of the device itself, The Swapper is a game of exploration of a very personal nature. All of the art in The Swapper is constructed using clay models and other everyday materials.

The Wasteland 2 developers have shown off a new update which gives us a small glimpse of inventory management. They also state they are still a few months away from a Beta release. Wasteland 2 is the Kickstarted sequel to Wasteland (an RPG released in 1988) that gathered nearly 3 million dollars in funding so it's still one of the highest earning Kickstarter games ever, next to their other Kickstarted game Torment: Tides of Numenera which got just over 4 million!

Drifter is an open-world sandbox space trading game with a procedurally-generated galaxy 100,000 light years across made up of tens of thousands of star systems to explore and features an original soundtrack by composer Danny Baranowsky.

Door Kickers is an innovative Real-Time Tactics game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team. We broke the news about it coming to you last month. I had a chance to test it before the Linux version went out (thank you developers!) and fell in love with it, good graphics mixed with interesting gameplay. It actually reminded me of Frozen Synapse a little bit. Analyze the situation, plan team routes, choose equipment and breach points and coordinate multiple troopers to reach the hostage room before the bad guys get to press that trigger.

So with June knocking at our doors it's time to just take a quick look back at what's been going on!

Double Fine's super smiley Brad Muir (creator of Iron Brigade) is heading up a new crowdfunding campaign to develop a single player turn based tactical strategy game inspired by X-COM, Final Fantasy Tactics and Fire Emblem. Massive Chalice will use Double Fine's Buddha Engine, the same engine used by Brütal Legend, Stacking and Costume Quest, which recently gained Linux support in the Humble Double Fine Bundle.

Third time's the charm, and after a week of scarcity regarding bundles and sales, here comes a new edition of The Cheapskate's Corner with exciting news for you!

Scrolls the new game from Minecraft's studio. Mojang originally said back in November that Scrolls will be on Linux, now it seems it won't be just yet.

Another game for Linux. In a world abundant with evil scientists with monkeys growing out of their heads, where goldfish plot planetary domination schemes, where sidekicks cope with stress by turning into a monster and attacking the hero... In such a world, gamers are justified in wondering why they should care if Doug TenNapel returns to game design. This is not that world. This is a world that needs Armikrog.

Well folks it's that awesome time again, time to get your game on! Humble Indie Bundle 8 is live and with a really amazing selection too.

The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief is a thrilling crime adventure in three episodes from the creators of 'The Book of Unwritten Tales'.

Ankh 3 looks to be heading to Linux thanks to RuneSoft who have added it to their bitbucket tracker.

Element4l is an immersive and experimental indie platform game, with a strong focus on flow and smooth gameplay, wrapped in an exceptional soundtrack by Mind Tree.

Great news Football/Soccer fans! Football Manager 14 will be officially supporting Linux as stated by the developers!

Rise of the Ravager offers classic arcade action reminiscent of a fast action Missile Command while players blast descending waves of coloured enemies that can only be annihilated by a matching colour bullet (in a similar fashion to Guitar Hero or Ikaruga). Seek the favour of the Old Ones to prevent an ancient god’s avatar from rising, signalling the End of Times.

Tripwire the developers behind Killing Floor had an email chat with me recently about the possibilities of Red Orchestra 2 and Rising Storm coming to Linux and why they currently won't. It gives us a small bit of info on Unreal Engine 2+3.