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GOL Cast: Let's Delve Deep Into Delver

By Samsai,
Roguelites seem to be pretty abundant these days. If you check Steam, Desura or pretty much any online game store, you will find tons and tons of games that advertise themselves as roguelites. Delver is one too but, unlike many others, it's actually surprisingly close to the original Rogue.

Transmissions: Element 120 HL2 Mod Needs Linux Porters

By Liam Dawe,
The free modification for Half-Life 2 'Transmissions: Element 120' is in need of people who can help port it to Linux.

Tactical RPG Flamberge Available In Steam Early Access And Has A Demo

By flesk,
Flamberge is a tactical RPG with simultaneous turns that draws inspiration from games like Fire Emblem and Final Fantasy Tactics, and was funded on Kickstarter last year.

Freedom Planet Quirky Action Platformer Now On Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Freedom Planet is a rather quirky looking platformer with tons of action, motorcycles, cats, and lots of other random junk.

RUNNING WITH RIFLES Tactical Shooter Exits Early Access, It’s Bloody Good Fun

By Liam Dawe,
If you have passed over RUNNING WITH RIFLES before, you shouldn’t have. The game is a real blast, and it has now left early access.

VoidExpanse Space Sandbox RPG Released For Linux, Some Thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
VoidExpanse is a really interesting 2D space sandbox RPG that has recently released in full for Linux. I hadn't tried it since January, so I've been eager to see the full release in action.

Cortex Command Looks Like It Will Gain A New Linux Version Soon

By Liam Dawe,
Cortex Command is a game that came with a Humble Indie Bundle quite some time ago, sadly the Linux version fell behind a lot (last update in 2012). Looks like that could end soon, woo!

Will Fight For Food: Super Actual Sellout: Game Of The Hour, Releasing This Month For Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Will Fight For Food: Super Actual Sellout: Game of the Hour is actually a real name, blimey! It's a comedy role-playing brawler with deep conversation options, and a nonlinear plot.

KeeperRL, A Dungeon Simulator With RPG & Roguelike Elements Now On Steam

By Liam Dawe,
KeeperRL is an interesting, and open source roguelike with RPG elements that is now on Steam. The code is open source, but the graphical version is not.

The Wine Development Release 1.7.40 Is Now Available

By sobkas,
Wine development team was able to produce a new experimental release today. 1.7.40 bringing many new features and as many as 29 bugfixes.

Spooky Friday Livestream Starting At 5 PM UTC! [VOD included]

By Samsai,
Oh boy... So Outlast was released and naturally it would be funny to make Samsai play it, WOULDN'T IT!? Well, that's what I'm going to do, for Torvald's sake. So, join in and see the scares and hear the screams.

SteamWorld Heist Has A First Gameplay Trailer

By Liam Dawe,
From the developers who gave us SteamWorld Dig and Anthill, SteamWorld Heist looks like it will be a pretty fun space adventure with good looking shootouts.

GOL Survey Results: March

By Segata Sanshiro,
The results for the March survey are now available for you to take a look at and compare with results from previous months. The new survey for April is also available, so make sure to fill that out if you haven't already.

The Most Popular Linux Gaming Articles For March 2015

By gamingonlinux,
Here is a look back at the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for March 2015, an easy way to for you to keep up to date on what has happened in the past month for Linux Gaming!

Phoenix Universe Of Space Combat - Preview Demo.

By Vidiot_X,
I am pleased to announce the release of the Phoenix USC Preview Demo for Linux. A playable demo where you can battle with up to 300 enemy bots in space based arena combat.

GOG, Reclaim Your Games

By Bumadar,
The people over at GoG have started a new campaign where you have the chance to reclaim some of your old (Windows) games. Now at first this may not sound too useful for us Linux gamers, but let's be honest, not all old Windows games will ever come to Linux so Wine is often the only solution if you want to play them.

A Shadow Play Themed RTS Game, Flawed Ones: Puppeteer

By Göksan Güner,
I am Göksan Güner, creator and developer of Flawed Ones: Puppeteer. It has been 1 year that we have started working on this game. It is currently on IndieGoGo and Steam Greenlight.

Parcel Is An Isometric Cyberpunk Puzzler That Has Me Hooked

By flesk,
Parcel was released in Early Access on Steam last week. It's a bit rough around the edges, but it has a lot of content, interesting mechanics, and is one you should keep an eye on if you're a fan of story-focused puzzlers.

How To Use A Nyko Playpad Bluetooth Controller On Linux Using Xboxdrv

By jayarnielsen,
I've spent more hours than I care to admit in search of the perfect portable game controller to use with my laptop. I wanted something compact and Bluetooth enabled, so the Nyko Playpad seemed to fit the bill quite nicely.

Nightside, The Awesome RTS Game Has Entered Steam Early Access With Linux Support

By Liam Dawe,
Nightside is a game I've been testing, and I've really taken a liking to it. Now you can too join the fun with the Steam release.