Confused by Linux / SteamOS Gaming? Be sure to check out our growing guides section.
Viewing all the latest news and updates.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, Chaos Rising and Retribution released for Linux, port report and thoughts

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Feral Interactive have ported another set of cracking good games. This time we have Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, Chaos Rising and Retribution to fill our strategy needs!

'We Are The Dwarves' now available DRM free for Linux on GOG

By Liam Squires-Hand,
We Are The Dwarves, an action-based tactical adventure is now available for you GOG fans in their usual DRM free form.

Minecraft: The Exploration Update announced, new monsters, new animals and more

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Minecraft developers have announced The Exploration Update and they have already released a development release for it.

'Sunless Skies', the next game after 'Sunless Sea' to support Linux, will go to Kickstarter next year

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Failbetter Games have announced their next game titled 'Sunless Skies' as the follow-on from 'Sunless Sea'. Linux will be supported.

'Osiris: New Dawn', a graphically impressive multiplayer adventure and survival game coming to Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
'Osiris: New Dawn' is a very impressive looking mix of multiplayer survival, adventure, action and so on. The developers have mentioned that a Linux version is on the table.

InXile Entertainment announced Wasteland 3, will use crowdfunding on fig

By Liam Squires-Hand,
InXile Entertainment have formally announced that Wasteland 3 is a thing and it will go to crowdfunding site Fig to secure development funding.

'Stash: No Loot Left Behind', the new MMO from Frogdice is now available in Early Access

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Stash: No Loot Left Behind is the new MMO from Frogdice that features turn based grid combat, player customizable housing and more.

'Pavilion', the very stylish fourth-person puzzling adventure released with day-1 Linux support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I wrote about 'Pavilion' months ago, so it's pleasing to see it release as promised with day-1 Linux support. The game has some serious style to it.

'Niche - a genetics survival game' released with Linux support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Thanks to a GOL supporter I've had a chance to check out 'Niche - a genetics survival game' and breed my tribe of weird looking animals.

Fusion 3, the next generation game engine and editor from Clickteam will support Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Clickteam are the company behind some really cool tools like Fusion, previously called Multimedia Fusion. They did an AMA today where a developer noted their Fusion 3 editor is running on Linux and other platforms.

Avoid the pile-up in 'Clustertruck', a first-person platformer with day-1 Linux support, it's great

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Clustertruck released today and I've had a chance to play some of it before the release, here's some thoughts.

Steam now has above 2,500 Linux & SteamOS games available

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I've seen some posts on reddit and across the wider net about Steam hitting around 2,000 games for Linux. The truth is the number is actually quite a lot higher.

The Talos Principle now renders correctly in 'radv', the open source AMD Vulkan driver

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Good news for Vulkan and AMD GPU fans, as David Airlie has put up a new blog post letting us know that The Talos Principle now renders correctly in this new open source AMD Vulkan driver.

'Farabel', a turn based strategy game is officially coming to Linux after a days work

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The developers of Farabel sent word that their game is now officially coming to Linux. They asked for testers and in a single day got the game working properly on Linux and it's now official.

Yooka-Laylee has another trailer, featuring Shovel Knight

By Liam Squires-Hand,
That's right, Shovel Knight has somehow found his way into Yooka-Laylee and here's a trailer to prove it.

hackmud, a cyberpunk themed text-based hacking simulator is now out with Linux support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
hackmud, or "hackmud" as it likes to be called is now out with Linux support from day-1. It's a cyberpunk themed text-based hacking simulator so I imagine some of you might find it fun.

Future Unfolding is a fantastic looking action and adventure game with rather unique visuals

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Future Unfolding from Spaces of Play looks rather unique in style and gameplay. It has a procedurally generated world where you solve puzzles and interact with animals to progress.

The Long Dark gets a massive update, which fixes a critical Linux audio bug

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Long Dark is the rather beautiful survival game currently in development that will eventually get a story mode. The game has just had a rather beefy update.

On Wednesday the 28th of September Feral Interactive will livestream Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
If you're excited about the release of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II for Linux you may want to tune in to Feral Interactive's livestream on Wednesday.

GOG are running a back to school sale and GOG Connect has returned with new games

By Liam Squires-Hand,
GOG has a bunch of titles on sale right now and they have also announced the return of GOG Connect which allows you to add certain games from Steam to your GOG library.