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Ori and the Blind Forest won't come to Linux for now, thanks to Microsoft


By Liam Squires-Hand
For those waiting and hoping for Ori and the Blind Forest to come to Linux, your wait may be longer than expected.

Carmageddon: Reincarnation still aiming for a Linux version


By Liam Squires-Hand
The Linux version of Carmageddon: Reincarnation promised during the Kickstarter has been completely MIA for some time, but they say they are still planning to do it.

FNA, the open source reimplementation of Microsoft's XNA first official release


By Liam Squires-Hand
I'm a big fan of FNA, as the quality of the ports made with Ethan Lee's project are really quite awesome. Ethan announced recently that FNA has now had its first official release.

The most popular Linux gaming articles from 2015 and thoughts on the year


By Liam Squires-Hand
Here is a look back at the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for 2015. It was a complete knockout year with surprise after surprise, but what did people read the most? Some added thoughts of my own at the bottom.

Changes to login on GOL


By Liam Squires-Hand
Just a heads up about some changes to our Login system and the cookies we set. You can now stay logged in on more than one device.

OpenRA Christmas 2015 Release (20151224)


By Guest
The OpenRA development team wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and they are proud to announce the Christmas 2015 release of OpenRA.

A closer look at some DRM free Linux games available on itch.io


By flesk
Itch.io has become a popular distribution platform among developers for its many and flexible tools for distributing and promoting games. We take a closer look at what they have to offer us Linux gamers.

End of the year benchmarks, GTX 760 and R7 370


By Samsai
It's been a while since I last dug up my 760 and did some benchmarking, so I decided that I would run some to celebrate the last days of 2015. I've picked some new games this time around to show the performance of both the open source and the proprietary drivers.

The Wine Development Release 1.9.0 Is Now Available


By sobkas
After release of stable version 1.8, Wine team opened a new development branch, 1.9. While it still doesn't include as many new features as previous development releases, there are 43 fixed bugs.

A festive Friday Livestream happening at 6 PM UTC!


By Samsai
Hello, you holiday penguins! The festivities are slowly starting to come to an end but I figured I would still brighten your monitors with a Friday Livestream! Yes, even Christmas Day festivities aren't able to come between me and the GOL Friday tradition!

Multiplayer arena platformer Mighty Switch Force! Academy released for Linux on Steam


By flesk
Developer WayForward has been developing games for consoles for well over a decade, and have now released their first game for Linux.

Looks like Republique is no longer getting a Linux port


By Segata Sanshiro
We announced back in February that the developers of Republique were working on a Linux port, but needed some middleware to add Linux support. However it seems like this never happened, and the efforts to bring the game to Linux have been abandoned.

Happy Holidays from GamingOnLinux


By Liam Squires-Hand
I know everyone doesn't celebrate the same occasions and holidays and what-not, so I will simply say Happy Holidays and wish you all the very best.

Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition released for Linux & SteamOS, now downloads!


By Liam Squires-Hand
Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition has finally released for SteamOS/Linux. I have picked up a copy, and I am downloading right now to give you some thoughts.

Noire crime thriller Blues and Bullets released for Linux on Steam


By flesk
This is the first of five planned episodes in a retelling of the story of Eliot Ness—the agent who brought down mob boss Al Capone.

Atmospheric puzzle platformer Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) now available for Linux on Steam


By flesk
The story driven puzzle platformer is now officially available for Linux with the Foxtales DLC and is currently on sale.

Steam is having a whopper of a sale right now


By Liam Squires-Hand
Roll up, roll up, it's time to empty your wallets. Steam is having a big winter sale with an insane amount of games on sale, and some serious bargains.

GOL's Linux & SteamOS gamer survey results for December


By Liam Squires-Hand
The last GOL Survey results of our Linux & SteamOS user survey for 2015, wow what a year! The next survey will be available on January 1st and run for two weeks as usual.

The GOL GOTY Awards page is open for nominations, voting after


By Liam Squires-Hand
Welcome to our second year of doing a GOTY Awards, this year we added many more categories based on feedback.

Free retro game Bio Menace now available from GOG on Linux


By Liam Squires-Hand
Join top CIA tough guy, Snake Logan as he battles for his life against ferocious monsters created by an evil and twisted mastermind. A free game now available on Linux thanks to GOG.