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Trying the experimental GCN 1.0 support in AMDGPU
Inspired by the recent release of Dawn of War 3, I decided to try out the experimental GCN 1.0 support in the new AMDGPU kernel driver and share my experiences.
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Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth to release with Linux support on August 15th
Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth, a video game adaption of a book sharing the same name will release on August 15th by Daedalic Entertainment and it will have day-1 Linux support.
Steam is now available as a Flatpak app via Flathub
Flathub, a 'central hub' for Flatpak applications have now made a Flatpak of Steam available for Linux users.
Neil deGrasse Tyson's Space Odyssey apparently will come to Linux
Confusing as always, it seems Neil deGrasse Tyson's Space Odyssey will apparently come to Linux after the developer claimed it wouldn't be.
Insurgency: Sandstorm looks absolutely stunning, still planned to release on Linux
At E3, a new trailer for Insurgency: Sandstorm was shown off and it looks really quite gorgeous. The developers told me Linux is still planned too.
Check out the trailer for the Dawn of War III 'Annihilation' game modes coming soon
For those that missed the news, Dawn of War III is set to get a new game mode called Annihilation that will come in two variations. There's now a trailer to explain it too.
IO Interactive retains the rights to HITMAN and becomes fully independent
Good news for fans of HITMAN, as IO Interactive have confirmed they've retained the rights and become a fully independent studio.
Friday Livestream with Samsai at 5 PM UTC!
Hello there! Another week has passed by and it's time for our weekly ritual of video games and video streams! So, get your snacks and setup your optimal viewing environment for some live Linux gaming brought to you by yours truly.
The first of the free Dying Light DLC will add new enemies
Techland have sent out another teaser today about the upcoming free DLC planned for Dying Light and it seems some tough new enemies are coming.
Planet Nomads expands again with gamepad support, customizable key bindings, FOV slider and more
Planet Nomads, the utterly gorgeous sandbox survival game has a fresh update out that adds in plenty of extremely useful features.
CRYPTARK, the rather excellent roguelike 2D sci-fi shooter launches on June 20th
CRYPTARK, a roguelike 2D sci-fi shooter from Alientrap that I think is damn good is officially launching on June 20th.
SteamOS has another new beta with a newer Kernel and updated Mesa
For those of you using SteamOS, you might want to know about a new beta Valve just put out. It features the usual security updates as well as a few other niceties.
Two Worlds II RPG delayed for Linux
Bad news RPG fans, as Topware has delayed the Linux release of Two Worlds II as they are having 'huge problems' with it.
AMDGPU-PRO Driver 17.10 updated, fixes Mad Max on Vulkan
Even though AMD already did an AMDGPU-PRO Driver 17.10 release, they've done another one with the same name. Confusing as ever, but this newer driver has some useful fixes.
Looks like Dying Light is set to get more free DLC
Techland sent out a bit of a teaser today which claims a bunch of new DLC are on the way for Dying Light.
Come join in the Dawn of War III madness tonight, which will be live on Twitch
Tonight is the first of hopefully many community gaming events! For the next month (at least) we will be playing Dawn of War III online and you're all welcome to join.
Some thoughts on LandTraveller, the rather sweet top-down RPG
LandTraveller released into Early Access recently and it looked promising, so I decided to take a look at this cute top-down RPG.
Jelly in the sky, a new take on the old 2d artillery games featuring physics may come to Linux
Jelly in the sky is an amusing looking physics powered 2d artillery game and the developer is looking to bring it to Linux.
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap looks like it's coming to Linux, porting work by Ethan Lee
Looks like game porter Ethan Lee is a busy bee, as he teased out some shots of Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap running on Linux.
Dawn of War III should now work on Mesa-git with OpenGL as Bindless Texture support is in
A large patchset from Mesa developer Samuel Pitoiset landed in Mesa-git early today to hook up Bindless Texture support for AMD radeonsi.
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- Discord gets improvements for video on Linux PCs and Steam Deck
- NVIDIA announce a few changes for GeForce NOW and new games for December
- Windows compatibility layer Wine 11 gets a first Release Candidate
- GE-Proton 10-26 released with FEX included, improvements for DLSS and game fixes
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