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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive releases the huge Operation Shattered Web update

By Liam Dawe, 19 Nov 2019

Not content with just announcing Half-Life: Alyx, their new VR flagship title, Valve also updated Counter-Strike: Global Offensive with a big new operation called Shattered Web.

Confessing my continued love for Jupiter Hell, the super slick roguelike

By Liam Dawe, 18 Nov 2019

Regular readers won't be surprised by my love for Jupiter Hell, I've written about it a few times now and the latest update just continues to allow me to gush about it.

Start your week off with a new game, here's a few for Linux going cheap

By Liam Dawe, 18 Nov 2019

Another week, another sale of course. Let's have a little look over what's going cheap for Linux gamers across this week.

On Sale

The surprisingly good deck-builder Fate Hunters has arrived on GOG

By Liam Dawe, 18 Nov 2019

Releasing originally back in July, Fate Hunters is another deck-building roguelike filled with random encounters and just recently it was released DRM-free on GOG.

Free indie RTS game The Fertile Crescent adds team game support for online play

By Liam Dawe, 18 Nov 2019

While you've been able to play 1 on 1 in single-player against the AI and online multi-player for a while with The Fertile Crescent, it was missing team games which have now been added.

Valve has now confirmed Half-Life: Alyx, their new VR flagship title

By Liam Dawe, 18 Nov 2019

Valve have now officially confirmed that Half-Life is back with their flagship VR title named Half-Life: Alyx.

Stellaris is getting some big changes to empire customization and creation with Origins

By Liam Dawe, 18 Nov 2019

Paradox Interactive and Paradox Development Studio are mixing things up in Stellaris again with the upcoming update and the Federations expansion.

Relaxing flying sim with a morphing bird 'Fugl' has a nice big update

By Liam Dawe, 18 Nov 2019

Moving you away from the blood, the bullets and whatever else all these actions games have with Fugl, a relaxing sim about flying around and appreciating life.

Google have now expanded the launch titles for Stadia up to 22

By Liam Dawe, 18 Nov 2019

Launching tomorrow for people who picked up the Founder and Premier editions, Stadia was originally only going to launch with 12 titles. Now this has expanded to 22!

Factorio is leaving Early Access in September next year

By Liam Dawe, 16 Nov 2019

As a result of the team behind Factorio feeling like it's going on for too long, they've now set a proper release date.

Dicey Dungeons outsold Terry Cavanagh's last two Steam games in the first month

By Liam Dawe, 16 Nov 2019

Terry Cavanagh, the indie developer behind VVVVVV, Super Hexagon and the latest Dicey Dungeons has a new blog post out talking about how well Dicey Dungeons has done and what's to come next.

Excellent rule-changing puzzle game Baba Is You is getting an official level editor

By Liam Dawe, 16 Nov 2019

Baba Is You, the truly excellent puzzle game where you have to break the rules of each level to beat them is getting a big update soon.

Stadia looks to be very limited at launch and not just the amount of games

By Liam Dawe, 16 Nov 2019

The official launch of Stadia is only days away, so Google recently hosted a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) and we have some more details to share about it.

Don't blaze it too hard for the release of Wine 4.20

By Liam Dawe, 16 Nov 2019

Wine, that wonderful software that enables you to run Windows-only software on games on Linux has a new release out with Wine 4.20. Nice.

Explore a fractured future in 'Resolutiion', a ridiculously stylish Zeldaesque action-adventure

By Liam Dawe, 15 Nov 2019

Step into the role of Valor, an old killer escorting a curious AI to infiltrate a terrorist network in the dark cyberpunk world of Resolutiion, which seems to be shaping up beautifully with a new trailer.

Weekend deals and free stuff, here's what is currently hot for Linux gamers

By Liam Dawe, 15 Nov 2019

Hello Friday, welcome back into our lives. Here's a look at what you can pick up cheap across this weekend and what's free.

Game dev: Flax Engine is adding Linux support in an upcoming update

By Liam Dawe, 15 Nov 2019

Flax Engine, another game engine that supports Vulkan is going cross-platform with an upcoming release adding in Linux support.

Enjoy our daily news and updates? We would appreciate your support

By Liam Dawe, 15 Nov 2019

For a long time now GamingOnLinux has been providing daily (and often on Weekends too) Linux gaming news, tips, reviews, interviews and more.

This War of Mine turned 5, so 11 bit studios gave it a big free Final Cut update

By Liam Dawe, 15 Nov 2019

11 bit studios are celebrating their dark and depressing survival game This War of Mine turning five years old, so they've given everyone a huge free Final Cut update.

Amusing action game Pirates, Vikings, and Knights II adds AI bot support

By Liam Dawe, 15 Nov 2019

The biggest problem for a lot of multiplayer games, even when they're free is pulling in players. To help with that, Pirates, Vikings, and Knights II now supports playing with AI bots.