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Looking for ways to spice up your gaming? Here’s a few games with awesome mods

By BTRE,
With the continuous stream of new releases, it’s sometimes hard to remember that there's still plenty of excuses to fire up games you already own. User-made modifications are one of the best things about being a PC gamer and so I’ve taken the time to make a very biased list of games that have great mods.

Wine 3.1 is now available to kick off another development cycle

By Liam Dawe,
The Wine team officially announced today the release of Wine 3.1 to kick off the start of another development cycle for what will eventually be Wine 4.0.

Pixeljam are crowdfunding Dino Run 2, the developer answered some of my concerns

By Liam Dawe,
Pixeljam are currently crowdfunding Dino Run 2, their next fast-paced dinosaur themed platformer. I got a few questions answered for you.

Playing Quake 4 on Linux in 2018

By Hamish,
Having already gone to the trouble of getting the original Doom 3 binary working on my modern Arch Linux system a few months back, it made me wonder just how much effort it would take to get the closed source Quake 4 port up and running again as well.

Some reflections on radv, the first open source Vulkan driver for AMD GPUs

By BTRE,
With recent commits that fix bugs and allow newer Vega cards to pass tests for official conformance, development for radv continues apace. It’s a good time to look back and talk about just how far the driver has come in such a short time.

A look at Linux gaming in 2017, an end of year review and Happy Holidays!

By Liam Dawe,
As the year draws to a close, here's a look at what's happened in the Linux gaming world across 2017.

Development of roguelike 'Jupiter Hell' sounds like it's going well

By Liam Dawe,
Jupiter Hell, the kickstarted roguelike/RPG being developed by the creator of DoomRL (now called DRL) is coming along well.

Friday Ahoy, it's Friday Livestream time at 6 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
Hello there! It's once again time for us to enjoy the arrival of the Friday in the form of a traditional Friday Livestream! So, get your snacks and prepare your comfortable viewing location of choice for some live Linux gaming!

GZDoom 3.2.3 released with improved Mesa driver support and more

By Talon1024,
GZDoom, the open source id Tech 1 engine that powers mods such as Project Brutality and standalone TCs like WolfenDoom: Blade of Agony or Castlevania: Simon's Destiny, has a new version out with improved support for Mesa drivers on Linux.

Intra-System: Trust Issues fiendishly encourages betrayal, my thoughts on the experience

By BTRE,
Intra-System: Trust Issues, aside from being a mouthful to say, is a short adventure game with a heavy emphasis on audio feedback and choices. I gave this recently-ported free game a play and have a few thoughts to share.

Playing Doom 3 on Linux in 2017

By Hamish,
With the release of the source code to both Doom 3 and the later BFG Edition, there now exists three options for Linux users wanting to play the game. Having gone through Doom 3 again, I decided it was time for me to compare them and give my thoughts on both the game and which of the three versions are best for Linux users in 2017.

Close-combat FPS 'Return to Planet X' is now on Linux, it's actually not bad at all

By Liam Dawe,
If there's one thing I truly love, it's FPS games. Merge an FPS with a space sci-fi setting where you're killing aliens in close-combat and I'm happy. Say hello to Return to Planet X.

Mesa 17.2 officially released

By Liam Dawe,
The open source graphics drivers, Mesa, have been updated to 17.2 which is a major new release bringing in many changes.

Friday Livestream with Samsai at 5 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
Hopefully you didn't expect there to not be a Friday livestream today because there totally is! Once again we shall fire up the war rig of doom and destruction and start blasting frames and audio bits at Twitch at high velocity! And, as is typically the case, you can watch the mayhem from a safe distance on Twitch!

What games do you want ported to Linux? Feral Interactive want to know again

By Liam Dawe,
Feral Interactive are wanting to know what games you want ported to Linux, hopefully taking your requests into real consideration.

Friday Livestream with Samsai at 5 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
Tick tock, it's Friday again! Once again will the livestream machine be warmed up for doom and destruction and the resulting madness will be broadcast along cables and radio waves to your preferred viewing device! So, get your snacks ready for some live Linux gaming!

Astral Traveler, a 'runner style' racer releases next month with Linux support, check out the trailer

By Liam Dawe,
Astral Traveler, what the developer is calling a 'runner style' racer, where you keep on going and going while dodging obstacles and shooting down enemies is releasing next month, with Linux support.

Discover what lurks beneath the earth in the FPS 'DUSK', which could get Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Fans of old FPS games like Doom and Quake might be very interested in DUSK. An FPS about discovering just what lurks beneath the earth.

Friday Livestream with Samsai at 5 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
Hey, it's Friday again! Another week has slipped by nearly unnoticed and it's time for me to pre-heat my Ryzen for another weekly livestream of doom and destruction! And, as per usual, you are invited to witness and participate in the chaos!

Looks like the DOSBox wrapped Linux version of STAR WARS: Dark Forces might make it to Steam

By Liam Dawe,
For the Star Wars fans who don't already have STAR WARS: Dark Forces on GOG, you might be pleased to know that it looks like the DOSBox version for Linux will also make its way onto Steam.
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