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Polyball, a platformer mixed with racing arrives on Linux in Early Access, my thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
Polyball is quite a weird game to describe really, as you're just controlling a ball and racing along platforms across various levels. That doesn't sound like much, but it's actually pretty fun.

2Dark released without a Linux version despite promising it during crowdfunding

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Gloomywood is another one to enter our naughty books, as they promised a Linux version of 2Dark during their crowdfunding. They have now release a Windows version, that has Denuvo DRM and they claim no Linux version is planned.

Dope TrashCanners, a free online shooter (with bots) that has an amusing twist

By Liam Dawe,
Dope TrashCanners has just arrived on Linux and after trying it out I'm really quite impressed. The gameplay is simple, but the twist on death is quite amusing.

Yaakuro has worked on making SteamVR work with Unreal Engine 4 using OpenGL

By Liam Dawe,
Impressive work by Yaakuro, who has been able to get SteamVR to work with Unreal Engine 4 and it uses OpenGL.

NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics, a shoot 'em up redesigned like a turn-based strategy game

By Liam Dawe,
NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics sounds like an interesting game. It's done in the style of old shoot 'em up games, but turned into a turn-based strategy. A tactical shoot 'em up, if you will.

Faeria, the rather good free to play turn-based card battler has a final release and now official Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
I've been waiting on this for a while now! Faeria is a free to play (don't pass it up yet) turn-based battler using cards.

There's a fork of Wine-Staging that allows you to play Overwatch on Linux, still needs work

By Liam Dawe,
It seems someone has forked Wine-Staging adding in all the needed patches for Overwatch to work, so I tested it out.

OBS Studio livestreaming and recording application updated, plenty of bug fixes

By Liam Dawe,
For those of you using OBS Studio for livestreaming and recording, you might want to update as OBS Studio 18.0.1 is now available.

An explanation of what Mesa is and what graphics cards use it

By Liam Dawe,
Since we get a few comments here and there asking what Mesa is and what graphics cards will use it, here’s my attempt at clearing it up for you.

Deep Sixed, a very unique looking space survival roguelike will have Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Deep Sixed is a pretty unique looking space survival roguelike that will be heading to Kickstarter soon and the developers confirmed it will support Linux.

I finally completed Half-Life 2 on Linux and it was quite the experience

By Liam Dawe,
With all the games we have on Linux now, let’s not forget some of the defining classics like Half-Life 2 which I have finally finished.

DiRT Rally tested on R7 370 and an A10-9600p APU

By Samsai,
I might be just a bit late with these numbers but I figured I’d share them nonetheless. Let’s check out how well DiRT Rally runs on my Radeon hardware!

Munch VR has released an experimental Linux version, munch your way up the food chain

By Liam Dawe,
Munch VR, a casual VR gamed aimed at a wide audience now has an experimental version which supports Linux.

Substance Designer 6 released with day-1 Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
One for developers here, as Substance Designer 6 the '3D Material Authoring and Scan Processing Tool' has seen a day-1 Linux release.

Start your engines as DiRT Rally is now on Linux, port report & review

By Liam Dawe,
DiRT Rally is one game a lot of Linux gamers have been looking forward to, so here’s my port report and review.

Torment: Tides of Numenera, early port report and thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
A smaller article about the new RPG Torment: Tides of Numenera after spending a little time with it to make sure it works, he's a little report.

Unity 5.6 to release March 31st with 'out of the box support for Vulkan'

By Liam Dawe,
More news from GDC, Unity have announced that on March 31st, Unity 5.6 will release and it will have 'out of the box support for Vulkan'.

Solstice Chronicles: MIA, an incredible looking top-down alien shooter will support Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Solstice Chronicles: MIA is a very fancy looking top-down alien shooter seeking funding on Fig. It will support Linux and it might be worth a look.

A small tip for anyone working with Kdenlive and large video files

By Liam Dawe,
This is likely something many of you who edit videos frequently already know, but here's a small tip for those of you (like me) who aren't massively familiar with all the video editing options available. This tip is about working with large files, like longer or high quality gameplay videos.

How to record videos on Linux using OBS Studio with separate audio tracks for gameplay and microphone

By Liam Dawe,
Something I had been meaning to check out for a while is how to easily record videos of games, but have my microphone and the game audio in two different tracks. It turns out, it's actually quite easy.
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