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'gifine' is a pretty simple open source tool for making small gifs and videos

By Liam Dawe, 27 Dec 2016

Something I've wanted for a while was an easy way to make simple gif animations or videos of small sections of my screen. Thankfully, gifine has come along and seems to fit my needs perfectly.

Open Source

The open source 'OpenMW' has released 0.41.0 to further improve Morrowind on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 27 Dec 2016

OpenMW, the open source engine for playing Morrowind has matured a little more with the release of 0.41.0.

Survival racing game 'Distance' has a big update with ghost car and replay support

By Liam Dawe, 26 Dec 2016

Distance is easily one of my favourite racing games available on Linux. It has slick graphics, seriously good music and now it has support for ghost cars and replays.

RimWorld alpha 16 'Wanderlust' is a massive update

By Liam Dawe, 26 Dec 2016

RimWorld, the colony building simulator has a massive alpha 16 update named 'Wanderlust' and it's truly huge.

Darkest Dungeon adds gamepad support and will get a shorter game-mode

By Liam Dawe, 26 Dec 2016

Darkest Dungeon is a hard and long game, but thankfully the developers know what to do about it. They are planning to add in a shorter game mode for you. They also recently added in gamepad support.

Lifeless Planet Linux beta has been updated, with improved graphics from the PS4 version

By Liam Dawe, 26 Dec 2016

The developers of Lifeless Planet have continued to improve their Linux beta, as it's now running on Unity 5 and has the improved graphics from the PS4 version.

The awesome itch store is also having a big sale, with some real indie gems going cheap

By Liam Dawe, 26 Dec 2016

One store you really shouldn't look past is itch, as they have an open source client and I never hear a bad thing said about them.

OBS Studio 17.0.0 adds support for capturing previous x minutes and a Linux memory leak fix

By Liam Dawe, 26 Dec 2016

OBS Studio 17.0.0 has been released and it's a pretty fun one. It now has a feature that allows you to capture a snapshot of a specific time before hitting a hotkey.

Open Source

Parkitect, the indie theme park building sim updated again, working towards big performance improvements

By Liam Dawe, 26 Dec 2016

Parkitect is really coming along nicely and just before the Christmas break it was updated with more great features.

Reminder: Update your PC info for the next round of statistics updates

By gamingonlinux, 25 Dec 2016

This is your once a month reminder to make sure your PC information is correct on your user profiles. A fresh batch of statistics is generated on the 1st of each month.

Some thoughts on Age of Conquest IV

By Hamish, 23 Dec 2016

Age of Conquest IV by Noble Master Games is a strategy title that manages to go far beyond its roots in family tabletop gaming to become a lightning fast war game where you must do or die to succeed.

Very Festive Friday Livestream at 6 PM UTC!

By Samsai, 23 Dec 2016

Merry festivities, everyone! Before I too move on to eating myself to death with family and relatives I have one more Livestream for you. So, prepare yourself for a very festive dose of live Linux gaming!

Livestream

Happy Holidays from GamingOnLinux

By Liam Dawe, 23 Dec 2016

It's time to wind-down operations for a few days as I get into the festive spirit with my family. Happy holidays!

Misc

Get your dancing shoes, as Crypt of the NecroDancer: AMPLIFIED DLC is on its way

By Liam Dawe, 23 Dec 2016

Crypt of the NecroDancer: AMPLIFIED is the first gameplay DLC for the roguelike rhythm game and it sounds great.

Worms W.M.D will get the promised cross-platform online play in early 2017, more updates to come too

By Liam Dawe, 23 Dec 2016

Team17 decided to postpone the cross-platform online play update for Worms W.M.D to ensure it all goes smoothly. They also have more planned!

GOG are selling 10 of their 'top' 2016 games for super cheap, 5 have Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 23 Dec 2016

You have a few days to grab a total of 5 Linux-supported games from GOG's '10 good buys of 2016' sale.

What game are you truly thankful to have on Linux & SteamOS?

By Liam Dawe, 23 Dec 2016

I've previously asked you what number one game you want to have on Linux, but what about what we already have? What is the number one game that you are truly thankful to have on Linux?