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Lots Of Big Games Confirmed For SteamOS, Torchlight II Now Out, Payday 2, Mordor And More Coming Too
4 Mar 2015 at 11:51 pm UTC Likes: 1

Man this article goes up like a rocket! 13 Pages in 5 hours that might be new record. Im definitely going with Payday2, PD: The Heist was playable through Wine, but I want the real thing.

PS: when send it was on the fourteenth page.

Trine 3 Announcement and Trailer Analysis
2 Mar 2015 at 4:29 pm UTC

I enjoyed Trine 1+2 and so I am happy to see part three coming. Ran absolutely stable, but was quite demanding.
It is for a 85% off sale on Steam so everybody who is still not playing should get it for an awesome price!

HTC & Valve Announce The HTC RE Vive
1 Mar 2015 at 6:45 pm UTC

Cool, Valve + HTC that should deliver some quality. Strange that its revealed just hours before GDC.

‘VULKAN’ Could Possibly Be The Official Name Of The OpenGL Successor
28 Feb 2015 at 11:50 pm UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: GuestThat’s a terrible name.
I totally disagree, its an epic name cause its german.
Which international soft- or hardware-products have german names? I don't know many: Its not 'Menschlichkeit' or 'Apfel' we are talking about. German words that made career are more like "Blitzkrieg"... :><:
'Vulkan' can be understood as volcano in most european languages, except for finnish (of course).

Insurgency FPS Finally Gearing Up For A Linux Release
27 Feb 2015 at 8:24 pm UTC

Really good sign for Linux gaming. Lets hope for the best, maybe it will be released before HL3 :D

Interstellar Marines FPS Update 17 Is Live
9 Feb 2015 at 11:24 pm UTC

Quoting: OZSeafordJust picked up the game in the sales, and its playing nicely at 60+ fps on full settings.
Game runs on stable ~60 fps here too. (650M)
Its on free week too, so you all can try and hunt bugs.

Bugs:
Shadows in form of giant squares.
Textures flickering on the weapons.

Feral Interactive Are Teasing Another Linux Port
30 Jan 2015 at 11:04 pm UTC

Quoting: NelA bigger image of Tiktaalik used by Feral.

Melbourne Museum : Tiktaalik – the 'fishapod' [External Link]
I was trying to start a discussion that this can't be a whale (or anything that big) because of the eye/head ratio...
Quoting: DissCentA whale means Bioshock :P
Maybe they are teasing Bioshock 1 or 2. It is in an underwater world but you walk by foot almost all the time, and in B2 Subject Delta has the attack drill charge. Own B2 already, would be fun to play it again though.

Dying Light Is Now Confirmed For Linux, Bring It On Techland
24 Jan 2015 at 10:36 pm UTC Likes: 2

Now I have to do 3 steps:
1. Buy the game.
2. Buy a Steam-Machine, cause my laptop won't make it.
3. Buy a house in another country, cause
Quoting: DissCentThis game isn't available in my country :(

Storm United, Online FPS Shows First Real Game-play Video, First Alpha Due Soon
22 Jan 2015 at 10:52 am UTC

Seems to be a great game. To me it looks much like Halo with a touch of Xonotic :D

GOL GOTY Awards Are Over, Here's The Top 10 From Each Section
14 Jan 2015 at 10:55 pm UTC

Quoting: CitirollerCongratulations to the winners. 2014 was a great year for Linux gamers :P
100% Approval.

Would be nice if the survey is completed by the total number of votes.