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LISA, A Quirky Side-scrolling RPG, In Beta For Linux


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Lisa is a quirky side-scrolling RPG set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. It has a nice style to it, and very positive reviews on Steam.

The Most Popular Linux Gaming Articles For 2014


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Here is a look back at the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for 2014, it was a seriously crazy year for us here, and for everyone in Linux gaming, so let's see what happened.

Happy New Year From GamingOnLinux


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Sadly, this year I shall not be out getting merry on rum as I have my little one now living with me, but it does mean I am here to post stuff.

New Trailer Released For Upcoming 3D Collect-A-Thon Platformer 'Clive'


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'Clive & The Stones Of The Ancient Bunnies' made something of a belly flop on Kickstarter earlier this year, and was far from reaching their £25K goal. That didn't stop one-man developer Rob Wass though, as he has kept at it and released a new gameplay trailer for the game last week.

GOL Cast: Bringing Humanity To New Worlds In Civilization: Beyond Earth


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After a bit of a wait it's finally possible for you to bring your penguins to space and colonize new worlds in the name of Torvalds. But how does Civilization: Beyond Earth fare, what are its strengths and weaknesses? Let's find out.

Project Zomboid Releases A Massive Update, Co-op Play Returns


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Project Zomboid is the fantastic zombie survival game that you can play in single-player, co-op, or online with other survivors. Myself and Samsai have really been getting into it, and a massive update was released.

New Desura Client Available For Linux, Open Source Again


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Finally, Desura has a new client available for Linux. Bad Juju Games haven't officially announced it anywhere on Desura yet, but it is available to download.

GOG's Installer Encryption Proving to be Difficult for Linux Users


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GOG has begun using encrypted RAR files in their Windows installers for various games to enhance their security. This however has caused problems for some Linux users.

Eerie Snowman Building Adventure Platformer 'Lost Constellation' Available For Download


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Lost Constellation is a supplemental game to the upcoming game 'Night in the Woods' by developer Infinite Fall and is available on a pay-what-you-want scheme from Itch.io.

Space Pirates and Zombies 2 reveals The Zombies in a brand new video


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Space Pirates And Zombies 2 is a game I am very excited for, as the first one was good, but number 2 just looks fantastic.

TIMEframe, A Game Played In Slow Motion Plans A Big Update With Linux Support


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TIMEframe was originally created for the Ludum Dare game jam competition by Random Seed games and an updated version has been in development.

The Itch Games Store Are Working On An Open Source Client


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The Itch.io games store has always been nice, but icing on the cake is that they are now creating an open source desktop client in Qt 5.

Prison Architect Alpha 28 - UI Than Ever


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Welcome to the wonderful world of Prison Architect, where a new one-week's worth of work (pun from video above) is applied! I noticed there hadn't been an article about PA since Alpha 25, so there's been three alphas between the last post!

Natural Selection 2 FPS Has A Major Update, Fixes Major Linux Crash Bug


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Natural Selection 2 is a great FPS game when it works, and thankfully a major Linux crash bug has finally been fixed.

Whats Next In Graphics APIs


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Neil Trevett from Nvidia shared a presentation about what's going on in the world of graphics APIs. Presentation included in our post on it.

This War Of Mine Updated With Free New Content


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This War of Mine is one of the best games I've tried for a while, and a big 1.2 update has rolled out with a bunch of new kit for you.

Free Indie Saturday - The Very Organized Thief


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First of all, what is "Free Indie Saturday"? A series I'll be trying to do every Saturday about a free indie game! Of course, I'm not an approved writer so it wont be guaranteed ;) If the higher powers feel my work is worth it, maybe it'll change!

Chaos Reborn Turn Based Strategy Now Available In Early Access On Steam


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Chaos Reborn is the brand new game from Julian Gollop, the designer of the original, award-winning XCOM (A game I am a massive fanboy of).

Planetary Annihilation Major Update, Unit Cannon Makes An Appearance


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If there was one major building missing from Planetary Annihilation that was promised a while ago it was the Unit Cannon, and Uber Entertainment have delivered.

Post-Xmas Livestream Up At 6 PM UTC!


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Santa has come and gone and it's time to get back to business. So let's review our pile of presents and play some Linux games live for some mutual enjoyment.