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Earth 2140 Gold Edition Now Supports High Resolutions


By Liam Squires-Hand
Probably my biggest gripe with the Earth 2140 Linux release was the terribly low resolution making everything look a bit crap. Thankfully that has now been sorted with the latest version.

Highlighting A Blog Post For Developers Using Unity To Publish On Linux


By Liam Squires-Hand
One of the developers of Desktop Dungeons has written a blog post from a Windows user point of view about getting Unity games to play nice on Linux.

Open Source FPS/RTS Hybrid Unvanquished Alpha 28 Released


By Liam Squires-Hand
Unvanquished sure is one of the prettiest open source games around isn't it? Like clockwork they have released a new alpha with a bucket-load of changes.

Major Trine Update Should Be Released In The Next Few Months


By FutureSuture
Have you been missing the original Trine on Steam? Well, the wait will be over soon as Trine is getting a major update with a new Linux client in the coming months!

The Funding Crowd 33 (May 13th - June 1st)


By muntdefems
Greetings, fans of The Funding Crowd! We are back after our anniversary celebrations, with the usual load of crowdfunding news enough to quench your pledging desires.

GOL Cast: Being Part of the Bug Community in Hive


By Samsai
Working on these GOL Casts has allowed me to take a look at various games with different genres. Today we can add a new type of a game to the list as we check out this strategy game, which is originally based on a board game, called Hive.

Crytek's CRYENGINE Powered Homefront The Revolution FPS Coming To Linux


By Liam Squires-Hand
Do not adjust your screen that is a real headline. Crytek's CRYENGINE Powered Homefront The Revolution has been announced with full Linux support.

Kill Fun Yeah Is Insane, Here's A Video & My Thoughts On This Linux Game


By Liam Squires-Hand
Kill Fun Yeah has recently been released on Steam and after spending some time with it I have done a Linux game-play video and given you some thoughts on it.

SteamLUG June Linux Gaming Events


By Cheeseness
The SteamLUG (Steam Linux User Group) events calendar for June is up, featuring Awesomenauts, Planetary Annihilation, Hammerwatch, BattleBlock Theatre and more!

The Most Popular Linux Gaming Articles For May 2014


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

Updated: Nuclear Throne Gets Smarter In The Latest Update For Linux


By Liam Squires-Hand
Nuclear Throne the excellent 2D procedural death labyrinth that becomes quite the bullet hell has been updated with alpha #29 with more weapons!

A Developer Of Unity3D Also Speaks Out About OpenGL


By Liam Squires-Hand
Another day another developer speaking about OpenGL. This time around it's Aras Pranckevičius a developer of Unity.

Quest of Dungeons Now Officially Out For Linux


By Liam Squires-Hand
Quest of Dungeons is a turn based dungeon crawler game featuring a good old 16-bit retro artistic look. By playing as either a Warrior, Wizard, Assassin or Shaman you have to traverse dungeons, defeat enemies and loot everything you can in order to survive.

Steam Hardware Survey For May 2014, Linux Falls Short Of Last Month


By Liam Squires-Hand
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.

Taking A Look At ADOM, Ancient Domains Of Mystery Roguelike


By Liam Squires-Hand
According to the developers ADOM is one of the most successful roguelikes ever made. It's quite a boast, so we check it out to see if it's any good.

Prison Architect Alpha 21 Launches For Linux, Prisoners Can Now Get Drugged Up!


By Liam Squires-Hand
Prison Architect is undeniably one of the most unique games we have on Linux, not many other games have ever come out that see you manage a prison of all things.

OpenGL Is Broken According To Another Developer


By Liam Squires-Hand
The more Linux gains popularity thanks to Valve & Steam the more we are seeing developers claim OpenGL is broken/hard to use and so on. This time it's Joshua Barczak the lead graphics engineer for Firaxis Games (think Civilization!).

Contagion Survival FPS Waiting On Valve For Help To Come To Linux


By Liam Squires-Hand
We have covered Contagion the awesome looking survival FPS that plans to come to Linux, but they have now detailed what's going on and they need Valve's help.

We Have Some Mighty No. 9 Gameplay Footage & It Looks Amazing, Will Be On Linux


By Liam Squires-Hand
Mighty No. 9 is the Mega Man inspired side-scrolling action game from veteran Mega Man developers that was Kickstarted last year and will come to Linux. We now have some gameplay footage to show you.

New Release: Super Splatters, A Liquid Physics Puzzle Game Now Available On Linux


By Liam Squires-Hand
A hilarious, addictive arcade game with tons of liquid physics based puzzles. Hurl colourful Splatters across cleverly designed stages to the cheering of the spectating crowd! It looks like a great time waster.