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

Back in September the developer of 'Owlboy' stated on Twitter they were looking at using FNA to bring the game to Linux. Now that it's out for Windows, the developers have said again they will look to port it soon.

The developers behind Brigador, the really beautiful mech action game with awesome destruction have added in a bunch of free content.

We have gained a few fishing titles in the last year or so, but now we have another. Ice Lakes was released with Linux support and it doesn't look too bad at all.

That's right folks, yet another livestream to beat up Sam from Feral Interactive. Join us in Company of Heroes 2 tomorrow at 11AM UTC.

There's a lot that annoys me on Steam, and one major bit looks like it's getting a more watchful eye from Valve: Screenshots that aren't actually screenshots.

This release is a bit massive when it comes to actually looking at the features. Everything we have been hyped about recently is now in the stable release.

I wasn’t expecting the next big thing from ‘Sky Break’, but from the trailer I did expect a competent open-world sci-fi game. What I found was a shallow husk of a game, and not the polished fun experience I was hoping for.

Today is the return of GOL vs Feral livestreams! The new challenger from Feral is named Sam, and apparently he puts up a bit of a fight.

As promised by Valve at SteamDevDays, Steam now has native support the for the PS4 Dual Shock Controller, giving it the config ability like Steam Controllers have.

Our user statistics page has been updated again, and it should now happen at the end of every month automatically.

Recently I posted about Linux gamers sending treats to both Aspyr Media and Feral Interactive, well, Linux gamers are at it again!

Septerra Core is another on the classic games list from Topware Interactive to gain an official Linux version using Wine.

'The Last Leviathan', a physics-based, ship building and destruction adventure game recently released for Linux. It looked seriously fun, so I gave it a go and here are some thoughts.

The MMO genre is something Linux doesn't really have a lot of games in, so I am pleased every time I hear about one coming. Space Wars: Interstellar Empires is a turn-based tactical strategy MMO that will launch in January 2017 with Linux support.

If you are after an amusing time-killer, or perhaps something to entertain the kids, you may want to check out 'Clouds & Sheep 2'.

Antony asked us to post up about 'The Little Acre', and after looking it up it seems well worth letting people know about. It's a beautifully hand-drawn animated adventure coming on November 22nd.

Tomorrow we will be doing a special Halloween livestream! Come along and watch the fun with my special guest.

'Prison Run and Gun' was a game I discovered because of an IndieDB giveaway, and I kept an eye on it since then. Considering it currently is on sale (60% off), I decided to finally try it. Apart from a particular but serious issue, I don't really have any reason not to recommend it.

Marek, the well known contributor to Mesa has been working on some form of Mesa OpenGL threading, and his test showed a 70% improvement for Borderlands 2.