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This is no joke, Friday Livestream will be here at 5 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
I imagine everyone's had a joke-filled day today but do not worry, for the Friday Livestream will still be mostly on time and the level of professionality couldn't be lower. So, do make your way to your nearest web browser (with HTML5/Flash support) and you can join in on our Linux gaming livestream!

1993 Space Machine, a game originally meant for the Amiga is coming to Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
1993 Space Machine a game that was originally supposed to be on Amiga, but never released is out for other platforms. The developer has confirmed it's on its way to Linux.

Unity3D game engine hardware statistics updated, shows Linux is very low

By Liam Squires-Hand,
If you didn't know already, Unity games tend to phone home details of what you're running. They release this data, and it shows Linux is a pretty low percentage of gamers.

Don't Starve: Shipwrecked Expansion sails out of Early Access, Linux supported

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Don't Starve: Shipwrecked Expansion is a pretty big expansion to the really great survival game Don't Starve. It is now fully available and features Linux support.

Xamarin announces Mono will be put under an MIT license

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Pretty nice news here. Recently Microsoft purchased Xamarin the creators of Mono, and now it will be opened up under the MIT license.

Linux now has 2,000 games on Steam, big milestone

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I have double checked this, and it seems to be accurate. Linux now has 2,000 games on Steam, and that's a pretty healthy milestone.

Hyper Light Drifter released, some thoughts

By BTRE,
The rather pretty action adventure game Hyper Light Drifter is now available after a lengthy development period. I dove in right away to see if it was any good.

EVERSPACE, a fantastic looking 3D space shooter with roguelike elements coming to Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
EVERSPACE is an incredibly beautiful looking 3D space shooter that takes elements from roguelikes that was funded on Kickstarter. They smashed their funding goal, and it's heading to Linux now too.

Epistory - Typing Chronicles, an atmospheric adventure typing game now fully released

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Epistory - Typing Chronicles the unique atmospheric adventure typing game is now fully released. I have taken a look to see what you might expect.

Steno Arcade launches on Steam Early Access alongside crowdfunding campaign!

By For All To Play,
For All To Play and The Open Steno Project are excited to announce that their free to play stenography and typing game, Steno Arcade, has launched on Steam Early Access alongside a Crowd Supply crowdfunding campaign.

Banished Linux port is pretty much complete, OpenGL performing well

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The developer of Banished has written an official blog post on the Linux & Mac porting progress, and it's sounding really great.

CHKN is probably the weirdest sandbox game I've ever seen, coming to Linux on April 1st

By Liam Squires-Hand,
This is not an April fools I assure you. CHKN is a sandbox survival game about creating life, and life looks weird.

Children of Morta, a beautiful narrative-based roguelike hack’n slash coming to Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Children of Morta is a discovery I'm really happy about, as the animation and art style is just simply amazing.

Wyrmsun, the retro-themed & open source RTS is now free on Steam

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Wyrmsun is an open source RTS game that released on Steam a while back, and it's now switched to being free.

Verdun, the WWI FPS has a free expansion release, game is now broken on Linux (now fixed)

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Another developer not even testing the Linux game even once before pushing out a big update. This time sadly it's Verdun, the interesting WWI FPS.

Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space, a roguelike space adventure with spaceship combat

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I've been testing out a little bit of the fantastically named Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space today, and here's some thoughts. It came to Linux last month, but probably went under most gamers radar as it didn't go in the new releases section.

Developers of ARK: Survival Evolved facing a lawsuit from the Dungeon Defenders devs

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Oh dear, oh dear. The developers behind ARK: Survival Evolved (Studio Wildcard) are facing a lawsuit from the developers behind Dungeon Defenders (Trendy Entertainment). The games are very different, but it's a people issue here.

Interstellar Marines updated with new main menu and unlockable skins

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Interstellar Marines the good looking, but troubled Early Access FPS have received an update with a few new features.

Steam client stable build updated, lots of Steam Controller improvements

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Steam client has been updated with lots of improvements and fixes from the recent beta versions. The Steam Controller has seen lots of changes.

Darkest Dungeon, a popular gothic roguelike RPG now on Linux with a public Beta

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Oh yes! Darkest Dungeon is now an instant buy for many I'm sure as it has arrived on Linux in Beta form. Lots of people have been waiting for this gothic roguelike turn-based RPG.