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PAYDAY 2 now available on SteamOS & Linux, free to try for a few days

By Liam Dawe,
The co-op shooter PAYDAY 2 is now officially available on SteamOS & Linux, yet another popular game!

OpenToonz, animation software with features used by Studio Ghibli releasing this month

By Liam Dawe,
Not exactly gaming news, but could be useful for developers. Dwango has obtained the rights to the animation software Toonz used by Studio Ghibli and plan to release an open source version named OpenToonz.

Nvidia 364.12 released for Linux with official Vulkan, Mir & Wayland support

By Liam Dawe,
Well Nvidia dropped a bit of a big one today didn't they! Nvidia driver version 364.12 is now out and brings in official Vulkan support, Mir support and Wayland support.

The newest Worms game Worms W.M.D is confirmed to be coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Team17 really are getting more Linux friendly, and the latest game in the Worms series title 'Worms W.M.D' will be heading to Linux at release.

Stardew Valley developer says Linux is a top priority, woohoo

By Liam Dawe,
Good news for everyone wanting to play it on Linux (including me), as the developer of Stardew Valley has said Linux is a top priority.

RC Mini Racers now available on SteamOS & Linux

By Liam Dawe,
RC Mini Racers is a fast paced arcade racing game with weapons, and it has just arrived on SteamOS/Linux.

Looks like the F1 2015 Linux private beta was left open for the free weekend

By Liam Dawe,
There will likely be a few embarrassed developers about this, but it looks like the private beta for the Linux port of F1 2015 has been left open during the free weekend.

See how well SteamOS can run Arma 3 against Windows in this new video

By Liam Dawe,
Disclaimer: not our video, but as usual I like to highlight videos that show how performance on SteamOS/Linux compares with Windows.

GOL SteamOS & Linux Survey results for February

By Liam Dawe,
Here are the latest results from the monthly GOL survey. Wait, you already did February? Previously we were showing the results as the month we presented results, which was wrong (last months posted was amended).

AMD release the AMD GPU-PRO Beta Driver with Vulkan support for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
AMD fans, today is your day to shine. AMD have released what they are calling " AMD Radeon™ Software AMD GPU-PRO Beta Driver, quite the mouthful.

OpenTTD 1.6.0-RC1 released, fine tuning the great open source simulation game

By Liam Dawe,
OpenTTD 1.6.0-RC1 has been released for the open source simulation game based upon the popular Microprose game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe".

Void Invaders, a colourful, chaotic and explosive arcade shoot-em-up could come to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Void Invaders is a recent discovery of mine on Steam and it looks like the developer is planning to create a Linux version!

Square Heroes, a 2D fast-paced comical shooter adds cross-platform play with Playstation 4

By Liam Dawe,
Square Heroes is a 2D fast-paced comical action shooter that released for us last year. The developers are publishing the game on Playstation 4 and have updated the PC version to be able to play with people on the Playstation 4.

PAYDAY 2 looks like it's getting closer to a SteamOS & Linux version

By Liam Dawe,
Are you ready to rob some banks? PAYDAY 2 is showing signs that it's getting closer to a Linux release.

Your weekly Friday Livestream is here again at 6 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
The time has come once again for the Friday Livestream to be held. As always, you can expect live Linux gaming to be beamed onto your screens via the magic that we know as Internet and you can participate in the relaxed discussion about all things, Linux gaming included.

The Wine Development Release 1.9.6 Is Now Available

By sobkas,
The Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.9.6 has many small changes including 32 bugfixes.

See this impressive Unreal Engine 4 video showcasing 2016 features, official Vulkan support

By Liam Dawe,
Unreal Engine 4 really does do a good job at showing off what can be done with it, and this video is no different. They also mention official Vulkan API support.

PC Gamer and Paradox have nice gameplay videos of Stellaris for you to enjoy

By Liam Dawe,
Hyped about Stellaris? Me too, I've been yearning for a really good and expansive space game like it and PC Gamer have a good gameplay video now up. Paradox also did a video with "Quill18".

Substance Painter 2 3D painting software coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The developers of Substance Painter 2 have announced they will be releasing a Linux beta of their 3D painting software.

The Atomic Game Engine is now open source and on github

By Liam Dawe,
More good news for developers, as the Atomic Game Engine is now open source under the MIT license. It's available on github right now.