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History, sci-fi, technology, cooking, writing and playing games are things I enjoy very much. I'm always keen to try different genres of games and discover all the gems out there.

Oh and the name doesn't mean anything but coincidentally could be pronounced as "Buttery" which suits me just fine.

Hearts of Iron IV: Waking the Tiger gets a release date

By BTRE, 30 Jan 2018

The war in China will be getting a lot more interesting in the upcoming expansion for Hearts of Iron IV. You’ll have a chance to see for yourself in March but, for now, the developers have put out a video with the highlights of incoming features.

GDC’s annual "State of the Gaming Industry" report is out, shows encouraging signs for Linux

By BTRE, 25 Jan 2018

The report is a survey of around 4,000 game developers that’s released as a snapshot of the industry ahead of the annual Game Developers Conference. There are positive signs for Linux as a platform in the responses.

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Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire gets a release date

By BTRE, 25 Jan 2018

The RPG sequel looks to be coming sooner than expected, on April 3. Obsidian have also put up the game for preorder.

Starward Rogue: AuGMENTED expansion adds a lot more to discover and destroy, some thoughts

By BTRE, 24 Jan 2018

Two years on from the release of the original game, Arcen games have released an expansion to their sometimes over-the-top action shooter/dungeon crawler hybrid. After dodging my fair share of bullets and dying quite a few times, I have a few thoughts to share on the experience.

Civilization VI: Rise and Fall shows off overview of new features

By BTRE, 16 Jan 2018

The upcoming expansion for Civilization VI will be introducing quite a few interesting changes to the game. You can see how exactly you’ll be spending just one more turn in this overview video.

BATTLETECH will only be coming to Linux post-launch, along with other features

By BTRE, 16 Jan 2018

The turn-based mech strategy game developed by Harebrained Schemes won’t be on Linux at launch later this year. Other features have also been cut or altered and will be making into the game post-release.

Hex: Shards of Fate, a digital card game, has unofficial Linux builds available

By BTRE, 12 Jan 2018

This rather fun trading card game has had unofficial builds that run on Linux for a little while now. I tried them out and it’s a pretty fun game, but don’t expect official support anytime soon.

The “Fall 2017” update for Civilization VI has finally made it to Linux

By BTRE, 12 Jan 2018

The folks at Aspyr Media have brought over the last big patch for the addictive strategy game. There’s plenty of changes in this one and new civilizations in the form of DLC.

Some reflections on radv, the first open source Vulkan driver for AMD GPUs

By BTRE, 30 Dec 2017

With recent commits that fix bugs and allow newer Vega cards to pass tests for official conformance, development for radv continues apace. It’s a good time to look back and talk about just how far the driver has come in such a short time.