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SolarGun, a first-person puzzler set in an aseptic factory has Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 22 Aug 2017

More than an indie Portal-like, SolarGun offers up some interesting puzzles and overall it seems like a pretty decent puzzler.

Trying the experimental GCN 1.0 support in AMDGPU

By Samsai, 19 Jun 2017

Inspired by the recent release of Dawn of War 3, I decided to try out the experimental GCN 1.0 support in the new AMDGPU kernel driver and share my experiences.

Friday Madness, a quick look at some good Linux gaming deals, lot's going on sale!

By Liam Dawe, 19 May 2017

Later than usual, but here's a weekly look at some decent Linux gaming deals going on right now. Hand-picked deals of what I think you might like.

On Sale

Marek submits patch series for threaded Gallium to Mesa, boosts performance in games

By BTRE, 11 May 2017

AMD employee and Mesa developer Marek Olšák is at it again, proposing a series of patches that would boost performance for AMD GPUs running the open drivers.

Wednesday Madness, a quick look at some good Linux gaming deals

By Liam Dawe, 12 Apr 2017

Welcome to another Wednesday Madness here at GOL. Another quick look at some good deals you shouldn't pass up!

On Sale

Another weekly look at some good Linux gaming deals going on right now

By Liam Dawe, 6 Apr 2017

Another time to check out some crazy deals on Linux games. A little later than usual, but here we are!

On Sale

The Talos Principle has another stable build with Vulkan improvements, much better than OpenGL

By Liam Dawe, 2 Mar 2017

Croteam have put out yet another stable build of The Talos Principle, which brings improvements for the Vulkan version. I did some fresh benchmarks and the difference is quite amazing.

The Talos Principle has a new stable build with more Vulkan optimizations

By Liam Dawe, 14 Feb 2017

Croteam are continuing to improve The Talos Principle with a brand new stable build that has Vulkan optimizations.

Croteam say all Serious Sam games are on their way to Linux with Vulkan, also VR on Linux teaser from Valve

By Liam Dawe, 8 Feb 2017

Croteam have put up a very nice blog post about all their games and it seems all of them are coming to Linux now and with Vulkan too.

Linux Gaming in 2016, an end of year review

By Liam Dawe, 12 Dec 2016

2016 has been an absolute knockout year for Linux gaming, let’s have a little talk about what we have achieved.

Editorial

The Talos Principle stable build updated, includes the latest improvements for Vulkan (updated)

By Liam Dawe, 12 Dec 2016

Croteam have updated The Talos Principle today to move the last beta build over to the stable release.

The Talos Principle updated again, new public beta improves their Vulkan support some more

By Liam Dawe, 11 Nov 2016

The Talos Principle is currently one of the two Linux games to use Vulkan right now, so it's great to see them keep updating it.

The Talos Principle now renders correctly in 'radv', the open source AMD Vulkan driver

By Liam Dawe, 27 Sep 2016

Good news for Vulkan and AMD GPU fans, as David Airlie has put up a new blog post letting us know that The Talos Principle now renders correctly in this new open source AMD Vulkan driver.

The open source Vulkan driver for AMD can now run Dota 2

By Liam Dawe, 26 Aug 2016

A pretty good milestone has been achieved with the open source Vulkan driver for AMD that Dave Airlie has been working on with Bas Nieuwenhuizen. It can now run Dota 2.

The Talos Principle updated with more Vulkan stability and performance

By Liam Dawe, 26 Jul 2016

Croteam have continued developing their Vulkan backend for The Talos Principle and have pushed the last beta to stable and released another beta with more Vulkan work.