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Here is a look back at the 15 most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for March 2016, an easy way to for you to keep up to date on what has happened in the past month for Linux & SteamOS Gaming! Sorted from lowest to highest to make sure you don't miss the smaller news stories. Also if you wish to keep track of these overview posts you can with our Overview RSS.
We published a total of 174 articles last month, wow!
AMD release the AMD GPU-PRO Beta Driver with Vulkan support for Linux - 18 March 2016 at 10:19 pm UTC - Views: 6,406
AMD fans, today is your day to shine. AMD have released what they are calling " AMD Radeon™ Software AMD GPU-PRO Beta Driver, quite the mouthful.
Tomb Raider will release for Linux on April 1st (Correction: release date was a glitch) - 24 March 2016 at 6:18 pm UTC - Views: 6,546
Update: It's not releasing then, it was a glitch in their news. Feral Interactive announced today that Tomb Raider will release for Linux on April 1st, so it's going to be a fun weekend!
AMD could be back in the CPU performance game with Zen - 13 March 2016 at 9:52 pm UTC - Views: 7,183
Thanks to wccftech (and our IRC for the link) I have learnt today that AMD's new processor design named Zen is shaping up very nicely.
Banished Linux port is pretty much complete, OpenGL performing well - 30 March 2016 at 2:29 pm UTC - Views: 7,294
The developer of Banished has written an official blog post on the Linux & Mac porting progress, and it's sounding really great.
Balrum, a beautiful 2D RPG released for Linux, here’s some thoughts on it - 6 March 2016 at 9:53 pm UTC - Views: 7,489
I've been looking forward to trying out Balrum since seeing it on a crowdfunding site some time ago, and now it has had a day-1 release on Linux I got a chance to play with it.
Tomb Raider, the excellent 2013 game is officially coming to Linux from Feral Interactive - 23 March 2016 at 10:11 am UTC - Views: 7,510
Excellent news today folks, Feral Interactive have now officially confirmed that Tomb Raider will be coming to Linux "This Spring".
DiRT Rally also looks like it's coming to SteamOS & Linux - 7 March 2016 at 4:06 pm UTC - Views: 7,969
What a day to be a Linux gamers! DiRT Rally is also now showing signs that it will be ported to Linux. Another great racing game I have wanted to play, and our first proper Rally game.
Want to see the very popular Stardew Valley on Linux? There's a chance - 1 March 2016 at 7:52 pm UTC - Views: 8,578
Stardew Valley from ConcernedApe and Chucklefish is a big hit right now, and it's possible it could come to Linux without enough of a push from Linux gamers.
See how well SteamOS can run Arma 3 against Windows in this new video - 19 March 2016 at 7:57 pm UTC - Views: 9,588
Disclaimer: not our video, but as usual I like to highlight videos that show how performance on SteamOS/Linux compares with Windows.
PAYDAY 2 now available on SteamOS & Linux, free to try for a few days - 21 March 2016 at 5:45 pm UTC - Views: 9,618
The co-op shooter PAYDAY 2 is now officially available on SteamOS & Linux, yet another popular game!
Nvidia 364.12 released for Linux with official Vulkan, Mir & Wayland support - 21 March 2016 at 4:40 pm UTC - Views: 9,708
Well Nvidia dropped a bit of a big one today didn't they! Nvidia driver version 364.12 is now out and brings in official Vulkan support, Mir support and Wayland support.
How big is Linux gaming? Some estimates - 14 March 2016 at 10:06 am UTC - Views: 12,110
I keep reading comments that Linux gaming is pretty much stagnating and not worth investing in because it is still at around 1% in the Steam Hardware Survey. So I decided to try and find some numbers.
Linux usage on Steam is better than people think - 5 March 2016 at 8:11 am UTC - Views: 13,368
The latest Steam Hardware Survey is out, and as usual some websites are claiming the death of SteamOS. We are here with a better outlook. We also just recently crossed over 1900 Linux games on Steam!
A Linux & Mac version of Stardew Valley depends on sales from Windows to happen - 2 March 2016 at 8:56 pm UTC - Views: 14,109
Not the best news, but not surprising either. A moderator on the Stardew Valley forum (so someone who would be in-the-know) has updated everyone to let us know it all depends on sales.
Microsoft's latest tactics show Gabe Newell of Valve was right to worry - 1 March 2016 at 10:07 pm UTC - Views: 14,894
Gabe Newell from Valve was quite right to fear about the future when he starting talking up Linux, and now it looks like Microsoft will be trying to push their own store even more.
Also remember to check out our Game Sales page where we syndicate game sales from GOG, Humble Store, Itch.io, IndieGameStand and many more stores!
See the latest few sales here:
All of this is possible thanks to my Patreon campaign, and our Supporters!
What was your favourite Linux Gaming news from March 2016? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
We published a total of 174 articles last month, wow!
