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Transport Fever releases a big usability patch, Linux version performance still an issue

By Liam Dawe,
Transport Fever has just gained a big usability patch that promises improved performance, better RAM use and more. The problem is that the Linux performance is still terrible.

Open source RTS game MegaGlest has been released on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
MegaGlest, an open source RTS game that has been going for years is now available on Steam. Great to see this happen!

Road Redemption releases a massive content update, Linux version now behind

By Liam Dawe,
Road Redemption, the bike racing and combat game inspired by Road Rash has a massive update, but the Linux version is currently behind.

Parkitect alpha 12 released which continues the UI overhaul

By Liam Dawe,
Parkitect, the theme park building game that supports Linux has released another alpha. Amongst other things, it continues their UI overhaul.

Xonotic 0.8.2 released with new maps and numerous new features

By Samsai,
Version 0.8.2 of the free and open source arena FPS Xonotic has been released with a couple of new maps and a number of other changes and additions.

Beat Cop released with day one Linux support, my review

By Liam Dawe,
Beat Cop, a retro styled adventure game taking inspiration from old cop shows has arrived on Linux, but is it as good as it looks?

ARK: Survival Evolved has a major update with a needed UI refresh

By Liam Dawe,
ARK: Survival Evolved has another big update which finally includes a revamp of their old UI. It does look many times better and also unicorns.

Ballistic Overkill is one Unity title that may see an update with Vulkan

By Liam Dawe,
Just a quick update about the great online FPS Ballistic Overkill. I spoke to the developers on Twitter and it's possibly it may see a Unity upgrade to get Vulkan.

Wine 2.5 released with 30 bug fixes and various improvements

By Liam Dawe,
The latest development release of Wine (2.5) is available with 30 bugs fixed and some various improvements.

Some notes and benchmarks about a performance regression in Mad Max's OpenGL rendering

By Liam Dawe,
In an effort to make things as clear as possible, I decided to do some additional testing with Mad Max. More specifically, in OpenGL for Mad Max at release vs the beta.

Total War: WARHAMMER II announced and it sounds like it may see Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Total War: WARHAMMER II has been officially announced and going by their release announcement, it sounds like it may get Linux support.

Unity 5.6 is now available with full Vulkan support

By Liam Dawe,
The Unity game engine has put out their big 5.6 update which is a very exciting release, it now includes full Vulkan support!

Friday Livestream with Samsai at 5 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
Good evening dear viewers and readers! I would like to remind you that it is indeed Friday once again and that means that there is a livestream coming. Games will be played and nonsense will be said, just like it always has been! So, come and take a look!

Stellaris: Utopia, the first major expansion is now up for pre-order

By Liam Dawe,
While I usually don't like pre-orders, Paradox is certainly a developer worthy of it. Since we know this will have no problems with Linux support. Stellaris: Utopia is a massive expansion too, I can't wait!

Putty Squad from Virtual Programming officially released for Linux, some thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
Virtual Programming have release their latest Linux port with 'Putty Squad'. It's a remake of the 1994 platformer that shares the same name, but the updated release has crispier high resolution visuals. VP provided me a copy last night, so here's some thoughts.

Hollow Knight, the incredible looking action and adventure game now has a Linux beta on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
This keeps happening to me, I keep writing about something and a day later it's here! Hollow Knight now has a Linux beta build available on Steam.

Steam now has a bunch of Anime shows you can buy, also a sale on Anime games

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have done another push towards video content with Steam now partnering with Crunchyroll to offer certain series of Anime for purchase. They also have a bunch of Anime classed games on sale.

X-Plane 11 is now officially available with day-1 Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
The advanced flight simulator X-Plane 11 is now available and the developers put out day-1 Linux support.

Glittermitten Grove is now available on Linux, go collect some berries and something about frogs and fractions

By Liam Dawe,
Glittermitten Grove, a game I had never heard of until today has launched on Linux. Oh, it also apparently contains Frog Fractions 2.

Adventure game 'Thimbleweed Park' has officially released with day-1 Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Thimbleweed Park, from Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick has officially released for Linux today and it has day-1 Linux support.