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Gearend, a cute 2D non-linear exploration game built on Linux
I was sent in Gearend by a reader, as it not only looks like a pretty good 2D exploration game, but it's also developed on Linux.
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Discord announce their Linux client is now officially supported and out of beta
Discord, the insanely popular chat and VOIP client primarily aimed at gamers is now officially supported on Linux and out of beta.
Observer, a new horror from the 'Layers of Fear' developer and publisher Aspyr Media announced
Observer, a brand new horror from the developers of 'Layers of Fear' has been announced. It's being published by Aspyr Media once again and I have it confirmed it will be on Linux.
Ballistic Overkill, possibly my current favourite online FPS updated, available in more countries now too
Ballistic Overkill, the really fun and dirt cheap online FPS is now available in more countries! On top of that, they worked on some more optimization.
NVIDIA announce 'VkHLF', a high level abstraction library on top of Vulkan
NVIDIA has put out what they call 'VkHLF', a high level abstraction library on top of Vulkan. Looks like it's under a BSD-style license too.
Clean up after a dungeon master and discover secrets in 'Almost Epic Adventures : The Goblin's Week'
The developer of Almost Epic Adventures : The Goblin's Week emailed in to let us know about their game and it has a rather unusual setting.
Project Zomboid updated yet again, trading now possible with other players
Project Zomboid has another release pushed to the stable branch of this in-development Zombie survival game. One of the major new features is the ability to trade with other players when playing online.
Some thoughts on Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, the real-time tactics game
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, a top-down stealth game from Mimimi Productions released with day-1 Linux support. I have fond memories of games like Commandos, so is it any good?
Ignition, another classic game re-released on GOG with Linux support
Thanks to GOG and DOSBox, Linux gamers can enjoy the classic crazy racing game Ignition, which originally released in 1997.
Lars Doucet, a game developer, is asking Valve to open source the Steam Controller software
Lars Doucet, developer of Defender's Quest has written up a reddit post requesting Valve to open source the Steam Controller software.
Last day to submit games to our Linux GOTY awards
I decided to extend the submission time for our GOTY awards by one day just to give it a bit more exposure to gather a good list.
Valve are looking to gather a list of games that don't work with radeonsi
Valve developer Pierre-Loup Griffais has tweeted out asking for information on Linux games that don't currently work with radeonsi.
Chronicon, a good looking 2D action RPG should come to Linux
The developer of Chronicon has stated that a Linux build will be worked on and should be available in a few months.
Exclusive: Civilization VI now fully confirmed to be coming for SteamOS & Linux and soon too
It’s been a bit of a ride, but we now have it confirmed for sure that Civilization VI is coming to Linux, and the release isn’t far off. We are able to confirm this with permission before the official announcement from Aspyr Media that is due later today.
Mesa patched to help render The Witcher 2 correctly on radeonsi
Mesa has another patch that will be interesting for Linux gamers. This is actually a two-part fix as it was re-worked. The Witcher 2 should have a lot less black flickering with this latest patch.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown should now work properly with radeonsi
If you had tried playing XCOM: Enemy Unknown (not to be confused with XCOM 2) on radeonsi and had it crash constantly, the good news is that this should now be fixed as of Mesa 13.0.3.
X-Blades now has a Linux beta powered by Wine
As promised, Topware Interactive have released a Linux beta of X-Blades on Steam that uses Wine to make it easy for you.
Avenger Bird, retro inspired side-scroller is now available on Linux
Avenger Bird, a pretty nice looking retro inspired side-scroller is now available on Steam with Linux support.
Steam hits over 14 million concurrent users online
Steam has officially hit a new high for concurrent users online, with over 14 million people being online today.
Divinity: Original Sin may soon work with Mesa drivers
Divinity: Original Sin is one game that the open source Mesa drivers currently cannot run without hacks, but it looks like the Mesa team has been testing it.
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