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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! If you wish to keep track of these overview posts you can with our Overview RSS.
We published a total of 190 articles last month!
Buy games from G2A? You should just stop already, tinyBuild lost out on approx $450K of sales - 20 June 2016 at 8:22 pm UTC - Views: 35,575
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.
Life Is Strange is coming to Linux & SteamOS by Feral Interactive - 1 June 2016 at 10:59 am UTC - Views: 17,857
Feral Interactive have updated their teaser radar to show that Life Is Strange is coming to Linux/SteamOS and Mac. The only official announcement for now is Mac App Store, but it is now confirmed to be coming to Linux.
Rocket League for Linux & SteamOS getting close to a release window finally - 4 June 2016 at 8:52 am UTC - Views: 13,549
Someone pinch me, I must be dreaming. It seems Rocket League may actually release sometime soon after a developer posted about it on their Steam forum.
Things I feel Valve need to address to help SteamOS really be something fantastic - 10 June 2016 at 7:21 pm UTC - Views: 12,794
Valve have a lot of work to do to bring SteamOS up to full speed and actually show that they regard it as an important platform. And it has to be not just important to them, but be truly useful to us.
Deep Silver & Techland are not supporting Dead Island Definitive Edition on Linux, at all - 15 June 2016 at 3:36 pm UTC - Views: 8,652
I was surprised to see Dead Island: Definitive Edition (and Riptide) released on Linux since Deep Silver claimed before hand it wouldn't be. After a small delay they did release it, but don't plan to support it.
HITMAN looks like it's coming to SteamOS & Linux - 9 June 2016 at 2:29 pm UTC - Views: 8,145
This is one series I had hoped we would get and it looks like we will be. HITMAN (the new 2016 version) looks like it's coming to SteamOS & Linux.
Announcing the GamingOnLinux wallpaper competition - 24 June 2016 at 3:30 pm UTC - Views: 8,001
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.
What have you been playing on Linux recently and what do you think about it? - 5 June 2016 at 2:10 pm UTC - Views: 7,945
Today GOL asks: what have you been playing on Linux, and what do you think about it? So many games, so little time!
A new benchmark video shows Dota 2 with Vulkan performing better on Windows than Linux - 15 June 2016 at 11:45 am UTC - Views: 7,721
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.
Steam Machines are dead in the water according to Ars, not quite - 2 June 2016 at 6:44 pm UTC - Views: 7,597
Ars Technica has written up an article about Valve's Steam Machines and how they seem to have sold less than 500,000 units in around seven months.
And so it begins, the Steam Summer Sale is here - 23 June 2016 at 6:16 pm UTC - Views: 6,588
Open up those wallets, as the Steam Summer Sale is now upon us. Already some cracking deals to be found.
8 out of the 10 current most popular Steam games support Linux - 6 June 2016 at 7:07 pm UTC - Views: 6,381
What a time to be alive and be a Linux gamer! Not too long ago I would have though this would have been impossible.
A developer from Dontnod Entertainment has created a UE4 hack to compile HLSL shaders on Linux - 14 June 2016 at 1:32 pm UTC - Views: 6,365
For those of you using Unreal Engine 4 on Linux, you may be interested to know about the d3d4linux project. The d3d4linux project allows developers to compile HLSL shaders on Linux using the Microsoft DirectX compiler DLL.
Hard Reset Redux is showing signs that it is coming to Linux & SteamOS - 3 June 2016 at 6:54 pm UTC - Views: 6,341
Hard Reset Redux is a beautiful looking FPS game from Flying Wild Hog and Gambitious Digital Entertainment that is now showing signs of coming to Linux/SteamOS.
An interview with Paradox Development Studios about supporting Linux - 19 June 2016 at 8:27 pm UTC - Views: 6,216
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.
Also remember to check out our Game Sales page where we syndicate game sales from GOG, Humble Store, Itch.io, IndieGameStand and many more stores!
See the latest few sales here:
All of this is possible thanks to my Patreon campaign, and our Supporters!
What was your favourite Linux Gaming news from June 2016? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
We published a total of 190 articles last month!
Buy games from G2A? You should just stop already, tinyBuild lost out on approx $450K of sales - 20 June 2016 at 8:22 pm UTC - Views: 35,575
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.
