Chaos Reborn & Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition now DRM free for Linux on GOG
Good news GOG fans, both Chaos Reborn and Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition now have their Linux versions on GOG.
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Dying Light: The Following story teaser & Enhanced Edition legendary levels preview
I am super excited for both the Enhanced Edition upgrade of Dying Light and The Following DLC. Both will make an already good game, even better. Check out these two newer videos.
New Linux Gamer Survey For January
As usual, here's our monthly survey asking you a few questions. No unique questions this time around, as I have nothing I wanted to really ask that hasn't been already for the moment.
Hyper Light Drifter planning for a same-day Linux release
Good news for those wanting to play Hyper Light Drifter, as the developer has stated they are going for a same-day Linux release.
The first Friday Livestream of 2016 starting at 6 PM UTC!
2015 has come and gone and it's time to welcome the year 2016. It was quite the coincidence that the first day of 2016 happened to be a Friday so we get to celebrate it almost immediately with the GOL Friday tradition.
Prison Architect update 2 released, featuring women inmates
Prison Architect is easily one of the best games available on Linux, and it's great to see it get big updates after release.
Sunken, a hardcore action RPG with random monsters and loot now on Linux
Sunken is a rather pretty looking action RPG that has random monsters and loot, permanent death and crafting of course.
Happy New Year
I hope everyone has a good night partying, playing games, watching films or whatever you do. It's nearly 2016 now, so here's to another great year, cheers!
Albion Online closed beta extended, no longer going free to play after
Well this is pretty interesting news for players of Albion Online. The closed beta which you can buy into has been extended, and it won't be free to play after release now.
Ori and the Blind Forest won't come to Linux for now, thanks to Microsoft
For those waiting and hoping for Ori and the Blind Forest to come to Linux, your wait may be longer than expected.
Carmageddon: Reincarnation still aiming for a Linux version
The Linux version of Carmageddon: Reincarnation promised during the Kickstarter has been completely MIA for some time, but they say they are still planning to do it.
FNA, the open source reimplementation of Microsoft's XNA first official release
I'm a big fan of FNA, as the quality of the ports made with Ethan Lee's project are really quite awesome. Ethan announced recently that FNA has now had its first official release.
The most popular Linux gaming articles from 2015 and thoughts on the year
Here is a look back at the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for 2015. It was a complete knockout year with surprise after surprise, but what did people read the most? Some added thoughts of my own at the bottom.
Changes to login on GOL
Just a heads up about some changes to our Login system and the cookies we set. You can now stay logged in on more than one device.
OpenRA Christmas 2015 Release (20151224)
The OpenRA development team wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and they are proud to announce the Christmas 2015 release of OpenRA.
A closer look at some DRM free Linux games available on itch.io
Itch.io has become a popular distribution platform among developers for its many and flexible tools for distributing and promoting games. We take a closer look at what they have to offer us Linux gamers.
End of the year benchmarks, GTX 760 and R7 370
It's been a while since I last dug up my 760 and did some benchmarking, so I decided that I would run some to celebrate the last days of 2015. I've picked some new games this time around to show the performance of both the open source and the proprietary drivers.
The Wine Development Release 1.9.0 Is Now Available
After release of stable version 1.8, Wine team opened a new development branch, 1.9. While it still doesn't include as many new features as previous development releases, there are 43 fixed bugs.
A festive Friday Livestream happening at 6 PM UTC!
Hello, you holiday penguins! The festivities are slowly starting to come to an end but I figured I would still brighten your monitors with a Friday Livestream! Yes, even Christmas Day festivities aren't able to come between me and the GOL Friday tradition!
Multiplayer arena platformer Mighty Switch Force! Academy released for Linux on Steam
Developer WayForward has been developing games for consoles for well over a decade, and have now released their first game for Linux.
- Pricing announced for the Orange Pi Neo gaming handheld with Manjaro Linux
- A Hat in Time gets a surprise update with DirectX 12 and Vulkan support
- Fedora proposal to drop 32-bit support has been withdrawn
- Painkiller reboot confirmed for launch on October 9
- Steam gets more fixes for Legion Go S, 8BitDo and the In-Game Overlay
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How to play games from GOG and Epic Games on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck
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