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How to setup OpenMW for modern Morrowind on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck
How to install Hollow Knight: Silksong mods on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck
Owlboy, the very popular 2D adventure game is seeking Linux testers
Heads up action and adventure fans, as Owlboy is coming to Linux soon using FNA and they require some testers.
Mini Thief, an interesting 2D game about robbing increasingly difficult houses
I’ve been testing out ‘Mini Thief’, a 2D game about robbing people and hopefully not getting caught. The question is as always: is it worth your bucks?
'Rise & Shine' a game where every level is a single, continuous work of art could come to Linux (updated!)
Well, Rise & Shine has certainly hooked me in with its rather awesome visuals and slick looking action! The developers have said they are investigating and testing Linux support. UPDATED.
Exploring a floating island in 'Pocket Kingdom', a very well done throwback to Amiga games
GOL follower hardpenguin sent over a copy of 'Pocket Kingdom' for me to take a look at, and as a fan of the Amiga I had to give it a go.
Farting on everyone in 'CropDuster Supreme' now available on Linux, it's actually hilarious
The aim of the game in 'CropDuster Supreme' is to fart on people, now you may think this sounds terrible — but it's actually quite amusing! I know, I'm shocked too.
The open source Vulkan driver for AMD 'radv' now supports using multiple GPUs
A commit that just landed in Mesa-git allows for 'radv', the open source Vulkan driver for AMD GPUs to use multiple devices.
Intel Haswell now supports OpenGL 4.5 with Mesa-git on Linux
In another push towards Mesa finishing OpenGL for all vendors where possible, Intel Haswell chips now have support for OpenGL 4.5 with Mesa on Linux.
Building on up in Block'hood, my early thoughts on this cute neighbourhood-building sim
Block'hood is a neighbourhood-building sim that's currently in Early Access. I couldn't resist grabbing a copy when it released for Linux, so here's some early thoughts.
Phoning Home, the story of two robots trying to survive will come to Linux
Phoning Home, which sounded a lot like the film WALL-E when I first heard about it will come to Linux.
Wine Staging 2.0-rc5 released, better support for Origin, GOG Galaxy and more
Wine Staging have released their 2.0-rc5 release which sounds like a pretty interesting release. Plenty of new stuff to play with.
Evolvation, an Unreal Engine online space shooter is now on Linux
I've given Evolvation for a little spin, but right now it's still in development and it has issues to be aware of.
Rise to Ruins (previously Retro-Pixel Castles) has a major content update now out
The new official name 'Rise to Ruins' along with a big update to my favourite little village builder is now live.
Looks like FPS game 'Squad' might be coming to Linux soon
Squad, the FPS game from Offworld Industries is showing signs that it might be coming over to Linux.
Linux market-share on Steam dropped 0.08% in December 2016
Something I forgot to write up, was that the latest Steam survey is out. Linux dropped by 0.08% according to the figures.
Streets of Rogue development build updated with NAT punch-through and automatic port forwarding
Streets of Rogue, the rather excellent open-world roguelike has been updated again. Two major new features for the online mode are NAT punch-through and automatic port forwarding to make connections easier.
Wine 2.0-rc5 release, moving towards a final stable version
Wine 2.0 has a fifth release candidate to fix up more bugs to make Wine 2.0 truly as stable as possible.
Small site update, new directory page for people with Twitch and Youtube channels
I have done a small update tonight and wrote up a new page for the site. This new page will display a list of people who have set their Twitch or Youtube address in their profile. It will also tell you if someone is live on Twitch.
SteamVR support for Linux looks like it's getting close
Thanks to a Twitter tip we have word that it looks as if SteamVR support for Linux might finally be close.
Early Access survival game 'Rust' gains Vulkan support in a pre-release
Rust, from Facepunch Studios is another game to add to the list that use Vulkan, although it's only on the pre-release version right now.
Friday Livestream today at 6 PM UTC!
If I may have your attention for a few moments, I would like to inform you that today is Friday and that there's a livestream to go with it. So, hammer your routers into shape and point the antennas towards our broadcast of live Linux gaming!
- Linux gamers on Steam finally cross over the 3% mark
- The useful AI warning for Steam script has been turned into a proper browser extension
- Minecraft Java modding is about to get a lot easier and more interesting
- You can grab 911 Operator for free to keep on Steam
- Fedora Linux 43 has officially arrived
- > See more over 30 days here
