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Steam now has over 3,000 Linux games available

By Liam Dawe,
It's official! Steam has hit another milestone for Linux games. We now have over 3,000 Linux games to fill our time with.

Into The Breach, the new strategy game from the makers of FTL will be on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Into The Breach has been announced by Subset Games, the creators of the excellent FTL. It will support Linux, but not at day-1.

OpenGL Multi-threading, what it is and what it means

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There’s been a fair bit of talk recently about attempting to multi-thread using OpenGL so I thought I’d write a bit more about what “multi-threading” an OpenGL game is, what’s normally done, and how it compares to multi-threading in Vulkan. Here's an attempt to explain it a little.

Valve set to replace Greenlight with Steam Direct

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have finally announced what they suggested they would do at the first SteamDevDays, Greenlight is being thrown out. It will be replaced by 'Steam Direct', which may still require a payment from developers.

Friday Livestream at 6 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
Hooray, it's Friday again and it's time for the Friday Livestream once more! Linux games will once again be played and nonsense will be discussed on our live show of Linux gaming! Reserve your seats and point your browsers towards our Twitch for tonight's show!

The Linux release of River City Ransom: Underground will see a delay

By Liam Dawe,
River City Ransom: Underground, the crowdfunded follow-up to the original will see a delay in the Linux version.

Getting the 'threaded GL dispatch' code into Mesa is causing some issues, Valve might use a white-list

By Liam Dawe,
You may remember recently I wrote about 'threaded GL dispatch' in Mesa possibly getting merged, after AMD's Marek suggested it and there was some backlash, well, it has continued.

Day of Infamy, the WWII FPS has a big polishing update, take a look at my video

By Liam Dawe,
Day of Infamy, the WWII FPS from the Insurgency developers has a big update including new maps, updated game-modes, performance improvements and more.

Interview with Aspyr Media about porting Civilization VI to Linux and other interesting questions

By Liam Dawe,
Now that Aspyr Media have ported Civilization VI to Linux, it’s time to publish our interview! Grab a coffee and come learn some things.

Croteam say Vulkan 'is the way forward', Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter due in 'weeks' with Vulkan

By Liam Dawe,
Continuing my love for Croteam, today it was pointed out on reddit that the Croteam developers have been talking quite a bit more about Vulkan on one of their Steam forums. They also stated that Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter should have the Fusion update with Linux & Vulkan in 'weeks'.

A look at Tinertia, a twin-stick rocket-jumping shooter for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The developer of Tinertia sent in some keys at user-request for us to take a look at this rather amusing twin-stick shooter.

Parkitect alpha 10 released, featuring improved water, ride budgets and much more

By Liam Dawe,
Parkitect is one of those Early Access games that sits firmly at the top of my list to keep an eye on. It's really fun already and every alpha is a big boost for it.

Valve have three new VR games in development

By Liam Dawe,
It seems that Valve are going to continue their VR push as they have announced they have three more VR games in development.

New trailer for Torment: Tides of Numenera introduces us to the story

By BTRE,
The upcoming RPG and set in the distant future has a compelling new trailer that explains more about the background to the plot and where the player character comes in.

Civilization VI released for Linux, video and port report (updated)

By Liam Dawe,
Aspyr Media have officially released the Linux port of Civilization VI and after testing it here’s some thoughts.

A look at 'Vidar', an Early Access 2D RPG, Adventure & Puzzle game now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Vidar has a lot going for it even this early on, as a fan of 2D RPG, Adventure & Puzzle games it ticks a lot of boxes for me.

The Dark Mod, the free stealth game inspired by Thief is looking to get on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Another good game project that could use some help in the way of your votes: The Dark Mod. The developers are wanting to get the game onto Steam through Greenlight.

Wine-Staging 2.1 release with CSMT support for DirectX 10 & 11

By Liam Dawe,
Wine-Staging has a big new update which brings in their CSMT (Command Stream Multithreading) support for DirectX 10 & 11.

Feral Interactive have released the HITMAN system requirements for Linux, NVIDIA & AMD supported

By Liam Dawe,
Looks like everyone is going to be happy with this one. Feral Interactive have announced the system requirements for HITMAN ahead of the release next week. AMD & NVIDIA are supported.

Bleed 2, a relentless 2D action game is now on Linux, ported by Ethan Lee

By Liam Dawe,
Ethan Lee has another port available for us day-1, today we are graced with Bleed 2. It's described as a relentless action game and looks mental.