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Overdriven Reloaded, a vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up with 4 player co-op is now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 31 Jan 2017

Overdriven Reloaded, a vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up is now on Linux. We have quite a few games like it, but this has 4 player co-op so it might just be enough to hook some in.

Iron Sky: Invasion, the Wine-port from Topware Interactive is out of Beta and on sale

By Liam Dawe, 26 Jan 2017

The Linux Wine-port of Iron Sky: Invasion is now officially out of beta and it's on sale with 80% off for another few days.

Avorion, a procedural co-op space sandbox is now on Linux and it looks awesome

By Liam Dawe, 25 Jan 2017

Avorion promises to give you a big open galaxy to explore fight, trade and construct spaceships in. They claim to remove a lot of micro-management which has me excited and it looks really slick.

Imperium Galactica II: Alliances released for Linux & SteamOS, seems native too

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jan 2017

Imperium Galactica II: Alliances just released for Linux & SteamOS and it looks like it's a native version.

Site update: Content bookmarking system now live

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jan 2017

Thanks to a Patreon supporter request, we now have a nifty new feature for you to use. You can now bookmark Articles, Comments, Forum Topics & Replies.

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Intel Haswell now supports OpenGL 4.5 with Mesa-git on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jan 2017

In another push towards Mesa finishing OpenGL for all vendors where possible, Intel Haswell chips now have support for OpenGL 4.5 with Mesa on Linux.

Building on up in Block'hood, my early thoughts on this cute neighbourhood-building sim

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jan 2017

Block'hood is a neighbourhood-building sim that's currently in Early Access. I couldn't resist grabbing a copy when it released for Linux, so here's some early thoughts.

Evolvation, an Unreal Engine online space shooter is now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jan 2017

I've given Evolvation for a little spin, but right now it's still in development and it has issues to be aware of.

Jet-combat with swords: “Hyperspace Dogfights” annnounced

By scaine, 12 Jan 2017

Sleeper games announce "Hyperspace Dogfights", a fast-paced aerial rogue-like action game. Set in the same story universe as their upcoming "Hyperspace Admirals" game, Dogfights is aiming for a Linux beta early this year.

Stellaris is going to gain more customization options for empires, with 'Tradition trees' and 'Ascension Perks'

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jan 2017

Stellaris is going to get a bit more feature-heavy with the next updated and DLC going by Paradox latest updates. They have detailed 'Tradition trees' which will be free and 'Ascension Perks' which will be in the next DLC.

Have you tried Switchcars? A roguelike arcade game set in a broken spacetime

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jan 2017

Switchcars is a game I've been putting off trying for quite some time to wait for it to get polished up some more, but now I've jumped in at the deep end of this arcade style roguelike.

Multiple statistics have shown Linux market-share doing better than ever

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jan 2017

Good news for Linux fans, as multiple big websites showing off statistics have shown Linux is on the rise!

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Airships: Conquer the Skies, a game about building steampunk pixel airships is now on GOG

By Liam Dawe, 5 Jan 2017

GOG have yet another game available that's in-development with Linux support. Airships: Conquer the Skies, a rather good game I've enjoyed a good few hours in.

Voxeliens, a game I covered back in 2012 has gone open source

By Liam Dawe, 5 Jan 2017

Voxeliens, a game I haven't seen much on since I wrote about it back in 2012 has officially gone open source a few days ago. It's a retro-style arcade shooter and it's essentially a 3D voxel-based version of Space Invaders.

Retro-Pixel Castles updated again and will get a new name

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jan 2017

Retro-Pixel Castles, the excellent Early Access village building sim has been updated and it's getting a new name.

StarMade, the spaceship building sandbox has updated graphics

By Liam Dawe, 3 Jan 2017

The StarMade developers have been busy as the game now has updated ship textures to make the game look much nicer.

The most popular Linux & SteamOS gaming articles for December 2016, 181 in total

By gamingonlinux, 2 Jan 2017

Here is a look back at the 15 most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for December 2016, an easy way to for you to keep up to date on what has happened in the past month for Linux & SteamOS Gaming!

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Very Festive Friday Livestream at 6 PM UTC!

By Samsai, 23 Dec 2016

Merry festivities, everyone! Before I too move on to eating myself to death with family and relatives I have one more Livestream for you. So, prepare yourself for a very festive dose of live Linux gaming!

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EGOSOFT planning two new space simulation games, 'X Rebirth VR Edition' using Vulkan and also X4

By Liam Dawe, 19 Dec 2016

EGOSOFT, who became pretty Linux-friendly in recent times are working on two new space simulation games! X Rebirth VR Edition will use Vulkan and they are starting to plan X4.