Life Is Strange is coming to Linux & SteamOS by Feral Interactive - 1 June 2016 at 10:59 am UTC - Views: 17,857
Feral Interactive have updated their teaser radar to show that Life Is Strange is coming to Linux/SteamOS and Mac. The only official announcement for now is Mac App Store, but it is now confirmed to be coming to Linux.
Rocket League for Linux & SteamOS getting close to a release window finally - 4 June 2016 at 8:52 am UTC - Views: 13,549
Someone pinch me, I must be dreaming. It seems Rocket League may actually release sometime soon after a developer posted about it on their Steam forum.
Things I feel Valve need to address to help SteamOS really be something fantastic - 10 June 2016 at 7:21 pm UTC - Views: 12,794
Valve have a lot of work to do to bring SteamOS up to full speed and actually show that they regard it as an important platform. And it has to be not just important to them, but be truly useful to us.
Deep Silver & Techland are not supporting Dead Island Definitive Edition on Linux, at all - 15 June 2016 at 3:36 pm UTC - Views: 8,652
I was surprised to see Dead Island: Definitive Edition (and Riptide) released on Linux since Deep Silver claimed before hand it wouldn't be. After a small delay they did release it, but don't plan to support it.
HITMAN looks like it's coming to SteamOS & Linux - 9 June 2016 at 2:29 pm UTC - Views: 8,145
This is one series I had hoped we would get and it looks like we will be. HITMAN (the new 2016 version) looks like it's coming to SteamOS & Linux.
Announcing the GamingOnLinux wallpaper competition - 24 June 2016 at 3:30 pm UTC - Views: 8,001
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.
What have you been playing on Linux recently and what do you think about it? - 5 June 2016 at 2:10 pm UTC - Views: 7,945
Today GOL asks: what have you been playing on Linux, and what do you think about it? So many games, so little time!
A new benchmark video shows Dota 2 with Vulkan performing better on Windows than Linux - 15 June 2016 at 11:45 am UTC - Views: 7,721
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.
Steam Machines are dead in the water according to Ars, not quite - 2 June 2016 at 6:44 pm UTC - Views: 7,597
Ars Technica has written up an article about Valve's Steam Machines and how they seem to have sold less than 500,000 units in around seven months.
And so it begins, the Steam Summer Sale is here - 23 June 2016 at 6:16 pm UTC - Views: 6,588
Open up those wallets, as the Steam Summer Sale is now upon us. Already some cracking deals to be found.
8 out of the 10 current most popular Steam games support Linux - 6 June 2016 at 7:07 pm UTC - Views: 6,381
What a time to be alive and be a Linux gamer! Not too long ago I would have though this would have been impossible.
A developer from Dontnod Entertainment has created a UE4 hack to compile HLSL shaders on Linux - 14 June 2016 at 1:32 pm UTC - Views: 6,365
For those of you using Unreal Engine 4 on Linux, you may be interested to know about the d3d4linux project. The d3d4linux project allows developers to compile HLSL shaders on Linux using the Microsoft DirectX compiler DLL.
Hard Reset Redux is showing signs that it is coming to Linux & SteamOS - 3 June 2016 at 6:54 pm UTC - Views: 6,341
Hard Reset Redux is a beautiful looking FPS game from Flying Wild Hog and Gambitious Digital Entertainment that is now showing signs of coming to Linux/SteamOS.
An interview with Paradox Development Studios about supporting Linux - 19 June 2016 at 8:27 pm UTC - Views: 6,216
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.
Also remember to check out our Game Sales page where we syndicate game sales from GOG, Humble Store, Itch.io, IndieGameStand and many more stores!
See the latest few sales here:
- GOG.com - A Boy and His Blob
- Humble Store - The Temporal Invasion
- Humble Store - Starlight Vega
- Humble Store - Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition
- IndieGameStand - The Temporal Invasion
- Humble Store - PULSAR: Lost Colony
- Humble Store - Crush Your Enemies
- IndieGameStand - Onion Force
- IndieGameStand - MouseCraft
- IndieGameStand - Detective Hank and the Golden Sneeze
All of this is possible thanks to my Patreon campaign, and our Supporters!
What was your favourite Linux Gaming news from June 2016? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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