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Dying Light finally adds a Chromatic Aberration toggle in the latest patch

By Liam Dawe, 23 Mar 2016

Dying Light (oh sorry it's Dying Light: The Following - Enhanced Edition now isn't it) is a pretty good game, even more so with the new The Following DLC. It's great to see them finally listen to the community and add in this much requested feature.

GOL Podcast S01E01: Linux as a Gaming Platform

By darkone778, 23 Mar 2016

Welcome to the first GOL podcast! In this episode we (Cheeseness, madmachinations, Kallestofeles, darkone778) talk about the pros and cons of Linux as a gaming platform.

GOL Podcast

Tomb Raider, the excellent 2013 game is officially coming to Linux from Feral Interactive

By Liam Dawe, 23 Mar 2016

Excellent news today folks, Feral Interactive have now officially confirmed that Tomb Raider will be coming to Linux "This Spring".

Offworld Trading Company looks like it may come to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 23 Mar 2016

Looks like Linux is about to get its first Stardock Entertainment published game in the form of Offworld Trading Company.

Want to use dual monitors but don't have enough desk space? I found a great monitor arm for you

By Liam Dawe, 22 Mar 2016

After upgrading to a 27 inch 4K monitor, I found that my desk was a little cramped and I couldn't fit another monitor on it. Someone in a recent livestream suggested a "monitor arm", and I am now using one I consider to be excellent.

ARK spin-off ARK: Survival Of The Fittest will come to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 22 Mar 2016

Fear not ARK lovers, as ARK: Survival Of The Fittest is confirmed to be coming to Linux. We don't know when exactly, but it's at least in their plans for release.

A review of point-and-click adventure Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet, now on Steam

By flesk, 22 Mar 2016

Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet is comedian Alasdair Beckett-King's follow-up to the popular 2007 adventure, Spoonbeaks Ahoy!, and has been developed in cooperation with developer and publisher Application Systems Heidelberg.

Out of the Park Baseball 17 Released

By homerj, 22 Mar 2016

Today marks the yearly release of Out of the Park Baseball. Similar to Football Manager, OOTP creates the entire world of baseball and puts managing your favorite team at your fingertips.

Hyper Light Drifter release date set for 31st of March, Linux should be a day 1 release

By Liam Dawe, 22 Mar 2016

Hyper Light Drifter is one I have kept an eye on since the Kickstarter, as graphically it looks vibrant and beautiful. The good news is the release date now set as the 31st of March should include Linux too.

Cities: Skylines updated with new map tools and tons of fixes

By Liam Dawe, 22 Mar 2016

Cities: Skylines continues to get better with this latest major patch. It brings new tools for map makers and tons of bug fixes.

Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem, previously named Umbra still plans a Linux version

By Liam Dawe, 22 Mar 2016

Good news folks, Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem which was previously named Umbra is sitll coming to Linux the developers confirmed to me.

Wine staging 1.9.6 adds Vulkan support and disables CSMT

By Liam Dawe, 22 Mar 2016

Looks like Vulkan support is coming to a Wine development version near you soon, as the latest Wine Staging 1.9.6 build has a conforment Vulkan implementation. It also disables CSMT as it's becoming incompatible.