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Fumiko! A single-player, story-driven abstract platformer developed on Linux releases next month

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jan 2017

Fumiko! A new single-player, story-driven game that has been developed with Unity and Linux is coming out next month. It looks absolutely bizarre, but in a good way.

Site update: Content bookmarking system now live

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jan 2017

Thanks to a Patreon supporter request, we now have a nifty new feature for you to use. You can now bookmark Articles, Comments, Forum Topics & Replies.

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Some thoughts on switching from Ubuntu to Antergos for Linux gaming

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2017

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I did it, I jumped ship from Ubuntu to Antergos and I honestly can’t see myself going back. Here’s some thoughts on that.

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Stellaris 1.5 will allow you to accept refugees, but it has upset some people

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2017

Stellaris, the massive grand strategy game from Paradox is going through another update cycle and one little feature of the upcoming patch is the ability to accept refugees, but some people aren't happy about it.

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NVIDIA 378.09 beta driver released, adds OpenGL threaded optimizations by default and more

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2017

A pretty interesting NVIDIA beta driver has landed and it officially enables their OpenGL threaded optimizations by default.

Minecraft's new launcher is now available on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2017

That's right, post-Microsoft purchase Minecraft is still seeing great support for Linux. Their shiny new launcher is now available.

'Factorio' is another game that was being hit by key scammers

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2017

In another case of scammers trying to buy keys with often stolen credit cards to sell on websites like G2A, the developers of 'Factorio' have written about their experience with it.

Realpolitiks, a grand strategy game from Jujubee will see day-1 Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2017

Realpolitiks, a grand strategy game from Jujubee has been announced and it will feature day-1 Linux support when it launches February 16th next month.

Wrongworld, the hilarious looking survival game has been greenlit and is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2017

Wrongworld, the game that won me over with a totally silly trailer has now been greenlit, so it will be coming to Linux on Steam.

The 'Humble Bundle's Best of 2016' has some great Linux games for cheap

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2017

Are you a little broke after the holidays? Never fear, as Humble are back with a new bundle and it has some great Linux games.

Another Steam Beta Client update released, allows moving game location

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2017

Valve have released another beta of the Steam client and the major change is that it will finally allow you to move games between your Steam Library folders.

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A note about the sources of our information and how we really don't rip others off

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2017

It appears some people in the community just want to see me fail, but others just outright don't know what they are talking about. I want to put some claims about us ripping off others work to rest.

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Here’s some interesting answers from Gabe Newell and Valve from the reddit AMA

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2017

Gabe Newell and others at Valve are doing a reddit ‘Ask me anything’ and I have compiled a list of some good stuff to read.

Gabe Newell of Valve is doing a reddit 'Ask me anything' soon

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jan 2017

For those interested, Gabe Newell of Valve is doing a reddit 'Ask me anything' tonight and it starts really soon.

Sundered, a metroidvania with striking art made by Jotun's devs, is on Kickstarter

By BTRE, 17 Jan 2017

This metroidvania with distinctive hand-drawn art is set to launch sometime in the middle of the year. Developer Thunder Lotus has decided to start a crowdfunding campaign to finance extra polish and get player input before launch.