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FOX n FORESTS, a very interesting looking 16-Bit style action platformer is on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe,
FOX n FORESTS, a 16-Bit style action platformer that has adventure and puzzle elements is on Kickstarter, it looks good and promises Linux support, so I asked about the status of the Linux version.

Beat Cop, the retro pixel art adventure game has a new trailer

By Liam Dawe,
Beat Cop is a rather interesting looking 80s inspired pixel art adventure game due out later this year, and it finally has a fresh trailer.

Vikings – Wolves of Midgard Announced from Kalypso Media and Games Farm with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Kalypso Media really are getting Linux friendly aren't they! Vikings – Wolves of Midgard has been announced as a new action RPG that will launch in early 2017.

The Battle for Wesnoth, the great open source fantasy strategy game is now on Steam Greenlight

By Liam Dawe,
The Battle for Wesnoth is probably one of the all time great open source games. It's been around for a long time, it's well polished and now it's looking to get on Steam.

Progress on our User Statistics Page has continued, feedback requested

By Liam Dawe,
Since I am sick with Tonsillitis I decided to take a quick break from news and work on something else. Today I have updated the User Statistics Page and here's what's new.

Cheese Talks: Porting Games to Linux & Day of the Tentacle

By Cheeseness,
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!

Sinner’s Sorrow, a grim looking action adventure is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
I don't have a freaking clue what's going in the teaser trailer for Sinner's Sorrow, but wow am I interested.

openFrameworks C++ toolkit now has a Vulkan backend that supports Linux

By Liam Dawe,
I'm going to be honest, I had never heard of openFrameworks until today. It claims it's a C++ toolkit that glues together several commonly used libraries to help you work quickly. They are working on a Vulkan backend that now supports Linux.

Vulkan backend for the Dolphin emulator is now feature complete

By Liam Dawe,
On the github pull request to bring in the Vulkan backend for the Dolphin emulator, it now reads as feature complete.

Dave Airlie has been working on an AMD Vulkan driver

By Liam Dawe,
Dave Airlie has been working on an open source AMD Vulkan driver and he's ready to show it off a little bit.

Looks like the open source Mesa driver has hit OpenGL 4.5 support with Intel

By Liam Dawe,
A pretty incredible milestone for open source graphics, as it appears that Mesa along with the Intel driver has hit OpenGL 4.5.

The Living Dungeon developers looking to see if there's interest for a Linux version

By Liam Dawe,
The Living Dungeon developers have posted on Steam requesting to see how much interest there is for their game on Linux.

The Wine Development Release 1.9.15 Is Now Available

By sobkas,
The Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.9.15 has many small changes including 22 bugfixes.

Knights of the Sky and Dungeon Souls are now available DRM free on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
GOG have added in two more Linux titles for your DRM free collections! Dungeon Souls, a pretty cool action roguelike and Knights of the Sky, an older DOSBox title about being a combat pilot.

Hidden in Plain Sight, a local multiplayer game that sounds hilarious is now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Hidden in Plain Sight is a rather amusing sounding local multiplayer game. You have to blend in with a crowd on NPCs and do various things.

Starbound officially released!

By Liam Dawe,
The day I feel like I have been waiting on for an eternity is here. Starbound is now at the big 1.0 release and I've setup a small server.

He's back, he's also a bit sick and he's hosting the Friday Livestream at 7.45 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
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!

System Shock remake has blasted past the Linux stretch goal, officially coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
I am sure this will be good news to many of you! The System Shock kickstarter has now blasted way past the Linux stretch goal.

Terraria 1.3.2 released, time to party with new items

By Liam Dawe,
Terraria 1.3.2 has been released and along with an assortment of bugfixes it includes some fun new items. Having a Terraria party became a bit more fun.

SWORDY, a local party brawler could come to Linux if Microsoft allow it

By Liam Dawe,
SWORDY is a rather fun looking local party brawler that has just released on Steam in Early Access. It could see a Linux release too, if Microsoft allow it.