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A user on Facebook asked Age of Wonders developers if they are planning on supporting Linux for AoW3 and they answered that they would consider it if there was enough audience. This sounds like a good opportunity to let them know that there is a Linux market they can tap into.

Terasology is an open-source survival and discovery game with influences from Minecraft, Dwarf Fortress, and Dungeon Keeper. The game is in a pre-alpha state, but it's already fun to play! Build #24 has been released!

Euro Truck Simulator 2 a game widely known to be heading to Linux has begun it's closed beta and I have been lucky enough to have been gifted a copy to test, here's my thoughts on this odd title.

I have created a page on GamingOnLinux.com that aggregates several popular linux gaming news websites together to make it easier for you to keep up!

Consortium is a first-person RPG with a big focus on story, character interactions and some FPS action, currently crowdfunding on kickstarter.

In Livalink you fight against increasignly difficult waves of Progeny attackers. Experience a variety of unique weaponry, upgrades and combinations that will result in a different gaming experience each time you play.

Kinetic Void a game we showed you here should be hitting Linux in the next two weeks the developers have told us!

Thousands of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? You will consistently unlock new and better perks that improve your ability to use a devastating arsenal. Crimsonland features 3 modes of play, online high scores, and endless hours of pressure packed fun.

It's the Alienware X51. No doubt it will come to many as a shock, as it did to myself. It would seem Dell wants to get serious with Linux gamers, and more specifically with Ubuntu gamers. This is great news!

Raven Software has released the source code to Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast and Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy under the GNU General Public License.

This is quite interesting, here we have the slides from Valve's GDC talk on porting over to Linux. It makes for an interesting read and lays it out very simply for the non techies.

Black Annex is an action strategy game where the player operates the hands-on business of corporate sabotage and infiltration. Manage company resources, customise and outfit your agents before deploying them to steal, destroy, kidnap and kill as the mission and your own choices dictate.

Valve has done another push and put up 5 new games to Linux! All in Beta though so be warned there will be bugs! The titles are Ricochet, Deathmatch Classic, Team Fortress Classic, Half Life: Blue Shift and Half Life: Opposing Force!

Project Zomboid a game that has been in development for some time now due to some rather unfortunate drawbacks is finally nearing it's next release!

"BLEAK is a Massive Fantasy Platformer that we've been developing for the past year. In it we have revived the lost art of storytelling to connect the gamer to a dangerous and vicious new world.

The 2.0.0 release of Soul Capture, a free software utility developed by Piga Software which can be used to capture both the video and audio playback of OpenGL applications such as games, has now been released.

That's right, you heard it here first folks, Half-Life 4 has been added to the SteamDB! It includes hints of others things too.

So another month and another Steam hardware survey is out, again it seems I missed it since it doesn't count everyone of course. This time our % went down, oh noes!

My thoughts on some of the perils of Linux gaming, particularly the engine. All the talk nowadays if of "unification" or to paraphrase Mark Shuttleworth and Ubuntu the "availability of a single interface for all devices." And with all this talk I began to wonder why more gaming engine's aren't jumping on board.

The Double Fine Adventure finally has a name, a trailer and a website! Read the full article for more details. After deliberation and a community vote, the name for Double Fine's cross-platform crowd funded adventure game has been tentatively set as Broken Age (it may change in the future, but I've got a hunch it will grow on everybody).