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SC Controller, the open source driver and GUI for the Steam Controller is making lovely progress

By Liam Dawe,
SC Controller is really coming along nicely. Since I mentioned it on GOL it has been through a few new releases.

REGoth Engine, an open source reimplentation for the game 'Gothic'

By Liam Dawe,
REGoth Engine was pointed out in the forum, as it's another lovely open source reimplentation and this time it's for the classic game 'Gothic'.

The Other 99 action and survival game release delayed until August

By Liam Dawe,
Always sad when a game sees a delay, but hopefully it will be worth it as The Other 99 actually looks rather good.

Double Fine is doubling the good news, as there is a discounted bundle of their games on Steam

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
Definitely for today, Double Fine will get a lot of attention, because, aside from releasing the Linux port of the remastered version of Day of the Tentacle, they're offering a 52% discount for the whole Double Fine Bundle on Steam.

Major new release of open source livestreaming kit 'OBS Studio' fixes Linux window capture issues

By Liam Dawe,
OBS Studio is a fantastic bit of open source software for livestreamers, but the Linux version has been plagued with crashing often when capturing a window—no more!

Day of the Tentacle Now Available On Linux

By Cheeseness,
The remastered edition of the classic point and click adventure game Day of the Tentacle is now available on Linux, thanks to the porting efforts of GOL editor Cheeseness.

Dear Valve and Steam Machines OEMs, you have it all wrong

By Segata Sanshiro,
Most of us reading this site want Steam Machines to do well. Not all of us will be interested in buying the hardware, but we're aware that its success is also tied to the success of Linux as a gaming platform, which is why I'm pretty miffed that the OEMs and Valve have messed it up.

Defect, the rather cool spaceship building and combat game will release in full on 26th July

By Liam Dawe,
Defect is a very cool idea for a spaceship combat game. You keep building a new ship to take on new challenges and your crew keep stealing it so you have to face it in combat.

Developer of 'Undertale' will apparently have another go at making a Linux port

By Liam Dawe,
The developer of Undertale replied to a user question about what is going on with the Linux port. The user shared it on the Steam forum for all to see.

Cold Beam Games developer claims he is working on a multi-platform engine - Linux is included

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
It's definitely great — and not that usual — when developers are prudent enough to conceive their games from the ground to be multi-platform. That appears to be the case with the developer of the small studio Cold Beam Games.

Alienware do a pretty nice job of advertising their Steam Machine & SteamOS in this new video

By Liam Dawe,
A new promotional video from Alienware showing off their Steam Machine has surfaced recently and it's a pretty nice video.

Mesa 12 released, Vulkan for Intel, OpenGL 4.3 and more for open source graphics users

By Liam Dawe,
Wow, Mesa 12 has officially been released and it's a huge release for them! Intel now supports Vulkan, their OpenGL is up to 4.3 and more.

Have you seen Black Ice? A really rather cool hack and shoot FPS with Linux & SteamOS support

By Liam Dawe,
Black Ice is a game I have followed for a long time (and personally purchased a copy) and it just released a rather nice update. If you're an FPS fan and looking for something to sink some time into, this could be what you need.

Starbound to finally leave Early Access on 22nd July

By Liam Dawe,
After a number of years in development Starbound is finally about to get a full release and I can't wait to play it in full!

Fossil Echo, a story-driven, short and challenging 2D platformer confirmed for Linux, coming soon

By Liam Dawe,
Fossil Echo is a pretty awesome looking story-driven platformer that has plans for a Linux version, it's not ready just yet but will be soon.

The Wine Development Release 1.9.14 Is Now Available

By sobkas,
The Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.9.14 has many small changes including 20 bugfixes.

Barony, a 3D first-person roguelike goes open source

By Liam Dawe,
Barony, a pretty cool looking 3D first-person roguelike has opened up the engine under the GPL license and is now on github.

Black Mesa developer shoots down anti-Linux troll, confirms Linux version is in progress

By Liam Dawe,
Black Mesa is officially coming to Linux, and the developer confirmed so in a rather delightful way of shooting down an anti-Linux troll in the Steam forums.

Join me for the weekly Linux Gaming livestream at around 7:30PM UTC tonight

By Liam Dawe,
Tonight we shall play games again for your amusement and I will continue as Samsai is currently in the Army.

Team Fortress 2 'Meet Your Match' major update released, patch notes up

By Liam Dawe,
Team Fortress 2 just became way more exciting, as the Meet Your Match update is now live after they revealed more new stuff on Day 2 of the update teaser.