Nvidia pushes more OpenGL and Vulkan blog posts for developers
Nvidia have published two more blog posts about both Vulkan and OpenGL, "Transitioning from OpenGL to Vulkan" and "OpenGL like Vulkan".
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Sunless Sea looks like it may get an official Linux build, game looks creepy & awesome
I've been keeping an eye on Sunless Sea for a long time, as it looks really quite good. It has had an experimental Linux version you had the email the developers to get for a long time, but it looks like it's being added to Steam.
Xenonauts 2 being made, developer tells us should be on Linux
If XCOM just isn't enough alien vs human strategy for you, Xenonauts 2 is now also being created and the developer confirmed to us it should be on Linux.
Frozen Synapse 2 announced, dev confirmed to us it will be on Linux
Sorry for being a bit late on this, but a few days ago I asked the developers mode7 if Frozen Synapse 2 will be on Linux, and they kindly replied.
Tomb Raider really does look like it's coming to Linux & SteamOS
Thanks to SteamDB and a twitter follower it really does look more likely that Tomb Raider (the 2013 version) is coming to Linux.
Cities: Skylines to get a free Theme Editor, with way more map customization options
Cities: Skylines looks like it's getting some really great support, and with a free update coming soon we will get access to a new Theme Editor. We also have a video with some of the Snowfall expansion gameplay.
The talk about Vulkan at FOSDEM by Jason Ekstrand from Intel now has a video up
For those wanting to listen to the actual talk Jason Ekstrand from Intel did about Vulkan you can now watch the video.
Tempest, a good looking pirate ship combat game looks like it's coming to Linux
Tempest is a pretty good looking naval warfare game involving pirate ships, and it looks like it's coming over to Linux.
BattlEye anti-cheat now supports Linux, already live in ARK: Survival Evolved
Everyone playing ARK: Survival Evolved on Linux can calm down now, as BattlEye now supports Linux and it's already live.
We Are Legion, indie strategy game with hundreds or even millions of units now on Linux
We Are Legion is a small indie strategy game with no unit caps, so you could end up with millions of units going at it. Sounds fun, but the graphics are pretty low-res.
Vulkan webinar to take place this month, hour session talking about the API and SDK
It's getting close to the launch of Vulkan, I can feel it! Khronos are doing a webinar on February 18th at 9:00am PT (17:00 GMT).
Steam Beta adds hardware accelerated encoding for Nvidia on Linux, Steam Controller major update
A pretty major Steam Client Beta just landed, and with it comes hardware accelerated encoding for In-Home Streaming on Nvidia with Linux, and you can also now configure the Steam Controller for desktop mode (including using the big picture overlay when launching from the desktop client).
Amazon launches Lumberyard, a free game engine that will support Linux and have source access
Amazon dropped a bit of a big one recently, they announced Lumberyard which will be a mix of code from CryEngine, Double Helix and you can get source code access with it too.
ARK: Survival Evolved devs throwing money at BattlEye for Linux support, good news for Arma 3 too
Sad news for players of ARK: Survival Evolved as it now uses BattlEye for online play, but the great news is the developers of ARK have confirmed BattlEye is coming to Linux and they are throwing money to help it happen. This will also be good news for Arma 3 players.
Firewatch, a first person mystery adventure game released for Linux & SteamOS
Firewatch looks awesome, for the style, the story and the gameplay. It's available day-1 for Linux and SteamOS.
Dying Light: The Following - Enhanced Edition now available for Linux, texture issues
Dying Light: The Following - Enhanced Edition is a big patch and DLC now available for Dying Light. I have tested it a bit and here's what I found.
Does Dying Light's Linux to Linux multiplayer fail for you? Please confirm it here
I've heard reports far and wide that the Linux to Linux multiplayer in Dying Light is broken. Myself and Samsai tried to connect to each other many times and it failed every time, lets get it fixed.
GPUOpen has launched, AMD open up more to the community
Sorry for the lateness, but GPUOpen from AMD is now officially open to the public. I really like the way AMD is going doing things like this.
XCOM 2 is so popular it has beaten the all time peak player count of a number of games
This is awesome to see. XCOM 2 has beaten the all time peak player counter of some pretty high profiles games in only a few days.
Gas Guzzlers Extreme looks like it is going to come to Linux, porting starts soon
Gas Guzzlers Extreme has an interesting history, but it looks like the developers are once again trying to bring it to Linux.
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