Mesa 13.0.4 release candidate now available
In addition to Mesa 17 getting a new release candidate, we also today have a Mesa 13.0.4 release candidate which should be released on Friday.
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Mesa 17-rc2 released, stable version still expected next month
Emil Velikov has announced the second release candidate for Mesa 17, the next stable version of the open source graphics drivers on Linux.
Portal 2 has been patched to fix broken textures
For quite some time Portal 2 had broken textures on Linux and Windows. I reported the issue to Valve in April 2016 and they have now finally fixed it.
Timothee Besset is working on fixing the long 'hangs' Mesa users get in Rocket League
Game porter Timothee Besset, who did the Rocket League port, has posted on the bug report about Rocket League freezing up a lot on Mesa to note that he has started working on the issue.
Avorion, a procedural co-op space sandbox is now on Linux and it looks awesome
Avorion promises to give you a big open galaxy to explore fight, trade and construct spaceships in. They claim to remove a lot of micro-management which has me excited and it looks really slick.
Reminder: Update your PC info for the next round of statistics updates
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.
Ballistic Overkill major update released, new huge map and private servers
Ballistic Overkill, my favourite online FPS right now has a new update and it's quite a biggy. It includes a big new map and other goodies.
Wine 2.0 is now officially available
I just got the announce email from the Wine team that Wine 2.0 is now officially available. It's an absolutely massive release!
Mesa now has a patch to enable a shader cache for radeonsi (AMD)
This will probably be to the delight of many AMD graphics card owners who use the open source Mesa graphics drivers: A patch has been sent into the Mesa-dev mailing list for radeonsi to 'Add disk shader cache'.
Virtual Programming are porting Arma: Cold War Assault and Frog Climbers to Linux
It seems another porting company is starting to work on more and more Linux ports and the year has only just begun! Virtual Programming are working on Arma: Cold War Assault and Frog Climbers in addition to the already announced Putty Squad.
It doesn't look like Homefront: The Revolution is going to come to Linux any time soon
Homefront: The Revolution for Linux was announced with Linux support in 2014 and to this day we still can't get any clear communication on the port.
RUNNING WITH RIFLES updated with new vehicles and weapons
RUNNING WITH RIFLES is a fantastic top down army shooter and it has a major update featuring new weapons, vehicles and more.
Mesa 12.0.6 released with bug fixes for the older stable version, users encouraged to update to Mesa 13
Mesa 12.0.6 has released and it brings with it a bunch of bug fixes. While the latest stable version is Mesa 13.0.3, those sticking with the older Mesa 12 will still like their fixes.
Another patch to help The Witcher 2's issues with 'black transitions' has landed in Mesa-git
Marek Olšák sent in another patch to Mesa that is now in Mesa-git which should hopefully be a better fix for black transitions in The Witcher 2 on radeonsi (AMD).
Microsoft announces new DirectX Shader Compiler that's open source
It must be a bit chilly in hell today, as Microsoft have announced a new DirectX Shader Compiler and it's open source.
Kick Ass Commandos is absolutely nuts, violent and really damn fun
We had a post before about Kick Ass Commandos from another editor, but now I've given it a go in the full version and here's some thoughts.
Some thoughts on the Shadowrun series
Shadowrun was not only the first CRPG series I found compelling enough to play through all the way to the end, but one that I also found myself invested in enough to purchase additional instalments soon after playing the first.
Completely unexpected Monday Roguelikely Livestream today at 6 PM UTC
As you might have noticed, the last Friday Livestream was handled by Liam because I was doing secrety secret things and I will be doing more of the same on next Friday. So, I bring you an unexpected Monday Roguelikely Livestream!
Monumental Failure is absolutely hilarious, a game you just need to try
The developers of Monumental Failure sent over a key for me to test out their hilarious and totally historically accurate game about building monuments.
Competition: Win a key for the metroidvania-style game King Lucas
We have a bunch of Steam keys for King Lucas, a metroidvania-style game from DevilishGames and here's your chance to grab a copy.
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