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Come watch the first episode of 'The Council of Linux Gamers'

By Liam Dawe,
The Council of Linux Gamers is a new livestreamed chat show full of Linux gaming personalities. This first episodes features me, Jakejw93, Xpander, Osirez & HexDSL.

Sudden Strike 4 looks like an amazing RTS that will have Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
This got totally missed, Sudden Strike 4 has a trailer out from December that shows off a little of this RTS game and it looks amazing.

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and XCOM 2 are both super cheap this weekend

By Liam Dawe,
If you're a bit stuck this weekend I have great news! Both Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and XCOM 2 are really cheap this weekend!

Stellaris: Utopia, a major expansion announced

By Liam Dawe,
Paradox has announced 'Stellaris: Utopia', a major new expansion for Stellaris bringing in lots of new toys.

Mesa has a patch from a Valve developer to help ARK Survival Evolved run on the open source drivers

By Liam Dawe,
Samuel Pitoiset from Valve has sent in yet another patch to Mesa, this one focuses on the ARK games: ARK Survival Evolved and Survival Of The Fittest to to run without overrides.

Wine 2.1 is out with more Shader Model 5 work

By Liam Dawe,
Wine 2.1 is the first development snapshot of the newest Wine code since they release the big 2.0 update. It's a pretty good start too!

You can get Total War WARHAMMER for $12 in the current Humble Monthly Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Don't pass up a fantastic deal guys. Total War WARHAMMER can be bagged for only $12 in the currently Humble Monthly Bundle.

Friday Livestream today at 6 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
Aaaand I'm back again. Liam took over the Friday Livestream for a moment but I have most definitely returned to reclaim the glory. So, prepare yourselves for some more live Linux gaming with me, Samsai, as your host. Enjoy!

Watch the moment Samsai rage quits from our recent livestream

By Liam Dawe,
We sometimes do small tournaments of OpenRA live on Twitch and last night was especially hilarious. Samsai did a bit of a rage quit.

Double Fine confirm that Full Throttle Remastered will see a Linux version after the Windows release

By Liam Dawe,
Linux users will be able to enjoy Full Throttle Remastered this year, but not until after the Windows version has released.

Lifeless Planet Premier Edition, a third-person action-adventure is now available for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Lifeless Planet Premier Edition has officially released for Linux and it looks to be well worth a purchase.

Cossacks 3 for Linux finally has a release date and it's close (updated)

By Liam Dawe,
We have been waiting for longer than expected, but GSC Game World will be delivering Cossacks 3 for Linux on March 15th. UPDATED.

The official GamingOnLinux ARK: Survival Evolved server is live

By Liam Dawe,
Since ARK: Survival Evolved is popular and I've had a few requests, our ARK: Survival Evolved is now live.

A reminder that I rely on Patreon funding to keep GamingOnLinux running

By Liam Dawe,
I wanted to do a little public thank you to everyone who is funding me on Patreon and to remind people who aren’t about what I do.

The story of grey market G2A worsens, I really do recommend to stay away

By Liam Dawe,
You have probably heard of G2A by now, the grey-market where anyone can sell second-hand keys for some money. The problem is, someone pointed out how they do no actual checks on keys and that resulted in them getting banned.

Taking on the universe in Avorion, my thoughts on this new sandbox spaceship building game

By Liam Dawe,
The developer of Avorion accepted my request for a key, so I took Avorion for a spin. It’s in Early Access, so keep that in mind.

The itch store client has been updated again, slicker than ever

By Liam Dawe,
The developers at itch sure do put the effort in to make their store and client as good as possible and it shows with this latest update.

Game creation kit 'Construct 3' has a first preview, including shots of it on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
I am seriously excited to try out Construct 3, as it enables creation of games without actual coding. It uses an interesting events system like in Construct 2, Fusion and other toolkits. The developers have shown the first preview with pictures of it on Linux too.

DiRT Rally announced for Linux, arriving on March 2nd

By Liam Dawe,
That's right folks, DiRT Rally is now officially confirmed to be coming to Linux and it arrives on March 2nd. Feral Interactive are behind the port, so it will be another good one I hope.

'The Secret of Tremendous Corporation' is a 2015 short free point-and-click comical adventure made in 48 hours

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
This is a small adventure that has been out there for two years, but since it never was covered in GOL, I decided to try it and share with you some impressions. Also, you can't miss the funny DLC included.