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.
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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.
Looks like Republique is no longer getting a Linux port
We announced back in February that the developers of Republique were working on a Linux port, but needed some middleware to add Linux support. However it seems like this never happened, and the efforts to bring the game to Linux have been abandoned.
Happy Holidays from GamingOnLinux
I know everyone doesn't celebrate the same occasions and holidays and what-not, so I will simply say Happy Holidays and wish you all the very best.
Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition released for Linux & SteamOS, now downloads!
Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition has finally released for SteamOS/Linux. I have picked up a copy, and I am downloading right now to give you some thoughts.
Noire crime thriller Blues and Bullets released for Linux on Steam
This is the first of five planned episodes in a retelling of the story of Eliot Ness—the agent who brought down mob boss Al Capone.
Atmospheric puzzle platformer Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) now available for Linux on Steam
The story driven puzzle platformer is now officially available for Linux with the Foxtales DLC and is currently on sale.
Steam is having a whopper of a sale right now
Roll up, roll up, it's time to empty your wallets. Steam is having a big winter sale with an insane amount of games on sale, and some serious bargains.
GOL's Linux & SteamOS gamer survey results for December
The last GOL Survey results of our Linux & SteamOS user survey for 2015, wow what a year! The next survey will be available on January 1st and run for two weeks as usual.
The GOL GOTY Awards page is open for nominations, voting after
Welcome to our second year of doing a GOTY Awards, this year we added many more categories based on feedback.
Free retro game Bio Menace now available from GOG on Linux
Join top CIA tough guy, Snake Logan as he battles for his life against ferocious monsters created by an evil and twisted mastermind. A free game now available on Linux thanks to GOG.
Speculation: A job posting for Elite Dangerous hints at possible future Linux support
This one is quite vague, but a new job posting may suggest that a Linux port of Elite: Dangerous isn't out of the question.
Saints Row: Gat out of Hell now available on SteamOS and Linux
Another one, oh boy! In the same day we have Saints Row IV and now Saints Row: Gat out of Hell too! What a nice early holiday present.
Saints Row IV now available on SteamOS and Linux
Oh baby! Saints Row IV is now available on SteamOS and Linux, and I can't wait to give this insane game a game.
Insurgency FPS adds official Steam Controller support, better gamepad support overall
Insurgency was very exciting to have on Linux, as it's the most tactical FPS game we have available. The new updates have made it much more fun too, with gamepad support and decent Steam Controller support added in.
GOL Cast: Wandering Around Morrowind in OpenMW
You might have heard about OpenMW, the open source reimplementation of the Morrowind engine which, naturally, allows you to play Morrowind on Linux. Let's test it!
Unity Editor for Linux winter holiday update
Explicitly dedicated to our holiday season game making enjoyment, a new build of the Unity editor for Linux has been released. It is updated to Unity version 5.3.0f4.
Wine 1.8 was finally released
Today a new stable Wine 1.8 version was released. After a 17 months of hard work and nearly 13,000 individual commits it's here. And it brings lots of new shiny features in its sack(because it's December, pick your holiday of choice).
Maia, the promising colony building sim releases big update with first person mode
I love keeping an eye on Maia, as it's one of the only building sims that isn't going for some sort of retro style. Progress isn't quick, but each new release does push out some big new stuff, and this new release is no different.
- ProtonPlus makes managing Proton versions on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck simple
- Fedora proposal to drop 32-bit support has been withdrawn
- SteamOS 3.7.13 update gets fixes for more handhelds, fixes WiFi regression on Steam Deck OLED
- GE-Proton 10-7 out now with fixes for Wuthering Waves, Anno 1800, Wine Wayland
- Mecha BREAK is out now on Steam - works on Steam Deck but blocks Desktop Linux
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