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Broforce major update released with new bros and more
8 July 2016 at 12:06 am UTC

Just had a chance to watch the trailer. "Bug fixes!" in that "wrestler's" voice was golden :D

Broforce major update released with new bros and more
7 July 2016 at 6:50 pm UTC

Dirty Brorry - that's a good one :) Some Magnum Broforce ;)

Broforce major update released with new bros and more
7 July 2016 at 6:48 pm UTC

GOG didn't get it yet. I hope the update will come out there soon. Are updates compatible with older saves?

Today GOL turns 7 years old!
5 July 2016 at 7:26 pm UTC

Congratulations! And thanks for your work and dedication, as well as to all GOL contributors.

Apparently desktop Linux marketshare has finally hit that elusive 2% mark
3 July 2016 at 10:29 pm UTC

W3Schools is a very specific site, mostly visited by developers. So its stats aren't really useful for any global estimations.

The Ship: Remasted released for Linux, it's quite funny
3 July 2016 at 7:02 pm UTC

Does this guy look like Trump on purpose?

Major new version of the open source itch store application
3 July 2016 at 5:21 am UTC

Quoting: AnxiousInfusionI really wish that either Steam client would go open source or that Itch would gain access to higher profile games.

Higher chances are with GOG publishing Galaxy spec, and then community making a FOSS client.

New Steam Client Beta adds fixes for 'upcoming' Vulkan games
1 July 2016 at 10:24 pm UTC

Also, I expect in the future it will be much easier for Wine to implement DX12 → Vulkan translation, than all the humongous effort for DX → OpenGL. And Vulkan based Windows games should be even more straightforward.

New Steam Client Beta adds fixes for 'upcoming' Vulkan games
1 July 2016 at 10:22 pm UTC

Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: Shmerl
Quoting: sarmadIf Doom is already going to support Vulkan, why not support Linux as well?

Because it's Bethesda. Times of idSoftware are long gone.
This, like I've said before, there's a lot more to a game than a graphics API. Anyone who says Vulkan will make more Linux ports is just wrong.

Vulkan can make it cheaper, both when Vulkan Windows game is ported to Linux and when DX12 one is (because they are close). So potentially it does help. But it's not a magic pill for automatic portability of course.

New Steam Client Beta adds fixes for 'upcoming' Vulkan games
1 July 2016 at 10:17 pm UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: sarmadIf Doom is already going to support Vulkan, why not support Linux as well?

Because it's Bethesda. Times of idSoftware are long gone.