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Bound By Flame, an impressive looking action RPG now on SteamOS & Linux
3 Dec 2015 at 10:31 pm UTC Likes: 1

Bought it, seems to run fine on high settings on my i5 + GTX660. It looks a bit B grade, but otherwise looks fun! Yeah non-standard keyboard controls as people have mentioned, but I plan to play it with a controller anyway.

Definitely worth it at this current discounted price! Nice looking action rpg.

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Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition for Linux & SteamOS is in testing
2 Dec 2015 at 8:05 pm UTC

Definitely looking forward to this late or not!

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The Zotac Steam Machine ZBOX NEN SN970 impressed OC3D in their review
29 Nov 2015 at 5:22 am UTC Likes: 1

I'm very tempted to get one of these. They've crammed an incredible amount into such a small form factor. It's definitely a feat of engineering, and testament to the low heat/power capabilities of recent Intel chips. Yes it's expensive, but dammit its tiny.

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Alienware Interview Video About Their Steam Machine, SteamOS & The Future
11 Nov 2015 at 10:41 am UTC Likes: 2

That was really great, and quite uplifting. Good to hear the long term dedication from the Alienware rep. He was also hinting at some AAA games being released soon or early in the near year. But yeah, NO fallout4....

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The Long Dark Officially Released For SteamOS & Linux, Steam Controller Support Added Too
11 Nov 2015 at 10:03 am UTC

I only played a little so far, but yeah, it's good. The graphics are very stylised, but that doesn't break the immersion, it may even help it.

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Shallow Space Strategy Game Released For Linux In Early Access
26 Oct 2015 at 3:21 am UTC

This looks really nice. i'm going to keep an eye on this one!

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Sword Coast Legends RPG Released For Linux, Some Initial Thoughts
21 Oct 2015 at 12:01 pm UTC

No apparently not, everyone's complaining about it. I'm not even going near that game unless they fix that. WHY? WHY??

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Firewatch, The Stunning First-person Adventure Game To Release On 9th February 2016 For Linux
13 Oct 2015 at 5:41 am UTC

Oh yeah baby, this looks great. Bring it on!

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Broforce Will Launch On Linux With The Full Release On 15th October
13 Oct 2015 at 5:39 am UTC

Would make a good funeral dirge too :P

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Another SIGGRAPH 2015 Video Talks About Vulkan & OpenGL, Valve Talk Source 2
25 Sep 2015 at 8:25 am UTC

Vulkan is the first real threat to DirectX for a very long time...it's going to be interesting to see how this plays out. However it may well be that DX12 will hang around and be supported like OSX's Metal, but once Vulkan gains traction, who knows what will happen.

I love how all the tools and testing suites for Vulkan are going to be open sourced. This could make a big impact as well.

Also, note in the presentation how one of OpenGL's biggest weaknesses is highlighted - it's inability to scale rendering over multiple processors. This is what has kept DirectX ahead of OpenGL in recent years...it's not noticeable in lightweight games, but in very complex ones, e.g. Witcher 2 (and very likely Witcher 3) this makes a significant difference. Vulkan totally fixes this.

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