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Faeria is another Unity game that is partially broken on Linux due to an engine update, here's a quick fix

By Liam Dawe,
It seems there's an annoying bug in Unity right now, that a bunch of developers are hitting. It seems Faeria has the same bug that hit White Noise 2 and Ballistic Overkill recently. Here's a quick fix.

Reus finally updated for Linux bringing it out of Beta, now properly supported

By Liam Dawe,
Reus landed on Linux in some form of Beta quite some time ago, but the game has been updated today to bring it in line with the Windows version with official support.

Small site update in regards to the moderation queue, which is now live on article comments

By Liam Dawe,
Since the level of toxic posts in the community has sadly risen, I have now rolled out the moderation queue approvals process that was in place on the forum into article comments too.

Two Worlds II HD - Call of the Tenebrae, a standalone version of the DLC will see Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Two Worlds II HD - Call of the Tenebrae is a new standalone version of the upcoming 'Call of the Tenebrae' DLC for Two Worlds II. It will see day-1 Linux support.

RadeonSI has a large patch set in Mesa-dev for ARB_bindless_texture, allows Dawn of War III to work on Mesa

By Liam Dawe,
Mesa developer Samuel Pitoiset sent in a set of 65 patches to the Mesa-dev list to enable ARB_bindless_texture for RadeonSI (AMD), this will allow Dawn of War III to work on Mesa.

The Mesa fixes needed for Dying Light and Dead Island Definitive Edition are now in Mesa-git

By Liam Dawe,
Dying Light and Dead Island Definitive Edition were previously broken on Mesa, but as of today a patch has landed in Mesa-git to fix them both ready for Mesa 17.2.

White Noise 2 updated again, includes an 'experimental fix' from the Unity team for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
White Noise 2 was recently broken by a Unity update for Linux gamers, but it seems an 'experimental fix' from the Unity team has fixed it for me.

The developer of EVERSPACE makes it clear it's not just NVIDIA problems holding the port up, making progress

By Liam Dawe,
EVERSPACE is still coming to Linux and the developer has made it clear that it's not just problems with NVIDIA holding the Linux port back. They also made a little progress.

Feral have released the Linux requirements to run Shogun 2 with NVIDIA, AMD & Intel supported

By Liam Dawe,
Good news for anyone wanting to play either Total War Shogun 2 or Fall of the Samurai as the specs have been released for the Linux versions.

Friday Livestream with Samsai at 5 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
Friday is upon us and that naturally means a livestream will be organized in celebration of the arrival of yet another Friday! So, come along for the ride as I play some video games and transmit the captured frames over the internet to your computer!

Post Human W.A.R, a pretty decent looking strategy game might come to Linux with enough requests

By Liam Dawe,
Post Human W.A.R is a turn-based, tactical and psychological strategy game set in an absurd and original post-apocalyptic world. According to the developer, they may do a Linux version if enough people ask.

The Inner World - The Last Wind Monk to release July 13th with Linux support, new trailer

By Liam Dawe,
The Inner World - The Last Wind Monk will release with Linux support on July 13th and they have just shown off the first trailer.

Pizza Connection 3 simulation and management game to release with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Pizza Connection 3 is a new simulation and management game from Gentlymad and Assemble Entertainment, it will release next year with Linux support.

The developers of Stardrift Nomads are looking for testers of their Linux build

By Liam Dawe,
The dual-stick shooter, Stardrift Nomads, is coming to Linux and the developers are requesting testers get in touch to take a look at the Linux build.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III releasing for Linux on June 8th

By Liam Dawe,
Feral Interactive have announced now that Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III is coming to Linux on June 8th!

Friday Madness, a quick look at some good Linux gaming deals, lot's going on sale!

By Liam Dawe,
Later than usual, but here's a weekly look at some decent Linux gaming deals going on right now. Hand-picked deals of what I think you might like.

Day of Infamy major update featuring Australia, also on sale with Insurgency bundled for free

By Liam Dawe,
Day of Infamy, the rather fantastic FPS has just released a major update featuring Australia. It's also on sale on Chrono which comes with Insurgency for free.

Cities: Skylines - Mass Transit released, probably the best expansion to the game yet

By Liam Dawe,
Cities: Skylines gets bigger again, as Mass Transit is now out with slick new transport options. I had advance access and have some thoughts to share.

EVERSPACE to launch without Linux support, NVIDIA driver bugs are part of the problem

By Liam Dawe,
EVERSPACE, the gorgeous space shooter that's supposed to get a Linux version is launching soon, but sadly, there will be no Linux support for now.

There's another 'Life is Strange' on the way

By Liam Dawe,
Developer DONTNOD has announced that they are working on another Life is Strange title! Exciting, considering how much I enjoyed the Linux port.