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Sword of the Stars: The Pit Available On Linux, You Need The Gold Edition

By Liam Dawe, Sep 4, 2014

Sword of the Stars: The Pit is now available on Linux, but not the Vanilla edition to avoid confusion.

Feral Interactive Wish To Know Why You Game On Linux

By Liam Dawe, Sep 3, 2014

Feral Interactive one of our new favourite porting houses has asked the big question. Why do we game on Linux?

Editorial

Costume Quest 2 Pre-orders Open, Linux From Day 1

By Liam Dawe, Sep 3, 2014

Costume Quest 2 has officially opened the pre-order flood gates on Steam, and it looks like a Day 1 Linux release is upon us.

This War Of Mine From 11 Bit Studios To Be On Linux At Launch

By Liam Dawe, Sep 3, 2014

This War Of Mine from Anomaly developers 11 Bit has been confirmed to be on Linux from the launch. Good news everyone!

Interloper A Fancy Looking New RTS Game Coming Soon For Linux

By Liam Dawe, Sep 3, 2014

Real time strategy games are my favourite genre next to first person shooters and Interloper is tickling my fancy right now. It's a brand new in-development RTS game.

Borderlands 2 Also Looks Like It's Coming To Linux, UPDATE: Confirmed

By Liam Dawe, Sep 2, 2014

Remember when Randy Pitchford of Gearbox told us not to get our hopes up? Then Borderlands: The Pre-sequel was confirmed for Linux? Well he's a funny guy as Borderlands 2 is now showing signs of coming over to Linux anyway. UPDATED

A Valley Without Wind 1 & 2 Released For Linux

By Liam Dawe, Sep 2, 2014

A Valley Without Wind 1 & 2 from Arcen Games are now available on Linux, and that folks is their entire back catalogue ported to Linux.

The Witcher 2 Improves With A New Round Of Beta

By Liam Dawe, Sep 2, 2014

Virtual Programming are again delivering on their promises of better performance. The Witcher 2 has kicked off another round of beta versions and it comes with AMD related fixes too.

Firewatch, A First Person Mystery Game Finally Reveals Itself In A Trailer

By Liam Dawe, Sep 2, 2014

Firewatch is an incredibly stylish looking first person mystery game from new developer Campo Santo Productions.

Mojang Releases Roadmap For Scrolls, Still No Sign Of Linux

By Liam Dawe, Sep 2, 2014

Scrolls is a bit of a sad song for Linux and for me especially as I purchased it on their public promise of a Linux version, and with their release of a roadmap Linux is nowhere in sight.

Minecraft 1.8 Released, Includes Masses Of Changes

By Liam Dawe, Sep 2, 2014

Minecraft 1.8 has officially just been released and with it comes maaaaany changes you need to be aware of.

Ryan Icculus Gordon On The Linux Action Show

By Liam Dawe, Sep 1, 2014

Ryan Icculus Gordon has just recently been on a guest on the excellent Linux Action Show to talk about Linux gaming. Ryan Icculus Gordon is the name behind a number of big ports.

Empire: Total War Looks Close To A Linux Version, Pokes Fun At Linux Gamers

By Liam Dawe, Sep 1, 2014

We already knew that Total War: ROME II would come to Linux, but now it looks like the original Empire: Total War will come to Linux too and maybe sooner than the sequel.

Metro: Last Light Redux Showing Signs Of Getting The Linux Version Out

By Liam Dawe, Sep 1, 2014

Metro: Last Light Redux has been updated on the SteamDB to include some Linux information, so it seems the developers are working on getting it sorted.

NeonXSZ Cyberspace FPS Now On Steam For Linux

By Liam Dawe, Sep 1, 2014

For those of you who stick to Steam this will be good news. NeonXSZ is an awesome cyberspace FPS with solid gameplay and it looks good too.

The Most Popular Linux Gaming Articles For August 2014

By Liam Dawe, Sep 1, 2014

Here is a look back at the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for August 2014, an easy way to for you to keep up to date on what has happened in the past month for Linux Gaming!