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Here’s some interesting answers from Gabe Newell and Valve from the reddit AMA

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2017

Gabe Newell and others at Valve are doing a reddit ‘Ask me anything’ and I have compiled a list of some good stuff to read.

Gabe Newell of Valve is doing a reddit 'Ask me anything' soon

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jan 2017

For those interested, Gabe Newell of Valve is doing a reddit 'Ask me anything' tonight and it starts really soon.

Sundered, a metroidvania with striking art made by Jotun's devs, is on Kickstarter

By BTRE, 17 Jan 2017

This metroidvania with distinctive hand-drawn art is set to launch sometime in the middle of the year. Developer Thunder Lotus has decided to start a crowdfunding campaign to finance extra polish and get player input before launch.

Prison Architect broke the Geneva Conventions for the use of a red cross

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jan 2017

This is, odd. The developers of Prison Architect have broken the Geneva Conventions (and British law) for their use of a red cross in the game.

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Lost Eden, the 1995 adventure game released on GOG with Linux support thanks to DOSBox

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jan 2017

Lost Eden, a classic from 1995 has been released on GOG and it has Linux support right away thanks to DOSBox.

The release of Mesa 17 has seen a bit of a delay, for all the right reasons

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jan 2017

Mesa 17, the next stable release of the open source graphics drivers on Linux has been a bit delayed, due to so much last minute work going on. Looks like Intel Ivy Bridge will get OpenGL 4.0.

Owlboy, the very popular 2D adventure game is seeking Linux testers

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jan 2017

Heads up action and adventure fans, as Owlboy is coming to Linux soon using FNA and they require some testers.

Mini Thief, an interesting 2D game about robbing increasingly difficult houses

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jan 2017

I’ve been testing out ‘Mini Thief’, a 2D game about robbing people and hopefully not getting caught. The question is as always: is it worth your bucks?

'Rise & Shine' a game where every level is a single, continuous work of art could come to Linux (updated!)

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jan 2017

Well, Rise & Shine has certainly hooked me in with its rather awesome visuals and slick looking action! The developers have said they are investigating and testing Linux support. UPDATED.

Exploring a floating island in 'Pocket Kingdom', a very well done throwback to Amiga games

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jan 2017

GOL follower hardpenguin sent over a copy of 'Pocket Kingdom' for me to take a look at, and as a fan of the Amiga I had to give it a go.

Farting on everyone in 'CropDuster Supreme' now available on Linux, it's actually hilarious

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jan 2017

The aim of the game in 'CropDuster Supreme' is to fart on people, now you may think this sounds terrible — but it's actually quite amusing! I know, I'm shocked too.

The open source Vulkan driver for AMD 'radv' now supports using multiple GPUs

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jan 2017

A commit that just landed in Mesa-git allows for 'radv', the open source Vulkan driver for AMD GPUs to use multiple devices.

Intel Haswell now supports OpenGL 4.5 with Mesa-git on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jan 2017

In another push towards Mesa finishing OpenGL for all vendors where possible, Intel Haswell chips now have support for OpenGL 4.5 with Mesa on Linux.

Building on up in Block'hood, my early thoughts on this cute neighbourhood-building sim

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jan 2017

Block'hood is a neighbourhood-building sim that's currently in Early Access. I couldn't resist grabbing a copy when it released for Linux, so here's some early thoughts.