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ESSENCE, a first-person non-violent exploration adventure arrives on Linux, Vulkan support possible in future
ESSENCE, a first-person non-violent exploration & adventure game recently released for Linux, with Vulkan support possibly coming.
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Earthlock: Festival of Magic is still heading to Linux
Earthlock: Festival of Magic gained a Linux Alpha version last year, but they went pretty quiet about it for a while. They have now confirmed they will continue the Linux version once the WiiU version is finished.
I tried Wurm Unlimited and it was a painful experience
Wurm Unlimited is the standalone version of the MMO Wurm Online. It recently had a big update and we were sent keys to check it out.
Dying Light & Dead Island Definitive Edition might soon work on Mesa
There's some activity on the Mesa-dev mailing list with patches that will enable both Dying Light & Dead Island Definitive Edition (and it seems Dead Island Riptide Definite Edition too) to work on Mesa.
Mesa 17.0.6 released with AMD Polaris 12 support in the 'radv' Vulkan driver
Mesa 17.0.6 is the latest bug-fix release for the 17.0 series, but it also comes with AMD Polaris 12 support for the 'radv' Vulkan driver that has been back-ported.
The developer of 'Inner Voices' will seriously consider a Linux version with enough interest
Another time to show support for a game to come to Linux, if you would buy it that is. The developer of Inner Voices has stated with enough support they will bring it to Linux.
Ravenfield, the Battlefield-like single-player FPS releases on Steam soon
I'm excited to see more from Ravenfield, as the early versions on itch are very promising. It's heading to Steam and will release with Linux support on May 18th.
Square Enix is selling Io-Interactive, developer of HITMAN
In a move that might prove frustrating for fans of HITMAN, Square Enix are selling the developer Io-Interactive.
Sudden Strike 4 to release August 11th with day-1 Linux support
This is awesome news. Sudden Strike 4 now has a proper release date of August 11th and it seems it will see a day-1 Linux release too.
The Linux port of Xenonauts is not supported and was only made for 'legacy customers'
Here's your utterly weird news of the day. Some time ago Xenonauts was ported to Linux by Knockout Games. The official website now claims it's not actually supported and is only meant for whatever the heck they mean by 'legacy customers'.
Wine 2.8 released with asynchronous Direct3D command stream
Wine 2.8 has now been released and it continues their work on the performance enhancing Direct3D command stream which is now done asynchronously.
Haemimont Games & Paradox announce 'Surviving Mars', a management strategy game
Surviving Mars, from developer Haemimont Games and publisher Paradox is a brand new management strategy game about colonizing the red planet.
BATTLETECH, the turn-based mech battler from Harebrained Schemes has a new trailer
Love mech battles? How about turn-based tactical mech battles? BATTLETECH is coming to Linux and it has a new trailer.
Steam Controller & Steam Link on sale for a few days, the Link is especially cheap
Valve have put up the Steam Controller and Steam Link for sale for the next few days and the Steam Link has a pretty big saving.
The Culling hopefully won't be broken forever on Linux, the developer does 'value' the Linux community
It seems my last article about The Culling got noticed by the developer, who reached out to me to confirm their commitment to Linux and they do plan to fix it.
DiRT Rally is currently free to play for three days with 70% off
DiRT Rally, the rather excellent game ported to Linux by Feral Interactive is free to try for the next three days so be sure to give it a go!
Dungeons 2 is currently free on the Humble Store for a limited time, has a Linux version
No need to sell off your minions to make a quick buck, as Dungeon 2 is currently completely free on the Humble Store.
Project Zomboid adds vehicles in a new beta
A new beta is available for the Zombie survival game Project Zomboid where you can test out vehicles.
Wednesday Madness, a quick look at some good Linux gaming deals
Welcome to another Wednesday Madness here at GOL. Another quick look at some good deals you shouldn't pass up!
NVIDIA 381.22 driver released with lots of bug fixes and newer Vulkan support
NVIDIA have released their 381.22 driver which comes with plenty of fixes, newer Vulkan support and more.
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