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Europa Universalis IV is expected to appear on 13 August 2013 for Linux, Windows and Mac. It was developed by Paradox Development Studio, the company that has published Crusader Kings II apart of Europa Universalis.

For a while now, the project Humble Bundle has been publishing, in addition to the Indie and the Android Bundles, the Humble Weekly Sale which usually contains several games from one game company. This time, the Humble Weekly Sale contains two games for Linux and Android from 11 bit studios. On the one hand, the award-wining real-time strategy game Anomaly: Warzone Earth including different add-ons and bonus content and, on the other hand, it also contains a beautiful adventure Sleepwalker's Journey.

While a lot of Linux gamers are waiting for the appereance of the linux-version of Dota 2, a very similar game Heroes of Newerth has been supported on Linux for a while now.

Here is the complete list of the most popular applications in the Ubuntu Software Center in May. Steam and Stormcloud remain the most downloaded applications.

After the announcement of Football Manager 2014 coming to Linux, the first signs of the the upcoming Linux versions of Garry's Mod and Painkiller Hell & Damnation appeared in the Steam database.

Recently, the Humble Indie Bundle 8 has been released, which now contains 11 exciting games for Linux. As always, some of the game titles are making a Linux debut and can either be downloaded directly from the HIB website or be redeemed in the Ubuntu Software Center and on Steam.

Valve has released the results of the hardware and software survey of May. As part of this monthly survey, Steam users are being asked what CPU, graphics card or operating system they are using.

Over a year ago, Sports Interactive has informed me that due to small number of users they have no plans to release Football Manager for Linux. Since the release of Steam for Linux, more and more game companies go into business with Linux games and, recently, the director of the studio Sports Interactive Miles Jacobson has announced via Tweeter that the next version of Football Manager will also be released for Linux.

Nearly one year ago I reported about a campaign on the online game sale platform GOG.com, which is requesting Linux game support. Although now, over 10000 users seconded the request, there are still no signs of Linux support on the platform so far. Recently one of our readers has brought other Linux petitions to our attention. Following petitions are trying to inspire game publishers to provide Linux support...

While the multiplayer Ego-Shooter Half-Life 2: Deathmatch has been available for Linux for a while now, its single-player counterpart Half-Life 2 including Episode 1, Episode 2 and Lost Coast was just released for Linux.

While Steam is currently probably the most downloaded application on Ubuntu, a relaxing puzzle game Splice is storming the Ubuntu App Charts. In April, this game was on the 4th place in the Top 10 of commercial applications in the Ubuntu Software Center.

Today, "Humble Double Fine Bundle" has been released. As usual, everybody can pay what he wants for this bundle. It contains the game "Psychonauts", a t-shirt and 4 other games from the publisher "Double Fine".

Linux gamers, rejoice! Yesterday, as announced, Valve has released the beta version of its successful first-person shooter Left 4 Dead 2 for all game owners. The game is based on the current Valve's game engine Source and is especially popular with the co-op fans.

The German game publisher Runesoft has released the "point-and-click" adventure Jack Keane on the Indie gaming platform Desura. This game is based on the free rendering engine OGRE and has won numerous game awards.

Today, one of the most successful PC games, Portal, has been released for Linux. While a lot of Linux gamers are still waiting for the release of Left 4 Dead for Linux, they can enjoy the award-winning game Portal, as a foretaste of the upcoming Valve's titles for Linux.

Codeweavers, the company behind CrossOver and Wine, has released CrossOver 12.2 for Linux and Mac. CrossOver is an emulation software which easily allows to install and run a countless number of Windows applications on Linux.

With the official release of Steam for Linux, this year is already a very special for the entire Linux community. The wave of new games for Linux just does not stop!

Nearly one year ago, Valve has started porting and testing the successful first-person shooter Left 4 Dead 2 with the current version of its graphics engine Source on Linux. At the same time, the managing director of the company Gabe Newell has informed me that the company has enormous problems with the graphics drivers on Linux and is urgently looking for Linux developers.

While Nvidia has been publishing very good graphics drivers for Linux for a very long time, AMD released its graphics drivers very sporadically and often in a poor state in the past. This has changed dramatically since the release of Steam for Linux. Today, the company publishes its graphics drivers regularly with a lot of improvements and has almost caught up with the graphics drivers for Windows.

While Nemesys Games is going to release its racing game Ignite for Linux only after releasing it for iOS, the developers of SCS Software have already started the closed beta of Euro Truck Simulator 2 for Linux. The game was voted on Steam Greenlight for inclusion in the Steam games catalog by the gamers community.