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The Skullgirls Promised Linux Port Seems Iffy Again (UPDATED)

By Liam Dawe,
Skullgirls is another game with an interesting history of promises for a Linux port. It's another case of a developer publicly stating it, and then not delivering on it. UPDATED

Counter Strike Global Offensive Prepares For A Linux Release

By Liam Dawe,
Great news to wake up to this morning folks! On the official Counter Strike blog the developers noted work about the Linux client for the newest iteration of the Counter Strike franchise.

DayZ Creator Expresses Interest In A Linux Port Again

By Liam Dawe,
Dean Hall the creator of DayZ originally mentioned on reddit his interest in getting a Linux version, and he was also caught on video mentioning it at PAX.

Currently Crowdfunding - Why Stash: No Loot Left Behind Deserves A Penguin Clan

By Speedster,
I'll get right to the point -- why do I think Stash: No Loot Left Behind deserves a penguin clan? The game is currently being funded on Kickstarter and only needs a little push!

Microsoft Reportedly Buying Minecraft Maker Mojang

By Liam Dawe,
This is not fun news to wake up to. Microsoft if apparently buying the indie studio Mojang for more than 2 billion dollars.

Hack 'n' Slash 1.0 Now Available, With Sources and Workshop Support

By Cheeseness,
Double Fine's charming RPG-come-puzzle game, Hack 'n' Slash has left Steam Early Access and is now released, along with Lua sources for engine scripts and Steam Workshop Support.

Outlast, A First Person Horror Game Looks Like It Will Come To Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Outlast a particularly scary game looks like it has plans for a Linux version, and that's awesome. Prepare to hide behind your pillows.

Humble Indie Bundle 12 Launches With Lots Of Great Games

By Liam Dawe,
The Humble Indie Bundle has returned for a twelfth time! This time it features some seriously good games, but no new Linux ports.

Warlocks Plans For Day 1 Linux Support, Now On Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe,
Warlocks is a crazy (and awesome) looking pixel art action game now on Kickstarter. The developers have told us Linux will be a day 1 release too.

The Witcher 2 For Linux On GOG Has Been Patched

By Liam Dawe,
The Witcher 2 was released on GOG for Linux recently for DRM free fans, but sadly it was an older version that the GOG team put up. With all the performance improvements in the new versions it was needing an update. GOG have contacted us to let us know a patch is now available.

McDROID Released For Linux On Steam

By Liam Dawe,
McDROID is a fancy mix of strategy, tower defence and action packed together in a fine looking package. It's now available on Steam for the full release.

Puppy Games Aren't Impressed With Linux Sales (UPDATED)

By Liam Dawe,
It seems Puppy Games the developers behind fun games like Revenge of the Titans have expressed their concern about Linux sales. UPDATED

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare coming to Linux soon

By Segata Sanshiro,
The folks at Torn Banner Studios have posted a tantalising picture on their Facebook page with the caption "soon...", suggesting that another AAA title is about to make its way onto Linux.

GOL Cast: Hiding and Eating Furniture in Not The Robots

By Samsai,
To balance both my schedule and my workload I decided to pick and play something that isn't too heavy on content and mechanics. Not The Robots fits that category nicely so let's see what's in store for us this time.

Darksiders Is Getting Close To A Linux Release

By Liam Dawe,
We know that both Darksiders and Darksiders 2 are coming to Linux, but the question burning in our minds is when?! We decided to give the developer a little poke about it.

Chasm RPG Platformer Will Have A Same Day Linux Release

By Liam Dawe,
Chasm is the excellent looking RPG Platformer from Discord Games that will be launching into early access soon, and luckily the Linux release will come too.

A Song For Viggo Will Be Coming To Linux

By flesk,
The team behind the Kickstarted game A Song for Viggo have announced that they have teamed up with Talawa Games, the developer of Unmechanical, to launch the game on additional platforms, including Linux.

GOL’s first monthly hardware survey EDIT

By Segata Sanshiro,
Gaming on Linux has been showing Steam Hardware Survey for a while now, but with the data being quite broad and specific only to Steam, we decided to make our own Linux-specific survey. This should give us a better idea of metrics within Linux gaming.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth Coming In November

By HadBabits,
Those of you who passed on The Binding of Isaac due to it being a flash game are in luck! The popular rogue-lite title is being remade from the ground up, with plenty of new content for new and old players alike this November. The most significant change from a gameplay standpoint will probably be the addition of an interesting local co-op mechanic.

Steam Hardware Survey For August 2014, Linux Slips

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 and make sure you know not to use it as a hard figure.