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NVIDIA 378.09 beta driver released, adds OpenGL threaded optimizations by default and more

By Liam Dawe,
A pretty interesting NVIDIA beta driver has landed and it officially enables their OpenGL threaded optimizations by default.

Minecraft's new launcher is now available on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
That's right, post-Microsoft purchase Minecraft is still seeing great support for Linux. Their shiny new launcher is now available.

'Factorio' is another game that was being hit by key scammers

By Liam Dawe,
In another case of scammers trying to buy keys with often stolen credit cards to sell on websites like G2A, the developers of 'Factorio' have written about their experience with it.

Realpolitiks, a grand strategy game from Jujubee will see day-1 Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Realpolitiks, a grand strategy game from Jujubee has been announced and it will feature day-1 Linux support when it launches February 16th next month.

Wrongworld, the hilarious looking survival game has been greenlit and is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Wrongworld, the game that won me over with a totally silly trailer has now been greenlit, so it will be coming to Linux on Steam.

The 'Humble Bundle's Best of 2016' has some great Linux games for cheap

By Liam Dawe,
Are you a little broke after the holidays? Never fear, as Humble are back with a new bundle and it has some great Linux games.

Another Steam Beta Client update released, allows moving game location

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have released another beta of the Steam client and the major change is that it will finally allow you to move games between your Steam Library folders.

A note about the sources of our information and how we really don't rip others off

By Liam Dawe,
It appears some people in the community just want to see me fail, but others just outright don't know what they are talking about. I want to put some claims about us ripping off others work to rest.

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

By Liam Dawe,
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,
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,
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,
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.

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

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