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Does your mouse flicker or flash constantly in Unity games? Here's a solution

By Liam Dawe,
I came across another one of my weird issues recently. In Unity3D games when running them my mouse pointer would just flash or flicker, and I found a simple solution.

Albion Online MMORPG major update "Cador" released

By Liam Dawe,
Albion Online continues to get better with this latest major update to the indie MMORPG. It includes a re-work of armour types, tons of new spells and much more.

Race.a.bit, a retro styled 2D racer released on Linux, some thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
Race.a.bit is a new retro inspired 2D racer that is now on Linux, it doesn't have many reviews, so I took a look to let you know if it's worth it or not.

Villagers, a new town-building game released on Linux, some thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
I love city/town building games like Banished, Settlers and the like, so a brand new one on Linux was too good to pass up. Here we go with Villagers!

Two Worlds II to get major engine upgrade, new DLC and SteamOS & Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Something I have been speaking about with Topware since 2013 is finally going to happen! Two Worlds II is getting a major engine upgrade, with new DLC and SteamOS & Linux support too.

Lifeless Planet sci-fi adventure game now available in Beta for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Good news astronauts! Lifeless Planet is now available in Beta for Linux & SteamOS. Hopefully there aren't too many issues.

Atari Vault released for Windows, Linux build coming soon

By Liam Dawe,
Atari Vault launched without the mentioned SteamOS/Linux support, and no mention in their release announcement. I have now managed to get a response for you all.

Developer of advanced flight simulator X-Plane blogs about Vulkan

By Liam Dawe,
The developer of X-Plane, a cross-platform advanced flight simulator has written up a lengthy blogpost about Vulkan after going over the spec.

RollerCoaster Tycoon World now planning on Early Access, Linux is not day-1

By Liam Dawe,
What a surprise. RollerCoaster Tycoon World has seen delays before, and it will now go into Early Access instead of a full release. It has also dropped any mention of Linux/SteamOS from the Steam store page.

Friday Livestream will be here at 6 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
The past week has been quite hectic but despite the strain of exams and rapidly approaching deadlines, I will still bring you the Friday Livestream! Come and enjoy some live Linux gaming beamed to your local computer monitor via Twitch!

Amos from Itch has written a guide to distributing self-contained Linux builds

By Liam Dawe,
This is really great to see, and we need more of it. Amos from the game store Itch.io has written up a guide for people pushing out Linux builds of games.

Starbound just keeps on getting bigger and better

By Liam Dawe,
Starbound is still under development, and the developers have been adding some really great features I'm going to highlight.

SteamOS 2.67 beta now available, now prefers HDMI & DisplayPort and pulseaudio updates

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have pushed out SteamOS 2.67 beta with some minor but useful changes to the compositor, pulseaudio and boot-up. It also fixes as an issue with The Talos Principle.

Human Resource Machine has an open beta for Linux

By Eike,
Human Resource Machine, an indie programming puzzle game by the makers of Little Inferno and World of Goo, sharing their beautiful art style, is now in open public beta.

Ty the Tasmanian Tiger may come to Linux and Mac depending on Windows sales

By ChloeWolfieGirl,
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger is a 3d platforming exploration game from 2002 which has recently gained an HD upgrade for Windows.

Valve have released the CAD geometry for the Steam Controller

By Liam Dawe,
This is pretty fun, Valve have opened up the Steam Controller some more with the release of the CAD geometry for it. I wonder what wild versions of it we will see in future?

Knights and Merchants now on Linux (again), ported with Wine

By Liam Dawe,
I mentioned before that Knights and Merchants was coming back to Linux (after originally being ported by LGP). It is now officially available on Steam for Linux after a short beta, and it uses Wine.

Intel showed off Vulkan at GDC including the open source driver, here's the video

By Liam Dawe,
Not a long one, but still really nice to see. Intel were at GDC showing off Vulkan running on their hardware.

Syndrome, a survival horror game from Camel 101 has a pretty good new trailer

By Liam Dawe,
Syndrome is a brand new survival horror game coming out sometime this summer from Camel 101, and the trailer certainly makes it look good.

Tomb Raider will release for Linux on April 1st (Correction: release date was a glitch)

By Liam Dawe,
Update: It's not releasing then, it was a glitch in their news. Feral Interactive announced today that Tomb Raider will release for Linux on April 1st, so it's going to be a fun weekend!