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The Funding Crowd 36 (July 16th - August 5th)

By muntdefems, 5 Aug 2014

Welcome to The Funding Crowd, issue #36! Summer is still going on in the boreal hemisphere, but make no mistake: boreal has nothing to do with boring, so here we come to bring you the games which are most worthy of your hard-earned money!

SteamLUG August Linux Gaming Events

By Cheeseness, 5 Aug 2014

The SteamLUG (Steam Linux User Group) events calendar for August is up, featuring Trine 2, Running With Rifles, a Portal 2 Mapping Challenge and more!

Wings Of Saint Nazaire, A Beautiful Space Sim Has A New Alpha Release

By Liam Dawe, 5 Aug 2014

Wings Of Saint Nazaire is probably one of the most beautiful space combat sims around, and it has a brand spanky new free alpha to try!

Misc

Super Win The Game, A Super Nostalgic Platformer To Release In October

By Liam Dawe, 5 Aug 2014

The developers behind You Have To Win The Game have now announced that the follow-up Super Win The Game will release on the 1st of October! Count us as excited.

Unvanquished Open Source FPS Releases Alpha 30

By Liam Dawe, 5 Aug 2014

Unvanquished continues to get more beautiful and feature complete with the latest alpha to arrive. Time to take a look!

The Team Behind PlayOnLinux & PlayOnMac Reveals PortMyApps (UPDATED)

By n30p1r4t3, 4 Aug 2014

Interesting bit of news today, folks, as the teams behind the widely popular PlayOnLinux and PlayOnMac applications have announced their new service, PortMyApps.

GOL Cast: Revisiting the ghost hunters of GhostControl Inc.

By Samsai, 3 Aug 2014

What is this? Didn't you already play this game on a GOL Cast episode? Yes I did and back then GhostControl Inc. was pretty much broken and now the developers asked us to check out their updated game. So, let's see how it fares!

Steam Hardware Survey For July 2014, Linux Dips

By Liam Dawe, 3 Aug 2014

Here is the latest instalment of Steam's Hardware Survey, as usual we do our monthly thing and compare it and talk about it and make sure you know not to use it as a hard figure.

Super Scrapped Robot, A Retro Twin Stick Shooter

By Liam Dawe, 3 Aug 2014

I don't often check out many "retro" games, but Super Scrapped Robot was interesting and it's actually quite good.

Steam Now Has Over 600 Linux Games

By Liam Dawe, 3 Aug 2014

It only took around 2 months to do it, but Linux has gained another 100+ games on Steam. We mentioned on the 5th of June that Linux had hit 500 games, and to see us climbing this fast is amazing.

Yarr! Pixel Piracy Hits The Big 1.0 Release

By Liam Dawe, 3 Aug 2014

Pixel Piracy is not anything to do with piracy, so they may be a let down for some of you. It's actually a rather fun game about little pirate's and building your own pirate ship! Now where's me rum?

OpenRA Open Source RTS July Release Is Out

By Liam Dawe, 2 Aug 2014

OpenRA is the excellent open source engine to allow you to play with the units & buildings from the Red Alert and Command & Conquer series of games. They have released their July engine version with some awesome additions.

Gratuitous Space Battles 2 Officially Announced For Linux

By Liam Dawe, 2 Aug 2014

Gratuitous Space Battles 2 has finally been announced officially, and the good news is that it will officially support Linux.

Misc

Lovely Planet, A Runner/FPS Abstract Game Released For Linux

By Liam Dawe, 2 Aug 2014

Lovely Planet is one of the oddest titles I've played recently, and it's not what I expected. The game is now available on Linux, so we let you know if it's worth it.

DG2: Defense Grid 2 Available For Pre-order For Linux

By Liam Dawe, 2 Aug 2014

The next game in the Defense Grid series is now available for pre-order, and it will see a same-day Linux release.

Micron Rhythm Puzzle Game Now On Steam For Linux

By Liam Dawe, 1 Aug 2014

Micron has been out for Linux for a little while, but it hasn't seemed to gain a big following. Hopefully this new and updated Steam release will fix that.

AI War Fleet Command Lands On Linux With A Beta

By Liam Dawe, 1 Aug 2014

Arcen Games just love Linux now don't they! AI War Fleet Command is currently in beta for Linux on Steam, and it's quite playable.

SteamOS Update 126 Pushed To Alchemist Beta

By n30p1r4t3, 1 Aug 2014

SteamOS has been updated once again, and now features better support for XBMC with new packages available.

Steam

The Most Popular Linux Gaming Articles For July 2014

By Liam Dawe, 1 Aug 2014

Here is a look back at the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for July 2014, an easy way to for you to keep up to date on what has happened in the past month for Linux Gaming!

Article Overview

The Makers Eden, A Hypertext Adventure Game Released For Linux

By Liam Dawe, 31 Jul 2014

The Makers Eden is a very interesting adventure game and the first time I've ever played a game like it. It's good, but not for those of you with little patience.