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So, for a couple of weeks I decided to go back and play a game that has been on Linux for a while: Shovel Knight. I initially expected a difficult but enjoyable experience but it was not meant to be. Here's a video detailing the highlights (depending on your perspective) of the journey.

Dawn of War III arrives on Linux tomorrow and we now know exactly what kind of system is needed to run it, come check it out.

Few developers are able to pull off a Descent-like six-degree-of-freedom shooter, but the Overload team easily have the most promising available.

Ballistic Overkill, the fun and cheap online FPS that recently added Vulkan support now has an opt-in beta for you to try. The developers say it's aimed at improving performance. UPDATE: It's now out of Beta.

Heavy Gear Assault has just had a major upgrading include a rework of the UI, which was quite badly needed.

Colony Survival is a new voxel RTS coming to Linux sometime this summer and the developers are asking for Linux testers.

Brace yourself, games are coming. Steam Greenlight has been officially closed as of today and Valve has announced Steam Direct will launch on June 13th.

Paradox Development Studios have decided to mark the occasion by giving all owners of the World War 2 grand strategy game a few free goodies.

GOG have updated GOG Connect again allowing some more titles to be redeemed on GOG if you have them on Steam, they also have a huge summer sale now on.

Victor Vran: Overkill Edition has officially released expanding the ARPG in many ways, the two new expansions Mötorhead Through The Ages and Fractured Worlds can be purchased as DLC if you already own the base game.

StarCrawlers is a game I covered quite some time ago back in March of 2015, years later it's now released in full. It's a fresh take on the 3D dungeon crawlers set in a spacepunk themed universe.

The big SteamOS beta update that Valve shipped last month has now officially been released into the stable updates branch.

As always, GamingOnLinux is entirely funded by the users for the users and hopefully we can stay online for a long time.

StarFlint is a new comedy point and click adventure in the style of old Lucas Arts titles, it's on Kickstarter and it actually has a Linux demo to check out.

With the big Dawn of War III release getting closer, one Mesa developer has put some serious effort into getting Mesa ready to game on.

LandTraveller was pointed out to me today and I must say I am intrigued by it. It's a colourful 2D action RPG with sandbox elements and it even has online play.

In the mood for a more relaxing game? Well klocki might be what you need for those Monday blues. It's a simple puzzle game about fitting shapes together.

Riptale, a black & white challenging 2D roguelike that lights up with blood has officially released for Linux. It had a beta release last month which seems to have gone well, since it released on June 1st.

The awesome GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin has officially dropped support for the D3D12 API in favour of going all-in with Vulkan.

Gemstone Keeper, an ASCII twin-stick shooter that looks surprisingly decent is coming to Linux. The developer has been blogging about porting the game to Linux for those interested in reading more about it.