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Alienware manager on Steam Machines lull: Windows 10 changed things

By Liam Dawe,
PC Gamer had a chat with Alienware manager Frank Azor about the changing situation of Steam Machines. They feel Windows 10 is part of the reason Steam Machines and SteamOS didn't do so well.

Killing Room is another game that promised Linux support that may no longer happen

By Liam Dawe,
Killing Room is an FPS from Alda Games was supposed to be on Linux day-1. It was delayed due to issues with the Linux version and getting the Windows version ready, but now it's even less certain.

The Linux port of space action game 'EVERSPACE' is sounding a bit iffy now

By Liam Dawe,
I was seriously looking forward to getting some space combat action with 'EVERSPACE', but it's sounding like the developers are having major issues.

FEZ and Enclave are now both available on GOG for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
GOG have boosted their Linux library some more again! Both FEZ and the recent Wine port of Enclave are now available on GOG.

You might want to keep an eye on 'Silence', the new point & click adventure from Daedalic Entertainment

By Liam Dawe,
I managed to get in touch with Daedalic Entertainment to review their new adventure game named 'Silence' and you may want to keep a close eye on it.

The Wine development release 1.9.23 is now available

By sobkas,
The Wine team released yesterday another development release of their software. Version 1.9.23 has many small changes including 32 bugfixes.

Site update: Our livestream page can now show community livestreams

By Liam Dawe,
For those that don't know: I recently added a livestream events page, to help people know when we are streaming. It was requested by a user and I thought it would be useful. I just today added the ability to add in streams from the community too.

The Dwarves, the new fantasy RPG with real-time battles has a new trailer, looks fantastic

By Liam Dawe,
I am super excited for The Dwarves! Tyranny has got me in the mood for more RPG games again and it looks stunning. The combat looks excellent too and this new trailer shows off some of the characters.

Event[0], the utterly fantastic looking sci-fi narrative exploration game is getting close to a Linux release

By Liam Dawe,
This news comes in thanks to GOL user Creak, who sent word that it seems 'Event[0]' is closing in on a Linux release.

Mesa 13.0.1 RC released, bug fixes and up to 30% performance increase in the Intel Vulkan driver

By Liam Dawe,
Not long after the big Mesa 13 release, we have a release candidate ready for a point release. It's an interesting one too, as it will include a performance improvement to the Intel Vulkan driver, as well as assorted bug fixes.

Make sure you play 'Gone Home' this weekend, as it's free for a short time

By Liam Dawe,
This is fantastic to see! 'Gone Home' is currently free on itch for the weekend as the developer is spreading a bit of hope and love.

Join me tonight for the Friday Linux gaming livestream at 8PM UTC

By Liam Dawe,
That's right folks, back again tonight at 8PM with another glorious livestream for you all. Come join the fun.

Feral Interactive will be livestreaming Total War: WARHAMMER for Linux on the 16th of November

By Liam Dawe,
Looks like Total War: WARHAMMER might be closer to release for Linux, as Feral Interactive will be livestreaming the Linux version on Wednesday the 16th of November.

'BossConstructor' released in full, create your own spaceships and take them into battle

By Liam Dawe,
'BossConstructor' is an indie spaceship building and combat simulator that was in Early Access for some time, but now it's released in full!

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided patch release for Linux, enables Breach mode

By Liam Dawe,
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided hasn’t been out long, but it already has the first Linux patch available which enables the Breach mode for us.

The Talos Principle updated again, new public beta improves their Vulkan support some more

By Liam Dawe,
The Talos Principle is currently one of the two Linux games to use Vulkan right now, so it's great to see them keep updating it.

White Noise 2 now works properly on Linux, this 4v1 horror game is damn fun and here's a video too

By Liam Dawe,
The developers of White Noise 2 have managed to fix it up and get it working nicely on Linux, so I was able to take a look.

The Humble Store is having a huge birthday sale, tons of stuff for insanely cheap

By Liam Dawe,
Someone pass the cake, as The Humble Store is having a massive sale to celebrate a birthday and there's lots of cheap Linux games.

User Editorial: Steam Machines & SteamOS after a year in the wild

By calvin,
On this day, last year, Valve released Steam Machines onto the world, after the typical Valve delays. While the state of the Linux desktop regarding gaming has improved, Steam Machines have not taken off as a platform, and SteamOS remains stagnant. What happened with these projects from Valve? Why were they created, why did they fail, and what could have been done to make them succeed?

Tyranny, the massive new RPG from Obsidian Entertainment releases today day-1 on Linux, our review

By Liam Dawe,
Tyranny is the huge new RPG from Obsidian Entertainment that myself and BTRE had the great pleasure of playing before release thanks to my contacts at Paradox Interactive, so here’s our thoughts.