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Some good news! SWORDY has been given the green light to come to Linux & SteamOS by Microsoft, as the developer was a bit confused due to the Xbox One exclusive deal they have.

For those still playing Minecraft, you may know that Mojang is working on a new launcher that doesn't use Java (hooray!), but it might not run on Linux (boo!).

Thanks to PC Gamer we have been pointed to an interview that Tim Sweeney the founder of Epic Games did, and he's blasting Microsoft yet again.

Following on from Day of the Tentacle Remastered's Linux release, GOL editor Cheese has published 11,000 words on porting games to Linux, supplemented with thoughts and perspectives from other Linux game porters. Read on for a summary and some excerpts!

Surprise, I'm finally back! As some of you might know, I have been sitting in the Finnish Defence Forces the past 3-ish weeks but I have now returned for a weekend to reclaim the Friday Livestream, mainly because Liam tactically got sick this evening and someone has to run the show. So, sit tight and buckle up for some live Linux gaming!

I have to say, Shadows of Kurgansk looks pretty damn interesting for an action and survival game and it's now on Linux.

Stardew Valley is going to be an early birthday present for me, as it's releasing for Linux on July 29th (my birthday being the 30th).

I have been waiting and attempting to be patient on this, Stardew Valley has now popped up on SteamDB with a Linux/Mac testing branch.

People keep asking me to highlight this issue, so I will. There is a growing number of games that have at some point said a Linux port will happen and then we wait and nothing happens.

2D action adventure Buck is on Kickstarter with a Linux demo, and so is dungeon crawler Wizard of Legend and fantasy LGBT VN Eldet. Plus more campaigns than you can shake a stick at.

Most of us reading this site want Steam Machines to do well. Not all of us will be interested in buying the hardware, but we're aware that its success is also tied to the success of Linux as a gaming platform, which is why I'm pretty miffed that the OEMs and Valve have messed it up.

Broforce have released their 4th of July (7th of July) update and it includes new bros, as well as probably breaking online play even more.

We've been kicking around some ideas about doing a livestream of one of Paradox's grand strategy games. There's a pretty big fan base among GOL readers, so it would be interesting to see how much interest there is and what people would want.

Patterna is a very deceptive game, it looks very simplistic, but the overall package it offers is delightful.

The next generation of AMD GPU's have launched, and it begins with the AMD RX 480. Benchmarks are now out there along with plenty of info.

A few hours ago Linux information was added to the SteamDB entry for Mighty No. 9, which indicates they are now pushing it into Steam.

AMD are doing something pretty amazing, they will be doing a reddit AMA with the chance of anyone who comments to win one of fourteen of their brand new RX 480 graphics cards.

The Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.9.13 has many small changes including 34 bugfixes.

Just to make sure that everyone is getting an unreasonable amount of big announcements today, I am making one of my own concerning the Friday Livestream and the So I Played... (previously GOL Cast) articles.

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number finally has the level editor that was supposed to come with it at release!