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Star Traders: 4X Empires has just been released for Linux, so fans of 4X strategy games might want to take a look out our new release.

We've had another busy week of busily doing busy stuff, so it's time to lean back and enjoy the weekend. And what is the best way to enjoy weekends? Playing Linux games of course! But if you have the time, you might also enjoy watching me play Linux games and talk about things. Anyway, you are once again welcome to the weekly livestream!

Feel like going back to the old times of gun powder and armies standing in straight lines on open fields? Well, here's a good candidate. Let's make our dreams of glorious empires true and see how this game works.

CaesarIA is now on steam! The Caesar III re-make was just released in early access and has been in Steam Greenlight since April 16, 2014. The problem is that it might not be legal.

Tiny Robot Justice Squad is a slick looking arena shooter, but the difference isn't just in the game, all funds go to charity.

Verde Station is a strange game. It lets you wander through a space station. You're all on your own for a full year and just need to keep the station running. You can think of it as a sort of a solitude simulator.

The WWI FPS Verdun has been in Early Access and on Linux for over a year now. A major patch was released a few days ago which updated the engine to Unity 5. Time to take a look at it!

Open-world sandbox space trading game 'Drifter' has seen a major release lately, bringing more content and polish to the game. Additions include the first implementation of space station interiors, five new ships and many UI improvements.

More information is coming out of Aspyr thanks to a reddit, and the news is all pretty good. Not only are they looking at releasing a new port soon, but they are looking to GOG too.

I have been following this realistic survival game for about a year now as they stated Linux support on their homepage. Some of its main features include an infinite procedurally-generated world, dynamic weather, hunting, crafting and on top of all that it has great graphics.

Nostalgia junkies will be pleased to hear that Super Mario 64 is getting a complete overhaul as fans are making the game from scratch using the FOSS Blender Game Engine with a Linux release confirmed.

Cubot is a minimalist puzzle game that has been available since early last year on Itch.io and Desura. Last week it was greenlit and the game is already available on Steam.

Warhammer Quest is a new mix of strategy and RPG action based on the tabletop board-game. It comes with Linux support, but sadly the reception so far isn't the best.

After hearing plenty of heated feedback, GOG.com has now backtracked from their use of encrypted RAR files in their Windows installers, something which has raised concerns about the potential for encroaching DRM on their service as well as causing technical problems for some Linux users.

Zombie games can be usually placed into one of two categories, survival and gore-fest. You either attempt to survive the day to day life or you chop large hordes of zombies into pieces. Project Zomboid takes the survival route.

It's Friday and that means livestream! And based on my testing this livestream might look better than any of our previous ones, thanks to top of the line 3G mobile technology that for the first time in history brings me an internet connection from this century.

'Downfall' is the remake of the 2009 adventure game by the same name. It's the game preceding 'The Cat Lady' in developer Harvester Games' planned trilogy, is slated for release in Q2 and has now been confirmed for Linux.

Here is a look back at the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for 2014, it was a seriously crazy year for us here, and for everyone in Linux gaming, so let's see what happened.

'Clive & The Stones Of The Ancient Bunnies' made something of a belly flop on Kickstarter earlier this year, and was far from reaching their £25K goal. That didn't stop one-man developer Rob Wass though, as he has kept at it and released a new gameplay trailer for the game last week.

After a bit of a wait it's finally possible for you to bring your penguins to space and colonize new worlds in the name of Torvalds. But how does Civilization: Beyond Earth fare, what are its strengths and weaknesses? Let's find out.