How to setup OpenMW for modern Morrowind on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck
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The Humble Store winter sale is on and DiRT Showdown is free
Go grab DiRT Showdown for free and check out some other cheap games in the Humble Store winter sale.
Worms W.M.D has enabled cross-platform multiplayer in the latest patch
Worms W.M.D has a new major patch out that allows Linux gamers to play with anyone cross Windows, Mac and Linux.
OpenGL 4.3 now available in Mesa for nouveau (NVIDIA) for Maxwell and above
Samuel Pitoiset (Valve developer) just put some fresh work into Mesa-git that enables OpenGL 4.3 with nouveau (NVIDIA) for Maxwell and above.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided has some free content available in an update
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided has updated to include some free content for all owners of the game, which is a nice gesture from the developer and publisher.
The open source itch games client has updated again
For fans of the awesome itch games website, the client has been updated once again with a number of bug fixes.
Haswell should now see OpenGL 4.2 thanks to recent work in Mesa
Mesa is continuing to progress rapidly, as of today Haswell should now support OpenGL 4.2 ready for the next release of Mesa.
Stellaris is going to gain more customization options for empires, with 'Tradition trees' and 'Ascension Perks'
Stellaris is going to get a bit more feature-heavy with the next updated and DLC going by Paradox latest updates. They have detailed 'Tradition trees' which will be free and 'Ascension Perks' which will be in the next DLC.
Pixel Princess Blitz, a roguelike sandbox action RPG that plans Linux support is on Kickstarter
I don't cover too many crowdfunding projects, but Pixel Princess Blitz does look pretty entertaining. It also features full Linux support with no stretch goal.
Torment: Tides of Numenera looks set to get a day-1 Linux release
The upcoming RPG and spiritual successor to Planescape: Torment should be seeing a simultaneous release across all platforms.
The Linux GOTY award is now open for voting
That's it folks, it's time to get voting! The Linux GOTY award is now officially open for votes. You get one vote per category.
A Valve developer has released a tool to debug AMD graphics cards on Linux
Andres Rodriguez sent in a message to the mesa-dev mailing list announcing 'gputool' for debugging AMD graphics cards on Linux. It's also open source under the GPL, so that's awesome.
How To: An update on fixing screen-tearing on Linux with an NVIDIA GPU
My original guide on how to help fix screen-tearing on Linux with an NVIDIA GPU is a bit dated, so here’s an even easier way.
Verdun, the WWI FPS has added the Scottish in a free update
The Verdun developers have continued their work to add to the interesting WWI FPS and today the Scottish folk make their entry into the game.
Inexor, a fully open source fork of the FPS game Sauerbraten
It seems some developers got fed-up with some assets of the FPS game Sauerbraten being restricted, so they have forked it into the Inexor project.
Lugaru campaign now fully playable in Overgrowth, Lugaru HD now fully open source including the data
Two interesting bits of news for you! First up, Wolfire Games have updated Overgrowth with another alpha build and the Lugaru campaign is now finished. On top of that, Wolfire has made the data files for Lugaru HD fully open now too.
Be sure to join the big 'BeatFeral' game event in Company of Heroes 2 tonight
Tonight at 6:30PM UTC, Feral Interactive are hosting a big 'BeatFeral' event online in Company of Heroes 2.
Have you tried Switchcars? A roguelike arcade game set in a broken spacetime
Switchcars is a game I've been putting off trying for quite some time to wait for it to get polished up some more, but now I've jumped in at the deep end of this arcade style roguelike.
Gearend, a cute 2D non-linear exploration game built on Linux
I was sent in Gearend by a reader, as it not only looks like a pretty good 2D exploration game, but it's also developed on Linux.
Discord announce their Linux client is now officially supported and out of beta
Discord, the insanely popular chat and VOIP client primarily aimed at gamers is now officially supported on Linux and out of beta.
Observer, a new horror from the 'Layers of Fear' developer and publisher Aspyr Media announced
Observer, a brand new horror from the developers of 'Layers of Fear' has been announced. It's being published by Aspyr Media once again and I have it confirmed it will be on Linux.
- Proton Experimental gets fixes for Rocket League, Crimson Desert, Helldivers 2 and more
- If you drop (or throw) your new Steam Controller it will scream at you
- Linux security flaws Dirty Frag and Copy Fail are a good reminder to stay up to date
- SteamOS 3.8.4 Beta brings further Steam Machine support and fixes for experimental nested desktop mode
- PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 devs battling "AI slop code pull requests"
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