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RuneScape Linux-native NXT client available to pre-load, they also have a trailer

By Liam Dawe,
The brand new Linux-native RuneScape client "NXT" can now be downloaded to have it ready for the big release on the 18th. It does have issues though.

Open source Morrowind game engine OpenMW releases 0.39.0

By Liam Dawe,
The awesome open source Morrowind game engine has released 0.39.0, bringing a lot of fixes and a few bigger features.

The Wine Development Release 1.9.8 Is Now Available

By sobkas,
The Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.9.8 has many small changes including 26 bugfixes.

Testing The Talos Principle OpenGL vs Vulkan again, now that Valve have fixed the Steam Overlay

By Liam Dawe,
Valve just recently published a new Steam beta, and they have fixed up the Steam Overlay rendering issue that was causing it to bring down Vulkan performance. I've run some fresh tests on my Nvidia 980ti to show you the difference now with it on vs before.

Show us your gaming desk setup, here's ours

By Liam Dawe,
Today I thought it would be fun to show you what myself and Samsai have setup for our desks and gaming setups, and see what yours are too.

Stellaris is now available to pre-order & a new trailer

By Liam Dawe,
Stellaris, the soon to be released space strategy from Paradox is now available to pre-order and it also has a new trailer.

Hey, come watch the Friday Livestream at 5 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
The blessed Friday has arrived and along with it comes the Friday Livestream, the livestream that showcases neither skill nor professionalism but people seem to watch it anyway. Today we have a couple of new games so strap yourself in and point your browser to the Twitch channel!

Steam Client Beta updated, fixes performance with Vulkan and Steam Overlay

By Liam Dawe,
Well, not long after someone reported the issue to Valve from my benchmarks, the performance penalty of using Vulkan with the Steam Overlay seems to be mostly fixed.

Heavy Gear Assault heading to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The newest game in the Heavy Gear series built with Unreal Engine 4 is heading to Linux, the developers shared two images of the game running on Linux. Quite exciting, as it looks pretty good.

Saints Row: The Third Linux port report, better than SR2, but still needs improvement

By Liam Dawe,
With the Saints Row 2 report out of the way and performing terribly, I have also taken some time to look at Saints Row: The Third.

Saints Row 2 Linux port report, not good

By Liam Dawe,
Now that I've had a chance to play some Saints Row 2 on Linux, here are some thoughts on the performance.

Saints Row 2 & Saints Row: The Third released for Linux & SteamOS, also on sale

By Liam Dawe,
Virtual Programming have released their latest Linux ports, and today we are graced with the crazy Saints Row 2 & Saints Row: The Third. They are also now on sale.

Dambuster reconfirm Linux is planned for Homefront: The Revolution, after Windows

By Liam Dawe,
It's always good to get things reconfirmed near the main release. Dambuster has confirmed Linux gamers haven't been forgotten about for Homefront: The Revolution.

Stealth game Shadwen from Frozenbyte to launch in May, Linux should be day-1

By Liam Dawe,
The very cool stealth game from Frozenbyte now has a release window, they developer have said it will release in May and they told me that Linux should be day-1!

Slime Rancher major update released, entire new area, new slimes and more

By Liam Dawe,
Slime Rancher is probably one of the cutest games I've played in recent memory, I adore those little slimes. The developer has just released The Indigo Quarry Update, and it's big.

Some early The Talos Principle Vulkan benchmarks

By Liam Dawe,
I decided to take a look at this Vulkan nonsense with The Talos Principle, since I hadn't actually tried it yet myself. Here are some benchmarks done on my 980ti. I will look to do some on my 970 if people want to see them too.

Golf With Friends, a multiplayer mini golf game for up to 12 players now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Is it raining, but you have that need to play some mini golf? Well, Golf With Friends has just landed on Linux.

Broken Dreams, a casual platformer with full voice acting and hand drawn environments now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Broken Dreams is a simple, yet beautiful looking 2D casual platformer. It has full voice acting as well as nice looking hand drawn environments.

The Talos Principle beta updated, Vulkan performance improvements & optimizations

By Liam Dawe,
The Talos Principle developers have just released build 260210, the main feature for us is the improvements to their Vulkan rendering system. Also, the stable version now includes Vulkan as standard.

Transport Fever announced with Linux support, build a massive transport network

By Liam Dawe,
Transport Fever has been announced from the same developers as Train Fever. This time you will have access to trains, aircrafts, ships, buses, trams and trucks.