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Need more meat? Super Meat Boy Forever announced, will have a Linux version

By Liam Dawe, Aug 30, 2017

Team Meat have announced Super Meat Boy Forever, a sequel to the original and the good news is that it will have a Linux version.

A Hole New World, a retro platformer with two worlds that's actually pretty good

By Liam Dawe, Aug 26, 2017

The release of the retro pixel platformer A Hole New World went a bit unnoticed, so I took a look to see if it's worth diving in.

spaceBOUND, a brutally challenging puzzle-platformer, set in a zero-gravity environment is on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Aug 17, 2017

spaceBOUND recently released on Steam in Early Access, but it needs a wee bit of work before we can see what we think. Shame, because it sounds like it's quite interesting.

Fighting for survival in ‘Sundered’, some thoughts

By Liam Dawe, Aug 8, 2017

Here we take a look at ‘Sundered’, the hand-drawn mixture of exploration, savage combat and death, lots of death.

Hollow Knight adds free content alongside update

By BTRE, Aug 3, 2017

The beautiful hand-drawn platformer has gotten a rather sizable update today. Those intrepid explorers intent on discovering the secrets of Hallownest can look forward to new challenges and encounters.

A few thoughts on The Heart of the Earth, a challenging platformer

By BTRE, Aug 3, 2017

This puzzle-platformer challenges players with rotating levels full of hazards. I gave the game a spin and have a few thoughts to share.

Better late than never, GOG now has the Linux version of Dust: An Elysian Tail

By Liam Dawe, Aug 3, 2017

Dust: An Elysian Tail released for Linux a few years ago and now GOG finally have the Linux version available too.

Slime-san: Blackbird's Kraken is a huge free update & standalone is now available

By Liam Dawe, Jul 26, 2017

Slime-san is a damn good platformer and now it's gained a huge free update with Slime-san: Blackbird's Kraken, which is also available as a standalone game.

GunHero, a new action platformer styled like Broforce released with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, Jul 24, 2017

Today I took a look at GunHero, an action platformer with a visual style very similar to Broforce. As a huge Broforce fan I was eager to give it a run!

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap released for Linux, tools included to mod the game too

By Liam Dawe, Jul 18, 2017

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap a remake of Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap is now officially out for Linux.

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap will release for Linux on July 18th

By Liam Dawe, Jul 12, 2017

I wrote an article recently about Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap and that Ethan Lee was working on porting it, turns out it will release this month!

Slime-san, the excellent platformer is to get a huge free update this month

By Liam Dawe, Jul 7, 2017

I was extremely impressed with Slime-san when I took a look and it's about to get a huge free content update, in the form of a free DLC.

Move or Die could quite easily be my new favourite game, it's absolutely nuts

By Liam Dawe, Jul 5, 2017

Move or Die was sent over by Samsai during the first part of the birthday livestream today (GamingOnLinux is 8 today!) and it's quite an incredible game.

A big Yooka-Laylee patch helps some of the annoyances I had

By Liam Dawe, Jun 28, 2017

Yooka-Laylee has been patched and it's actually a pretty decent patch. It sounds like they've really listened to feedback.

A look at 'World of One', the creepy world-travelling puzzle platformer now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jun 27, 2017

World of One is a cleverly designed and rather creepy puzzle platformer that you should consider taking a look at.

The rhythmic and psychedelic platformer '140' receives a free but important update; it's also currently discounted

By -Daniel-Palacio-, Jun 23, 2017

According to an official announcement, to celebrate the release of the game soundtrack the developers are adding a whole new level along with Trading Cards on Steam and several bug fixes and performance improvements.

Scrap Garden, a pretty simple and beautiful platformer about a lonely robot

By Liam Dawe, Jun 20, 2017

Here's one from my inbox, Scrap Garden, a platformer about a lonely robot who appears to be the last remaining bot after some kind of event left the world in a post-apocalyptic state.

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap looks like it's coming to Linux, porting work by Ethan Lee

By Liam Dawe, Jun 15, 2017

Looks like game porter Ethan Lee is a busy bee, as he teased out some shots of Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap running on Linux.

Riptale, an incredible satisfying & challenging 2D roguelike action game

By Liam Dawe, Jun 13, 2017

Riptale is a very satisfying and quite challenging 2D roguelike action game where you can pull off some sick combination moves with your trusty sword.