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GOL Asks: What have you been playing recently?

By Liam Dawe,
It's been another few months since I asked this question, so let's see what you have all been up to recently! There's so many games on Linux now we are spoilt for choice.

Obsidian and Paradox team up for new RPG called Tyranny and it's coming to Linux

By BTRE,
At Paradox Interactive’s GDC presentation, Obsidian have revealed their newest project. The upcoming RPG title is set in a world where heroes have failed and evil has won.

Nvidia release GameWorks SDK 3.1, releasing code on github

By Liam Dawe,
Looks like Nvidia don't want to be outclassed by AMD and have released GameWorks SDK 3.1 with the intetion of releasing parts of it onto github. They have already released FaceWorks and some OpenGL samples, with more to come.

CryEngine V released, Crytek now offer CryEngine as "pay what you want", source code access too

By Liam Dawe,
The last of the major engines has shaken up their business model into a pay what you want deal. They have also released CryEngine V with major new features.

I'm facing off against Matt from Feral Interactive again at 11am UTC today!

By Liam Dawe,
Another week and another livestream of me vs Matt from Feral Interactive. Will Matt turn around his losing streak, who knows? I sure will put up a fight to keep up my winnings.

Stellaris, Paradox's space grand strategy game, gets a release date

By BTRE,
In their GDC presentation for this year, Paradox Development Studios has set a release date for their non-historical game. Those who dream of expanding their civilization among the stars can expect the game to be available May 9th.

Project Zomboid developers working on a new lighting system, new animations and better graphics

By Liam Dawe,
Project Zomboid is easily one of my favourite indie games to keep an eye on. Not just because I love Zombies, but the effort these guys put into the game is amazing.

Unity game engine 5.4 beta is out, developers working on performance

By Liam Dawe,
It's really good to see Unity working on improving performance, and the Unity 5.4 beta looks like it includes some pretty nice features to give improved performance.

Serious Engine 1 Linux source code is coming

By Liam Dawe,
Ryan "Icculus" Gordon, a long time Linux game porter is working on getting the Serious Engine 1 source code release working on Linux, with official blessing.

Faeria is an excellent turn based strategy game with cards where you build the board

By Liam Dawe,
Faeria is truly one not to miss out on, not only is it a good answer to not having Hearthstone on Linux, but it's also healing my wounds over Scrolls never officially coming to Linux and then getting shut down. The hook in Faeria is that you build the board as you play.

Battle of Empires: 1914-1918 real time strategy game now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Battle of Empires: 1914-1918 is a pretty good looking real time strategy game from Great War Team and Publisher Best Way Soft. It has now managed to find its way onto Linux.

Lifeless Planet heading to Linux this month

By Liam Dawe,
Lifeless Planet is a really cool looking atmospheric adventure game about seeking life on a distant planet, and coming across an old Russian town.

Linux 4.5 officially released, with powerplay support under amdgpu

By madmachinations,
The highly anticipated update to the Linux Kernel has officially arrived, and the hard working kernel developers have been busy.

The Interactive Adventures of Dog Mendonça & Pizzaboy now released

By Cheeseness,
The Interactive Adventures of Dog Mendonça & Pizzaboy has been released! Read on to learn about its origins, its creation and its legacy.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance doesn't look like it will come to Linux any time soon

By Liam Dawe,
Kingdom Come: Deliverance, a game built with CryEngine looked like it was going to be a fantastic game to have on Linux, but the developers have told me it "is not possible technically".

Developer of Starsector fighting stolen artwork from Generic Space Shooter

By Liam Dawe,
Never a nice thing to write about, but important to know. It turns out the newly released Generic Space Shooter is using content taken from the indie game Starsector.

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair announced for April, Linux support looks included

By Liam Dawe,
Good news Danganronpa fans as Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair looks like it will support Linux on the April 18th release.

How big is Linux gaming? Some estimates

By ricki42,
I keep reading comments that Linux gaming is pretty much stagnating and not worth investing in because it is still at around 1% in the Steam Hardware Survey. So I decided to try and find some numbers.

AMD could be back in the CPU performance game with Zen

By Liam Dawe,
Thanks to wccftech (and our IRC for the link) I have learnt today that AMD's new processor design named Zen is shaping up very nicely.

Sunday fun: Theme Hospital on Linux using the open source CorsixTH engine

By Liam Dawe,
It has been quite some time since I mentioned CorsixTH, and I bet some of you don’t even know it exists! Theme Hospital is a brilliant game from many years ago where you build your own hospital.