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GOG, Reclaim Your Games

By Bumadar,
The people over at GoG have started a new campaign where you have the chance to reclaim some of your old (Windows) games. Now at first this may not sound too useful for us Linux gamers, but let's be honest, not all old Windows games will ever come to Linux so Wine is often the only solution if you want to play them.

The GOL Nouveau Experiment – Conclusion

By Samsai,
I have now spent two weeks using the open source Nouveau driver on my desktop and I have some results here. Let's see how well Nouveau did for me!

Star Citizen For Linux Is Being Held Up By Crytek

By Liam Dawe,
In a very recent video from Star Citizen's Chris Roberts, he outlines what's going on with the Linux version, and sadly the news right now isn't too healthy.

The GDC Videos From This Year Are Now Online, Including The Video On The Vulkan API

By Liam Dawe,
While we didn't get a chance to attend GDC due to it being expensive, the videos are now online for all to see. It's good to finally see a high quality video for the Vulkan presentation.

Killing Floor 2 Gameplay Shown Off By PC Gamer, Early Access Soon

By Liam Dawe,
PC Gamer has a bit of a world exclusive, they managed to get the Killing Floor 2 developers in to play with them, and we have the video for you.

Minimon Monster Catcher Released In Steam Early Access (UPDATED)

By Liam Dawe,
Minimon is an online and offline monster catching game inspired by Pokemon, and it could turn out to be a good one.

The Funding Crowd 43

By muntdefems,
After its galactic 42nd issue, The Funding Crowd is back with a shorter, but by all means not less interesting instalment.

PAYDAY 2 Is Not Only Coming To Linux, But Will See Another 2 Years Of Support

By Liam Dawe,
We are already excited that PAYDAY 2 will see a Linux release, but the icing on the cake is that it will continue to see support and new content for another two years.

Streaming Service Twitch Compromised, Change Your Passwords

By Liam Dawe,
If you have a streaming account with Twitch and it shared a password with anything, you may want to change it!

League Of Legends Not Coming To Other Platforms

By Liam Dawe,
Sad news for MOBA fans, as Riot has confirmed that LoL will not be heading to other platforms. It is a little confusing as always, since they say PC & Mac, but presumably they mean Windows & Mac.

Steam Has An Updated Subscriber Agreement

By Liam Dawe,
For those of you that use Steam, it should be noted that their agreements have been updated, so you should probably take a look.

Beautiful Platformer 'Pid' No Longer Heading To Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Sad news folks, Pid a beautiful looking platformer is no longer coming to Linux due to some programmers leaving the studio.

Paradox Believe Great Games Fight Piracy

By Liam Dawe,
I do love Paradox, as they support their titles really well, and the latest information to come out of them about piracy shared by kitguru is no exception.

Endless Legend Linux Port Is Now On Hold, Not Looking Good

By Liam Dawe,
Sadly, it seems Endless Legend will not be coming to Linux, as the developers state it’s really not a priority any more.

LEGO Minifigures Online Is Not Coming To Linux, Sadly

By Liam Dawe,
I have been in touch with the developers of LEGO Minifigures Online, and they have confirmed even with the SteamDB hints that the game is not coming to Linux.

Bioshock Infinite Early Linux Port Report

By Liam Dawe,
Now that Bioshock Infinite has been released for Linux, and we have taken a little time with it, we can release some thought patterns on it.

Larian Studios Detail Why The Linux Port Of Divinity Is Taking So Damn Long

By Liam Dawe,
It's no secret that a lot of people are impatiently waiting for the promised Linux port of Divinity: Original Sin, but we have a little more insight as to why now.

Why Are We Still Dual Booting?

By Segata Sanshiro,
The Linux community is one full of passion. From the outside it may seem strange why a small percentage of people around the world care so much about an operating system, after all it's merely a tool or set of tools used to complete certain tasks.

Feral Interactive Are Behind The Batman: Arkham Knight, GRID Autosport And Company Of Heroes 2 Linux Ports

By Liam Dawe,
Feral Interactive just sent out word that not only are they porting Shadow of Mordor to Linux, but they are the mean porting machine behind the recent announcements of Batman: Arkham Knight, GRID Autosport and Company of Heroes 2.

President Of Blizzard Responds To The Linux Petition, Petition Owner Creates Childish Response

By Liam Dawe,
In a sad turn of events, but not exactly surprising, the President of Blizzard responded to the petition calling for Blizzard to support Linux, the answer is obvious, but what's sad is the response from the petition creator.
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