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Rocket League facing a delay for the SteamOS & Linux version, no 2015 release (updated)

By Liam Dawe,
A big shame, but with all the other games I have right now I'm a little spoilt for choice anyway. Rocket League developers emailed our youtuber friend Jake to confirm it's not this year. UPDATED.

AMD announce 'GPUOpen', open source tools like Nvidia's GameWorks

By Liam Dawe,
AMD are stepping up their open source game again, as they have announced GPUOpen to rival Nvidia's GameWorks.

The Funding Crowd 54, the latest in Linux crowdfunding news

By flesk,
Read the latest in crowdfunding news for Linux in the last issue of The Funding Crowd this side of New Year's.

Albion Online shows some impressive statistics for the MMO

By Liam Dawe,
Albion Online is already looking like a massive success, and their recently released statistics give me hope for it.

A KDE developer has thoughts on changing how Linux games work

By Liam Dawe,
I am all for increasing performance on Linux games, and KDE developer Martin Gräßlin does have some interesting thoughts, but I disagree with a lot of it.

Techland show how hilarious it is when a Linux port has no quality control with Dying Light (updated)

By Liam Dawe,
Oh Techland, if Dying Light wasn't one of our very few open world games I would probably like you a lot less. You might be wondering why I am being rather blunt, well, their latest patch for Dying Light has removed everyone's heads on Linux.

A chat with a Unity developer about Unity's new OpenGL system for Linux games

By Liam Dawe,
So, a lot of people were excited about Unity adding in their new and much more modern OpenGL system. The sad news is that it won't give as big a performance boost as we were hoping.

User Submitted Editorial: Current Linux gaming situation

By Wojtek88,
Every year, when we're near the end, we start to create some summaries. I've just decided to do small summary of what happened for me (a Linux gamer) this year. I am going to focus on AAA titles (and those that are close to be AAA), so if you're interested in Indie games, it's possible that this article is not for you.

Feral about AMD driver support

By Eike,
Reading through the Feral Interactive Facebook page, I stumbled upon this post, which is the most elaborate about the topic by Feral I know of about AMD support.

Garry Newman, developer of Rust & Garry's Mod on supporting Linux, possibly not for future games

By Liam Dawe,
I may not like Garry Newman, or his games, but I know they are important to some people. I thought it was worth highlighting this.

A developer on Tesla Effect details why the Linux port never arrived

By Liam Dawe,
Tesla Effect was a pretty interesting looking game, but sadly the Linux release never happened and not because the developer didn't try.

Speculation: It looks like the Saints Row series will all launch together on SteamOS & Linux

By Liam Dawe,
We all love a bit of speculation now and then (okay, some really don't, but I do), and to me it looks like the Saints Row series will all launch on Linux together.

Linux is holding exactly where we thought it would in the Steam Hardware Survey

By Liam Dawe,
We knew Linux wouldn't suddenly climb the ladder in Steam's Hardware Survey, as it's going to take a lot of time. The latest is out, and we are holding steady.

The Zotac Steam Machine ZBOX NEN SN970 impressed OC3D in their review

By Liam Dawe,
Some good news about the whole Steam Machine parade, OC3D did a pretty long review of the ZBOX NEN SN970 and they liked it so much they gave it an award.

A 2015 Thanksgiving Retrospection About The Open Source Project 'xoreos'

By DrMcCoy,
xoreos (a F/OSS reimplementation of Bioware's Aurora engine) developer DrMcCoy reflects on the project's progress over the past year, and offers thanks to supporting contributors and the community.

Syber discounted their Steam Machine line and most are now sold out

By Liam Dawe,
Well now, Syber discounted their Steam Machine line (all three models), and now all but the highest price machine are sold out.

Leak: AMD's new driver will apparently offer much better performance on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
It seems a leak from slides showing off AMD Crimson is reporting much better Linux performance in certain games.

GOL Asks: What have you been playing on Linux & SteamOS recently?

By Liam Dawe,
It's time for another edition of "GOL Asks", and today I am asking about games you have been playing and loving or hating recently.

The Funding Crowd 53, the latest in Linux crowdfunding news

By flesk,
A new issue of The Funding Crowd is available, and we have a bunch of new and exciting hidden gems to cover.

CyberPower Syber Steam Machine Has Been Reviewed

By Liam Dawe,
A review of the CyberPower Syber Steam Machine has popped up on the Trusted Reviews website, and it seems positive.
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