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Dota 2 patched for AMD Ryzen

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have put out a small Dota 2 update that aims to improve performance on the new Ryzen processors from AMD.

Space sandbox game 'Avorion' has a whopper of an update, considering getting a server for it

By Liam Dawe,
I am a massive fan of 'Avorion' as this Early Access space sandbox has a lot going for it and it just got a major update. I am also considering setting up a GOL server for it!

Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta) for The First Encounter is now available, with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Serious Sam Fusion 2017 the massive update from Croteam is now available for Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter.

Eitr, an action RPG built around exceptional combat with fantastic visuals

By Liam Dawe,
I was sent a link to Eitr, as it's an action RPG with some really fantastic art and fun looking combat. I think you will like the look of this too and it's due for release sometime this year.

All of the 'Aveyond' 2D RPG games are now available on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
RadialApps, with blessing from the original developer, has ported over all of the Aveyond 2D RPG titles to Linux.

Overload, the shiny new six-degree-of-freedom shooter has entered Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Overload is another new six-degree-of-freedom shooter on Steam. It's currently in Early Access, but even so it's already very impressive.

Some thoughts on 'Codex of Victory', the mix of turn-based and real time strategy

By Liam Dawe,
I've spent some time playing the strategy game 'Codex of Victory' now it's fully released and it's quite surprising.

Looks like the open source Vulkan driver 'radv' for AMD conforms nicely

By Liam Dawe,
A Mesa developer wrote up a blog post about the conformance of the open source Mesa Vulkan driver 'radv' for AMD.

Star Citizen to use Vulkan instead of DirectX 12 and drop DirectX 11 eventually

By Liam Dawe,
A developer of Star Citizen has commented on their forum to state that the game will go with Vulkan and eventually drop DirectX.

Kerbal Space Program expansion 'Making History' announced with some fun new tools

By Liam Dawe,
The Kerbal Space Program developers Squad have announced a big expansion named 'Making History' and it sounds rather splendid.

Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter should get the Fusion update with Linux & Vulkan on Monday or Tuesday

By Liam Dawe,
Croteam are being awesome as usual, as Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter should get the Fusion update that includes Linux and Vulkan support early next week on Monday or Tuesday.

Sumoman, a rather hilarious looking puzzle platformer with some interesting physics is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Sumoman is confirmed to be coming to Linux and after watching the trailer I'm officially sold on it. We do have a great variety of platformers, but the physics at play here looks hilarious.

Wine 2.4 released, more Direct3D command stream work towards better performance

By Liam Dawe,
Wine 2.4 has been officially released and the developers are still plugging away at their Direct3D command stream work to improve Wine performance.

World to the West, a standalone followup to Teslagrad will be on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
World to the West is a colourful and cartoony action adventure game that's a standalone followup to the indie hit Teslagrad. It will release on May 5th and will include Linux support.

Another HITMAN elusive target is now live to attempt

By Liam Dawe,
Grab your gloves and your lockpick as the next elusive target is live for HITMAN, this time you're attempting to take out The Bookkeeper.

Friday Livestream with Samsai at 6 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
Friday arrives and brings us yet another chance to show our incompetence when it comes to gaming! Yes, the Friday Livestream is here once more to bring you live Linux gaming and the commentary that goes with it, so get your snacks and tune your Internet connection!

Some thoughts on Hard West

By Hamish,
Hard West is a hard game to recommend to anyone unwilling to subject themselves to a trial by fire. If it were a horse I would say that it tried to buck me at every possible opportunity. It almost succeeded too.

Man O' War: Corsair - Warhammer Naval Battles is now on Linux, after I poked the developer

By Liam Dawe,
It's fun when this happens, I poked the developer of Man O' War: Corsair - Warhammer Naval Battles about the Linux version and they replied saying it was coming and now in the same day they've put it up!

VThree, an Early Access run and jump speed-running platformer now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
I've spent a bit of time flailing about in VThree, a new Early Access run and jump game based on speed-running to the end of a level. It's fun, but difficult.

Atomic Reconstruction, a puzzle game about fusing and splitting atoms

By Liam Dawe,
Atomic Reconstruction is a simple-looking puzzle game about splitting and fusing atoms to complete each level. The Linux version launched in January, so it's likely a lot of Linux gamers missed it.