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Have you tried Switchcars? A roguelike arcade game set in a broken spacetime

By Liam Dawe, Jan 11, 2017

Switchcars is a game I've been putting off trying for quite some time to wait for it to get polished up some more, but now I've jumped in at the deep end of this arcade style roguelike.

Multiple statistics have shown Linux market-share doing better than ever

By Liam Dawe, Jan 7, 2017

Good news for Linux fans, as multiple big websites showing off statistics have shown Linux is on the rise!

Editorial

Airships: Conquer the Skies, a game about building steampunk pixel airships is now on GOG

By Liam Dawe, Jan 5, 2017

GOG have yet another game available that's in-development with Linux support. Airships: Conquer the Skies, a rather good game I've enjoyed a good few hours in.

Voxeliens, a game I covered back in 2012 has gone open source

By Liam Dawe, Jan 5, 2017

Voxeliens, a game I haven't seen much on since I wrote about it back in 2012 has officially gone open source a few days ago. It's a retro-style arcade shooter and it's essentially a 3D voxel-based version of Space Invaders.

Retro-Pixel Castles updated again and will get a new name

By Liam Dawe, Jan 4, 2017

Retro-Pixel Castles, the excellent Early Access village building sim has been updated and it's getting a new name.

StarMade, the spaceship building sandbox has updated graphics

By Liam Dawe, Jan 3, 2017

The StarMade developers have been busy as the game now has updated ship textures to make the game look much nicer.

The most popular Linux & SteamOS gaming articles for December 2016, 181 in total

By gamingonlinux, Jan 2, 2017

Here is a look back at the 15 most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for December 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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Very Festive Friday Livestream at 6 PM UTC!

By Samsai, Dec 23, 2016

Merry festivities, everyone! Before I too move on to eating myself to death with family and relatives I have one more Livestream for you. So, prepare yourself for a very festive dose of live Linux gaming!

Livestream

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

By Liam Dawe, Dec 19, 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.

The open source itch client has been updated with major new features

By Liam Dawe, Dec 15, 2016

The client for the game store itch has been updated again and it has some really useful stuff this time.

Open source game engine 'Godot' is working on a new 3D renderer

By Liam Dawe, Dec 15, 2016

Godot, the open source game engine for 2D and 3D games is going to get a brand new 3D rendering system and the developers have given some updates on it.

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

By Liam Dawe, Dec 15, 2016

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

Political Animals, a cute political strategy simulator is now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Dec 14, 2016

Political Animals, a cute looking political strategy game from Squeaky Wheel and Positech Games is now available for Linux.

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

By Liam Dawe, Dec 14, 2016

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

A major update is coming to Starbound, featuring challenging procedural dungeons

By Liam Dawe, Dec 13, 2016

Starbound is going to get a major content update soon, which will feature a bunch of awesome new features.

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

By Liam Dawe, Dec 12, 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.

Astroneer, the excellent looking space adventure game will come to Linux

By Liam Dawe, Dec 10, 2016

You may not remember Astroneer, as I covered it late last year as a possible game coming to Linux. The developers have since been back in contact with me to confirm a Linux version is coming.

One Eyed Kutkh, a wacky space adventure that will support Linux needs help on Greenlight

By Liam Dawe, Dec 8, 2016

One Eyed Kutkh is one of the weirdest looking games I've seen recently! It's a point & click adventure game about an alien trying to get home.

Rocket League gets a big update called ‘Starbase ARC’, adds a lot of new free goodies

By BTRE, Dec 7, 2016

Everybody’s favorite rocket-powered-cars-hitting-oversized-balls-competitively game has gotten another one of its hefty updates. There’s a new space-themed arena, car and a series of new drops and features for players to enjoy.