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Hyper Knights, a surprisingly fun and cheap mix of strategy and action

By Liam Dawe,
I picked up a copy of Hyper Knights on a whim and it turns out this Early Access mix of strategy and action is actually quite good.

Valve have hired another developer to work on Linux graphics drivers

By Liam Dawe,
Seems Valve really are trying to do a big push to get Linux graphics drivers up to scratch. Last night Pierre-Loup tweeted about a new hiring and the name might be familiar to some.

So, I played... Black Mesa

By Samsai,
Oh boy, this review has been in the works for ages now but I decided that it’s better late than never and I’ve finally compiled my thoughts on Black Mesa, the fan remake of Half-Life. So, let’s check it out!

Future Stardock games may come to Linux thanks to Vulkan

By Liam Dawe,
A reader asked me to reach out to Stardock about their Linux plans, specifically for Galactic Civilizations III as they said they would port it with Vulkan. I didn't get an answer on that specifically, but Vulkan has put them in a better position to port.

Leaving Lyndow adds Linux support to their well reviewed short adventure game, my thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
Leaving Lyndow is a short and beautiful looking adventure game that came to Linux due to 'popular demand'. The developer sent in a copy, so I played through it and here's some thoughts.

SDL2 Gamepad Tool, an alternative to Steam Big Picture configurator

By Liam Dawe,
Today I was sent a link to SDL2 Gamepad Tool from Seru on Discord, it's described as an alternative to the Steam Big Picture configurator for gamepads.

Some thoughts on Blueprint Tycoon, the resource management sim

By Liam Dawe,
I was gifted a copy of Blueprint Tycoon by a GOL follower a little while ago, so it's about time I took a proper look at it.

How to livestream from Linux to Twitch, a simple guide to being awesome on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
I’ve had a number of requests to get a guide up on how to livestream from Linux to Twitch. It’s damn easy, so here’s how to do it.

OBS Studio livestreaming and recording application updated, plenty of bug fixes

By Liam Dawe,
For those of you using OBS Studio for livestreaming and recording, you might want to update as OBS Studio 18.0.1 is now available.

An explanation of what Mesa is and what graphics cards use it

By Liam Dawe,
Since we get a few comments here and there asking what Mesa is and what graphics cards will use it, here’s my attempt at clearing it up for you.

The Mesa GLSL shader cache is now enabled by default

By Liam Dawe,
I'm sure plenty of you will be happy with this, as Mesa now has the shader cache enabled by default in Mesa-git to allow for wider testing. It may be turned off for Mesa 17.1, if wider testing shows issues with it.

A look at how much RAM you might need as a Linux gamer

By Liam Dawe,
I had a chat on reddit about RAM use and it inspired me to check out multiple games to see just how much RAM you should be looking to have as a Linux gamer.

Friday Livestream with Samsai at 6 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
Friday has arrived and, as always, that means the arrival of the Friday Livestream. Once again we will fire up OBS and blast gameplay and associated commentary into the air for it to be caught by a telecommunications tower and be delivered to your monitor. So, grab your snacks and prepare for more live Linux gaming!

Looks like the experimental Linux version of Arma 3 will get the 64bit treatment

By Liam Dawe,
It seems that the experimental Linux version of Arma 3 is going to get the 64bit version in a coming update.

DiRT Rally tested on R7 370 and an A10-9600p APU

By Samsai,
I might be just a bit late with these numbers but I figured I’d share them nonetheless. Let’s check out how well DiRT Rally runs on my Radeon hardware!

Start your engines as DiRT Rally is now on Linux, port report & review

By Liam Dawe,
DiRT Rally is one game a lot of Linux gamers have been looking forward to, so here’s my port report and review.

'Fruits of a Feather' is a small Pay What You Want unconventional exploration game where you play as a bird

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
'Fruits of a Feather' is a short mini-game which has been out there for a while, whose general concept and gameplay intend to provide a relaxing experience as a main priority, so you should expect a pretty unconventional and minimalistic title.

Unity 5.6 to release March 31st with 'out of the box support for Vulkan'

By Liam Dawe,
More news from GDC, Unity have announced that on March 31st, Unity 5.6 will release and it will have 'out of the box support for Vulkan'.

LiquidSky, the 'PC in the Cloud' gaming service will support Linux

By Liam Dawe,
During GDC at the AMD event, a LiquidSky employee stated that their gaming client that streams games to you will have a Linux client.

Cities: Skylines - Mass Transit DLC announced, adding more transport possibilities

By Liam Dawe,
Cities: Skylines - Mass Transit is a new content rich DLC that will add in quite a few new transport options.
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