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Friday Livestream At 6 PM UTC

By Samsai,
It's Friday and that means livestream! And based on my testing this livestream might look better than any of our previous ones, thanks to top of the line 3G mobile technology that for the first time in history brings me an internet connection from this century.

Lockdown Protocol, A High-score Shooter & Platformer Released Into Beta For Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Lockdown Protocol is a good looking high-score orientated action platformer that has now entered beta for Linux, and it's looking great.

Upcoming Horror Adventure Game 'Downfall' Confirmed For Linux

By flesk,
'Downfall' is the remake of the 2009 adventure game by the same name. It's the game preceding 'The Cat Lady' in developer Harvester Games' planned trilogy, is slated for release in Q2 and has now been confirmed for Linux.

Linux Game Of The Year Awards Voting Open

By Liam Dawe,
Time is now up to add games, so you may now vote for whatever game you loved the most last year. Next year will work in a very different way too. You don't have long to vote!

Braveland Wizard, The Second Braveland Strategy Game Now On Linux, Has Issues

By Liam Dawe,
Braveland Wizard is the sequel to the first Braveland that our Samsai took a look at last year. The first game had a lot of positive reviews, and it seems the second is doing well too. Sadly, it seems the developers aren't too trustworthy.

Guess The Next Linux Port From Feral Interactive, And Win A Copy

By Liam Dawe,
We have teamed up with Feral Interactive, who ported XCOM to Linux, to bring you a fantastic new competition! Simply guess their next Linux port, and you could win a downloadable copy when it is released!

Star Traders: 4X Empires & Heroes Of Steel RPG To Gain Linux Versions This Year

By Liam Dawe,
The developer of both 'Heroes of Steel RPG' and 'Star Traders: 4X Empires' has confirmed Linux ports will happen for both games this year.

LISA, A Quirky Side-scrolling RPG, In Beta For Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Lisa is a quirky side-scrolling RPG set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. It has a nice style to it, and very positive reviews on Steam.

The Most Popular Linux Gaming Articles For 2014

By Liam Dawe,
Here is a look back at the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for 2014, it was a seriously crazy year for us here, and for everyone in Linux gaming, so let's see what happened.

Happy New Year From GamingOnLinux

By Liam Dawe,
Sadly, this year I shall not be out getting merry on rum as I have my little one now living with me, but it does mean I am here to post stuff.

New Trailer Released For Upcoming 3D Collect-A-Thon Platformer 'Clive'

By flesk,
'Clive & The Stones Of The Ancient Bunnies' made something of a belly flop on Kickstarter earlier this year, and was far from reaching their £25K goal. That didn't stop one-man developer Rob Wass though, as he has kept at it and released a new gameplay trailer for the game last week.

GOL Cast: Bringing Humanity To New Worlds In Civilization: Beyond Earth

By Samsai,
After a bit of a wait it's finally possible for you to bring your penguins to space and colonize new worlds in the name of Torvalds. But how does Civilization: Beyond Earth fare, what are its strengths and weaknesses? Let's find out.

Project Zomboid Releases A Massive Update, Co-op Play Returns

By Liam Dawe,
Project Zomboid is the fantastic zombie survival game that you can play in single-player, co-op, or online with other survivors. Myself and Samsai have really been getting into it, and a massive update was released.

New Desura Client Available For Linux, Open Source Again

By Liam Dawe,
Finally, Desura has a new client available for Linux. Bad Juju Games haven't officially announced it anywhere on Desura yet, but it is available to download.

GOG's Installer Encryption Proving to be Difficult for Linux Users

By Samsai,
GOG has begun using encrypted RAR files in their Windows installers for various games to enhance their security. This however has caused problems for some Linux users.

Eerie Snowman Building Adventure Platformer 'Lost Constellation' Available For Download

By flesk,
Lost Constellation is a supplemental game to the upcoming game 'Night in the Woods' by developer Infinite Fall and is available on a pay-what-you-want scheme from Itch.io.

Space Pirates and Zombies 2 reveals The Zombies in a brand new video

By Liam Dawe,
Space Pirates And Zombies 2 is a game I am very excited for, as the first one was good, but number 2 just looks fantastic.

TIMEframe, A Game Played In Slow Motion Plans A Big Update With Linux Support

By Liam Dawe,
TIMEframe was originally created for the Ludum Dare game jam competition by Random Seed games and an updated version has been in development.

The Itch Games Store Are Working On An Open Source Client

By Liam Dawe,
The Itch.io games store has always been nice, but icing on the cake is that they are now creating an open source desktop client in Qt 5.

Prison Architect Alpha 28 - UI Than Ever

By StianTheDark,
Welcome to the wonderful world of Prison Architect, where a new one-week's worth of work (pun from video above) is applied! I noticed there hadn't been an article about PA since Alpha 25, so there's been three alphas between the last post!