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Game Pencil Engine has plans to support Linux and get on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Game Pencil Engine is an interesting looking game engine that's planning Linux support soon and it's trying to get on Steam.

VR Funhouse from Nvidia to be open sourced this summer

By Liam Dawe,
VR Funhouse is currently a Windows only advanced VR game, but the interesting thing is that Nvidia claim they will open source it.

Developers of Turmoil looking for SteamOS testers

By Liam Dawe,
The developers of Turmoil, a simulation game about digging for oil are looking for testers using SteamOS.

Worms W.M.D should now be a day-1 Linux & SteamOS release

By Liam Dawe,
Good news, after chatting with Team17, it seems Worms W.M.D will now be a day-1 Linux release which is fantastic.

Major new release of open source livestreaming kit 'OBS Studio' fixes Linux window capture issues

By Liam Dawe,
OBS Studio is a fantastic bit of open source software for livestreamers, but the Linux version has been plagued with crashing often when capturing a window—no more!

Dear Valve and Steam Machines OEMs, you have it all wrong

By Segata Sanshiro,
Most of us reading this site want Steam Machines to do well. Not all of us will be interested in buying the hardware, but we're aware that its success is also tied to the success of Linux as a gaming platform, which is why I'm pretty miffed that the OEMs and Valve have messed it up.

So I Played… FORCED SHOWDOWN

By Liam Dawe,
FORCED SHOWDOWN is essentially an arena shooter with a card-based upgrade system that promises some frantic gameplay, but is it any good? I tried to find out.

The most popular Linux & SteamOS gaming articles for June 2016, 190 in total

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

Apparently desktop Linux marketshare has finally hit that elusive 2% mark

By Liam Dawe,
According to the website 'Netmarketshare', Desktop Linux has finally hit 2% in June after three consecutive months of growth.

Mighty No. 9 looks like it's gearing up for a Linux release

By Liam Dawe,
A few hours ago Linux information was added to the SteamDB entry for Mighty No. 9, which indicates they are now pushing it into Steam.

Announcing the GamingOnLinux wallpaper competition

By Liam Dawe,
I need a new wallpaper, and I would very much like one that in some way has GamingOnLinux branding on it. Here's your chance to shine and win something.

Operator Overload, a fantastic looking puzzle game with a ton of levels needs help on Steam Greenlight

By Liam Dawe,
I personally think Operator Overload looks fantastic and the developer email me to let me know it's fully Linux supported and needs help on Greenlight.

Buy games from G2A? You should just stop already, tinyBuild lost out on approx $450K of sales

By Liam Dawe,
We've had colourful discussions about G2A in our Telegram group, IRC, reddit and other places. Some people don't care and just want cheap games, but for those of you who want to support not only Linux, but gaming in general—read on.

An interview with Paradox Development Studios about supporting Linux

By BTRE,
Lately, I’ve been busy playing a lot of Hearts of Iron 4 and Stellaris, as both were day-1 releases on Linux. I spoke with Gustav Palmqvist, a PDS developer who helped make those releases happen on our platform of choice.

An update on Insurgency: Sandstorm, Day of Infamy and competitive play for Insurgency

By Liam Dawe,
Insurgency is supposed to be getting competitive features for the online play, but their UI is holding them up. They have written up a post to explain it and they talk about their new games Day of Infamy and Insurgency: Sandstorm too.

Transmissions Element 120, a stand-alone game set in the Half-Life universe is now on Steam for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
I had the pleasure of testing out Transmissions Element 120, a single-player experience set in the Half-Life universe. It’s now out, and available on Linux.

Want to benchmark Dota 2 on Linux? Here's how to do it

By Liam Dawe,
For those of you who aren't sure how to benchmark Dota 2 on Linux, here's a small guide. It frustrated me there wasn't one, so after getting help I'm sharing it with you all.

Here's my own Linux OpenGL vs Vulkan test for Dota 2, not much difference for me

By Liam Dawe,
I decided to run some of my own tests in Dota 2 to see what kind of difference I am actually seeing, the results are surprising.

Nation Red, an arena-based shooter against zombies is now available on Linux, rated highly

By Liam Dawe,
I've been looking forward to giving Nation Red a go, as it is a few years old but still highly rated by a lot of people. You fight off a zombie hoard while earning tons of perks.

A new benchmark video shows Dota 2 with Vulkan performing better on Windows than Linux

By Liam Dawe,
This is sad to see. A new benchmark video for Windows and Linux using Dota 2 actually shows Windows doing quite a lot better than Linux.
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