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Company of Heroes 2 Looks Like It Is Heading To Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Company of Heroes 2 a well loved real time strategy game from Relic Entertainment and SEGA looks like it is heading to Linux thanks to information taking from the excellent SteamDB website.

The Open Source Game Corner Part 3

By Liam Dawe,
The third part in my articles on giving some limelight to open source games, this time I have a completely different set to show you!

Universe Sandbox 2, A Physics Based Space Simulator Now In Alpha & On Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Universe Sandbox 2 is a physics based space simulator. We never got the original on Linux, but as teased the developers are delivering with Universe Sandbox 2.

Crystal Picnic, A Colourful 2D RPG Released

By Liam Dawe,
Crystal Picnic is a fantastic looking 2D RPG that is created as a tribute to the old action RPG games. Created by "Nooskewl" the developers of Monster RPG 2.

Ioquake3 FPS Game Engine Switching Over to SDL2

By Liam Dawe,
Not major news, but good news nonetheless. Ioquake3 is the veaily modified engine that was originally used for the Quake III Arena game.

The Funding Crowd 37 (Aug 6th-26th)

By muntdefems,
Welcome to a new issue of The Funding Crowd! It looks like the summer lull is definitely over, as tons of interesting and good-looking projects are knocking at our doors in search of our pledges.

SteamOS Beta 133 Released

By n30p1r4t3,
The latest and greatest from Valve's Gaming OS! Now with a newer Linux kernel and an updated Nvidia Driver!

AI War: Fleet Command Strategy Game Released For Linux

By Liam Dawe,
AI War: Fleet Command has been officially released for Linux and that makes it Arcen Games full collection. AI War is an interesting take on the strategy genre and what I lovingly call Icon Wars.

Bravada Now Available On Steam & It's Great

By Liam Dawe,
Bravada is a game we showed you a little while ago, and we were surprised at how good it was! It's now on Steam, so if you missed it before now is better than ever.

A Roundup Of The Last Weeks Linux Gaming

By Liam Dawe,
Here is a look back at the last week on GamingOnLinux, an easy way to for you to keep up to date on what has happened in the past week for Linux Gaming!

Leadwerks Game Engine Now On Steam For Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Leadwerks for Linux is now officially available on Steam and it brings native game development with it.

GOL Cast: Casting Spells at Flying Skulls in Ziggurat

By Samsai,
Steam's Early Access is filled with games these days that are annoying to cover due to missing assets, bugs, bad performance and unfinished gameplay mechanics. In my opinion only few games out there are worth picking up. And I believe Ziggurat is one of them.

Happy Birthday...Linux!

By Liam Dawe,
23 years ago today Linux was officially born into the world. It's time to get your party hats out and play some games.

GOL Asks Again: What Have You Been Playing Recently?

By Liam Dawe,
There's been a lot of new releases recently with no signs of slowing down, so what have you been investing your time in recently?

The Wine Development Release 1.7.25 Is Now Available.

By sobkas,
Wine development team was able to produce a new experimental release today. 1.7.25 bringing many new features and as many as 35 bugfixes.

Developers of The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Looking Into Linux

By Samsai,
One of the developers of a ”next-gen” first-person mystery game The Vanishing of Ethan Carter tweeted out that they are looking into Linux as one of the platforms to release for.

Distance Racing Game Now In Beta

By toor,
Distance, the successor of Nitronic Rush entered beta and promises some pretty intense survival racing.

Review: Electronic Super Joy A Beat-Bumping Platformer

By HadBabits,
This week I took a look at Michael Todd's Electronic Super Joy: a fast-paced unforgiving platformer. I missed the initial release last year, and it must be said I was missing out. It's certainly not perfect, but the soundtrack alone may be enough for many of you.

DreadOut Third-Person Horror Game Released on Steam

By Samsai,
There's a new game in town for those of you who like to be scared out of your minds by ghosts and supernatural events. And it looks quite terrifying.

GOL World Tour: Gaming From Argentina

By Segata Sanshiro,
The GOL World Tour will start in Argentina and stop off at different countries on a regular basis, looking at Linux developers and their games, throwing in a bit of culture and history too.