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RollerCoaster Tycoon World now planning on Early Access, Linux is not day-1

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2016

What a surprise. RollerCoaster Tycoon World has seen delays before, and it will now go into Early Access instead of a full release. It has also dropped any mention of Linux/SteamOS from the Steam store page.

Friday Livestream will be here at 6 PM UTC!

By Samsai, 25 Mar 2016

The past week has been quite hectic but despite the strain of exams and rapidly approaching deadlines, I will still bring you the Friday Livestream! Come and enjoy some live Linux gaming beamed to your local computer monitor via Twitch!

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Amos from Itch has written a guide to distributing self-contained Linux builds

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2016

This is really great to see, and we need more of it. Amos from the game store Itch.io has written up a guide for people pushing out Linux builds of games.

Starbound just keeps on getting bigger and better

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2016

Starbound is still under development, and the developers have been adding some really great features I'm going to highlight.

SteamOS 2.67 beta now available, now prefers HDMI & DisplayPort and pulseaudio updates

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2016

Valve have pushed out SteamOS 2.67 beta with some minor but useful changes to the compositor, pulseaudio and boot-up. It also fixes as an issue with The Talos Principle.

Human Resource Machine has an open beta for Linux

By Eike, 25 Mar 2016

Human Resource Machine, an indie programming puzzle game by the makers of Little Inferno and World of Goo, sharing their beautiful art style, is now in open public beta.

Ty the Tasmanian Tiger may come to Linux and Mac depending on Windows sales

By ChloeWolfieGirl, 25 Mar 2016

Ty the Tasmanian Tiger is a 3d platforming exploration game from 2002 which has recently gained an HD upgrade for Windows.

Valve have released the CAD geometry for the Steam Controller

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2016

This is pretty fun, Valve have opened up the Steam Controller some more with the release of the CAD geometry for it. I wonder what wild versions of it we will see in future?

Knights and Merchants now on Linux (again), ported with Wine

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2016

I mentioned before that Knights and Merchants was coming back to Linux (after originally being ported by LGP). It is now officially available on Steam for Linux after a short beta, and it uses Wine.

Intel showed off Vulkan at GDC including the open source driver, here's the video

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2016

Not a long one, but still really nice to see. Intel were at GDC showing off Vulkan running on their hardware.

Syndrome, a survival horror game from Camel 101 has a pretty good new trailer

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2016

Syndrome is a brand new survival horror game coming out sometime this summer from Camel 101, and the trailer certainly makes it look good.

Tomb Raider will release for Linux on April 1st (Correction: release date was a glitch)

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2016

Update: It's not releasing then, it was a glitch in their news. Feral Interactive announced today that Tomb Raider will release for Linux on April 1st, so it's going to be a fun weekend!

Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces & Ardennes Assault now on SteamOS & Linux

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2016

Good news war fans, as Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces and Company of Heroes 2: Ardennes Assault are now available on SteamOS & Linux.

Feral Interactive will be livestreaming the Linux Tomb Raider client next week

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2016

If you're eager to see how the Linux port of Tom Raider is running, you might want to check Feral Interative's twitch on March 30th at 6PM GMT (So that's UTC+1 as the UK switches to summer time this weekend).

PAYDAY 2 on Linux & SteamOS, some thoughts & port report

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2016

PAYDAY 2 was released without any warning, so I’ve been putting some time into it to see how it runs on Linux.

Looks like Darkest Dungeon may finally release for Linux next week

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2016

Great news for everyone waiting on Darkest Dungeon, as the developers have told us to look out for something next week.

Dying Light finally adds a Chromatic Aberration toggle in the latest patch

By Liam Dawe, 23 Mar 2016

Dying Light (oh sorry it's Dying Light: The Following - Enhanced Edition now isn't it) is a pretty good game, even more so with the new The Following DLC. It's great to see them finally listen to the community and add in this much requested feature.

GOL Podcast S01E01: Linux as a Gaming Platform

By darkone778, 23 Mar 2016

Welcome to the first GOL podcast! In this episode we (Cheeseness, madmachinations, Kallestofeles, darkone778) talk about the pros and cons of Linux as a gaming platform.