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Wednesday Madness, a quick look at some good Linux gaming deals
Welcome to another Wednesday Madness here at GOL. Another quick look at some good deals you shouldn't pass up!
Slime Rancher major update 'Ancient Ruins' released with lots of new toys
The 'Ancient Ruins' update for Slime Rancher is now live. This update adds in an entire new area filled with new types of slimes to catch.
Some thoughts on Blueprint Tycoon, the resource management sim
I was gifted a copy of Blueprint Tycoon by a GOL follower a little while ago, so it's about time I took a proper look at it.
There's a fork of Wine-Staging that allows you to play Overwatch on Linux, still needs work
It seems someone has forked Wine-Staging adding in all the needed patches for Overwatch to work, so I tested it out.
Lambs on the Road, a post-apocalyptic platformer survival game will see Linux support
Lambs on the Road, a post-apocalyptic platformer survival game is coming to Linux and it looks pretty decent.
VoidExpanse has a new expansion named Pariahs’ Bane with an entirely new faction, plus a big patch
The open-world space action-RPG VoidExpanse has grown bigger with a new expansion named Pariahs’ Bane which adds a bunch of new shiny content.
DiRT Rally should soon render correctly with later LLVM versions on RadeonSI Mesa (AMD)
DiRT Rally seemed to have an issue with rendering properly in certain cases with newer versions of LLVM with RadeonSI Mesa (AMD), but it seems to have been tracked down as an issue in LLVM.
The threaded GL dispatch code for Mesa has been taken over by Timothy Arceri to continue the work
The work on the threaded GL dispatch code for Mesa has been picked up by Timothy Arceri as Marek is now busy with other work.
Streets of Rogue will finally release on Steam this Friday, come see the new trailer
Streets of Rogue is the seriously cool sandbox roguelike with 1-4 player local and online co-op play. It will release on Steam this Friday and they have a new trailer.
How to livestream from Linux to Twitch, a simple guide to being awesome on Linux
I’ve had a number of requests to get a guide up on how to livestream from Linux to Twitch. It’s damn easy, so here’s how to do it.
Crusader Kings 2: Monks and Mystics, now available
The latest expansion to the sprawling medieval grand strategy game has been released. Secret societies and orders are at the forefront of this one and, as always, a big free patch has arrived to all owners of the base game.
OBS Studio livestreaming and recording application updated, plenty of bug fixes
For those of you using OBS Studio for livestreaming and recording, you might want to update as OBS Studio 18.0.1 is now available.
Caveman Warriors, a surprisingly good 1-4 player action platformer needs help on Kickstarter
The developers of Caveman Warriors sent in a copy of their in-development 1-4 player action platformer and it's really quite good.
Ama's Lullaby, a point & click adventure with hacking plans Linux support
Ama's Lullaby is currently on Kickstarter with the interesting premise of being a point & click adventure with hacking.
World of One, a fantastic looking and dark indie puzzle platformer
The developers of World of One emailed in details about their dark puzzle platformer and it really does look interesting.
Hidden Folks, a fantastic and relaxing 'where's wally' game
Hidden Folk is a hand-drawn interactive 'find the character' game. Think of it like an animated 'where's wally' (that's Waldo to you Americans).
An explanation of what Mesa is and what graphics cards use it
Since we get a few comments here and there asking what Mesa is and what graphics cards will use it, here’s my attempt at clearing it up for you.
Deep Sixed, a very unique looking space survival roguelike will have Linux support
Deep Sixed is a pretty unique looking space survival roguelike that will be heading to Kickstarter soon and the developers confirmed it will support Linux.
The Council Of Linux Gamers episode 2 is now up on Youtube if you missed it last night
For those that don't already know, HexDSL, myself, Osirez, Jake and sometimes others have joined together for a monthly Linux chat show. Last night was episode 2, which is now up on Youtube for your viewing pleasure.
The Mesa GLSL shader cache is now enabled by default
I'm sure plenty of you will be happy with this, as Mesa now has the shader cache enabled by default in Mesa-git to allow for wider testing. It may be turned off for Mesa 17.1, if wider testing shows issues with it.
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