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The Dead Island Linux Port Is Not Being Done By The Orginal Developers

By Liam Dawe,
We recently had a chance to speak to Techland the original developers of the Dead Island series, but they have confirmed they are no longer involved with it.

Tropico 5 For Linux Looks Set To Release This Friday!

By Liam Dawe,
On the official Tropico Facebook page the developers sent word out that the Linux (and Mac) versions are still on time for release on Friday 19th September!

Hammerwatch Hack & Slash Action Game Has A Free Expansion

By Liam Dawe,
Hammerwatch is a pretty good-looking hack & slash dungeon crawling action game that has just been updated to include a free expansion!

The Video For Valve's SteamOS Talk From DebConf14 Is Up

By Liam Dawe,
Valve went to the DebConf this year and did a talk about SteamOS, and the video is finally up for viewing!

Valve Are Tracking SteamOS Issues With AMD Graphics

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have put up a post on their SteamOS community to keep track of AMD graphics issues with SteamOS. We hope this will push AMD some more to better their proprietary Linux drivers.

Skullgirls Developers Detail What's Going On With The Linux Port

By Liam Dawe,
The Skullgirls developers have finally written up an official blog post on the status of the Linux port.

Shovel Knight Will Have Its Linux Version Soon

By Liam Dawe,
Backers of Shovel Knight or gamers interested it in that didn't back it on Kickstarter will be happy to know that Shovel Knight will release the Linux version "soon".

Image & Form Announces SteamWorld Heist

By Liam Dawe,
Image & Form who created SteamWorld Dig, a highly rated indie game have just announced SteamWorld Heist!

Starbound Could Be Open Source In Future

By Liam Dawe,
The head of Starbound developers Chucklefish "Tiy" has said openly on twitter to all of his followers he wants to open source Starbound, and all their other games.

Another World Now Available for Linux, Plus Cheese's Thoughts And Some Words From Icculus

By Cheeseness,
Eric Chahi's renowned cinematic platformer makes its Linux debut. Read inside for details, plus some quotes from Linux porter Ryan C. Gordon.

Another World - 20th Anniversary Edition Looks Set For Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Another World – 20th Anniversary Edition looks like it will give Linux gamers some love thanks to information from the SteamDB.

Pirates, Vikings and Knights II Source Engine Game Coming To Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Pirates, Vikings and Knights II is being updated to the latest Valve SDK and with it comes Linux support! Pirates, Vikings and Knights II is a unique, total conversion of the Half-Life 2 Source engine. 3 teams fight each other for kills, objectives and total domination!

Mojang Confirms Microsoft Is Buying The Minecraft Maker

By Liam Dawe,
In a move that will shock many, Mojang has finally confirmed the rumours. Microsoft is buying them out, and so Minecraft & Scrolls will be owned by Microsoft.

Terraria Officially Confirmed To Be In Development For Linux, Finally!

By Liam Dawe,
Even though it seemed likely from a developer tweeting a screenshot of Terraria on Linux there was never an official confirmation. Until now that is! The developers are now confident enough to confirm it.

Insanity's Blade Released For Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Insanity's Blade is an interesting mix of old school action and platforming that is now available to buy and play on Linux. They even offer up a demo for us.

The Sunday Gaming Section, Linux Gaming From Around The Web

By Liam Dawe,
Here is some Sunday reading for you from other gaming sites across the internet. Not much generally happens on a Sunday, so let's see what's been going on elsewhere.

A Roundup Of The Last Weeks Linux Gaming

By Liam Dawe,
Here is a look back at the last week on GamingOnLinux, an easy way to for you to keep up to date on what has happened in the past week for Linux Gaming!

Deadhold, A Squad Based Action RTS Game, And It's Coming To Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Deadhold is a Squad Based Action RTS game, brought to you by veteran game developers who have worked on titles such as Borderlands 2, Battlefield 2, Homefront and Myth 3.

Lutris Open Gaming Platform New Release

By Liam Dawe,
Lutris is an interesting open source application to help you manage your games from different sources, and they have released a fresh batch of builds.

Rising Angels: Reborn Available On Linux & It's Free

By Liam Dawe,
Rising Angels: Reborn is now available for free on Linux and promises to be an interesting sci-fi adventure.