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Want to be notified when your favourite livestreamers go live directly on your desktop? Got some tools for that

By Liam Dawe, 19 Aug 2016

The excellent OMG! Ubuntu! website has discovered a few nifty Linux desktop applications that will help you get notified when your favourite streamers go live. Handy if you follow our livestreams that's for sure.

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FEZ has a massive 1.2 update that switches out MonoGame for FNA & SDL2

By Liam Dawe, 19 Aug 2016

Ethan Lee is at it again, the hit indie platformer FEZ has released the big 1.2 update that ditches MonoGame for FNA.

Join me for another weekly Linux Gaming livestream tonight at around 7:35 UTC

By Liam Dawe, 19 Aug 2016

Tonight is the night, another one of our weekly livestreams showcasing some newer Linux games! Tonight's selection is beautiful.

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Motorsport Manager can now be pre-purchased on Steam with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 19 Aug 2016

The very cool looking Motorsport Manager game where you run your own F1 team is now available to pre-purchase on Steam.

Have you seen ChromaGun? A first-person puzzler inspired by portal, but with paint

By Liam Dawe, 19 Aug 2016

The developer of ChromaGun sent in a copy of the game for me to test out and while I found the idea rather cool, shooting paint around to solve puzzles it does have major issues on Linux.

The game store itch is making it easier for developers who run Kickstarter campaigns and email improvements

By Liam Dawe, 18 Aug 2016

itch is once again leading the way in innovative features for developers. They have announced new featured for developers who run Kickstarter campaigns and new email features to send messages to specific groups of purchases.

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Monsters and Monocles, a new co-op top down shooter enters Early Access, some early thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 18 Aug 2016

Come in, have a cup of tea to replenish that mind and let me tell you about Monsters and Monocles a stylish new co-op shooter that’s now available for Linux.

A reason for poor performance on AMD plus Mesa has been found and a patch is in progress

By Liam Dawe, 18 Aug 2016

Marek Olšák has recently sent word to the AMD mailing list that they have found a reason for some games performing poorly using Mesa. Another developer noted that a patch is already in progress.

Fear Equation, a turn based strategy and horror title is now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 18 Aug 2016

Fear Equation looks really cool, its a blend of both horror and strategy and today it has a Linux version posted up.

SteamOS 2.88 beta released, newer AMD driver and a crash fix for the updater

By Liam Dawe, 18 Aug 2016

SteamOS beta 2.88 is now out, nothing major as usual but it does feature a newer AMD driver and a fix for an updater crash.

Cities: Skylines - Natural Disasters expansion announced, mother nature is pissed

By Liam Dawe, 18 Aug 2016

Cities: Skylines - Natural Disasters is another expansion for the hit city builder, prepare for mother nature to come calling.

Nvidia beta driver 370.23 has initial support for PRIME Synchronization

By Liam Dawe, 18 Aug 2016

Nvidia has released the beta driver 370.23, the good news for multi-GPU users is that it features initial support for PRIME Synchronization.

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Totally Accurate Battle Simulator is probably the second funniest thing I have seen all day

By Liam Dawe, 17 Aug 2016

Okay so Totally Accurate Battle Simulator was sent in by a reader and after watching the trailer, I feel like I must own it.

Frozen State survival game survives Early Access, full version available, falls flat on its face

By Liam Dawe, 17 Aug 2016

I have owned Frozen State for some time and when I tried it a long time ago it felt weird, unfinished and not very fun. So I took a look at the brand new finish version.

Card battler Faeria will gain 20 hours of single-player content

By Liam Dawe, 17 Aug 2016

Faeria is a very cool game, not only will it become free to play, but it's also getting 20 hours worth of single-player content too.

Starbound to get fishing in a future update

By Liam Dawe, 17 Aug 2016

Starbound is already pretty massive, but it's about get an essential feature for killing time: Fishing!

No Man's Sky has been shown to work rather well in Wine on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 16 Aug 2016

Not my usual sort of topic, but since it's proving popular it's probably worth highlighting. No Man's Sky the brand new survival sim from Hello Games works rather well in Wine on Linux.