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Vulkan backend for the Dolphin emulator is now feature complete

By Liam Dawe,
On the github pull request to bring in the Vulkan backend for the Dolphin emulator, it now reads as feature complete.

Dave Airlie has been working on an AMD Vulkan driver

By Liam Dawe,
Dave Airlie has been working on an open source AMD Vulkan driver and he's ready to show it off a little bit.

Looks like the open source Mesa driver has hit OpenGL 4.5 support with Intel

By Liam Dawe,
A pretty incredible milestone for open source graphics, as it appears that Mesa along with the Intel driver has hit OpenGL 4.5.

The Living Dungeon developers looking to see if there's interest for a Linux version

By Liam Dawe,
The Living Dungeon developers have posted on Steam requesting to see how much interest there is for their game on Linux.

The Wine Development Release 1.9.15 Is Now Available

By sobkas,
The Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.9.15 has many small changes including 22 bugfixes.

Knights of the Sky and Dungeon Souls are now available DRM free on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
GOG have added in two more Linux titles for your DRM free collections! Dungeon Souls, a pretty cool action roguelike and Knights of the Sky, an older DOSBox title about being a combat pilot.

Hidden in Plain Sight, a local multiplayer game that sounds hilarious is now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Hidden in Plain Sight is a rather amusing sounding local multiplayer game. You have to blend in with a crowd on NPCs and do various things.

Starbound officially released!

By Liam Dawe,
The day I feel like I have been waiting on for an eternity is here. Starbound is now at the big 1.0 release and I've setup a small server.

He's back, he's also a bit sick and he's hosting the Friday Livestream at 7.45 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
Surprise, I'm finally back! As some of you might know, I have been sitting in the Finnish Defence Forces the past 3-ish weeks but I have now returned for a weekend to reclaim the Friday Livestream, mainly because Liam tactically got sick this evening and someone has to run the show. So, sit tight and buckle up for some live Linux gaming!

System Shock remake has blasted past the Linux stretch goal, officially coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
I am sure this will be good news to many of you! The System Shock kickstarter has now blasted way past the Linux stretch goal.

Terraria 1.3.2 released, time to party with new items

By Liam Dawe,
Terraria 1.3.2 has been released and along with an assortment of bugfixes it includes some fun new items. Having a Terraria party became a bit more fun.

SWORDY, a local party brawler could come to Linux if Microsoft allow it

By Liam Dawe,
SWORDY is a rather fun looking local party brawler that has just released on Steam in Early Access. It could see a Linux release too, if Microsoft allow it.

Life is Strange released for Linux & SteamOS, some thoughts and a port report included

By Liam Dawe,
Life is Strange is a story rich game I’ve been wanting to play ever since I first saw it and now, thanks to Feral Interactive, we all have that chance. Life is Strange is officially available on Linux & SteamOS. Hella yeah!

Kentucky Route Zero Act IV now Available

By BTRE,
The newest instalment in the episodic adventure game Kentucky Route Zero has been released after a two year wait.

Overlord and Overlord: Raising Hell released for Linux, some thoughts and a port report

By Liam Dawe,
Overlord and the Overlord: Raising Hell expansion have been ported to Linux thanks to Virtual Programming. I was able to get advanced access yesterday and here are some thoughts.

Dungeon Rushers, a 2D tactical RPG and dungeon crawler now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Dungeon Rushers is a game I tested for the developer a while ago when they posted it to reddit, so they sent along a key to check out properly now it's out for Linux.

Quadrant, an interesting survival horror is now on Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
Quadrant is now available on Linux, so here's your chance to scare yourself silly with another horror game.

Shadows of Kurgansk, a good looking single-player action and survival game now on Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
I have to say, Shadows of Kurgansk looks pretty damn interesting for an action and survival game and it's now on Linux.

Best Buds vs Bad Guys, the action platformer from a dad and son team has been fully funded and coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Best Buds vs Bad Guys is a very cool looking action platformer that is now fully funded and is officially heading to Linux.

Rust has now sold over 30 thousand copies on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Garry Newman of Facepunch shared on twitter that Rust has now hit over 4 million sales, and Linux is sitting at over 30 thousand.