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Sword Coast Legends developer n-space has closed up shop

By Liam Dawe,
Always a shame to hear this, it seems n-space the developers behind Sword Coast Legends have closed up.

GOL Podcast S01E02: Hand of Fate

By madmachinations,
Welcome to episode 2 of the GOL podcast. Appearing today is Cheeseness, Kallestofeles, and madmachinations. Sadly darkone778 could not be with us this time but hopefully he will reappear for the next episode.

In need of some lovely fonts for creating games and other projects? Try the Itch store

By Liam Dawe,
Something I have found recently is that the games store Itch.io isn't just great for discovering smaller indie games and game jams, it also seems to be quite the hub for fonts!

Cheese Talks: AdventureJam 2015 Retrospective

By Cheeseness,
Just under a year ago over a hundred developers came together to create and celebrate adventure games. With AdventureJam 2016 looming on the horizon, here's a look back at what made the first event interesting and some of the Linux games to come out of it!

The latest Steam Hardware Survey is out

By Liam Dawe,
Another month, and another Steam Hardware Survey. Linux is currently sitting at 0.85%, so there's a small drop.

The most popular Linux & SteamOS gaming articles for March 2016, 174 in total

By gamingonlinux,
Here is a look back at the 15 most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for March 2016, an easy way to for you to keep up to date on what has happened in the past month for Linux & SteamOS Gaming!

Create weird looking creatures in CHKN, now on Linux and I have some thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
The trailer for CHKN delighted me with how weird it was, so I got a key from the developer and took a look at the Linux version of this weird sandbox game.

Gorky 17, another classic Topware published title now in beta for Linux, uses Wine

By Liam Dawe,
Topware are certainly delivering on their promise of supporting old games with Wine. This time Gorky 17 gets the treatment, and a beta has been opened for testing on Steam.

New Linux & SteamOS gamer survey for April

By Liam Dawe,
Another month, another survey time. As usual all questions are in relation to the previous month of March.

Until I Have You, a story-driven, fast-paced, retro-aesthetic platformer is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
I have it confirmed by the publisher that story-driven, fast-paced, retro-aesthetic platformer 'Until I Have You' will come to Linux after release.

A rather funny developer got their fake game "Watch Paint Dry" on Steam without Valve seeing

By Liam Dawe,
In an amusing turn of events, a developer managed to get their fake game "Watch Paint Dry" onto Steam without Valve ever seeing it.

Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear DLC released with day-1 Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Great news RPG fans, as Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear DLC is now available and has day-1 Linux support as promised.

Human Resource Machine from World of Goo creators now on Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
Human Resource Machine have a brief beta period, and now the developers have announced it's officially supported on Linux & SteamOS.

Secrets of Grindea, an old-school RPG with co-op support could see a Linux release

By Liam Dawe,
Thanks to Ethan Lee and his FNA project, it looks like Secrets of Grindea an old-school RPG with co-op support could be seeing a Linux release.

The Wine Development Release 1.9.7 Is Now Available

By sobkas,
The Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.9.7 has many small changes including 42 bugfixes.

Open source RTS '0 A.D.' alpha 20 Timosthenes released

By Liam Dawe,
Good news strategy game and open source lovers, as 0 A.D. alpha 20 is now available and has a number of new features.

This is no joke, Friday Livestream will be here at 5 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
I imagine everyone's had a joke-filled day today but do not worry, for the Friday Livestream will still be mostly on time and the level of professionality couldn't be lower. So, do make your way to your nearest web browser (with HTML5/Flash support) and you can join in on our Linux gaming livestream!

1993 Space Machine, a game originally meant for the Amiga is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
1993 Space Machine a game that was originally supposed to be on Amiga, but never released is out for other platforms. The developer has confirmed it's on its way to Linux.

Unity3D game engine hardware statistics updated, shows Linux is very low

By Liam Dawe,
If you didn't know already, Unity games tend to phone home details of what you're running. They release this data, and it shows Linux is a pretty low percentage of gamers.

Don't Starve: Shipwrecked Expansion sails out of Early Access, Linux supported

By Liam Dawe,
Don't Starve: Shipwrecked Expansion is a pretty big expansion to the really great survival game Don't Starve. It is now fully available and features Linux support.