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Serious Engine 1 now working on Linux and Mac thanks to Ryan 'Icculus' Gordon


By Liam Squires-Hand
Porting machine Ryan 'Icculus' Gordon shared a screenshot on twitter of the work he has put into the open source release of Serious Engine 1 working on Linux & Mac.

Feral Interactive livestreaming Company of Heroes 2 on Wednesday


By Liam Squires-Hand
The Feral Interactive "#FeralPlays" guys will be doing a special Company of Heroes 2 livestream this Wednesday, and they will show their glorious faces on webcam for you too.

Starbound to exit early access soon with a colossal patch


By Liam Squires-Hand
I am really excited to give Starbound some proper playtime when it leaves Early Access. It's already fun, but I didn't want to have characters or worlds wiped during Early Access. They have put up what to expect in Starbound 1.0.

P·O·L·L·E·N, an incredible looking interactive first person sci-fi exploration game could come to Linux


By Liam Squires-Hand
I love my space sci-fi games, and P·O·L·L·E·N looks incredible. I spoke to the developer, who said if there's a demand for it, they will seriously consider a Linux version.

Oculus Rift has some shady stuff in their terms & privacy policy


By Liam Squires-Hand
Shocker, the Facebook owned Oculus Rift VR device has some pretty concerning stuff in its terms and conditions.

Sword Coast Legends developer n-space has closed up shop


By Liam Squires-Hand
Always a shame to hear this, it seems n-space the developers behind Sword Coast Legends have closed up.

GOL Podcast S01E02: Hand of Fate


By madmachinations
Welcome to episode 2 of the GOL podcast. Appearing today is Cheeseness, Kallestofeles, and madmachinations. Sadly darkone778 could not be with us this time but hopefully he will reappear for the next episode.

In need of some lovely fonts for creating games and other projects? Try the Itch store


By Liam Squires-Hand
Something I have found recently is that the games store Itch.io isn't just great for discovering smaller indie games and game jams, it also seems to be quite the hub for fonts!

Cheese Talks: AdventureJam 2015 Retrospective


By Cheeseness
Just under a year ago over a hundred developers came together to create and celebrate adventure games. With AdventureJam 2016 looming on the horizon, here's a look back at what made the first event interesting and some of the Linux games to come out of it!

The latest Steam Hardware Survey is out


By Liam Squires-Hand
Another month, and another Steam Hardware Survey. Linux is currently sitting at 0.85%, so there's a small drop.

The most popular Linux & SteamOS gaming articles for March 2016, 174 in total


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Here is a look back at the 15 most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for March 2016, an easy way to for you to keep up to date on what has happened in the past month for Linux & SteamOS Gaming!

Create weird looking creatures in CHKN, now on Linux and I have some thoughts


By Liam Squires-Hand
The trailer for CHKN delighted me with how weird it was, so I got a key from the developer and took a look at the Linux version of this weird sandbox game.

Gorky 17, another classic Topware published title now in beta for Linux, uses Wine


By Liam Squires-Hand
Topware are certainly delivering on their promise of supporting old games with Wine. This time Gorky 17 gets the treatment, and a beta has been opened for testing on Steam.

New Linux & SteamOS gamer survey for April


By Liam Squires-Hand
Another month, another survey time. As usual all questions are in relation to the previous month of March.

Until I Have You, a story-driven, fast-paced, retro-aesthetic platformer is coming to Linux


By Liam Squires-Hand
I have it confirmed by the publisher that story-driven, fast-paced, retro-aesthetic platformer 'Until I Have You' will come to Linux after release.

A rather funny developer got their fake game "Watch Paint Dry" on Steam without Valve seeing


By Liam Squires-Hand
In an amusing turn of events, a developer managed to get their fake game "Watch Paint Dry" onto Steam without Valve ever seeing it.

Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear DLC released with day-1 Linux support


By Liam Squires-Hand
Great news RPG fans, as Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear DLC is now available and has day-1 Linux support as promised.

Human Resource Machine from World of Goo creators now on Linux & SteamOS


By Liam Squires-Hand
Human Resource Machine have a brief beta period, and now the developers have announced it's officially supported on Linux & SteamOS.

Secrets of Grindea, an old-school RPG with co-op support could see a Linux release


By Liam Squires-Hand
Thanks to Ethan Lee and his FNA project, it looks like Secrets of Grindea an old-school RPG with co-op support could be seeing a Linux release.

The Wine Development Release 1.9.7 Is Now Available


By sobkas
The Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.9.7 has many small changes including 42 bugfixes.