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Serious Engine 1 Linux source code is coming

By Liam Dawe,
Ryan "Icculus" Gordon, a long time Linux game porter is working on getting the Serious Engine 1 source code release working on Linux, with official blessing.

Faeria is an excellent turn based strategy game with cards where you build the board

By Liam Dawe,
Faeria is truly one not to miss out on, not only is it a good answer to not having Hearthstone on Linux, but it's also healing my wounds over Scrolls never officially coming to Linux and then getting shut down. The hook in Faeria is that you build the board as you play.

Battle of Empires: 1914-1918 real time strategy game now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Battle of Empires: 1914-1918 is a pretty good looking real time strategy game from Great War Team and Publisher Best Way Soft. It has now managed to find its way onto Linux.

Lifeless Planet heading to Linux this month

By Liam Dawe,
Lifeless Planet is a really cool looking atmospheric adventure game about seeking life on a distant planet, and coming across an old Russian town.

Linux 4.5 officially released, with powerplay support under amdgpu

By madmachinations,
The highly anticipated update to the Linux Kernel has officially arrived, and the hard working kernel developers have been busy.

The Interactive Adventures of Dog Mendonça & Pizzaboy now released

By Cheeseness,
The Interactive Adventures of Dog Mendonça & Pizzaboy has been released! Read on to learn about its origins, its creation and its legacy.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance doesn't look like it will come to Linux any time soon

By Liam Dawe,
Kingdom Come: Deliverance, a game built with CryEngine looked like it was going to be a fantastic game to have on Linux, but the developers have told me it "is not possible technically".

Developer of Starsector fighting stolen artwork from Generic Space Shooter

By Liam Dawe,
Never a nice thing to write about, but important to know. It turns out the newly released Generic Space Shooter is using content taken from the indie game Starsector.

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair announced for April, Linux support looks included

By Liam Dawe,
Good news Danganronpa fans as Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair looks like it will support Linux on the April 18th release.

How big is Linux gaming? Some estimates

By ricki42,
I keep reading comments that Linux gaming is pretty much stagnating and not worth investing in because it is still at around 1% in the Steam Hardware Survey. So I decided to try and find some numbers.

AMD could be back in the CPU performance game with Zen

By Liam Dawe,
Thanks to wccftech (and our IRC for the link) I have learnt today that AMD's new processor design named Zen is shaping up very nicely.

Sunday fun: Theme Hospital on Linux using the open source CorsixTH engine

By Liam Dawe,
It has been quite some time since I mentioned CorsixTH, and I bet some of you don’t even know it exists! Theme Hospital is a brilliant game from many years ago where you build your own hospital.

OVERLOAD from the original Descent developers has been funded

By Liam Dawe,
Good news for fans of six-degree-of-freedom-shooter games, as OVERLOAD has been officially funded on Kickstarter.

A new Steam Client Beta adds new Steam Controller features

By Liam Dawe,
I do love my Steam Controller, and Valve really are doing some amazing work with it. This latest update adds a pretty big new feature.

Moving Hazard, an interesting Unreal Engine FPS where zombies become a weapon

By Liam Dawe,
Moving Hazard has captured my interest, and the developers mention that they definitely want to release on Linux. Time to show our support for it.

Knights and Merchants strategy game to return to Linux using Wine, now in beta

By Liam Dawe,
Knights and Merchants was originally a LinuxGamePublishing (RIP) title, and sadly the port source code must have gone with it. Topware Interactive now have a Linux beta available on Steam that uses Wine.

Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition patch out now for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
There's a pretty big patch out for Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition that fixes a number of issues, and shows Larian is supporting their game well.

Ashes of the Singularity developer thinks Vulkan will make Linux gaming viable

By Liam Dawe,
PC Perspective spoke to Dan Baker from Oxide Games about Ashes of the Singularity and the developer seemed pretty happy with Vulkan and what it could mean for Linux.

Yes, it's indeed Friday Livestream time today at 6 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
Glorious Friday has arrived and that naturally means livestreaming! The Friday Livestream will bring you the most mediocre Linux gaming to date live through the magical Internet tubes. So, prepare your receivers and tune to the GOL's frequency for we are going total Tux on this stuff!

Total War: WARHAMMER might not see a day-1 Linux release

By Liam Dawe,
Could be sad news ahead for strategy fans, as the original Total War: WARHAMMER announcement listed SteamOS in the platform list, but their latest messages don't seem too confident.