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Feral Interactive Are Teasing Us Again With A New Port
18 Feb 2015 at 9:15 am UTC Likes: 1

Steamdb is currently showing encrypted depots for MAC and Linux versions of Darksiders, so I'm guessing that fits with Feral's next gig.

XCOM: Enemy Unknown, With The Enemy Within Expansion Reviewed On Linux
12 Feb 2015 at 7:27 pm UTC

Great game, great port, enough said. If you haven't got it already then make sure you do.

GOL Cast: Aggressively Expanding Sweden In Empire: Total War
23 Jan 2015 at 10:08 am UTC

Quoting: Sojiro84Maybe you had the same issue as me. I just converted to Linux and had a few problems with some games just having 30 fps or stuttering like a mad-man.

Seems that enabling vsync in games destroys your framerate or causes stuttering.

I also had this game and had at max 30 fps. When I disabled vsync i got 100+ fps.

I also had this with the Talos principle I bought yesterday. Also 30 fps there and I am sure my rig is plenty powerful enough for more fps. So I decided to check if vsync was on. It was, so I turned it off and bam, 60+ fps and then went back to other games and turning off vsync improved my fps there as well.

I might not have said is enough so,

tl;dr, vsync off = iwin.
I always have vsync turned off because of issues like you mention. It also causes some Unity engine games to hang at start-up.
So yeah, it's also problematic from my experience.

GOL Cast: Aggressively Expanding Sweden In Empire: Total War
22 Jan 2015 at 8:50 pm UTC

Thank you Samsai for another fine GOL Cast. E:TW is a worthy addition to the growing Linux games collection, and still a game I just keep going back to...

Aspyr Media Are Close To Breaking Even On Linux Ports
16 Jan 2015 at 11:33 pm UTC Likes: 1

I hereby nominate Aspyr Media into the Linux gaming hall of fame, and may they make bucket loads of surplus cash in the shortest possible time after breaking even, for their pure awesomeness alone. Having got that off my chest, i'm off to buy Geometry Wars 3.

Feral Interactive Have Put Up Another Port Teaser
16 Jan 2015 at 11:01 pm UTC

It`s Chess Master 9000. Too much chess can lead to needing a pint or two afterwards...

Shadowrun: Hong Kong, A New Game & Kickstarter From Harebrained Schemes
16 Jan 2015 at 8:05 am UTC

Long live Dante! Dragonfall got me interested in RPGs again, so this will be on the list for sure. Currently getting close to 500k funded - not bad.

Puzzle Platformer 'Oddworld: New 'N' Tasty' Will Release For Linux Next Month
16 Jan 2015 at 7:57 am UTC Likes: 1

Very good news. I loved the original on the PS1, although I got well stuck about 80% through. Maybe I'll finally complete it on Linux.

GamingOnLinux GOTY Section & Nominations Now Open
22 Dec 2014 at 3:43 pm UTC

Not sure it's right to add Early Access games to the GOTY nominations. Some are not even feature complete.

Metro 2033 Redux & Metro Last Light Redux Launch On Linux, Sorta (UPDATED)
12 Dec 2014 at 9:49 am UTC

Can anybody confirm is it's working well with the ATI proprietary drivers? Also if there are no options to set the resolution, is it at least using the default resolution set in the driver settings?