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Wine Staging 2.8 released with more functional 32-bit fake DLLs and Starcraft I should now work properly

By Liam Squires-Hand,
13
Wine Staging has released their 2.8 build of Wine with their usual assorted enhancements. This release should fix Starcraft 1 support and also run Star Wars: The Old Republic better.
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Torment: Tides of Numenera free update 'Servant of the Tides' released with a new companion and much more

By Liam Squires-Hand,
3
Torment: Tides of Numenera got a big free update which includes a brand new companion along with some other goodies.
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AMD Ryzen 9 'Threadripper' announced with up to 16 cores

By Liam Squires-Hand,
26
Well then, AMD are truly back in the game now aren't they! They have announced the AMD Ryzen 9 'Threadripper' which will come with up to 16 cores.
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Rise & Shine, a fantastic looking platformer combining action and puzzles has officially released for Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
5
I know a few of you were waiting on this, the beautiful Rise & Shine is now officially available on Linux as of today.
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Humble Indie Bundle 18 is here with Owlboy, Kentucky Route Zero & more

By Liam Squires-Hand,
32
Humble are back of form, sort-of, with a new Humble Indie Bundle 18 stocked full of Linux games for you to drool over.
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Ballistic Overkill updated as promised with Vulkan, but it's now completely broken (UPDATED with temp fix)

By Liam Squires-Hand,
34
Confirmed by others as well, the latest Ballistic Overkill that adds in Vulkan and many other things, has completely broken the Linux version. UPDATED with a temp fix.
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An update on the Xenonauts Linux port that's only for 'legacy customers'

By Liam Squires-Hand,
11
I recently wrote about how the Linux version of Xenonauts is no longer supported with the developer now saying it's only for 'legacy customers', I reached out to the developer for some answers and here's what they told me.
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NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics, a turn-based tactical shoot 'em up released for Linux recently, some thoughts

By Liam Squires-Hand,
3
The developer of NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics sent in a key for us to take a look, so look I did. It's interesting, as it's a mix of a shoot 'em up with turn-based tactical battles.
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Scanner Sombre, a stunning exploration & horror game from Introversion looks like it's heading to Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
4
Scanner Sombre, from Introversion, makers of Prison Architect looks like it's heading to Linux. I was hopeful they would, since it looks stunning.
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Looks like Rome: Total War might be coming to Linux, according to Feral's port radar

By Liam Squires-Hand,
41
Take this with a pinch of salt, as the Feral incoming port radar seems to be acting up, but it's possible Rome: Total War might be another future port from Feral Interactive.
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Ballistic Overkill to get Vulkan support tomorrow and lots more

By Liam Squires-Hand,
25
Ballistic Overkill, one of my favourite FPS games and one we host three servers for is due a huge update tomorrow! It will get early Vulkan support and much more!
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Zombie Night Terror, the Lemmings-like Zombie game has a huge free update

By Liam Squires-Hand,
2
I'm pretty darn fond of Zombie Night Terror as it brings Zombies into a Lemmings-style game with some comedy sprinkled in and it just got a big free update.
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Victor Vran: Overkill Edition (original + two new DLC) delayed until June 6th

By Liam Squires-Hand,
4
Victor Vran: Overkill Edition, the beefed up version of Victor Vran which will come with two new DLCs has been delayed for all platforms until June 6th.
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Stardrift Nomads, a very good looking dual-stick shooter should be heading to Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
3
Quite often I visit random games I like the look on Steam and dive into the community looking for posts mentioning Linux. It turns out that Stardrift Nomads, a really good looking dual-stick shooter should be coming to Linux.
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Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive

By Liam Squires-Hand,
55
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are being ported to Linux from Feral Interactive and they will be released on May 23rd.
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ESSENCE, a first-person non-violent exploration adventure arrives on Linux, Vulkan support possible in future

By Liam Squires-Hand,
3
ESSENCE, a first-person non-violent exploration & adventure game recently released for Linux, with Vulkan support possibly coming.
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Earthlock: Festival of Magic is still heading to Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
9
Earthlock: Festival of Magic gained a Linux Alpha version last year, but they went pretty quiet about it for a while. They have now confirmed they will continue the Linux version once the WiiU version is finished.
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I tried Wurm Unlimited and it was a painful experience

By Liam Squires-Hand,
6
Wurm Unlimited is the standalone version of the MMO Wurm Online. It recently had a big update and we were sent keys to check it out.
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Dying Light & Dead Island Definitive Edition might soon work on Mesa

By Liam Squires-Hand,
11
There's some activity on the Mesa-dev mailing list with patches that will enable both Dying Light & Dead Island Definitive Edition (and it seems Dead Island Riptide Definite Edition too) to work on Mesa.
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Mesa 17.0.6 released with AMD Polaris 12 support in the 'radv' Vulkan driver

By Liam Squires-Hand,
5
Mesa 17.0.6 is the latest bug-fix release for the 17.0 series, but it also comes with AMD Polaris 12 support for the 'radv' Vulkan driver that has been back-ported.
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