AMD release the AMD GPU-PRO Beta Driver with Vulkan support for Linux - 18 March 2016 at 10:19 pm UTC - Views: 6,406
AMD fans, today is your day to shine. AMD have released what they are calling " AMD Radeon™ Software AMD GPU-PRO Beta Driver, quite the mouthful.
Tomb Raider will release for Linux on April 1st (Correction: release date was a glitch) - 24 March 2016 at 6:18 pm UTC - Views: 6,546
Update: It's not releasing then, it was a glitch in their news. Feral Interactive announced today that Tomb Raider will release for Linux on April 1st, so it's going to be a fun weekend!
AMD could be back in the CPU performance game with Zen - 13 March 2016 at 9:52 pm UTC - Views: 7,183
Thanks to wccftech (and our IRC for the link) I have learnt today that AMD's new processor design named Zen is shaping up very nicely.
Banished Linux port is pretty much complete, OpenGL performing well - 30 March 2016 at 2:29 pm UTC - Views: 7,294
The developer of Banished has written an official blog post on the Linux & Mac porting progress, and it's sounding really great.
Balrum, a beautiful 2D RPG released for Linux, here’s some thoughts on it - 6 March 2016 at 9:53 pm UTC - Views: 7,489
I've been looking forward to trying out Balrum since seeing it on a crowdfunding site some time ago, and now it has had a day-1 release on Linux I got a chance to play with it.
Tomb Raider, the excellent 2013 game is officially coming to Linux from Feral Interactive - 23 March 2016 at 10:11 am UTC - Views: 7,510
Excellent news today folks, Feral Interactive have now officially confirmed that Tomb Raider will be coming to Linux "This Spring".
DiRT Rally also looks like it's coming to SteamOS & Linux - 7 March 2016 at 4:06 pm UTC - Views: 7,969
What a day to be a Linux gamers! DiRT Rally is also now showing signs that it will be ported to Linux. Another great racing game I have wanted to play, and our first proper Rally game.
Want to see the very popular Stardew Valley on Linux? There's a chance - 1 March 2016 at 7:52 pm UTC - Views: 8,578
Stardew Valley from ConcernedApe and Chucklefish is a big hit right now, and it's possible it could come to Linux without enough of a push from Linux gamers.
See how well SteamOS can run Arma 3 against Windows in this new video - 19 March 2016 at 7:57 pm UTC - Views: 9,588
Disclaimer: not our video, but as usual I like to highlight videos that show how performance on SteamOS/Linux compares with Windows.
PAYDAY 2 now available on SteamOS & Linux, free to try for a few days - 21 March 2016 at 5:45 pm UTC - Views: 9,618
The co-op shooter PAYDAY 2 is now officially available on SteamOS & Linux, yet another popular game!
Nvidia 364.12 released for Linux with official Vulkan, Mir & Wayland support - 21 March 2016 at 4:40 pm UTC - Views: 9,708
Well Nvidia dropped a bit of a big one today didn't they! Nvidia driver version 364.12 is now out and brings in official Vulkan support, Mir support and Wayland support.
How big is Linux gaming? Some estimates - 14 March 2016 at 10:06 am UTC - Views: 12,110
I keep reading comments that Linux gaming is pretty much stagnating and not worth investing in because it is still at around 1% in the Steam Hardware Survey. So I decided to try and find some numbers.
Linux usage on Steam is better than people think - 5 March 2016 at 8:11 am UTC - Views: 13,368
The latest Steam Hardware Survey is out, and as usual some websites are claiming the death of SteamOS. We are here with a better outlook. We also just recently crossed over 1900 Linux games on Steam!
A Linux & Mac version of Stardew Valley depends on sales from Windows to happen - 2 March 2016 at 8:56 pm UTC - Views: 14,109
Not the best news, but not surprising either. A moderator on the Stardew Valley forum (so someone who would be in-the-know) has updated everyone to let us know it all depends on sales.
Microsoft's latest tactics show Gabe Newell of Valve was right to worry - 1 March 2016 at 10:07 pm UTC - Views: 14,894
Gabe Newell from Valve was quite right to fear about the future when he starting talking up Linux, and now it looks like Microsoft will be trying to push their own store even more.
Also remember to check out our Game Sales page where we syndicate game sales from GOG, Humble Store, Itch.io, IndieGameStand and many more stores!
See the latest few sales here:
- IndieGameStand - Starship Command
- GOG.com - Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
- GOG.com - Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
- GOG.com - Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition
- GamersGate - Star WarsÂ: Knights of the Old Republicâ II (Mac & Linux)
- GamersGate - Out There Omega Edition
- Humble Store - Kona
- Humble Store - Curse of the Crescent Isle DX
- Games Republic - The Last Federation
- Games Republic - Wasteland 2
All of this is possible thanks to my Patreon campaign, and our Supporters!
What was your favourite Linux Gaming news from March 2016? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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My fav for last month was probably the "Darkest Dungeon" announcement (it would have been yesterdays Baldur's Gate notice if it had come a day earlier)