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The impressive 2D cyberpunk action-RPG Dex is now DRM free on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
Thanks to GOG for sending in a key to GOL, I got to try out Dex. It's a visually impressive 2D cyberpunk action-RPG.

Trinium Wars MMORPG to get Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
A recently released MMORPG looks like it will come to Linux the developers noted on Steam. Sounds like it's a little on the rough side.

You can now map the Steam Controller's buttons to different key presses and modes

By Liam Dawe,
The Steam Controller is amazing, I still love it and probably will for a long time. This new update has me in awe.

Broforce now available DRM free on GOG, it's amazing, bro

By Liam Dawe,
You ready bro? Broforce, probably my all time favourite platformer (yes really) is now available DRM free on GOG.

An update on Insurgency: Sandstorm, Day of Infamy and competitive play for Insurgency

By Liam Dawe,
Insurgency is supposed to be getting competitive features for the online play, but their UI is holding them up. They have written up a post to explain it and they talk about their new games Day of Infamy and Insurgency: Sandstorm too.

Game porter Ethan Lee on packaging games for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Game porter Ethan Lee has written up a post aimed at helping developers package their games up for Linux.

Get your weekly dose of the Friday Livestream today at 5 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
Friday arrives with yet another Friday Livestream, so drop whatever you are doing and point your browsers or alternative Twitch players towards our channel for some casual Linux gaming and conversation.

Entroware have released another beast of a Laptop, worth looking into

By Liam Dawe,
Entroware, the British (hooray!) Linux-focused hardware supplier have released the Athena and it's a bit of a beast.

Get ready to become a pirate as Tempest is coming to Linux soon

By Liam Dawe,
Tempest is the awesome looking Early Access naval combat game that we previously mentioned would come to Linux, the developer has now said it will be soon.

The Wine Stable Release 1.8.3 Is Now Available

By sobkas,
The Wine team released today fourth stable release of their software. Version 1.8.3 has many small changes including 54 bugfixes.

Transmissions Element 120, a stand-alone game set in the Half-Life universe is now on Steam for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
I had the pleasure of testing out Transmissions Element 120, a single-player experience set in the Half-Life universe. It’s now out, and available on Linux.

A new video from Cossacks 3 shows off Prussia, looks awesome

By Liam Dawe,
Cossacks 3 is the first in this series of strategy games to be confirmed for Linux and this new video is still keeping my interest up for it.

Steam's Summer Sale to apparently begin on June 23rd

By Liam Dawe,
Paypal has once again sent out early word about the Steam Summer Sale, they said it will start on June 23rd.

SuperTuxKart, the open source racer has a new release with new tracks

By Liam Dawe,
SuperTuxKart is the classic open source racer and it has a brand new version with new tracks. This is the first RC release that will become a major new release.

Want to benchmark Dota 2 on Linux? Here's how to do it

By Liam Dawe,
For those of you who aren't sure how to benchmark Dota 2 on Linux, here's a small guide. It frustrated me there wasn't one, so after getting help I'm sharing it with you all.

Here's my own Linux OpenGL vs Vulkan test for Dota 2, not much difference for me

By Liam Dawe,
I decided to run some of my own tests in Dota 2 to see what kind of difference I am actually seeing, the results are surprising.

Nuclear Dawn FPS/RTS hybrid updated, some important fixes for Linux included

By Liam Dawe,
Yes, Nuclear Dawn is still alive and still being updated. I'm actually shocked, but impressed at this. The new version will make the Linux and Mac versions a bit better too.

Deep Silver & Techland are not supporting Dead Island Definitive Edition on Linux, at all

By Liam Dawe,
I was surprised to see Dead Island: Definitive Edition (and Riptide) released on Linux since Deep Silver claimed before hand it wouldn't be. After a small delay they did release it, but don't plan to support it.

This War of Mine - The Little Ones DLC released, adds in children to this war-torn survival game

By Liam Dawe,
Probably one of the bleakest DLC around, This War of Mine - The Little Ones DLC is a big expansion to the depressing (but good) survival game This War of Mine.

Nation Red, an arena-based shooter against zombies is now available on Linux, rated highly

By Liam Dawe,
I've been looking forward to giving Nation Red a go, as it is a few years old but still highly rated by a lot of people. You fight off a zombie hoard while earning tons of perks.