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Kongregate have announced their own store and client 'Kartridge', will not support Linux

By Liam Dawe, 9 Mar 2018

There's been a lot of people talking about this, so I figured we should get this out of the way. Kongregate are doing their own store and client named Kartridge and it will not support Linux.

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The RTS 'Forged Battalion' is not coming to Linux, despite reports saying it will

By Liam Dawe, 21 Dec 2017

I really don't like writing articles about games not coming to Linux, especially when I haven't ever mentioned this one. However, another site is claiming Forged Battalion will come to Linux, but it's not.

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The 'Linux Steam Integration' project from Solus has an updated release with Snap package support

By Liam Dawe, 20 Dec 2017

Linux Steam Integration, the initiative from the Solus distribution developers has a fresh release showing how far their project to improve Steam on Linux has come.

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The developer of Siralim and Siralim 2 has blogged about supporting multiple platforms

By Liam Dawe, 17 Nov 2017

While not too in-depth on the technical side of things, the developer of Siralim and Siralim 2 has blogged about supporting multiple platforms.

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What are you playing this weekend?

By Liam Dawe, 10 Nov 2017

It's the start of another weekend, time to grab a coffee and relax with a good game, so what are you going to play?

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Io Interactive are working on another Hitman game

By Liam Dawe, 8 Nov 2017

While not necessarily Linux-specific, Io Interactive who made HITMAN (which Feral Interactive ported to Linux) have confirmed they're working on another.

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Like what we do? You can support us on Patreon or Paypal!

By Liam Dawe, 31 Oct 2017

Do you like what we do here? Well, you can help our continued operation by pledging to the Patreon or Paypal!

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Bundle Stars is going through a revamp and renaming themselves 'Fanatical'

By Liam Dawe, 26 Oct 2017

Bundle Stars, the legitimate store that runs bundles, game sales and more is going through a bit of a rebrand. They're renaming themselves as Fanatical.

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Sunday Linux Gaming Wrap-up

By Liam Dawe, 22 Oct 2017

It's Sunday, I have my coffee ready next to me in my favourite mug and it's time to take a look at things we've missed for Linux and Linux gaming around the web.

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The developers of Solus are hoping to improve Linux gaming with snaps and their Linux Steam Integration

By Liam Dawe, 13 Oct 2017

The Solus distribution developers are a clever bunch, with their Linux Steam Integration software package and snaps, they are hoping to "relieve the pressure on distributions for supporting gaming".

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Steam

What have you been playing and what do you think?

By Liam Dawe, 8 Oct 2017

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Since the weekends are generally our quiet time, as I take them to spend a little time with family I'm asking a question: What have you been playing and what do you think?

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Need art for your games? Asset Forge and public domain Kenney assets may help

By Liam Dawe, 1 Oct 2017

While 'asset flips' are becoming a common occurrence, pre-made art assets are still a valuable resource when used correctly. Asset Forge and Kenney assets might be quite useful!

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Toolkit

According to netmarketshare Linux hit 6.91% market share last month, higher than Mac

By Liam Dawe, 1 Oct 2017

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Take this with a rather large bag of suspicion! Netmarketshare is reporting that Linux had 6.91% market share, which is higher than Mac for the first time.

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Icculus has ported The End is Nigh to on-demand service 'Jump', Linux may come soon plus some thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 20 Sep 2017

Ever heard of the on-demand subscription gaming service Jump? It's an on-demand game streaming service and Icculus just ported The End is Nigh to it.

City-building strategy game 'Banished' is no longer having a Linux port

By Liam Dawe, 13 Sep 2017

This is a weird one, after blogging for a while about porting Banished to Linux (and Mac), the developer seems to have given up on it.

Want to play 'Duck Game' on Linux? Well, it's possible thanks to XnaToFna

By Liam Dawe, 13 Sep 2017

Duck Game is a popular action game that's a little insane and it's actually possible to run it on Linux, thanks to developer "0x0ade".

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Linux desktop market share has hit another all time high above 3%, according to netmarketshare

By Liam Dawe, 1 Sep 2017

Another month, another record. Linux market share has now hit 3.37% according to the netmarketshare website.

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Please support me on Patreon, we need your help to continue on

By Liam Dawe, 22 Aug 2017

Without continued support from our amazing readers, we wouldn’t be able to continue doing what we do!

Ryan "Icculus" Gordon is looking for new games to port to Linux, pay not required

By Liam Dawe, 21 Aug 2017

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Ryan "Icculus" Gordon, the man responsible for maintaining many development tools like SDL 2 and who ported many games to Linux, is looking for new games to port. The fun thing is, he doesn't require payment since he's funded by his Patreon.