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SteamOS & Steam's Big Picture Mode Now Have Better Filter Options

By Andrew,
One of the annoyances that may come with people using SteamOS is buying games from the store they cannot use a game-pad controller with, and Valve are taking steps to improve this.

Aspyr Media Plans More Linux Games In The Next 6 Months UPDATED

By GNU Fan,
Aspyr Media are starting to be fan favourites with their open communication. They can't give full details of course, but they have given us hints about more games coming to Linux.

The Funding Crowd Isn't Going Anywhere Either... If You Don't Let It

By muntdefems,
The Funding Crowd Needs You! New volunteers are required to keep this column going as the current team just can't.

GOL World Tour: Linux Gaming From Canada

By Segata Sanshiro,
This time, GOL World Tour goes back to the Americas - this time to Canada to see what the country has to offer Linux gamers and who the companies are making those games.

Unreal Tournament Has Public Builds Available For All Platforms Now

By anchor,
The new Unreal Tournament is being built out in the open and with community input as we already know, but now anyone who is logged into their forum can get access to the builds.

The Dark Descent of Frictional Games: Part One

By Hamish,
In the first of a two part opinion series, we will explore how the Penumbra games through a process of gradual evolution created a solid design template for later Frictional Games titles to follow.

Civilization: Beyond Earth Linux Release Date Cleared Up

By anchor,
Civilization: Beyond Earth is coming to Linux and the Linux release has been cleared up a bit in terms of when we can expect it.

Indie Developer Threatens Gabe Newell, Game Removed From Steam

By Just Burt,
In a case of common sense going out the Window, Mike Maulbeck developer of the game Paranautical Activity that was only just released in full on Steam has been a bit of an idiot.

GOG Now Have Over 100 Linux Games, New Classics Include Baldur's Gate

By Burt & Ernie,
GOG are becoming more useful for Linux gamers, as in the last week they have hit over 100 Linux games on their store!

Game Demos For Linux, Thoughts & A List

By Eike,
While there used to be more game demos in the past of PC gaming, there aren't many developers left that do them. Some thoughts, and a link to a list of demos.

GOG Officially Confirm Their Galaxy Client For Linux, Plus More News

By Andrew,
GOG ran a Twitch live stream where they talked about the future of GOG and their Galaxy client. The main news is that they officially confirmed a Linux version!

Spellcrafter, Interview With Creative Director Arek Duch

By Samsai,
Spellcrafter, is a turn-based tactical RPG game from Jujubee currently available on Steam Early Access for PC (Windows/Linux) and Mac. The final version of of the game will be out next month, so we took this opportunity to ask Creative Director Arek Duch a few questions!

Paradox Releasing EU4 Expansion And Hearts Of Iron IV - I May Become A Hermit

By Segata Sanshiro,
Hello, my name is Segata and I’m a Paradoxaholic. With Paradox Interactive releasing The Art of War - the biggest expansion yet for Europa Universalis IV - with a huge list of extra features and Hearts of Iron IV due next year, I fear I may plunge further into the depths of addiction.

Discussing GOL's Current Situation And Future Plans (VOD and Summary)

By Samsai,
We are currently livestreaming our public discussion of our current plans here at GOL on Twitch now that TheBoss is no longer writing for us.

PCGamingWiki Looks At Tropico 5 And Borderlands 2 Linux Ports

By Cheeseness,
Following on from his earlier "Port Reports" on Civ V and XCOM, PCGamingWiki contributor soeb is back, this time looking at how Linux versions of Tropico 5 and Borderlands 2 stand up against their Windows counterparts.

We are not done yet

By Samsai,
We are here once again, aren't we? TheBoss has announced his resignation from GamingOnLinux.com and it's once again up to us to figure out where to go from here. The past few months have been quite bumpy and obviously this is going to throw some wrenches into our gears.

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 hopefully this will be a regular article.

GOL Survey Results: September

By Segata Sanshiro,
Valve have released the Steam Hardware Survey results for September and thus, GOL’s first survey comes to an end. Thanks to all of you who took the time to do it. The new survey for October is also out, so remember to fill that in too!

Steam Now Has Over 700 Linux Games, What A Milestone!

By Liam Dawe,
I remember the days of old when "Linux has no games!" was a common argument against using it. Now with developers flocking to put Linux versions of games up on Steam we are seeing over 700!

We are streaming Borderlands 2 (Updated with VODs)

By Liam Dawe,
Just a quick notice to let people know we are currently streaming Borderlands 2 to celebrate the Linux release!
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