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Setting up a Bluetooth Controller for Linux Gaming

By LordDaveTheKind, 24 Jan 2019

Recently I solved an issue for setting up my Wireless (via Bluetooth) controller on Steam for Linux, and decided to elaborate a little better about my experience, and share my results and observations with you all.

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire just got a beta to add in a turn-based mode

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jan 2019

Obsidian Entertainment have updated Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire in quite a big way, with an open beta for owners to try out the new turn-based mode.

Some thoughts on Gravel from Milestone, the 'ultimate off-road experience' tested

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jan 2019

The second racer from Milestone officially arrived on Linux recently with Gravel, shortly after MXGP3. Both ports from Virtual Programming so let's take a look.

The magnificent deck-building roguelike 'Slay the Spire' has left Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jan 2019

What time is it? Gone 9AM already? Sorry, I've been up all night playing Slay the Spire and it's absolutely brilliant.

Putting games across multiple stores is not easy, as developers keep noting recently

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jan 2019

One thing we see often, is that developers stick to one store. When they do put their game across multiple stores, the Linux version is often late or left out entirely. There are reasons for that, as developers have spoken about recently.

Just over a year after the last main release, Wine 4.0 is officially here

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jan 2019

You might want to grab a glass for this one, no not that dusty old thing, one of the nice ones. The ones at the back of the cupboard for special occasions! Wine 4.0 is officially here.

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Equilinox is a rather beautiful and peaceful nature sim available on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jan 2019

Released back in November last year, Equilinox from developer ThinMatrix is a nature simulation game that feels a little like a city builder.

Taking place in a dystopian near future 'Slave RPG' looks very retro and you can try it free for now

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jan 2019

If you enjoy games with ASCII art you might want to take a little look at Slave RPG, an upcoming game from developer Rising Sun Interactive.

Puzzling machine learning puzzler 'while True: learn()' recently left Early Access and it's good

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jan 2019

while True: learn() is a puzzle game about machine learning, neural networks, big data and AI and something about a cat.

Paladins, the team-based shooter seems to work well with Steam Play

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jan 2019

For those curious about Steam Play and wanting to test it out a little, the free to play fantasy team-based shooter Paladins seems to work rather nicely.

Age of Fear: The Free World, a free fantasy turn-based strategy game

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jan 2019

For those in need of their next turn-based strategy game, the Age of Fear series now has a free entry for you to test the waters.

I’m in shock at just how well Overwatch runs with the latest DXVK and Lutris

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jan 2019

You might remember, that back in September last year I talked a little about Lutris and Overwatch together and how it was working well. Here’s an update on how it's been going.

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Dead Ascend, an open source point and click 2D adventure game

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jan 2019

For those wanting to check out another open source game or perhaps see how they're made, Dead Ascend might be a fun choice for a little adventure.

vkQuake2, the project adding Vulkan support to Quake 2 now supports Linux

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jan 2019

At the start of this year, I gave a little mention to vkQuake2, a project which has updated the classic Quake 2 with various improvements including Vulkan support.

Protontricks, a handy tool for doing various tweaks with Steam Play has been forked

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jan 2019

For those brave enough to attempt to get more Windows games to run through Steam Play, Protontricks is a handy solution and it's been forked.

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Juicy like the good stuff, Wine 4.0 RC7 is out with a delightful aroma

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2019

No need to worry about a sour aftertaste here, we're of course talking about the wonderful software and not the tasty liquid.

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Become a fish inside a robot in Feudal Alloy, out now with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2019

We've seen plenty of robots and we've seen a fair amount of fish, but have you seen a fish controlling a robot with a sword? Say hello to Feudal Alloy.

Steam Play versus Linux Version, a little performance comparison and more thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2019

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Now that Steam has the ability officially to override a Linux game and run it through Steam Play instead, let's take a quick look at some differences in performance.

The Beta of Zombie Panic! Source was updated recently, should work better on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2019

Zombie Panic! Source is currently going through an overhaul, as part of this it's coming to Linux with a version now in beta and the latest update should make it a better experience.