GamingOnLinux

'Super Rad Raygun' might be the retro action game you need, now on Linux

10 Nov 2016

'Super Rad Raygun' is a very retro looking action game with a visual style much like on the original gameboy. With it's sweet monochrome graphics, it's a blast from the past with a modern take.

'Red Comrades 2: For the Great Justice. Reloaded' now available on SteamOS & Linux

10 Nov 2016

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By Liam Squires-Hand

'Red Comrades 2: For the Great Justice. Reloaded', is the sequel to a point & click adventure game about two Russian pop-culture legends.

Motorsport Manager released, sort of, currently downloads nothing on Linux

9 Nov 2016

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Just a little warning if you were thinking of picking up Motorsport Manager, the Linux version on Steam currently downloads nothing.

Unity 5.6 will be the first version of Unity to have SDL for Linux

9 Nov 2016

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By Liam Squires-Hand

The Linux developers at Unity have been plugging away on putting SDL2 into the Linux builds, and with Unity 5.6 it should be there.

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Planetary Annihilation: TITANS lives again, about to get a lot more multi-threading

9 Nov 2016

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Planetary Annihilation: TITANS is one of the best traditional real time strategy games available on Linux. The good news is that it is still being supported, and it's about to get another huge update this time aimed at performance.

Black Mesa, the fan-made remake of Half-Life is rather unstable on Linux right now

9 Nov 2016

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By Liam Squires-Hand

I loved the first Half-Life, so the chance to revisit it in Black Mesa was too enticing to pass up, sadly though you may want to hold off for now.

Space Jammers, the roguelike shooter that works well on Linux needs funding on Kickstarter, possible source release

9 Nov 2016

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Space Jammers is a very cool roguelike shooter that currently has a free demo version available, and now it's on Kickstarter to finish the job.

'Planet Explorers', the open world RPG sandbox finally released in full, with Linux support

9 Nov 2016

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Planet Explorers has been in development for quite a while, with a Kickstarter in 2013 and Early Access in 2014 it has finally seen a full release.

Aspyr Media seem positive about Civilization VI for Linux according to their recent tweet

8 Nov 2016

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By Liam Squires-Hand

A simple reply to a tweet is probably the most positive indication that we have seen yet for Civilization VI actually releasing on Linux.

It's looking like Linux may hit 3,000 games on Steam by the end of 2016

8 Nov 2016

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By Liam Squires-Hand

It was only in September that Linux hit about 2,500 games on Steam and around a month later we've amassed another 200+, so if this keeps up it looks like we will break another milestone.

0 A.D. Alpha 21 Ulysses released, check out this beautiful open source strategy game

8 Nov 2016

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By Liam Squires-Hand

0 A.D. Alpha 21 Ulysses is the latest and greatest open source real time strategy game, and probably one of the most high quality open source games around.

Developer of 'Steam Marines' talks sales, Linux represented 2% over the lifetime of it

8 Nov 2016

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By Liam Squires-Hand

The developer of the game 'Steam Marines' has been talking about sales of the game, and Linux represented 2% of the total.

Super Blue Fighter, a casual arcade survival game now has Linux support

8 Nov 2016

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Plenty of big releases recently, but let's not forget about the little guy. Super Blue Fighter, a casual arcade survival game now has Linux support.

Enter the Gungeon has another patch, it no longer screws up the audio if you switch to another app

8 Nov 2016

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Enter the Gungeon is the fast paced action dungeon crawler that's damn fun, but one issue I repeatedly had with it was the broken audio when you alt + tab, that's now fixed.

Transport Fever released with day-1 Linux support, some thoughts

8 Nov 2016

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By Liam Squires-Hand

The newest simulation game for Linux, ‘Transport Fever’ is now available, and I spent some time with it before release to see if it is worth your monies.

Steam store updated, Valve still haven't fixed filtering to only Linux games on the homepage

7 Nov 2016

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Valve have updated Steam as promised with a fresh homepage, but they still haven't fixed it so when you select to only see Linux games, that you really do only see Linux games.

'Devil Daggers' is one of my biggest surprises this year for Linux gaming

7 Nov 2016

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By Liam Squires-Hand

A simple game at heart, but an incredibly intense game thanks to the deeply evil atmosphere. Devil Daggers is an FPS where your only aim is to survive for as long as you can and beat not only your own previous score, but everyone else's at the same time.

Double livestream tomorrow! Dawn of War II followed by a special Tyranny preview

7 Nov 2016

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Tomorrow I will be doing a double livestream special event. I will have my usual game of Dawn of War II against Sam and the community in Dawn of War II, but after that, I will be giving you a first preview of Obsidian Entertainment's Tyranny live on Linux.