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Steam Hardware Survey For June 2014, Linux Is On The Rise

By Liam Dawe,
Here is the latest instalment of Steam's Hardware Survey, as usual we do our monthly thing and compare it and talk about it to make sure you know not to use it as a hard figure.

PCGamingWiki Looks At XCOM and Civ V Linux Ports

By Cheeseness,
PCGamingWiki has recently started a series of articles giving a high level analysis of Linux ports compared against their Windows and Mac counterparts, starting with Civilization V and XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

The Funding Crowd 34 (June 3rd - July 1st)

By Speedster,
The Funding Crowd welcomes you to a shorter, sharper and much anticipated TFC#34! It's shorter, because less stuff happened over the quieter June period. It's sharper, because we're not pulling any punches with this edition - we're calling it as we see it. And we're assuming it's much anticipated because the last edition was a whopping 29 days ago. At least! Nearly a month!

Shovel Knight Looks Set To Be On Linux Soon

By Liam Dawe,
Shovel Knight is an awesome looking love letter to 8-bit games that was funded on Kickstarter some time ago. It had a Linux stretch goal that was hit and the developers have now teased it running on Linux.

Killing Floor 2 Shows Off The Infected In A New Trailer

By Liam Dawe,
I think we can all agree Killing Floor 2 is going to be awesome, but how awesome? See this new trailer with some fresh footage.

Door Kickers Squad Based Strategy Finally Hits Beta

By Liam Dawe,
Door Kickers is the excellent squad based strategy and tactics game from KillHouse Games we have shown you a few times here. They have released a big update to push the game into beta and it's a good one.

A Look At June's Indie Box With Escape Goat 2

By Liam Dawe,
The Indie Box is something we briefly covered before that allows you to subscribe to receive a new game in the post every month boxed up with a bunch of goodies. This time we actually have a box with plenty of pictures for you to take a look at.

Eminence: Xander's Tales An MMO/RPG Trading Card Game Coming Soon

By Liam Dawe,
Eminence: Xander's Tales is a very interesting looking game that came across my inbox recently that is a mix between an RPG and a trading card game and it looks like the battles are quite good too.

Triggerfish Drill Sergeant Puzzle Game In Beta For Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Triggerfish Drill Sergeant is the first game from Anglerteam Games which puts you in charge of getting a bunch of fish into the right formation, and it's weird.

SteamLUG July Linux Gaming Events

By Cheeseness,
The SteamLUG (Steam Linux User Group) events calendar for June is up, featuring Civilization V, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Skulls of the Shogun, Deathmatch Classic and more!

GOL Cast: Hunting ETs in XCOM: Enemy Unknown

By Samsai,
Being in charge of humanity's last line of defense against an extraterrestrial threat is highly unlikely and if I were to do it I'm fairly sure we'd be doomed, but now I can try my hand at it in the safe environment of XCOM.

There's No Business Like Goat Business, Goat Simulator Now Out On Linux

By Liam Dawe,
One of the funniest games around is now fully available and out of beta for Linux. Goat Simulator is pretty popular and for good reason, as it's just insanely stupid.

Prison Architect Alpha 22 Bug Bash Released

By Liam Dawe,
Prison Architect has release Alpha 22 where bug fixing has been the priority only in this release as they try to smooth up the experience.

The Wine Development Release 1.7.21 Is Now Available.

By sobkas,
Wine development team was able to produce a new experimental release today. 1.7.21 bringing many new features and as many as 77 bugfixes.

SteamOS Update 120 Pushed To Alchemist Beta

By n30p1r4t3,
The latest and greatest news about Valve's gaming OS. A new update has been released that you need to check out.

Valve Has Greenlit 36 More Linux Games For Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Valve are pushing really quickly recently and have gathered together another list of games to allow on Steam. 36 of which are confirmed for Linux.

Ryan "Icculus" Gordon On The Linux Game Industry

By Liam Dawe,
Ryan Gordon has an hour long presentation on the Linux game industry full of interesting views and it makes for some good listening.

Storm2D, A Fast-paced 2D Side-scrolling Action Game Inspired By Soldat

By darDar,
Storm is a fast-paced, 2d side-scrolling multiplayer action game largely based on Soldat. It is Linux native too.

Arcen Games Porting AI War & More To Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Arcen Games has announced that A Valley Without Wind 1 and 2, AI War, and Shattered Haven are all be ported to Linux.

Mount & Blade: Warband Now In Beta For Linux

By Liam Dawe,
While not yet officially announced Mount & Blade: Warband is out for Linux, downloadable and might even be playable for you.