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Mesa 13.0.1 RC released, bug fixes and up to 30% performance increase in the Intel Vulkan driver

By Liam Dawe,
Not long after the big Mesa 13 release, we have a release candidate ready for a point release. It's an interesting one too, as it will include a performance improvement to the Intel Vulkan driver, as well as assorted bug fixes.

Make sure you play 'Gone Home' this weekend, as it's free for a short time

By Liam Dawe,
This is fantastic to see! 'Gone Home' is currently free on itch for the weekend as the developer is spreading a bit of hope and love.

Join me tonight for the Friday Linux gaming livestream at 8PM UTC

By Liam Dawe,
That's right folks, back again tonight at 8PM with another glorious livestream for you all. Come join the fun.

Feral Interactive will be livestreaming Total War: WARHAMMER for Linux on the 16th of November

By Liam Dawe,
Looks like Total War: WARHAMMER might be closer to release for Linux, as Feral Interactive will be livestreaming the Linux version on Wednesday the 16th of November.

'BossConstructor' released in full, create your own spaceships and take them into battle

By Liam Dawe,
'BossConstructor' is an indie spaceship building and combat simulator that was in Early Access for some time, but now it's released in full!

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided patch release for Linux, enables Breach mode

By Liam Dawe,
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided hasn’t been out long, but it already has the first Linux patch available which enables the Breach mode for us.

The Talos Principle updated again, new public beta improves their Vulkan support some more

By Liam Dawe,
The Talos Principle is currently one of the two Linux games to use Vulkan right now, so it's great to see them keep updating it.

White Noise 2 now works properly on Linux, this 4v1 horror game is damn fun and here's a video too

By Liam Dawe,
The developers of White Noise 2 have managed to fix it up and get it working nicely on Linux, so I was able to take a look.

The Humble Store is having a huge birthday sale, tons of stuff for insanely cheap

By Liam Dawe,
Someone pass the cake, as The Humble Store is having a massive sale to celebrate a birthday and there's lots of cheap Linux games.

User Editorial: Steam Machines & SteamOS after a year in the wild

By calvin,
On this day, last year, Valve released Steam Machines onto the world, after the typical Valve delays. While the state of the Linux desktop regarding gaming has improved, Steam Machines have not taken off as a platform, and SteamOS remains stagnant. What happened with these projects from Valve? Why were they created, why did they fail, and what could have been done to make them succeed?

Tyranny, the massive new RPG from Obsidian Entertainment releases today day-1 on Linux, our review

By Liam Dawe,
Tyranny is the huge new RPG from Obsidian Entertainment that myself and BTRE had the great pleasure of playing before release thanks to my contacts at Paradox Interactive, so here’s our thoughts.

'Motorsport Manager' won't get a Linux version until later, despite it releasing with a SteamOS icon (updated)

By Liam Dawe,
After purchasing 'Motorsport Manager' at release, I was a bit confused as to why it had a SteamOS icon when it downloaded nothing. Sadly, it seems this is false advertising as the developers planned to release it for Linux later. Updated: After I contacted Valve, the SteamOS icon was removed.

'Super Rad Raygun' might be the retro action game you need, now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
'Super Rad Raygun' is a very retro looking action game with a visual style much like on the original gameboy. With it's sweet monochrome graphics, it's a blast from the past with a modern take.

'Red Comrades 2: For the Great Justice. Reloaded' now available on SteamOS & Linux

By Liam Dawe,
'Red Comrades 2: For the Great Justice. Reloaded', is the sequel to a point & click adventure game about two Russian pop-culture legends.

Motorsport Manager released, sort of, currently downloads nothing on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Just a little warning if you were thinking of picking up Motorsport Manager, the Linux version on Steam currently downloads nothing.

Unity 5.6 will be the first version of Unity to have SDL for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The Linux developers at Unity have been plugging away on putting SDL2 into the Linux builds, and with Unity 5.6 it should be there.

Planetary Annihilation: TITANS lives again, about to get a lot more multi-threading

By Liam Dawe,
Planetary Annihilation: TITANS is one of the best traditional real time strategy games available on Linux. The good news is that it is still being supported, and it's about to get another huge update this time aimed at performance.

Black Mesa, the fan-made remake of Half-Life is rather unstable on Linux right now

By Liam Dawe,
I loved the first Half-Life, so the chance to revisit it in Black Mesa was too enticing to pass up, sadly though you may want to hold off for now.

Space Jammers, the roguelike shooter that works well on Linux needs funding on Kickstarter, possible source release

By Liam Dawe,
Space Jammers is a very cool roguelike shooter that currently has a free demo version available, and now it's on Kickstarter to finish the job.

'Planet Explorers', the open world RPG sandbox finally released in full, with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Planet Explorers has been in development for quite a while, with a Kickstarter in 2013 and Early Access in 2014 it has finally seen a full release.
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