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XCavalypse, clean up a zombie apocalypse with an excavator now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
This is kinda of amusing in a weird way, in XCavalypse you're cleaning up a city after a zombie apocalypse with a fleet of excavators.

KNIGHTS - A puzzle game that aims for 'complexity in simplicity' is available for Linux since Day-1

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
KNIGHTS is one of those puzzle games with an extremely simple premise that, after some levels, starts to become a challenge

Salt and Sanctuary, a stylish 2D action RPG is now in Beta for Linux gamers

By Liam Dawe,
Now this is news I am sure some of you will be excited about. Salt and Sanctuary a haunting, stylized 2D action RPG is being ported by Ethan Lee and it's now in Beta.

Like getting scared? Some Horror games you have to check out on Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
So you like to be afraid? You like to soil your pants? Well then, here's a few must-have titles to try on Linux & SteamOS.

8 out of the 10 current most popular Steam games support Linux

By Liam Dawe,
What a time to be alive and be a Linux gamer! Not too long ago I would have though this would have been impossible.

Red Comrades Save the Galaxy: Reloaded, a remaster of a 1998 game now available on Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
Red Comrades Save the Galaxy: Reloaded is a remaster of a 1998 point & click adventure game that was rebuilt for Unity and it is now available on Linux & SteamOS too.

Recursed, a reality twisting platformer made on Linux needs help on Steam Greenlight

By Liam Dawe,
Always happy to give a shout out to games made entirely on Linux. Recursed was emailed in by the developer, as it's developed on Linux using open source tools.

SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell, the heavy metal first-person platformer now has a demo

By Liam Dawe,
SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell combines first-person action, platforming and heavy metal in an awesome combination. The demo is now open to all.

Hearts of Iron IV released with day-1 Linux & SteamOS support thanks to Paradox

By Liam Dawe,
The latest and greatest available for Paradox, Hearts of Iron IV is now available as a day-1 release for Linux & SteamOS.

What have you been playing on Linux recently and what do you think about it?

By Liam Dawe,
Today GOL asks: what have you been playing on Linux, and what do you think about it? So many games, so little time!

Neon Drive, a slick looking retro inspired game that mashes styles together will come to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Neon Drive is a hard game to pick a genre for, one minute you're in a retro-future car and the next a spaceship. It looks cool and it's coming to Linux.

Jumpdrive sandbox space sim has first Alpha release in many months

By Liam Dawe,
Jumpdrive (previously known as Paragon), a pretty good looking sandbox space sim is alive again and the developers have released the first Alpha build in many months.

Defender's Quest DX launching this month, removes Adobe Air and upgrades rather a lot

By Liam Dawe,
Defender's Quest is a pretty decent Tower Defence/RPG hybrid that will be relaunching this month as Defender's Quest DX. It will have a bunch of systems and graphics upgraded, but the icing is that it will no longer use Adobe Air.

Rocket League for Linux & SteamOS getting close to a release window finally

By Liam Dawe,
Someone pinch me, I must be dreaming. It seems Rocket League may actually release sometime soon after a developer posted about it on their Steam forum.

An EVE Online developer has built an unofficial Linux launcher, game uses Wine

By Liam Dawe,
An EVE Online developer has created a native Linux launcher that will download a version of Wine built by the developer.

Hard Reset Redux is showing signs that it is coming to Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
Hard Reset Redux is a beautiful looking FPS game from Flying Wild Hog and Gambitious Digital Entertainment that is now showing signs of coming to Linux/SteamOS.

Want to be a Youtube star? Well, Youtubers Life a new simulator game is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Yes, this is a real game. Since Grass Simulator nothing will surprise me any more. Youtubers Life is coming to Linux as confirmed by their twitter account in reply to someone. Soon you will be able to become the world’s greatest video blogger in history, in a game anyway.

Next month marks seven years of me running GamingOnLinux, how should we celebrate?

By Liam Dawe,
I need help, I want your bright ideas on how to celebrate running this corner if the web for seven years. The official GOL birthday is the 5th of July.

It's s Friday again, come watch the Friday Livestream at 5 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
The past week has been a little bit busy for me but that's no obstacle for the Friday Livestream! Come and join the live Linux gaming shenanigans once again on our Twitch channel, where we occasionally play games and almost always talk garbage!

Dead Island Definitive Edition and Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition now officially support Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
Well this is confusing, but still awesome. Dead Island Definitive Edition and Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition supporting Linux/SteamOS is now 100% official.