Patreon Logo Support us on Patreon to keep GamingOnLinux alive. Alternatively, you can donate through PayPal Logo PayPal.
Viewing all the latest articles (news, guides and more).

Project Of The Month July 2014

| By
Voting for the Project of the Month July 2014 is now open! 10 open source Linux games are nominated: Widelands, FlighGear, StepMania, CrossFire, KeeperRL, Unvanquished, PokerTH, HyperRogue and GLPortal.

Drunken Robot Pornography Video & Thoughts

| By
Drunken Robot Pornography was recently released on Steam and we have been graced with a key to take a look at this good looking FPS game.

1001 Spikes Released On Steam For Linux

| By
1001 Spikes is a new retro-looking platformer that has co-op and versus play. We have rather a lot of retro platformers now, so what's different about 1001 Spikes?

Victory At Sea, A Naval Strategy Game Coming Soon To Linux

| By
This is what I like to see! Victory At Sea is a great looking naval combat game that is coming to Linux in August. It has a full campaign mode too.

Half-Life 2 & The Episodes Now Officially Support Virtual Reality On Linux

| By
Half-Life 2's VR mode is now out of beta for Linux, so all of you with your fancy-pants head-gear can get swalled up by Half-Life 2's visuals like you are really there!

Valve's VOGL Debugger Makes It Even Easier To Debug OpenGL Games

| By
Peter Lohrmann has been working on Valve's VOGL debugger to make it easier to use for developers looking to it for help.

Dungeon Colony Now Available On Itch, A 2D Fantasy RTS For Linux

| By
Dungeon Colony, a 2D fantasy RTS in which you control a Dungeon Lord and his loyal minions is now available to buy on Itch.io, it's a good little game a previewed before.

The Interstellar Marines Developers Are Working On Their Linux Version Right Now

| By
The Interstellar Marines developers have been in touch to point out that their Linux version is currently in testing, but it may be months until we see a release.

Braveland Turn Based Strategy Gains A Survival Mode To Add To Replayablity

| By
Braveland is a beautifully drawn strategy game that has fully Linux support and a big new content update.

GOL On Advert Blocking, I Don't Hate You, But Please Don't Do It

| By
Now and then I do a little post to request that you don't block our adverts, or if you do then we offer you the option to support us without seeing any adverts and gain extra perks in the process!

Paranautical Activity FPS Big New Release, Comes With Issues

| By
Paranautical Activity have been through their fair share of issues, but they have still managed to push out a new major content release for their FPS game that has native Linux support. It isn't without issues though.

Earth 2140 Gold Edition Now Supports High Resolutions

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