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Qt Company joins Khronos Group and promotes Vulkan

By Liam Dawe,
This is a pretty nice boost for Vulkan, as the Qt Company has officially joined the ranks of high profile groups now in the Khronos Group.

Intel now shipping Vulkan enabled drivers

By Liam Dawe,
Intel is now shipping Vulkan enabled drivers so those of you on supported chips can have a play with this brand new graphics API.

Vulkan 1.0 specification and SDK have been released

By Samsai,
The specification for the long awaited Vulkan graphics API has now been released by Khronos. An SDK by LunarG has also been released which contains validation and debugging tools for Vulkan applications.

First act of noir point-and-click adventure The Slaughter reviewed for Linux

By flesk,
A look at the first act of the crowdfunded point-and-click adventure game; now available on the Humble Store and Steam.

Get some cheap games on Games Republic with our discount code

By Liam Dawe,
Games Republic have a big sale on right now, and we have an additional discount code for you for use in our little store.

Street Fighter V will release on Linux & SteamOS this Spring time

By Liam Dawe,
The wait is nearly over to have Street Fighter V on Linux & SteamOS. The developers have confirmed it will be available for us this Spring.

XCOM 2 strategy game reviewed on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
XCOM 2 has been well reviewed for Windows, but exactly how is it on Linux? I spent many hours defending the earth to find out.

Friday Livestream will greet you once again at 6 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
I for one am particularly happy that it's Friday today. My studies have been stressing me out a little bit so it's good to relax a little with some Linux gaming. As always, you get to join in on the fun via the stream chat, so make use of it!

Dying Light hotfix released, should fix major texture issue on Linux, no co-op fixes yet

By Liam Dawe,
Well, looks like Techland are at least paying some sort of attention to their Linux port, not much mind. They just released a hotfix to Dying Light that should fix up the low resolution texture issue. See the update at the bottom too.

Nvidia pushes more OpenGL and Vulkan blog posts for developers

By Liam Dawe,
Nvidia have published two more blog posts about both Vulkan and OpenGL, "Transitioning from OpenGL to Vulkan" and "OpenGL like Vulkan".

Sunless Sea looks like it may get an official Linux build, game looks creepy & awesome

By Liam Dawe,
I've been keeping an eye on Sunless Sea for a long time, as it looks really quite good. It has had an experimental Linux version you had the email the developers to get for a long time, but it looks like it's being added to Steam.

Xenonauts 2 being made, developer tells us should be on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
If XCOM just isn't enough alien vs human strategy for you, Xenonauts 2 is now also being created and the developer confirmed to us it should be on Linux.

Frozen Synapse 2 announced, dev confirmed to us it will be on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Sorry for being a bit late on this, but a few days ago I asked the developers mode7 if Frozen Synapse 2 will be on Linux, and they kindly replied.

Firewatch: first impressions

By Segata Sanshiro,
Since I first found out about Firewatch, I was intrigued so when it was released, it was an instabuy. A narrative-driven game with some mystery to get you hooked in one the plot is exactly the kind of game we need in games. As of now, I have played just over 2 hours of the game, so I shall provide some spoiler-free first impressions.

Tomb Raider really does look like it's coming to Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
Thanks to SteamDB and a twitter follower it really does look more likely that Tomb Raider (the 2013 version) is coming to Linux.

Cities: Skylines to get a free Theme Editor, with way more map customization options

By Liam Dawe,
Cities: Skylines looks like it's getting some really great support, and with a free update coming soon we will get access to a new Theme Editor. We also have a video with some of the Snowfall expansion gameplay.

The talk about Vulkan at FOSDEM by Jason Ekstrand from Intel now has a video up

By Liam Dawe,
For those wanting to listen to the actual talk Jason Ekstrand from Intel did about Vulkan you can now watch the video.

Tempest, a good looking pirate ship combat game looks like it's coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Tempest is a pretty good looking naval warfare game involving pirate ships, and it looks like it's coming over to Linux.

BattlEye anti-cheat now supports Linux, already live in ARK: Survival Evolved

By Liam Dawe,
Everyone playing ARK: Survival Evolved on Linux can calm down now, as BattlEye now supports Linux and it's already live.

We Are Legion, indie strategy game with hundreds or even millions of units now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
We Are Legion is a small indie strategy game with no unit caps, so you could end up with millions of units going at it. Sounds fun, but the graphics are pretty low-res.