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Company of Heroes 2 is now officially supported on AMD GPUs on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jul 2018

Feral Interactive have pushed out a patch for the Linux version of Company of Heroes 2 which gives it official AMD GPU support.

Space Bob vs. The Replicons a physics-based space exploration survival rogue-lite is now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jul 2018

Like your exploration and survival games? How about a pinch of physics fun? Space Bob vs. The Replicons is here to scratch that burning itch.

GOG now have the Linux port of Turok available

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jul 2018

Be ready to face the dinos as your friendly neighbourhood DRM free store have just today added the Linux version on Turok.

Looks like SteamOS 3.0 is on the way codenamed Clockwerk

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jul 2018

This is a little exciting! It seems Valve are pushing ahead with some major updates to SteamOS with SteamOS 3.0.

The fast-paced free shooter 'Xonotic' is now available as a Flatpak package for easy install

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jul 2018

Not to be outdone by Snap packages, Flatpak's are also getting in on the fun so you can also now get Xonotic from Flathub.

The space 4x strategy game 'Star Ruler 2' is now open source

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jul 2018

Star Ruler 2 from Blind Mind Studios has officially become open source and not just the game engine, it seems it's the whole thing.

Snap! The new Minecraft launcher now has another easy way to be installed on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jul 2018

Minecraft's rather large 'Update Aquatic' content update came out recently and it came with their fancy new launcher, getting it on Linux and keeping it up to date is now a snap.

Noclip have done an interesting documentary on how GOG came to be

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jul 2018

For those who have some time to spare, Noclip have done an interesting documentary on how game store GOG came to be.

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Humble Store and GOG have an interesting selection of sales this week for Linux fans

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jul 2018

As always, there's sales going on. We're here to keep track of them all each week and highlight anything of interest for Linux fans.

No Longer Home is a strange magical realist point and click game coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jul 2018

Currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter, No Longer Home is a strange magical realist point and click game that's coming to Linux.

Thoughts on the Corsair STRAFE RGB Mechanical Keyboard with Cherry MX Silent Switches

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jul 2018

If you're after a mechanical keyboard that isn't overly expensive, has some good features and not insanely loud, the Corsair STRAFE RGB Mechanical Keyboard with Cherry MX Silent Switches is a damn good bit of kit.

Polygod, the difficult FPS with random environments launches next month

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jul 2018

Polygod, the difficult FPS from Krafted Games is officially leaving Early Access on August 17th and it sure does look fun.

The urban block-based sandbox game 'Voxel Turf' adds new map generation options and more

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jul 2018

Voxel Turf, the urban block-based sandbox game was updated recently, giving you even more options to have a fun time.

The RPG 'Pathfinder: Kingmaker' is now going to release September 25th

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jul 2018

The rather interesting crowdfunded RPG Pathfinder: Kingmaker is no longer releasing next month, instead they've set a date of September 25th.

Wine 3.13 is out as well as DXVK 0.63 for D3D11 with Vulkan

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jul 2018

First of all the latest Wine development release is out with Wine 3.13 and on top of that DXVK for Vulkan-based D3D11 in Wine also release version 0.63.