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Watch the moment Samsai rage quits from our recent livestream

By Liam Squires-Hand,
We sometimes do small tournaments of OpenRA live on Twitch and last night was especially hilarious. Samsai did a bit of a rage quit.

Double Fine confirm that Full Throttle Remastered will see a Linux version after the Windows release

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Linux users will be able to enjoy Full Throttle Remastered this year, but not until after the Windows version has released.

Lifeless Planet Premier Edition, a third-person action-adventure is now available for Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Lifeless Planet Premier Edition has officially released for Linux and it looks to be well worth a purchase.

Cossacks 3 for Linux finally has a release date and it's close (updated)

By Liam Squires-Hand,
We have been waiting for longer than expected, but GSC Game World will be delivering Cossacks 3 for Linux on March 15th. UPDATED.

The official GamingOnLinux ARK: Survival Evolved server is live

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Since ARK: Survival Evolved is popular and I've had a few requests, our ARK: Survival Evolved is now live.

A reminder that I rely on Patreon funding to keep GamingOnLinux running

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I wanted to do a little public thank you to everyone who is funding me on Patreon and to remind people who aren’t about what I do.

The story of grey market G2A worsens, I really do recommend to stay away

By Liam Squires-Hand,
You have probably heard of G2A by now, the grey-market where anyone can sell second-hand keys for some money. The problem is, someone pointed out how they do no actual checks on keys and that resulted in them getting banned.

Taking on the universe in Avorion, my thoughts on this new sandbox spaceship building game

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The developer of Avorion accepted my request for a key, so I took Avorion for a spin. It’s in Early Access, so keep that in mind.

The itch store client has been updated again, slicker than ever

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The developers at itch sure do put the effort in to make their store and client as good as possible and it shows with this latest update.

Game creation kit 'Construct 3' has a first preview, including shots of it on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I am seriously excited to try out Construct 3, as it enables creation of games without actual coding. It uses an interesting events system like in Construct 2, Fusion and other toolkits. The developers have shown the first preview with pictures of it on Linux too.

DiRT Rally announced for Linux, arriving on March 2nd

By Liam Squires-Hand,
That's right folks, DiRT Rally is now officially confirmed to be coming to Linux and it arrives on March 2nd. Feral Interactive are behind the port, so it will be another good one I hope.

'The Secret of Tremendous Corporation' is a 2015 short free point-and-click comical adventure made in 48 hours

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
This is a small adventure that has been out there for two years, but since it never was covered in GOL, I decided to try it and share with you some impressions. Also, you can't miss the funny DLC included.

Steam Beta Client updated, finally fixing the notification spam when you login and group notifications

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve have updated Steam and added in two really needed features. First, they won't spam you with who's doing what when you first login.

Mesa 13.0.4 stable released, time to update to get the latest fixes

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The latest point release for the stable Mesa version is now available as 13.0.4. It brings in fixes for multiple drivers.

An interview with Simon Roth, the developer of space colony simulator 'Maia'

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I had the pleasure of talking to Simon Roth, a developer I've followed for quite some time now about his game 'Maia', about Linux and other bits. Linux sales for Simon are 'approaching ten thousand', which is impressive.

Crypt of the NecroDancer: AMPLIFIED DLC now available in Early Access

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Crypt of the NecroDancer is a fantastic game. I appreciate it even if I have no rhythm to keep up with the beats and this new DLC sounds slick.

Motorsport Manager, the rather detailed simulator game now has Steam Workshop support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Motorsport Manager has been updated to allow for mods from the Steam Workshop, as well as some balancing changes to make it fairer.

Until February 6th, you can get the popular indie puzzle-platformer 'FEZ' for PWYW at itch.io

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
This was confirmed by Polytron on Twitter. All the money will be sent to an American charity called American Civil Liberties Union.

FortressCraft Evolved has a massive update with a better tutorial and a fresh new look for the worlds

By Liam Squires-Hand,
FortressCraft Evolved is a game I often overlook, but perhaps not for much longer. It has a truly massive update with a much better tutorial and a very slick new look for the surface of worlds.

Overdriven Reloaded, a vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up with 4 player co-op is now on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Overdriven Reloaded, a vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up is now on Linux. We have quite a few games like it, but this has 4 player co-op so it might just be enough to hook some in.