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How to livestream from Linux to Twitch, a simple guide to being awesome on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
I’ve had a number of requests to get a guide up on how to livestream from Linux to Twitch. It’s damn easy, so here’s how to do it.

Crusader Kings 2: Monks and Mystics, now available

By BTRE,
The latest expansion to the sprawling medieval grand strategy game has been released. Secret societies and orders are at the forefront of this one and, as always, a big free patch has arrived to all owners of the base game.

OBS Studio livestreaming and recording application updated, plenty of bug fixes

By Liam Dawe,
For those of you using OBS Studio for livestreaming and recording, you might want to update as OBS Studio 18.0.1 is now available.

Caveman Warriors, a surprisingly good 1-4 player action platformer needs help on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe,
The developers of Caveman Warriors sent in a copy of their in-development 1-4 player action platformer and it's really quite good.

Ama's Lullaby, a point & click adventure with hacking plans Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Ama's Lullaby is currently on Kickstarter with the interesting premise of being a point & click adventure with hacking.

World of One, a fantastic looking and dark indie puzzle platformer

By Liam Dawe,
The developers of World of One emailed in details about their dark puzzle platformer and it really does look interesting.

Hidden Folks, a fantastic and relaxing 'where's wally' game

By Liam Dawe,
Hidden Folk is a hand-drawn interactive 'find the character' game. Think of it like an animated 'where's wally' (that's Waldo to you Americans).

An explanation of what Mesa is and what graphics cards use it

By Liam Dawe,
Since we get a few comments here and there asking what Mesa is and what graphics cards will use it, here’s my attempt at clearing it up for you.

Deep Sixed, a very unique looking space survival roguelike will have Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Deep Sixed is a pretty unique looking space survival roguelike that will be heading to Kickstarter soon and the developers confirmed it will support Linux.

The Council Of Linux Gamers episode 2 is now up on Youtube if you missed it last night

By Liam Dawe,
For those that don't already know, HexDSL, myself, Osirez, Jake and sometimes others have joined together for a monthly Linux chat show. Last night was episode 2, which is now up on Youtube for your viewing pleasure.

The Mesa GLSL shader cache is now enabled by default

By Liam Dawe,
I'm sure plenty of you will be happy with this, as Mesa now has the shader cache enabled by default in Mesa-git to allow for wider testing. It may be turned off for Mesa 17.1, if wider testing shows issues with it.

Razer looking to improve Linux support on their 'Blade' series of laptops

By Liam Dawe,
It seems Razer have been getting a lot of requests for Linux support on their 'Razer Blade' laptop line, so they are looking for feedback.

Roguelite action rpg 'Unexplored' will come to Linux after the Mac build

By Liam Dawe,
Unexplored, a roguelite action rpg was emailed in as the developers have stated they will be doing a Linux version.

A look at how much RAM you might need as a Linux gamer

By Liam Dawe,
I had a chat on reddit about RAM use and it inspired me to check out multiple games to see just how much RAM you should be looking to have as a Linux gamer.

Wine 2.3 released with more Direct3D command stream and Shader Model 5 work

By Liam Dawe,
Wine 2.3 has officially released today and the developers are continuing their work to improve Wine performance and work on Shader Model 5.

I finally completed Half-Life 2 on Linux and it was quite the experience

By Liam Dawe,
With all the games we have on Linux now, let’s not forget some of the defining classics like Half-Life 2 which I have finally finished.

Friday Livestream with Samsai at 6 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
Friday has arrived and, as always, that means the arrival of the Friday Livestream. Once again we will fire up OBS and blast gameplay and associated commentary into the air for it to be caught by a telecommunications tower and be delivered to your monitor. So, grab your snacks and prepare for more live Linux gaming!

Looks like the experimental Linux version of Arma 3 will get the 64bit treatment

By Liam Dawe,
It seems that the experimental Linux version of Arma 3 is going to get the 64bit version in a coming update.

DiRT Rally tested on R7 370 and an A10-9600p APU

By Samsai,
I might be just a bit late with these numbers but I figured I’d share them nonetheless. Let’s check out how well DiRT Rally runs on my Radeon hardware!

tinyBuild announce Graveyard Keeper, an inaccurate medieval cemetery management sim

By Liam Dawe,
Well how's that for a headline? Lazy Bear Games (who developed Punch Club) & tinyBuild have announced their latest game called Graveyard Keeper and it sounds highly amusing.
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