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The Wild Eight is another game funded by Kickstarter that decided to delay the promised Linux version

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GOL follower 'Beer' wrote in to let us know that 'The Wild Eight', a game I was previously excited about has decided to delay the Linux version because doing builds for different systems is 'too hard'.

Neon Drive, a very slick and rather difficult retro-inspired rhythm game

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Neon Drive was sent in by GOL reader Cybolic as they have officially released their Linux version. The developers say it will make your brain melt and they aren't wrong.

Feral Interactive will livestream HITMAN for Linux on Wednesday the day before release

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Exciting week ahead folks! We have HITMAN releasing on Thursday, so Feral Interactive are going to demo it on a livestream on Wednesday!

Typoman: Revised released for Linux, a puzzle platformer with some word puzzling mixed in

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An indie puzzle platformer, where you must control the world around you with words, by the name of Typoman: Revised has made its way onto Linux via Steam.

Gunmetal Arcadia released with same-day Linux support

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This action-adventure platformer Gunmetal Arcadia, with smooth retro-styled art, was released earlier in the week.

'The Dweller' is a short and minimalistic but incredibly fun and solid puzzler that I highly recommend

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'The Dweller' is one of those obscure games that for some reason, despite being well made and original they pass completely unnoticed under the radar, and once you finally play them you not only feel you've spent a couple of hours on a worthy title, but also the fact itself of finding them is totally rewarding.

Join me on Twitch tonight at 8PM UTC for some gaming fun

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Tonight I shall be continuing my weekly game of Half-Life 2: Update and Rocket League online with the community! Join me at 8PM UTC.

Rocket League should now perform better on Mesa with radeonsi

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Timothee Besset sent word that Rocket League has now been updated to fix some issues Mesa users were having with radeonsi.

Steam now has over 3,000 Linux games available

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It's official! Steam has hit another milestone for Linux games. We now have over 3,000 Linux games to fill our time with.

Into The Breach, the new strategy game from the makers of FTL will be on Linux

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Into The Breach has been announced by Subset Games, the creators of the excellent FTL. It will support Linux, but not at day-1.

OpenGL Multi-threading, what it is and what it means

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There’s been a fair bit of talk recently about attempting to multi-thread using OpenGL so I thought I’d write a bit more about what “multi-threading” an OpenGL game is, what’s normally done, and how it compares to multi-threading in Vulkan. Here's an attempt to explain it a little.

Valve set to replace Greenlight with Steam Direct

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Valve have finally announced what they suggested they would do at the first SteamDevDays, Greenlight is being thrown out. It will be replaced by 'Steam Direct', which may still require a payment from developers.

Friday Livestream at 6 PM UTC!

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Hooray, it's Friday again and it's time for the Friday Livestream once more! Linux games will once again be played and nonsense will be discussed on our live show of Linux gaming! Reserve your seats and point your browsers towards our Twitch for tonight's show!

The Linux release of River City Ransom: Underground will see a delay

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River City Ransom: Underground, the crowdfunded follow-up to the original will see a delay in the Linux version.

Getting the 'threaded GL dispatch' code into Mesa is causing some issues, Valve might use a white-list

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You may remember recently I wrote about 'threaded GL dispatch' in Mesa possibly getting merged, after AMD's Marek suggested it and there was some backlash, well, it has continued.

Day of Infamy, the WWII FPS has a big polishing update, take a look at my video

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Day of Infamy, the WWII FPS from the Insurgency developers has a big update including new maps, updated game-modes, performance improvements and more.

Interview with Aspyr Media about porting Civilization VI to Linux and other interesting questions

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Now that Aspyr Media have ported Civilization VI to Linux, it’s time to publish our interview! Grab a coffee and come learn some things.

Croteam say Vulkan 'is the way forward', Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter due in 'weeks' with Vulkan

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Continuing my love for Croteam, today it was pointed out on reddit that the Croteam developers have been talking quite a bit more about Vulkan on one of their Steam forums. They also stated that Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter should have the Fusion update with Linux & Vulkan in 'weeks'.

A look at Tinertia, a twin-stick rocket-jumping shooter for Linux

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The developer of Tinertia sent in some keys at user-request for us to take a look at this rather amusing twin-stick shooter.

Parkitect alpha 10 released, featuring improved water, ride budgets and much more

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Parkitect is one of those Early Access games that sits firmly at the top of my list to keep an eye on. It's really fun already and every alpha is a big boost for it.