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A Roundup Of The Last Weeks Linux Gaming

By Liam Dawe,
Here is a look back at the last week on GamingOnLinux, an easy way to for you to keep up to date on what has happened in the past week for Linux Gaming!

Deadhold, A Squad Based Action RTS Game, And It's Coming To Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Deadhold is a Squad Based Action RTS game, brought to you by veteran game developers who have worked on titles such as Borderlands 2, Battlefield 2, Homefront and Myth 3.

Lutris Open Gaming Platform New Release

By Liam Dawe,
Lutris is an interesting open source application to help you manage your games from different sources, and they have released a fresh batch of builds.

Rising Angels: Reborn Available On Linux & It's Free

By Liam Dawe,
Rising Angels: Reborn is now available for free on Linux and promises to be an interesting sci-fi adventure.

Worlds of Magic Strategy Game Released On Steam Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Worlds of Magic is a good looking turn based strategy game that has just released into Steam Early Access and it looks great. The game is based on Master of Magic and the initial reviews are stellar.

Train Fever Business Simulation Game Now On Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Train Fever has delivered the promised Linux support that was missing from their initial Steam release.

Garry's Mod Hits the 6 Million Mark!

By Liam Dawe,
Garry's Mod has hit 6 million lifetime sales on Steam now and that's an incredible milestone. The developer also showed off how many are from Linux & Mac.

Dead Island Still Looks Like It Will Come To Linux, Lots Of New Builds

By Liam Dawe,
Keeping track of the Linux port of Dead Island shows that the developers are working pretty hard on it.

The Skullgirls Promised Linux Port Seems Iffy Again (UPDATED)

By Liam Dawe,
Skullgirls is another game with an interesting history of promises for a Linux port. It's another case of a developer publicly stating it, and then not delivering on it. UPDATED

Counter Strike Global Offensive Prepares For A Linux Release

By Liam Dawe,
Great news to wake up to this morning folks! On the official Counter Strike blog the developers noted work about the Linux client for the newest iteration of the Counter Strike franchise.

DayZ Creator Expresses Interest In A Linux Port Again

By Liam Dawe,
Dean Hall the creator of DayZ originally mentioned on reddit his interest in getting a Linux version, and he was also caught on video mentioning it at PAX.

Currently Crowdfunding - Why Stash: No Loot Left Behind Deserves A Penguin Clan

By Speedster,
I'll get right to the point -- why do I think Stash: No Loot Left Behind deserves a penguin clan? The game is currently being funded on Kickstarter and only needs a little push!

Microsoft Reportedly Buying Minecraft Maker Mojang

By Liam Dawe,
This is not fun news to wake up to. Microsoft if apparently buying the indie studio Mojang for more than 2 billion dollars.

Hack 'n' Slash 1.0 Now Available, With Sources and Workshop Support

By Cheeseness,
Double Fine's charming RPG-come-puzzle game, Hack 'n' Slash has left Steam Early Access and is now released, along with Lua sources for engine scripts and Steam Workshop Support.

Outlast, A First Person Horror Game Looks Like It Will Come To Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Outlast a particularly scary game looks like it has plans for a Linux version, and that's awesome. Prepare to hide behind your pillows.

Humble Indie Bundle 12 Launches With Lots Of Great Games

By Liam Dawe,
The Humble Indie Bundle has returned for a twelfth time! This time it features some seriously good games, but no new Linux ports.

Warlocks Plans For Day 1 Linux Support, Now On Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe,
Warlocks is a crazy (and awesome) looking pixel art action game now on Kickstarter. The developers have told us Linux will be a day 1 release too.

The Witcher 2 For Linux On GOG Has Been Patched

By Liam Dawe,
The Witcher 2 was released on GOG for Linux recently for DRM free fans, but sadly it was an older version that the GOG team put up. With all the performance improvements in the new versions it was needing an update. GOG have contacted us to let us know a patch is now available.

McDROID Released For Linux On Steam

By Liam Dawe,
McDROID is a fancy mix of strategy, tower defence and action packed together in a fine looking package. It's now available on Steam for the full release.

Puppy Games Aren't Impressed With Linux Sales (UPDATED)

By Liam Dawe,
It seems Puppy Games the developers behind fun games like Revenge of the Titans have expressed their concern about Linux sales. UPDATED