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Oh...Sir!! The Insult Simulator is now available DRM free on GOG

By Liam Dawe, 14 Dec 2016

Have you been missing your chance to insult random people? Oh...Sir!! The Insult Simulator is now DRM free with Linux support on GOG.

BallisticNG, a racer inspired by Wipeout has unstable builds for Linux on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 14 Dec 2016

BallisticNG is an in-development racer heavily inspired by Wipeout on Steam. It seems it has picked up a community member to bring it over to Linux and has unstable builds available.

Jupiter Hell, the modern turn-based roguelike has been funded

By Liam Dawe, 14 Dec 2016

Jupiter Hell, the glorious looking modern roguelike has been over-funded on Kickstarter and so it's officially on its way to Linux.

SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell updated with a level editor and Steam Workshop support

By Liam Dawe, 14 Dec 2016

SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell, the rather good speed running game has been updated for you to make your own levels and you can download them from the Steam Workshop now too.

AMD 'Ryzen' is the official name of the Zen processors, more details released today

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2016

AMD have released more information about Zen, but the official name is now AMD 'Ryzen' (pronounced as Rye-zen). Their livestream event just finished, so here's a quick overview for you.

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Company of Heroes 2 is on a big sale once again, with 75% off

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2016

You might want to know that Company of Heroes 2 is once again on a big sale, with the game having 75% off!

Stefan Achatz, the developer who helps get Roccat devices properly working on Linux to end his work

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2016

Sad news for fans of Roccat hardware as the sole developer working on Roccat device support, Stefan Achatz, is stepping down from his work.

CrossOver 16 is out, built using Wine 2.0

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2016

CrossOver, the commercial interface for Wine has a new major version out, which uses the upcoming Wine 2.0 code.

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Unity 5.6 beta with Vulkan is now available

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2016

Unity 5.6 beta is now available and it brings Vulkan into the main builds of the Unity engine, exciting times!

Yooka-Laylee confirmed to launch on April 11, 2017 with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2016

The 3D platformer Yooka-Laylee has a confirmed launch date of April 11, 2017 and it will launch with Linux support.

The developers of 'Orwell' are looking for Linux testers

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2016

Orwell, a game about investigating citizens to find out who is responsible for terror attacks is coming to Linux. The developers are looking for Linux testers.

A major update is coming to Starbound, featuring challenging procedural dungeons

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2016

Starbound is going to get a major content update soon, which will feature a bunch of awesome new features.

Some thoughts on 'Her Majesty's SPIFFING', a new point & click adventure

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2016

Her Majesty's SPIFFING was sent over by a GOL follower and considering the rather British setting, I couldn't pass up a go at it.

Mimimi Productions state that Linux (and Mac) were profitable for The Last Tinker

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2016

Good news today folks, as Mimimi Productions who recently released Shadow Tactics have stated that their previous game The Last Tinker was profitable on Linux (and Mac).

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Helium Rain, a realistic UE4 space simulation game is coming to Linux in 2017, looks brilliant

By Liam Dawe, 12 Dec 2016

The developers of Helium Rain sent word that their realistic space simulation game will fully support Linux at launch. The main developer is also using Linux to make the game.

Looks like Virtual Programming are working on porting Putty Squad to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 12 Dec 2016

Putty Squad, a platformer from 1994 which had a revamped version in 2013 looks like it's coming to Linux from Virtual Programming.

Wine 2.0-rc1 released, also showing progress towards Overwatch working in a future Wine version

By Liam Dawe, 12 Dec 2016

Recently Wine 2.0-rc1 has been released as the next step towards another major stable release of Wine. Additionally, the Wine developers have talked about ongoing Direct3D 11 development and getting Overwatch to work.