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Immortal Redneck patched to increase performance, add Polish language and more

By Liam Dawe,
Immortal Redneck, the rather good dungeon crawling FPS has a major patch available that should boost performance.

Distrust, inspired by John Carpenter's "The Thing" could see Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Okay, this looks and sounds pretty great. Distrust, a game inspired by John Carpenter's "The Thing" could see Linux support.

Vaporum, a steampunk dungeon crawler could see a Linux release

By Liam Dawe,
Vaporum, a rather intense looking steampunk dungeon crawler could see a Linux release, depending on how it does at release.

Super Blood Hockey is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Super Blood Hockey, a violent homage to classic 8-bit and 16-bit ice hockey games is on its way to Linux.

Mesa 17.2 officially released

By Liam Dawe,
The open source graphics drivers, Mesa, have been updated to 17.2 which is a major new release bringing in many changes.

Some thoughts on the Cities: Skylines - Concerts mini-expansion

By Liam Dawe,
I was sent over a copy of Cities: Skylines - Concerts so I’ve given it a look. Here’s my thoughts on this mini-expansion.

Some thoughts on Castle Story, the voxel-based strategy game

By Liam Dawe,
Castle Story finally released in full and it came with day-1 Linux support, I've taken a look at this voxel-based strategy game to see if it's worth your cash.

Iron Harvest, an RTS set in the alternate reality of 1920+ should hopefully see Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
I heard about Iron Harvest some time ago, but couldn't find any information about KING Art's plans for a Linux version. Today I reached out and got a reply.

VEmpire - The Kings of Darkness, a Vampire themed digital card game will have Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Hey look, another card game! With Vampires! VEmpire - The Kings of Darkness will release in October and they will have day-1 Linux support.

Minecraft: Story Mode for Linux never got released, even though it was “ready”

By Liam Dawe,
I caught up with a developer who previously worked for Telltale Games, who worked on a Beta version of Minecraft: Story Mode for Linux which never did end up getting released.

Planet Nomads drops plans to have co-op and multiplayer

By Liam Dawe,
The Early Access sandbox game Planet Nomads has officially dropped plans to include any kind of co-op or multiplayer.

Developers of We Happy Few have started working on the Linux version

By Shmerl,
Finally, developers of We Happy Few from Compulsion Games started working on the Linux version, and they plan to be ready on or shortly after the release of the game which is scheduled for April 13 next year.

TINY METAL, a "spiritual successor" to Advance Wars has plans for a Linux version

By Liam Dawe,
Remember Advance Wars? Well, TINY METAL is a "spiritual successor" and the good news is that the developers have plans for a Linux version.

Innerspace, the exploration flying game from PolyKnight Games & Aspyr Media has a new teaser

By Liam Dawe,
Innerspace, a trippy looking exploration flying game from PolyKnight Games & Aspyr Media has a new teaser trailer.

Wine 2.16 released with various improvements

By Liam Dawe,
The latest Wine 2.16 release just hit my inbox and it features various improvements, nothing to shout about but progress is steady.

Studio Wildcard have announced another DLC named "ARK: Aberration"

By Liam Dawe,
ARK: Aberration, the next DLC from Studio Wildcard for their expensive survival game has been announced.

Friday Livestream with Samsai at 5 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
Weekend fast approaches but do not be worried for I am here once again to stream some video games to your viewing device of choice! Games have been primed and stream rig is warmed up, all that is left is for you to find a nice place, get some snacks and enjoy the show!

spaceBOUND, the clever zero-gravity puzzle-platformer now works on Linux, it's very good

By Liam Dawe,
I mentioned spaceBOUND recently, but it didn't really work. Thankfully, now it will if you use the usual Unity trick to overcome the broken fullscreen. It's a clever game too, well worth a look.

Linux desktop market share has hit another all time high above 3%, according to netmarketshare

By Liam Dawe,
Another month, another record. Linux market share has now hit 3.37% according to the netmarketshare website.

War Thunder may replace OpenGL and DirectX 9 with Vulkan in "the near future"

By Liam Dawe,
War Thunder, the free to play cross-platform MMO may gain Vulkan support in "the near future" the developers have said.