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Starbound just keeps on getting bigger and better

By Liam Dawe,
Starbound is still under development, and the developers have been adding some really great features I'm going to highlight.

SteamOS 2.67 beta now available, now prefers HDMI & DisplayPort and pulseaudio updates

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have pushed out SteamOS 2.67 beta with some minor but useful changes to the compositor, pulseaudio and boot-up. It also fixes as an issue with The Talos Principle.

Human Resource Machine has an open beta for Linux

By Eike,
Human Resource Machine, an indie programming puzzle game by the makers of Little Inferno and World of Goo, sharing their beautiful art style, is now in open public beta.

Ty the Tasmanian Tiger may come to Linux and Mac depending on Windows sales

By ChloeWolfieGirl,
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger is a 3d platforming exploration game from 2002 which has recently gained an HD upgrade for Windows.

Valve have released the CAD geometry for the Steam Controller

By Liam Dawe,
This is pretty fun, Valve have opened up the Steam Controller some more with the release of the CAD geometry for it. I wonder what wild versions of it we will see in future?

Knights and Merchants now on Linux (again), ported with Wine

By Liam Dawe,
I mentioned before that Knights and Merchants was coming back to Linux (after originally being ported by LGP). It is now officially available on Steam for Linux after a short beta, and it uses Wine.

Intel showed off Vulkan at GDC including the open source driver, here's the video

By Liam Dawe,
Not a long one, but still really nice to see. Intel were at GDC showing off Vulkan running on their hardware.

Syndrome, a survival horror game from Camel 101 has a pretty good new trailer

By Liam Dawe,
Syndrome is a brand new survival horror game coming out sometime this summer from Camel 101, and the trailer certainly makes it look good.

Tomb Raider will release for Linux on April 1st (Correction: release date was a glitch)

By Liam Dawe,
Update: It's not releasing then, it was a glitch in their news. Feral Interactive announced today that Tomb Raider will release for Linux on April 1st, so it's going to be a fun weekend!

Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces & Ardennes Assault now on SteamOS & Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Good news war fans, as Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces and Company of Heroes 2: Ardennes Assault are now available on SteamOS & Linux.

Feral Interactive will be livestreaming the Linux Tomb Raider client next week

By Liam Dawe,
If you're eager to see how the Linux port of Tom Raider is running, you might want to check Feral Interative's twitch on March 30th at 6PM GMT (So that's UTC+1 as the UK switches to summer time this weekend).

PAYDAY 2 on Linux & SteamOS, some thoughts & port report

By Liam Dawe,
PAYDAY 2 was released without any warning, so I’ve been putting some time into it to see how it runs on Linux.

Looks like Darkest Dungeon may finally release for Linux next week

By Liam Dawe,
Great news for everyone waiting on Darkest Dungeon, as the developers have told us to look out for something next week.

Dying Light finally adds a Chromatic Aberration toggle in the latest patch

By Liam Dawe,
Dying Light (oh sorry it's Dying Light: The Following - Enhanced Edition now isn't it) is a pretty good game, even more so with the new The Following DLC. It's great to see them finally listen to the community and add in this much requested feature.

GOL Podcast S01E01: Linux as a Gaming Platform

By darkone778,
Welcome to the first GOL podcast! In this episode we (Cheeseness, madmachinations, Kallestofeles, darkone778) talk about the pros and cons of Linux as a gaming platform.

Tomb Raider, the excellent 2013 game is officially coming to Linux from Feral Interactive

By Liam Dawe,
Excellent news today folks, Feral Interactive have now officially confirmed that Tomb Raider will be coming to Linux "This Spring".

Offworld Trading Company looks like it may come to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Looks like Linux is about to get its first Stardock Entertainment published game in the form of Offworld Trading Company.

Want to use dual monitors but don't have enough desk space? I found a great monitor arm for you

By Liam Dawe,
After upgrading to a 27 inch 4K monitor, I found that my desk was a little cramped and I couldn't fit another monitor on it. Someone in a recent livestream suggested a "monitor arm", and I am now using one I consider to be excellent.

ARK spin-off ARK: Survival Of The Fittest will come to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Fear not ARK lovers, as ARK: Survival Of The Fittest is confirmed to be coming to Linux. We don't know when exactly, but it's at least in their plans for release.

A review of point-and-click adventure Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet, now on Steam

By flesk,
Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet is comedian Alasdair Beckett-King's follow-up to the popular 2007 adventure, Spoonbeaks Ahoy!, and has been developed in cooperation with developer and publisher Application Systems Heidelberg.