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Marek submits patch series for threaded Gallium to Mesa, boosts performance in games

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AMD employee and Mesa developer Marek Olšák is at it again, proposing a series of patches that would boost performance for AMD GPUs running the open drivers.

Limit Theory, an ambitious space game, is still being developed and has quite a few beautiful screenshots to show off

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Originally crowdfunded nearly five years ago, it’s taken a long time for Limit Theory to shape up. Development is cruising along now and there’s more news of what the developers are up to.

WolfQuest, the simulation game where you can be a wolf, has a Linux build now

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If you’ve ever wanted to pretend you’re a wolf and try to survive out in the wild, then you’re in luck. WolfQuest allows you to do all that and more.

The developers of Mantis Burn Racing are open to bringing the game to Linux, if there’s enough interest

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With its top-down fast action, Mantis Burn Racing looks like a fun game to play. Its developers have indicated they are open to a Linux port, so make your voices heard if you're interested.

Rocket League releases its 1.34 patch, adding more goodies

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While not as exciting as some of the previous updates, the ever-popular Rocket League has just dropped another update with a few new toys.

Forsaken Castle is a Castlevania-inspired platformer that’s being crowdfunded, has a demo available

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With it’s very unsubtle and unambiguous nods and stylistic references to both classic Castlevanias and metrodvanias, this game has tickled my fancy.

Cossacks 3 may be closer to a Linux release

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After many, many delays and broken promises for a Linux beta, there has been some database activity that shows that just maybe Cossacks 3 will finally be on Linux sooner rather than later.

Mesa 17.1 has now been released

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The latest release of the open-source graphics drivers has now been made available following the final release candidate. There's plenty of new things to love in this release.

Project Zomboid adds vehicles in a new beta

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A new beta is available for the Zombie survival game Project Zomboid where you can test out vehicles.

Wednesday Madness, a quick look at some good Linux gaming deals

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Welcome to another Wednesday Madness here at GOL. Another quick look at some good deals you shouldn't pass up!

NVIDIA 381.22 driver released with lots of bug fixes and newer Vulkan support

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NVIDIA have released their 381.22 driver which comes with plenty of fixes, newer Vulkan support and more.

Humble tinyBuild Bundle has some really good Linux games for cheap

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If you're in the mood for something new, the Humble tinyBuild Bundle might be just what you need this week.

Game store itch introduces developer logs built into game pages

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I do love the itch store, so many great ideas supporting developers. They just rolled out a useful change which allows developers to have a development log on their game pages.

Feral Interactive are teasing yet another Linux game

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Not to be confused with Feral's teaser from April, this one only has a Linux icon and it's apparently due 'Very Soon'.

Stellaris turns one year old today, gets free DLC and a patch in celebration

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The grand strategy space game by Paradox has just gotten some more love. The update brings changes that should make running your empire more interesting.

Shallow Space development is not quite dead

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Following a few months of no updates and general silence from developers of the space RTS, a GOL reader asked us to look into the current state of the game. We got a reply and it’s positive.

Hellpoint, the dark future action RPG has been fully funded

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With not many hours to spare, Hellpoint, a dark future action RPG that will fully support Linux has been funded on Kickstarter.

Realpolitiks now available on GOG along with a content update

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Realpolitiks, a real-time grand strategy game about politics has recently released on GOG and it has a content update.

Mesa 17.1 RC4 released, final version expected in approximately 24 hours

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Emil Velikov has announced the availability of Mesa 17.1 RC4 for some final testing, with the final release of Mesa 17.1 due in approximately 24 hours.

Worms W.M.D updated with a free game mode 'Forts'

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Worms W.M.D has just received a fresh update to add in a free game mode about battling with Forts, an apparent fan-favourite mode from earlier games.