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Mimimi Productions state that Linux (and Mac) were profitable for The Last Tinker

By Liam Dawe,
30
Good news today folks, as Mimimi Productions who recently released Shadow Tactics have stated that their previous game The Last Tinker was profitable on Linux (and Mac).
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Helium Rain, a realistic UE4 space simulation game is coming to Linux in 2017, looks brilliant

By Liam Dawe,
37
The developers of Helium Rain sent word that their realistic space simulation game will fully support Linux at launch. The main developer is also using Linux to make the game.
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Looks like Virtual Programming are working on porting Putty Squad to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
10
Putty Squad, a platformer from 1994 which had a revamped version in 2013 looks like it's coming to Linux from Virtual Programming.
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Wine 2.0-rc1 released, also showing progress towards Overwatch working in a future Wine version

By Liam Dawe,
42
Recently Wine 2.0-rc1 has been released as the next step towards another major stable release of Wine. Additionally, the Wine developers have talked about ongoing Direct3D 11 development and getting Overwatch to work.
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Linux Gaming in 2016, an end of year review

By Liam Dawe,
43
2016 has been an absolute knockout year for Linux gaming, let’s have a little talk about what we have achieved.
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The Talos Principle stable build updated, includes the latest improvements for Vulkan (updated)

By Liam Dawe,
30
Croteam have updated The Talos Principle today to move the last beta build over to the stable release.
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Parkitect, the rather excellent theme park builder has a new alpha available

By Liam Dawe,
2
Parkitect is a really damn cute theme park building game currently in Early Access, the developers have recently release another content update.
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Classic RTS 'Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries' updated, includes online matchmaking and more

By Liam Dawe,
6
The classic strategy game Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries was updated this year to include a few nifty features.
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Games Republic, the store owned by 11bit studios is shutting down

By Liam Dawe,
7
If you have purchased anything from Games Republic, you may want to ensure you have grabbed all your keys as they are shutting down.
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Super Rad Raygun, a love-letter to the Game Boy era of gaming, some thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
1
The developer of Super Rad Raygun sent in a key for me to check out their retro-inspired action platformer.
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Valve announce Dota 2 - 7.00, a massive update that changes everything

By Liam Dawe,
20
Valve have announced a massive 7.00 update for Dota 2 which changes the entire way the game works, and it sounds very interesting.
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Astroneer, the excellent looking space adventure game will come to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
25
You may not remember Astroneer, as I covered it late last year as a possible game coming to Linux. The developers have since been back in contact with me to confirm a Linux version is coming.
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Over 1,000 games have released on Steam this year with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
43
Don't adjust your screens, as you did read that correctly. Over 1,000 games have released on Steam this year alone with Linux support. Also, yes, that homepage image is a case of me wondering how many gimp effects I can squeeze into one image.
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Join me tonight at 8PM UTC for the weekly Linux gaming livestream

By Liam Dawe,
5
It's Friday, apparently I managed to sleep all day due to exhaustion, but I have been quickly catching up on my inbox and tonight's livestream will go ahead at 8PM UTC as normal!
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BUTCHER, the brutal 2D shooter has a free DLC which gives you an easy mode

By Liam Dawe,
2
BUTCHER, the gory and totally brutal 2D shooter that's really quite good has a free DLC which enables an easy mode.
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Best Buds vs Bad Guys is another game that has been delayed for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
2
Best Buds vs Bad Guys is another game that has sadly seen a delay of the Linux version. I'm a little sour here since I funded it on Kickstarter (broke my own rule there!).
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OneShot, a surreal top down puzzle & adventure game has been delayed for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
1
OneShot, a pretty promising looking puzzle & adventure game was planned as a day-1 Linux release, but it's seen a delay.
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Marek sent in a patch to fix a 9 year old bug with Mesa, helps radeonsi with multiple games

By Liam Dawe,
12
This is quite an amazing little fix. Marek sent in a patch for Mesa that fixes a bug that has apparently been an issue for around 9 years.
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance may not come to Linux at all, more bad news

By Liam Dawe,
55
Previously, Kingdom Come: Deliverance had an update where the developers said they weren't aiming for a same-day release for Linux. Now, they said to me directly the Linux version may not happen at all.
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Looks like hit adventure game 'Owlboy' really is coming to Linux, ported by Ethan Lee

By Liam Dawe,
13
Ethan Lee sent out a teaser tweet earlier about Owlboy, as it seems he is porting it and wanted to get in first before it ends up popping up on SteamDB.
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