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Join the fun online in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, tomorrow at midday (12pm UTC)

By Liam Dawe, 2 Oct 2016

Tomorrow at midday (12pm UTC time) myself and Matt from Feral Interactive will be playing Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II online. Join us, or come watch the livestream.

The Steam Hardware Survey for September 2016 shows Linux has grown some more

By Liam Dawe, 2 Oct 2016

Another month goes by and another Steam Hardware Survey was done, I got a pop up this month and it seems we have increased our share two months in a row on Steam.

The most popular Linux & SteamOS gaming articles for September 2016, 168 in total

By , 2 Oct 2016

Here is a look back at the 15 most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for September 2016, an easy way to for you to keep up to date on what has happened in the past month for Linux & SteamOS Gaming!

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'Cossacks 3' officially due on Linux in the second half of October

By Liam Dawe, 1 Oct 2016

The developers of Cossacks 3 have now put up an official forum post on Steam about the Linux version. They say it will be officially available in the second half of October.

Beautiful futuristic parkour-sim 'Valley' is confirmed as due next week

By scaine, 1 Oct 2016

After reporting last month that 'Valley' is heading to Linux, the developer has now confirmed that they're hoping to release next week.

BUTCHER from Transhuman Design releases on the 5th, has a brutal new trailer

By Liam Dawe, 1 Oct 2016

BUTCHER is the pixel style action shooter from Transhuman Design that promises lots of blood and murder. It has a new trailer and releases on the 5th.

The Dolphin emulator for GameCube & Wii games merges in Vulkan support

By Liam Dawe, 1 Oct 2016

This is awesome, Dolphin the big GameCube & Wii emulator has now merged in the code for official Vulkan support.

The Humble Artifex Mundi Bundle has all its Hidden Object games with full Linux support

By -Daniel-Palacio-, 1 Oct 2016

Humble Bundle is having another interesting bundle featuring some titles from developer and publisher Artifex Mundi. All its 10 Hidden Object games have Linux support and can be purchased for only 5 USD.

The Wine Development Release 1.9.20 Is Now Available

By sobkas, 1 Oct 2016

The Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.9.20 has many small changes including 18 bugfixes.

Join the battle in our Dawn of War II livestream tonight! Be there around 7:45PM UTC

By Liam Dawe, 30 Sep 2016

Tonight is the night we face demons, marines and whoever else stands in our way! That's right it's No Pants Friday and time for the weekly livestream.

Livestream

I think ‘Particle Fleet: Emergence’ just became my new Linux gaming addiction

By Liam Dawe, 30 Sep 2016

I’m a big strategy game fan, I like building stuff and especially destroying stuff. I did a quick check on new Steam releases today and came across ‘Particle Fleet: Emergence’ and I don’t want to put it down.

Rotate different shapes made out of blocks into holes in 'Security Hole', now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 30 Sep 2016

'Security Hole' recently released for Linux and the developer sent in a key, so I took a look. It's a bit of an odd game, you're trying to help a virus made out of blocks fit into different shaped holes.

'Sundered', a beautiful hand-drawn action game coming to Linux next year

By Liam Dawe, 30 Sep 2016

Sundered, is a really beautiful looking hand-drawn action game from the developers of Jotun. It's confirmed for Linux and due next year, come take a look.

Just a heads up, Saints Row: The Third on Linux has broken co-op play

By Liam Dawe, 30 Sep 2016

The Saints Row: The Third port from Virtual Programming looks like it could use some love, it seems the co-op play on Linux has been broken since release.

Steam Hardware Weekend sale, bag some cheap kit, Steam Controller now has accessories

By Liam Dawe, 29 Sep 2016

The Steam Hardware Weekend sale is now live and it seems Valve now sell accessories for the Steam Controller.

'Hybrid Wars', a futuristic top-down mech shooter released with day-1 Linux support,

By Liam Dawe, 29 Sep 2016

Hybrid Wars is a rather good looking futuristic top-down mech shooter that has now officially released, and it has day-1 Linux support.

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Stardew Valley 1.1 beta now available, you can get divorced, new maps, new crops and more

By Liam Dawe, 29 Sep 2016

Stardew Valley 1.1 beta is now available with Linux support. It has a bunch of new maps and plenty of new content.

Unity have released a preview of the Unity editor with the Vulkan API

By Liam Dawe, 29 Sep 2016

This is pretty exciting, Unity have released a preview update build of the Unity engine with the Vulkan renderer.

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Vulkan

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, Chaos Rising and Retribution released for Linux, port report and thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 29 Sep 2016

Feral Interactive have ported another set of cracking good games. This time we have Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, Chaos Rising and Retribution to fill our strategy needs!