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Setting up a Bluetooth Controller for Linux Gaming (Part 2: Wine & Steam Play)

By LordDaveTheKind,
Recently I solved an issue for setting up my Wireless (via Bluetooth) controller on Steam for Linux (distr. Ubuntu 18.10), and decided to elaborate my experience a little better, and share my results and observations with you all.

DXVK 0.96 is now officially out with CPU & GPU overhead improvements plus plenty more

By Liam Dawe,
Hot on the heels of Wine 4.0, the excellent DXVK project has another fresh release available this weekend.

Talking point: What are you playing this weekend?

By Liam Dawe,
It's nearly the end of January already, feels like the year is going rather quickly! With all the releases we've had lately along with some excellent games last year, what are you clicking on this weekend?

Kingdoms and Castles had another wonderful update to expand the city builder recently

By Liam Dawe,
While this Kingdoms and Castles update isn't the one to include rival kingdoms (it's coming), it does lay-out some of the groundwork towards that.

X4: Foundations to come to Linux with one of the next major updates

By Liam Dawe,
Entering my inbox recently was an update on the roadmap for X4: Foundations, Linux is still in their plans but that date isn't too firm yet but we now have an idea of when it might be.

Some information on why Wine is not going to be using DXVK

By Liam Dawe,
It seems things aren't all rosy between CodeWeavers and DXVK, as developer Henri Verbeet has written into the Wine Development mailing list to give more details.

Explore space DRM-free with Helium Rain now available on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
Free from the restrictions of planet Earth, the space exploration, trading and action game 'Helium Rain' from Deimos Games has officially become DRM free on GOG.

Dark sci-fi adventure 'Orphan' lands on Linux and it's quite a ride

By Liam Dawe,
Orphan is a dark and quite chilling adventure from developer Windy Hill, with a pretty impressive atmosphere.

Pogo looks like a completely ridiculous 3D physics platformer, now supported on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
I will admit, this one looks completely silly. Still, games don't need to be super serious to be enjoyed.

Source Engine powered sword battler 'Blade Symphony' has another update

By Liam Dawe,
Another game from Puny Human was updated recently, this time it's the sword battler Blade Symphony which is powered by Valve's Source Engine.

The next version of Lutris will allow you to search for more games directly from the client

By Liam Dawe,
Lutris, the rather advanced game library manager is currently going through some major improvements with the 0.5.0 release that's in Beta. The latest new feature, is a rather nifty one.

Puny Human's wild shoot 'em up 'Galacide' has a big update out

By Liam Dawe,
Galacide from Puny Human is a shoot 'em up that blends together fast-paced action with the quick-thinking tactics of puzzlers.

Reminder: Update your PC info for the next round of statistics updates

By gamingonlinux,
This is your once a month reminder to make sure your PC information is correct on your user profiles. A fresh batch of statistics is generated on the 1st of each month.

Setting up a Bluetooth Controller for Linux Gaming

By LordDaveTheKind,
Recently I solved an issue for setting up my Wireless (via Bluetooth) controller on Steam for Linux, and decided to elaborate a little better about my experience, and share my results and observations with you all.

Pikuniku is an absolute surprise, what a joy to play and it's out now with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Pikuniku took me by surprise so much that I'm struggling to describe the feeling after playing it, an absolute joy for sure.

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire just got a beta to add in a turn-based mode

By Liam Dawe,
Obsidian Entertainment have updated Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire in quite a big way, with an open beta for owners to try out the new turn-based mode.

Get Deponia: The Complete Journey free in the Humble Winter Sale Encore

By Liam Dawe,
Humble are doing an encore of their Winter Sale and they're giving away another free game with Deponia: The Complete Journey. On top of that, if you spend at least $5 they give you a copy of Insurgency free too.

Plenty of new content is coming to Don't Starve Together in 2019

By Liam Dawe,
Don't Starve Together, the excellent multiplayer standalone of Klei Entertainment's dark survival game is set for plenty of upgrades this year.

Some thoughts on Gravel from Milestone, the 'ultimate off-road experience' tested

By Liam Dawe,
The second racer from Milestone officially arrived on Linux recently with Gravel, shortly after MXGP3. Both ports from Virtual Programming so let's take a look.

Cultist Simulator's free update is out adding a "positively unfair end-game mode"

By Liam Dawe,
Cultist Simulator, the roguelike narrative card game from Weather Factory has expanded with a new end-game mode that's "positively unfair".