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Knights and Merchants now on Linux (again), ported with Wine

By Liam Dawe,
4
I mentioned before that Knights and Merchants was coming back to Linux (after originally being ported by LGP). It is now officially available on Steam for Linux after a short beta, and it uses Wine.
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Intel showed off Vulkan at GDC including the open source driver, here's the video

By Liam Dawe,
6
Not a long one, but still really nice to see. Intel were at GDC showing off Vulkan running on their hardware.
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Syndrome, a survival horror game from Camel 101 has a pretty good new trailer

By Liam Dawe,
6
Syndrome is a brand new survival horror game coming out sometime this summer from Camel 101, and the trailer certainly makes it look good.
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Tomb Raider will release for Linux on April 1st (Correction: release date was a glitch)

By Liam Dawe,
24
Update: It's not releasing then, it was a glitch in their news. Feral Interactive announced today that Tomb Raider will release for Linux on April 1st, so it's going to be a fun weekend!
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Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces & Ardennes Assault now on SteamOS & Linux

By Liam Dawe,
6
Good news war fans, as Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces and Company of Heroes 2: Ardennes Assault are now available on SteamOS & Linux.
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Feral Interactive will be livestreaming the Linux Tomb Raider client next week

By Liam Dawe,
8
If you're eager to see how the Linux port of Tom Raider is running, you might want to check Feral Interative's twitch on March 30th at 6PM GMT (So that's UTC+1 as the UK switches to summer time this weekend).
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PAYDAY 2 on Linux & SteamOS, some thoughts & port report

By Liam Dawe,
34
PAYDAY 2 was released without any warning, so I’ve been putting some time into it to see how it runs on Linux.
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Looks like Darkest Dungeon may finally release for Linux next week

By Liam Dawe,
13
Great news for everyone waiting on Darkest Dungeon, as the developers have told us to look out for something next week.
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Dying Light finally adds a Chromatic Aberration toggle in the latest patch

By Liam Dawe,
22
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.
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GOL Podcast S01E01: Linux as a Gaming Platform

By darkone778,
18
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.
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Tomb Raider, the excellent 2013 game is officially coming to Linux from Feral Interactive

By Liam Dawe,
62
Excellent news today folks, Feral Interactive have now officially confirmed that Tomb Raider will be coming to Linux "This Spring".
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Offworld Trading Company looks like it may come to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
5
Looks like Linux is about to get its first Stardock Entertainment published game in the form of Offworld Trading Company.
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Want to use dual monitors but don't have enough desk space? I found a great monitor arm for you

By Liam Dawe,
25
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.
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ARK spin-off ARK: Survival Of The Fittest will come to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
12
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.
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A review of point-and-click adventure Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet, now on Steam

By flesk,
8
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.
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Out of the Park Baseball 17 Released

By homerj,
7
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.
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Hyper Light Drifter release date set for 31st of March, Linux should be a day 1 release

By Liam Dawe,
4
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.
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Cities: Skylines updated with new map tools and tons of fixes

By Liam Dawe,
11
Cities: Skylines continues to get better with this latest major patch. It brings new tools for map makers and tons of bug fixes.
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Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem, previously named Umbra still plans a Linux version

By Liam Dawe,
10
Good news folks, Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem which was previously named Umbra is sitll coming to Linux the developers confirmed to me.
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Wine staging 1.9.6 adds Vulkan support and disables CSMT

By Liam Dawe,
15
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.
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