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Croteam are continuing to improve The Talos Principle with a brand new stable build that has Vulkan optimizations.
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Soldat, a rather old side-view multiplayer action game is being ported to Linux
This is something I did not expect. I remember Soldat from many years ago and it looks like it's being ported to Linux.
Project Cars 2 now has a trailer, with no mention of their promised Linux/SteamOS support
Why am I not surprised? The developers of Project Cars 2 said the game would be coming out for SteamOS, but they are being silent on it. The same happened with the original.
The 'Humble Freedom Bundle' is huge and well worth picking up
The 'Humble Freedom Bundle' has launched and with it, tons of stuff. A large majority of it is available on Linux too.
Alwa's Awakening is a pretty decent NES-inspired adventure game with a very retro feel
In Alwa's Awakening you are a stranger who has been summoned to help rid Alwa of evil! A very retro throwback at the NES era and it pulls it off pretty well.
Mesa 17.0.0 has officially released and it's well worth updating
The Mesa developers have announced the release of Mesa 17.0.0 and it's a truly incredible release. You should probably update as soon as possible.
Stone Story looks like a very clever ASCII-styled RPG that will have Linux support
Now this is the kind of idea I think is extremely cool. An ASCII-styled RPG called 'Stone Story' will come to Linux, come check out the trailer.
Signs of Life, a sci-fi survival sandbox platformer officially adds Linux support
The developers of Signs of Life switched from XNA to MonoGame a few months ago and now the Linux build has been promoted to an officially supported platform.
Turns out that 'River City Ransom: Underground' will see day-1 Linux support (updated)
A few days ago I wrote about 'River City Ransom: Underground' not getting day-1 Linux support, but it seems it will and the developer had their wires crossed somewhere. Note: Article updated.
The Wild Eight is another game funded by Kickstarter that decided to delay the promised Linux version
GOL follower 'Beer' wrote in to let us know that 'The Wild Eight', a game I was previously excited about has decided to delay the Linux version because doing builds for different systems is 'too hard'.
Neon Drive, a very slick and rather difficult retro-inspired rhythm game
Neon Drive was sent in by GOL reader Cybolic as they have officially released their Linux version. The developers say it will make your brain melt and they aren't wrong.
Feral Interactive will livestream HITMAN for Linux on Wednesday the day before release
Exciting week ahead folks! We have HITMAN releasing on Thursday, so Feral Interactive are going to demo it on a livestream on Wednesday!
Join me on Twitch tonight at 8PM UTC for some gaming fun
Tonight I shall be continuing my weekly game of Half-Life 2: Update and Rocket League online with the community! Join me at 8PM UTC.
Rocket League should now perform better on Mesa with radeonsi
Timothee Besset sent word that Rocket League has now been updated to fix some issues Mesa users were having with radeonsi.
Steam now has over 3,000 Linux games available
It's official! Steam has hit another milestone for Linux games. We now have over 3,000 Linux games to fill our time with.
Into The Breach, the new strategy game from the makers of FTL will be on Linux
Into The Breach has been announced by Subset Games, the creators of the excellent FTL. It will support Linux, but not at day-1.
Valve set to replace Greenlight with Steam Direct
Valve have finally announced what they suggested they would do at the first SteamDevDays, Greenlight is being thrown out. It will be replaced by 'Steam Direct', which may still require a payment from developers.
The Linux release of River City Ransom: Underground will see a delay
River City Ransom: Underground, the crowdfunded follow-up to the original will see a delay in the Linux version.
Getting the 'threaded GL dispatch' code into Mesa is causing some issues, Valve might use a white-list
You may remember recently I wrote about 'threaded GL dispatch' in Mesa possibly getting merged, after AMD's Marek suggested it and there was some backlash, well, it has continued.
Day of Infamy, the WWII FPS has a big polishing update, take a look at my video
Day of Infamy, the WWII FPS from the Insurgency developers has a big update including new maps, updated game-modes, performance improvements and more.
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