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Feral Interactive are teasing a new Linux port again
Were you alarmed that Feral Interactive didn't have any new Linux ports listed on their radar? Worry no more, as a new UFO (Unidentified Feral Object) has appeared over Linux.
Join me for the co-op Linux livestream tonight at 20:30 UTC, plus Dawn of War II keys to give away
Tonight is going to be a special event, as it's going to be a mainly co-op focused livestream, so be sure to join in if you can.
Project Zomboid to finally get in-game maps you can make notes on
It's pretty easy to get completely lost in Project Zomboid, but the developers have announced a new feature coming: maps.
Puzzle Puppers is now officially on Linux, thanks to some messages from the community
I posted about Puzzle Puppers possibly coming to Linux only yesterday and a few people told the developers they would buy it. The developer has now published a Linux version!
Shadow of Mordor benchmarks old vs new on Linux
Since Feral Interactive noted performance fixes in the recent Shadow of Mordor patch I went ahead and test some benchmarks on my testing box for you.
Owlboy, is now available for Linux and it has completely won me over, it's also on sale
Owlboy, the popular 2D adventure game from D-Pad Studio is now officially available on Linux. I gave it a run-down to see if it's worthy of your bucks.
Act fast to get Payday 2 plus some DLC for $1 from Humble Bundle's 72 hour bundle
For those that don't own it, Humble Bundle are doing a 72 hour bundle where you can grab Payday 2 plus DLC for $1.
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire announced, has crowdfunding campaign
Obsidian has announced a sequel to their original RPG, Pillars of Eternity. This direct sequel will have plenty of technical improvements and will take in a whole new region of the world of Eora.
Civilization VI has entered final testing for Linux, could release soon, should be on sale too
It has been pointed out in our Telegram chat group (thanks Kithop) that Aspyr Media have said on Steam that Civilization VI has entered final testing for Linux.
AMDGPU-PRO 16.60 released for Linux, adds support for even more cards including GCN 1.0
AMDGPU-PRO 16.60 is now officially available for AMD GPU owners and it adds support for even more cards including GCN 1.0.
Jonathan Blow states he is open to a Linux port of The Witness with Vulkan, but never with OpenGL
For those of you interested in seeing The Witness on Linux, it seems Jonathan Blow mentioned it again recently in a livestream in response to a viewer question. It's hard to argue with what he's saying.
Enter the Gungeon gets loads of new content in its latest update
The very shooty and fast-paced dungeon crawler has gotten a free update called “Supply Drop”. It adds plenty of new guns, rooms and other things for players to find in their playthroughs.
Shadow of Mordor patch released for Linux, fixes issue with NVIDIA cards and more
The patch we have been waiting on for Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is finally live and fixes a major graphical bug on NVIDIA drivers.
Iron Sky: Invasion, the Wine-port from Topware Interactive is out of Beta and on sale
The Linux Wine-port of Iron Sky: Invasion is now officially out of beta and it's on sale with 80% off for another few days.
Dead Cells, a roguelike and castlevania-inspired action-platformer looks amazing and heading to Linux
Dead Cells, a 2D roguelike and castlevania-inspired action-platformer was emailed in by Sintineddu and wow, the art in this one is fantastic.
Puzzle Puppers, a really cute puzzle game could come to Linux with enough support
The developers of Puzzle Puppers have stated that a Linux version will be bumped up the list if there is real interest.
Wine Staging 2.0 available, also new on the state of Vulkan, DX11 and more
The Wine Staging team has release their 2.0 release and they have also written up a blog post detailing work on Vulkan, DX11 and more. Seems a number of DX11 games now work!
A note about security after a possible security issue was discovered
Tonight my family time was interrupted by notifications that a possible security issue had been discovered in our code. This is a full disclosure to let you know what happened.
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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- Pricing announced for the Orange Pi Neo gaming handheld with Manjaro Linux
- System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster is Steam Deck Verified and SteamOS Compatible ahead of release
- Stalker 2 version 1.5 actually sorts out the A-Life AI system, and modding support is here
- Vulkan API developers try to address some developer frustrations with a new extension
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