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Parsec is another game streaming service, now with Linux support and it's blown me away

By Liam Dawe, 24 May 2017

I've been chatting to the founders of Parsec, a new game streaming service that allows you to stream games from any cloud machine to your desktop. They just released Linux support and apparently it even works on streaming to a Raspberry Pi.

Total War: Shogun 2 & Fall of the Samurai released for Linux, port review and thoughts

By Samsai, 23 May 2017

The Linux ports of Total War: Shogun 2 & Fall of the Samurai have now been shipped by Feral Interactive. Here's a port report and a review based on gameplay of Shogun 2 itself.

SteamOS updated, Valve drops AMDGPU-PRO for Mesa

By Liam Dawe, 22 May 2017

Valve haven't been sitting on their hands, as they have pushed out a fresh update for SteamOS that's currently in Beta. It's been a while and it's a good one.

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The Mesa fixes needed for Dying Light and Dead Island Definitive Edition are now in Mesa-git

By Liam Dawe, 20 May 2017

Dying Light and Dead Island Definitive Edition were previously broken on Mesa, but as of today a patch has landed in Mesa-git to fix them both ready for Mesa 17.2.

Pizza Connection 3 simulation and management game to release with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 19 May 2017

Pizza Connection 3 is a new simulation and management game from Gentlymad and Assemble Entertainment, it will release next year with Linux support.

An update on the Xenonauts Linux port that's only for 'legacy customers'

By Liam Dawe, 16 May 2017

I recently wrote about how the Linux version of Xenonauts is no longer supported with the developer now saying it's only for 'legacy customers', I reached out to the developer for some answers and here's what they told me.

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Enshrouded World, a Leadwerks-powered vehicular combat game has Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 2 May 2017

Enshrouded World, a vehicular combat game powered by the game engine Leadwerks has Linux support on itch.

Stardew Valley 1.2 is out with more languages, better gamepad support and more

By Liam Dawe, 25 Apr 2017

Stardew Valley, the lovely and addictive 2D game from ConcernedApe has a big new patch out and here's what's new.

OpenRA has a new release with HiDPI font rendering, more Dune 2000 missions and more

By Liam Dawe, 25 Apr 2017

OpenRA is easily one of my favourite open source projects. It allows us to play early Westwood RTS games like Red Alert and Dune 2000 in a modern engine on Linux. The latest release is a good one too.

About Linux games being delayed: A chat with several game developers and porters

By Liam Dawe, 20 Apr 2017

We see a lot of games get delayed for Linux, but why is this? I decided to ask around about the difficulties facing developers when porting games to Linux. A chat with some well known Linux porters! Warning: Article is on the longer side.

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Terraria update adds new languages, improved Linux stability, support for high resolutions and more

By Liam Dawe, 19 Apr 2017

A big Terraria update has landed and it looks like the developers spent a lot of time getting this right. It includes lots of really useful stuff.

Announcing a new fun venture for me: Our sister site LifeOnLinux

By Liam Dawe, 18 Apr 2017

I've debated for quite some time setting up my own more generalised Linux and technology site, so screw it, I did it. Announcing LifeOnLinux as a new experiment!

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All Walls Must Fall sounds like a Kickstarter worth some Linux gamer attention

By Liam Dawe, 17 Apr 2017

All Walls Must Fall, an isometric tactics game currently in the final days of Kickstarter has promised same-day Linux support!

A look at 'Asura', a top-down hack 'n' slash game inspired by Indian mythology

By Liam Dawe, 14 Apr 2017

Today I took a look at 'Asura' a brand new hack 'n' slash title that's inspired by Indian mythology.

The Jupiter Hell developers are showing how a Kickstarter is done properly

By Liam Dawe, 12 Apr 2017

Jupiter Hell, a project I personally backed is really showing how to do a Kickstarter properly in terms of Linux support and open communication.

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Brawl of Ages, an online 1v1 strategy game from the creators of Strife, it's free too

By Liam Dawe, 12 Apr 2017

Brawl of Ages is a free to play online 1on1 fast-paced strategy game that recently launched with Linux support. It's being published by S2 Games, who created Strife with a new developer BNA Studios taking the helm.

Superposition, the latest benchmark by Unigine, has been released

By BTRE, 12 Apr 2017

The newest benchmarking test by Unigine Corp shows off their UNIGINE 2 engine and rather impressive visuals. Get ready to push your GPUs hard!

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Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition released with Day-1 Linux support, my review

By Liam Dawe, 11 Apr 2017

Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition is another revamp of an old classic given new life by Beamdog, a game where death is not the end. You will end up becoming friends with death and get to know it rather well.

An interview with Beamdog about Linux gaming, they say it’s worth it

By Liam Dawe, 8 Apr 2017

I had the pleasure of speaking to two different teams at game developer and publisher Beamdog, notable for Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition and the soon to be released Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition.

Interview

AMDGPU-PRO 17.10 driver released

By Liam Dawe, 7 Apr 2017

AMD have released their AMDGPU-PRO 17.10 driver which includes a few important fixes as well as official support for Ubuntu 16.04.2 64bit. It should also fix a Mad Max Vulkan issue.