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The Funding Crowd 30 (Mar 10th-30th)

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Here we are again! Your favourite fortnightly-ish crowdfunding-related column is back with our recommendations about where to put your hard-earned money in order to help make games.

Earth 2140 Gold Edition Review, Some Old RTS Gaming Now On Linux

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So, Linux finally has Earth 2140 Gold Edition around 17 years after the original release of the game, how does it stack up? Here are my thoughts and a video.

The Most Popular Linux Gaming Articles For March 2014

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Here is a look back at the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for March 2014, an easy way to for you to keep up to date on what has happened in the past month for Linux Gaming!

Have Mouse Problems In Unity3D Games On Linux? See Here For Fixes

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So, Unity3D based games don't work correctly for you? Well it happens to me too and a helpful email from a GOL fan got it sorted, read on for how.

Heavy Bullets Randomized Dungeon Crawler FPS Now In Beta, I Fail At It

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Heavy Bullets is another favourite little FPS of mine, it is now in beta and available for purchase!

Shipwreck, A Top Down Adventure Game On Its Way To Linux, UPDATED

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Shipwreck is a top down adventure game in which you must travel the land, explore dungeons, and defeat monsters to earn safe passage off the island on which you are stranded. Shipwreck is the first game from Brushfire Games, a small game studio in Redmond, WA, run by brothers Nick and Joe Gravelyn.

Moebius: Empire Rising Adventure Game Will Not Support Linux From Day 1

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Moebius: Empire Rising from Jane Jensen will not see a Linux release when it has the official release this April, despite hitting well over the Linux funding goal.

Balrum Open World Fantasy RPG With Building Beta Launched, Works On Linux

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Balrum is the brilliant looking 2D RPG that just scraped through Kickstarter in August of last year, they have now released the beta build and it works on Linux.

Sanctum 2 Mixes FPS with Tower Defence & It's Being Ported To Linux

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I had to keep quiet about this one as well, but it seems the cat is out of the bag now. Sanctum 2 the awesome looking FPS & Tower Defence hybrid will come to Linux.

LEVEL 22, Gary's Misadventures Released On Desura & FireFlower Games For Linux

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Gary is an office worker who oversleeps after a drunken night out on the town. Since it isn’t the first time Gary’s been late for work, he could be fired if he’s spotted arriving at his desk after everyone else yet again. So he’ll have to prove he’s smart and sneaky enough to make his way up all the 22 floors between him and his office without being seen.

Shadowrun Online Will Not See Day 1 Linux Support, Could Be Another Sore Spot Brewing

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Shadowrun Online billed itself as a "true cross-platform game" in the world of the popular Shadowrun series. It looks like Linux users may be playing another waiting game.

Star Conflict Free 2 Play MMO Linux Version Is Waiting On Valve

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So, Star Conflict's Linux version was supposed to come out with their latest update and that didn't happen. We now know why!

Voxatron Becomes A Fantasy Console & A Game

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Do you remember Voxatron? You don't? Well Voxatron is currently in alpha and it was part of a Humble Bundle named "The Humble Voxatron Debut!". Much has changed since then.

Valve Publishes Their SteamOS Mesa Patched Branch On Github

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Valve have now put up their patched branch of Mesa that they use for SteamOS on github for all to see.

Leadwerks Game Creation Toolkit Arrives On Linux This Monday!

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Leadwerks the fantastic looking game creation toolkit is due to arrive on Linux on Monday. Josh Klint announced on kickstarter last night.

Icculus Is Porting Goat Simulator To Linux

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Good news goat fans, Goat Simulator is officially coming to Linux and promises some very odd action. One of the funniest games i've seen for a long time.

Paper Dungeons Roguelike Now On Steam, Humble & Desura For Linux

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Paper Dungeons the frustrating RPG/Roguelike game we recently reviewed from the Desura version has now hit Steam & Humble.

Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball Released On Steam For Linux

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You aren't dreaming Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball really is a game. We actually mentioned it a while ago, but they have now pushed into Steam's early access section.

The Open Source Game Corner, Highlighting Open Source Projects Part 2

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The second part in my articles on giving some limelight to open source games and engines, this time I have a completely different set to show you! How exciting!

V-Play Game Engine Supports Linux, Uses Qt Creator IDE

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Another game engine highlight for you today, this time it is V-Play a 2D game engine that enables you to code once for many platforms.