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Albion Online, the sandbox MMO with Linux support has become even bigger

By Liam Dawe, 8 Dec 2016

I have to hand it to the guys working on Albion Online, they certainly are putting the effort in to polish the game up for a big release. The big 'Faye' update has landed and it's huge.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance will not aim for day-1 Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 8 Dec 2016

The developers of Kingdom Come: Deliverance have put out a Kickstarter update. The bad news is that the Linux version of Kingdom Come: Deliverance will not be a day-1 release.

Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition) now has gamepad support

By Liam Dawe, 8 Dec 2016

Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition), the rather excellent Tower Defence and RPG hybrid has been updated to get gamepad and Steam Controller support.

Some more site updates today, various sections changed

By Liam Dawe, 8 Dec 2016

Some minor changes put up on GOL today, these changes were done based on feedback from various users to make it easier.

Site Info

Ubuntu now has a community-built PPA for stable versions of Mesa

By Liam Dawe, 8 Dec 2016

Feral Interactive's call for a stable Mesa PPA has already made progress, as there's now a stable PPA available for Mesa.

Drivers

Rocket League gets a big update called ‘Starbase ARC’, adds a lot of new free goodies

By BTRE, 7 Dec 2016

Everybody’s favorite rocket-powered-cars-hitting-oversized-balls-competitively game has gotten another one of its hefty updates. There’s a new space-themed arena, car and a series of new drops and features for players to enjoy.

4Team, a 2D multiplayer battle platformer, now on Steam Early Access

By BTRE, 7 Dec 2016

This is one that’s heavy on the action and explosions. With over-the-top weapons and fast gameplay, 4Team is about seeing who the last man standing will be.

Technical issues with the new Cossacks 3 DLC seems to have delayed the Linux version

By Liam Dawe, 7 Dec 2016

It seems GSC Game World have run into a few technical issues with their new DLC for Cossacks 3, so they have pushed back the DLC release date which has also delayed the Linux version.

AMD will be showing off their Zen CPU Architecture and letting people play with it on December 13th

By Liam Dawe, 7 Dec 2016

On December 13th AMD have said they will be showing off more of their new CPU architecture named Zen.

DoomRL or 'DRL' as it's now called has gone open source

By Liam Dawe, 7 Dec 2016

After ZeniMax sent the lawyers knocking, the developer of what was called DoomRL (Doom Roguelike) has changed it's name to 'DRL' and it's now open source.

The Keeper, a promising looking side-scrolling survival action game with plenty of action is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 7 Dec 2016

The Keeper side-scrolling survival action game full of boss battles, a combo system for combat and a day and night cycle will come to Linux.

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, the top-down stealth game is now out

By Liam Dawe, 7 Dec 2016

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is the rather good top-down stealth game from Mimimi Productions. It's now out way a day-1 Linux release and it has a demo.

Total War: WARHAMMER - Realm of The Wood Elves DLC will come to Linux soon

By Liam Dawe, 7 Dec 2016

Total War: WARHAMMER - Realm of The Wood Elves is the next DLC that introduces an exciting race into this strategy game.

The developers of 'EVERSPACE' are still working on the Linux version, seeking help from Epic Games

By Liam Dawe, 7 Dec 2016

EVERSPACE is the fantastic looking UE4 space shooter that's being ported to Linux, but the developers have encountered a problem with lighting bugs.

BOOR, a new puzzle platformer will arrive with Linux support next year

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2016

BOOR is a new puzzle platformer from developer Dazlog Studio and publisher BadLand Games that will have Linux support.

New GOL site update released, read on for what’s new

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2016

I continue to refine the website almost daily and I just put up some major changes to be aware of. Did you notice?

Site Info

Dawn of War II has a minor patch to fix a few issues

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2016

Feral Interactive have patched the Linux port of Dawn of War II today that fixes two notable issues to make it a better experience.

Editorial: A chat about asking developers for a Linux port

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2016

It has come to my attention recently that some people have been taking a really hard stance against developers who want to gauge interest for a Linux port. I want to talk about it for a bit.

Editorial

AMD working on an updated driver that will support FreeSync on Linux and wider GPU support

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2016

AMD have announced that they are working on a big driver update. The Linux driver will support FreeSync and have wider support for their different GPUs.

AMD
Drivers

Khronos are working on an open standard for VR, Valve will use it

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2016

Khronos announced today that they are working on a new open standard for VR and Valve have already said they expect replace parts of their OpenVR with it.