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My Mom is a Witch is now available on Linux, thanks to help from the community

By Liam Dawe, 23 Dec 2016

My Mom is a Witch, an Early Access mix of beat'em up and roguelike mechanics is now available on Linux. The developer explained that this was thanks to the Linux community being so helpful.

XCOM 2 for Linux updated, officially supports Mesa

By Liam Dawe, 21 Dec 2016

XCOM 2 for Linux has been patched and it adds official support for Mesa 13.0.1 along with other changes.

Editorial: The Nintendo Switch will use Vulkan, why that doesn't suddenly mean more Linux ports

By Liam Dawe, 19 Dec 2016

The news doing the rounds right now is that the Nintendo Switch, the new gaming device from Nintendo will use Vulkan. People are getting rather excited and thinking it will mean more Linux ports, but right now it won't.

EGOSOFT planning two new space simulation games, 'X Rebirth VR Edition' using Vulkan and also X4

By Liam Dawe, 19 Dec 2016

EGOSOFT, who became pretty Linux-friendly in recent times are working on two new space simulation games! X Rebirth VR Edition will use Vulkan and they are starting to plan X4.

Off Grid is an adventure, satire and stealth game and it's coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 17 Dec 2016

Off Grid sounds pretty interesting! An adventure, satire and stealth game that follows real-world events surrounding data privacy.

32-bit Linux distributions are no longer supported by Steam, Steam Web Browser disabled

By Faalagorn, 15 Dec 2016

It seems that the big Steam update, which rolled out on December 12th disabled support for the Steam Web Browser for 32-bit distributions. Steam also no longer supports 32-bit Linux distributions.

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Iron Sky Invasion now has a Linux beta on Steam, uses Wine

By Liam Dawe, 15 Dec 2016

Topware Interactive are again continuing their Wine porting of older titles, this time it's Iron Sky Invasion.

Jupiter Hell, the modern turn-based roguelike has been funded

By Liam Dawe, 14 Dec 2016

Jupiter Hell, the glorious looking modern roguelike has been over-funded on Kickstarter and so it's officially on its way to Linux.

Helium Rain, a realistic UE4 space simulation game is coming to Linux in 2017, looks brilliant

By Liam Dawe, 12 Dec 2016

The developers of Helium Rain sent word that their realistic space simulation game will fully support Linux at launch. The main developer is also using Linux to make the game.

Wine 2.0-rc1 released, also showing progress towards Overwatch working in a future Wine version

By Liam Dawe, 12 Dec 2016

Recently Wine 2.0-rc1 has been released as the next step towards another major stable release of Wine. Additionally, the Wine developers have talked about ongoing Direct3D 11 development and getting Overwatch to work.

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Linux Gaming in 2016, an end of year review

By Liam Dawe, 12 Dec 2016

2016 has been an absolute knockout year for Linux gaming, let’s have a little talk about what we have achieved.

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The circuit building simulator 'SHENZHEN I/O' gets 'overwhelmingly positive' reviews from Steam users

By -Daniel-Palacio-, 6 Dec 2016

SHENZHEN I/O is the new simulator/puzzle game by Zachtronics, the creators of other excellent games like Spacechem, Infinifactory and TIS-100. After being on Early Access for some time, it's now available on Steam since November, 17th.

The next driver release from NVIDIA will support using Vulkan without needing the X11 on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2016

It seems NVIDIA are preparing a new driver update that will enable the use of Vulkan without needing X11.

The Exiled, an open-world survival arena that combines MMO and MOBA together supports Linux

By Liam Dawe, 3 Dec 2016

The Exiled, a new discovery recently that aims to combine the open-world approach of an MMO together with MOBA style battles. The icing here is that it supports Linux.

The most popular Linux & SteamOS gaming articles for November 2016, 172 in total

By , 2 Dec 2016

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

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Kith: Tales From the Fractured Plateaus, a free short adventure made on Linux

By km3k, 30 Nov 2016

Issue 1 of free isometric adventure series Kith: Tales From the Fractured Plateaus, from the creators of The Maker's Eden, is now available on Itch.io.

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Valve are looking towards Flatpak functionality for Steam

By Liam Dawe, 22 Nov 2016

After a rumour circulated on Reddit about Valve using Flatpak in future for Steam, it was suggested by user "gutigen" that I reach out to Valve for an official comment. I now have an answer.