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Paradox has acquired Triumph Studios, makers of Age of Wonders & Overlord

By Liam Dawe,
This is very interesting! Paradox have announced that they've acquired Triumph Studios, makers of Age of Wonders and Overlord.

Facepunch Studios 'Rust' has $4.3 million in refunds

By Liam Dawe,
Facepunch Studios developer Garry Newman tweeted out yesterday about how Rust has done in terms of refunds, turns out it's quite a lot.

IO Interactive retains the rights to HITMAN and becomes fully independent

By Liam Dawe,
Good news for fans of HITMAN, as IO Interactive have confirmed they've retained the rights and become a fully independent studio.

The Ashes of the Singularity Linux request topic has more requests than the game has reviews

By Liam Dawe,
In an impressive show of support, the post from the Stardock CEO asking for Ashes of the Singularity Linux version requests has more posts than reviews on Steam.

An update on the Xenonauts Linux port that's only for 'legacy customers'

By Liam Dawe,
I recently wrote about how the Linux version of Xenonauts is no longer supported with the developer now saying it's only for 'legacy customers', I reached out to the developer for some answers and here's what they told me.

Square Enix is selling Io-Interactive, developer of HITMAN

By Liam Dawe,
In a move that might prove frustrating for fans of HITMAN, Square Enix are selling the developer Io-Interactive.

The Linux port of Xenonauts is not supported and was only made for 'legacy customers'

By Liam Dawe,
Here's your utterly weird news of the day. Some time ago Xenonauts was ported to Linux by Knockout Games. The official website now claims it's not actually supported and is only meant for whatever the heck they mean by 'legacy customers'.

Jonathan Blow's next game looks like it might support Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Take this with a pinch of salt, since it's early days for his next game, but Jonathan Blow (Braid, The Witness) actually showed off his next game 'Jai Sokoban' running on Linux.

Canonical drop the Unity desktop environment for Ubuntu favour of going back to GNOME

By Liam Dawe,
I have been debating writing about this since we are mainly a gaming news site (I should really setup another site for all the other Linux news I want to write about!), but Canonical switching back to GNOME on Ubuntu is very big news for everyone.

Key reseller G2A is being told to clean up their act, or lose AAA publishing deals

By Liam Dawe,
Ah key resellers, a topic that always generates a lot of heat. A lot of it usually directed at me for 'telling you what to do', but this might help clear some things up.

Snoost, a new cloud gaming service has opened with Linux support, uses Steam's in-home streaming

By Liam Dawe,
This is an interesting one, Snoost, a new cloud gaming service powered by Amazon AWS supports Linux. It uses Steam's in-home streaming with your own games library.

Cheese Talks: Star Wars Games

By Cheeseness,
After four months researching Star Wars games, Cheese has released a big interactive timeline and writeup. Here's an excerpt covering the games available for Linux!

You will want to force your CPU into high performance mode for Vulkan games on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
There's an interesting issue with certain Linux CPU governors that will actually bring down performance in Vulkan games.

Editorial: On paying for Linux games when you already have a Windows version

By Liam Dawe,
There were a few loud users complaining about a recent Linux release where you had to pay for the Linux version on Steam, even if you already own the Windows version. I’ve spoken to a few people and have some thoughts on 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.

Editorial: Steam Machines are not dead, plus a video from The Linux Gamer

By Liam Dawe,
As usual, the wider media and people who like to generate clicky headlines like to claim Steam Machines are dead in the water. The truth is though, is that it's not quite so simple.

How to easily find new releases on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Today I read an article from RPS that claims that Valve has made it harder to find new releases. This tickled me a bit, as it's always been quite easy.

Steam now has over 3,000 Linux games available

By Liam Dawe,
It's official! Steam has hit another milestone for Linux games. We now have over 3,000 Linux games to fill our time with.

OpenGL Multi-threading, what it is and what it means

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There’s been a fair bit of talk recently about attempting to multi-thread using OpenGL so I thought I’d write a bit more about what “multi-threading” an OpenGL game is, what’s normally done, and how it compares to multi-threading in Vulkan. Here's an attempt to explain it a little.

Valve set to replace Greenlight with Steam Direct

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have finally announced what they suggested they would do at the first SteamDevDays, Greenlight is being thrown out. It will be replaced by 'Steam Direct', which may still require a payment from developers.
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