Intel Haswell now supports OpenGL 4.5 with Mesa-git on Linux
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.
Viewing all the latest news and updates.
Building on up in Block'hood, my early thoughts on this cute neighbourhood-building sim
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.
Phoning Home, the story of two robots trying to survive will come to Linux
Phoning Home, which sounded a lot like the film WALL-E when I first heard about it will come to Linux.
Wine Staging 2.0-rc5 released, better support for Origin, GOG Galaxy and more
Wine Staging have released their 2.0-rc5 release which sounds like a pretty interesting release. Plenty of new stuff to play with.
Evolvation, an Unreal Engine online space shooter is now on Linux
I've given Evolvation for a little spin, but right now it's still in development and it has issues to be aware of.
Rise to Ruins (previously Retro-Pixel Castles) has a major content update now out
The new official name 'Rise to Ruins' along with a big update to my favourite little village builder is now live.
Looks like FPS game 'Squad' might be coming to Linux soon
Squad, the FPS game from Offworld Industries is showing signs that it might be coming over to Linux.
Linux market-share on Steam dropped 0.08% in December 2016
Something I forgot to write up, was that the latest Steam survey is out. Linux dropped by 0.08% according to the figures.
Streets of Rogue development build updated with NAT punch-through and automatic port forwarding
Streets of Rogue, the rather excellent open-world roguelike has been updated again. Two major new features for the online mode are NAT punch-through and automatic port forwarding to make connections easier.
Wine 2.0-rc5 release, moving towards a final stable version
Wine 2.0 has a fifth release candidate to fix up more bugs to make Wine 2.0 truly as stable as possible.
Small site update, new directory page for people with Twitch and Youtube channels
I have done a small update tonight and wrote up a new page for the site. This new page will display a list of people who have set their Twitch or Youtube address in their profile. It will also tell you if someone is live on Twitch.
SteamVR support for Linux looks like it's getting close
Thanks to a Twitter tip we have word that it looks as if SteamVR support for Linux might finally be close.
Early Access survival game 'Rust' gains Vulkan support in a pre-release
Rust, from Facepunch Studios is another game to add to the list that use Vulkan, although it's only on the pre-release version right now.
Friday Livestream today at 6 PM UTC!
If I may have your attention for a few moments, I would like to inform you that today is Friday and that there's a livestream to go with it. So, hammer your routers into shape and point the antennas towards our broadcast of live Linux gaming!
Building Mesa from source, a guide
If you are using Mesa (FOSS OpenGL/Vulkan drivers on Linux), you can be in situation when it introduces some new features upstream, but it didn't make it into your distro yet and it can take quite a long time for that to happen. A guide to compiling it yourself.
Jet-combat with swords: “Hyperspace Dogfights” annnounced
Sleeper games announce "Hyperspace Dogfights", a fast-paced aerial rogue-like action game. Set in the same story universe as their upcoming "Hyperspace Admirals" game, Dogfights is aiming for a Linux beta early this year.
The Humble Store winter sale is on and DiRT Showdown is free
Go grab DiRT Showdown for free and check out some other cheap games in the Humble Store winter sale.
Worms W.M.D has enabled cross-platform multiplayer in the latest patch
Worms W.M.D has a new major patch out that allows Linux gamers to play with anyone cross Windows, Mac and Linux.
OpenGL 4.3 now available in Mesa for nouveau (NVIDIA) for Maxwell and above
Samuel Pitoiset (Valve developer) just put some fresh work into Mesa-git that enables OpenGL 4.3 with nouveau (NVIDIA) for Maxwell and above.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided has some free content available in an update
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided has updated to include some free content for all owners of the game, which is a nice gesture from the developer and publisher.
- Bazzite would shut down if Fedora goes ahead with removing 32-bit
- Fedora Linux devs discuss dropping 32-bit packages - potentially bad news for Steam gamers [updated]
- 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
- Merging the worlds of Half-Life 2, Left 4 Dead and TF2 - Fortress Connected is coming to Steam
- > See more over 30 days here
How to get GeForce NOW on Steam Deck, SteamOS
How to install, update and see what graphics driver you have on Linux and SteamOS