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Haemimont Games the developer of Tropico & Victor Vran on doing Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Haemimont Games have written up a pretty nice blog post about doing Early Access with Victor Vran, and it's a nice read for games and developers.

PPSSPP, the open source PSP emulator has a major new version, will use Vulkan in future

By Liam Dawe,
For those who like a bit of emulation in their lives, PPSSPP has release a major update to their open source emulator recently.

Zombasite, a zombie apocalypse action RPG from Soldak has a second trailer

By Liam Dawe,
Zombasite genuinely impressed me when I played it back in October, and it's really good to see development going strong on this ARPG. It has a new trailer, feast your eyes.

Linux porter Ethan Lee did a SteamOS & Linux talk at MAGFest, slides now downloadable

By Liam Dawe,
Ethan Lee, porter behind quite a few decent Linux titles recently did a talk at MAGFest and his slides can now be downloaded. UPDATED: We now have audio too.

Looks like Dota 2 with Vulkan isn't too far away

By Liam Dawe,
It sounds like Dota 2 with Vulkan isn't far off, as an Intel developer working on mesa has had access to it.

OVERLOAD, a Kickstarter from the original creators of Descent

By Liam Dawe,
Want to play a 6-degree-of-freedom shooter created by the original Descent developers? OVERLOAD should fit into that category for you.

Looks like Evolve might still come to Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
Thanks as usual to SteamDB, it looks like the Linux/SteamOS and Mac ports of Evolve might still be happening.

Khronos Group Vulkan Webinar now on Youtube

By Liam Dawe,
For those that missed it, the Vulkan Webinar that was held by Khronos Group is now available on Youtube.

Plague Inc: Evolved exits Early Access, brings co-op multiplayer

By Samsai,
Plague Inc: Evolved, a game all about making the deadliest pathogens to wipe out the human race, has now officially released as a version 1.0 on Steam and brings in some co-op features.

How SteamOS could become a better console competitor

By ChloeWolfieGirl,
SteamOS is the console OS from Valve to turn PCs into consoles, but with PC things you love such as the ability to mod and use PC software. But it puts them in an easy to use package with a controller on the TV and removes some hassle that operating systems like Windows, Mac, Ubuntu (or other Linux distributions with a desktop GUI) and FreeBSD includes.

This Total War: ATTILA comparison video shows SteamOS/Linux holding up against Windows

By Liam Dawe,
At times Linux ports are lacking quite a bit, but some like Total War: ATTILA actually run pretty damn close to Windows performance.

Bridge Constructor Stunts, build bridges and do stunts on Linux, releases this month

By Liam Dawe,
Bridge Constructor Stunts will not only see you building the bridges to get to crazy positioned points, it will see you driving the vehicles too.

The new Humble Weekly Bundle comes with some nice Linux games

By herrgnatz,
The current Humble Weekly Bundle: Orbyt Play offers six games of which are three for Linux and one that is partly supported by now. Only one of them is DRM-free, the others are Steam-only.

Construction Simulator 2015 has a Linux build, needs testers

By Liam Dawe,
I know you lot love your simulators, so how about Construction Simulator 2015? The developer has a Linux build, but it needs testers.

The Talos Principle now has a Linux beta build available with Vulkan

By Liam Dawe,
Heads up Vulkan fans, The Talos Principle beta has been updated to include the Vulkan build for Linux gamers to test out.

Friday Livestream is going viral at 6 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
Hello there, I am here to inform you that you have been invited to the Friday Livestream to watch me destroy the (fictional) world with (fictional) pathogenic nightmares. So take a seat and set up a quarantine for we are doing biological science today!

Steam beta client adds Vulkan support, plus some handy Steam Controller adjustments

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have also updated the Steam beta client, and it brings in official Vulkan support plus some really handy Steam Controller adjustments.

SteamOS beta update brings in a new Nvidia driver with Vulkan support

By Liam Dawe,
SteamOS Brewmaster update 2.63 has been pushed to brewmaster_beta, if you are opted into the beta on SteamOS you will get an updated Nvidia driver featuring Vulkan support.

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc looks like its coming to Linux

By ChloeWolfieGirl,
Danganronpa looks like an interesting anime styled detective game. With a lot of mystery, interesting quirky characters and a little case of death. The characters seem to only be rendered in 2D but environments seem to differ between both 2D and 3D.

Master of Orion reveals an awesome voice cast, can't wait to have it on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The new Master of Orion is coming to Linux, but you know that already if you read us often. The awesome news is the voice cast has been revealed, and it's awesome.