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New Steam Client Beta adds fixes for 'upcoming' Vulkan games

By Liam Dawe, Jul 1, 2016

So here's something fun, the latest Steam Client Beta has 'Fixed compatibility issues with some upcoming Vulkan games'. Begin mindless speculation.

Apparently desktop Linux marketshare has finally hit that elusive 2% mark

By Liam Dawe, Jul 1, 2016

According to the website 'Netmarketshare', Desktop Linux has finally hit 2% in June after three consecutive months of growth.

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Nightdive Studios aren't sure when the Linux version of the System Shock remake will be available

By Liam Dawe, Jun 29, 2016

I shot off a message to Nightdive Studios about their Linux plans for System Shock since Linux is a stretch goal. The reply doesn't fill me with confidence to pledge right now.

ZED by Eagre Games reaches the funding goal, developer thanks GOL and the Linux community

By Liam Dawe, Jun 29, 2016

I'm never one to shy away from patting my fellow Linux users on the back, so here it is *pats*. Thanks to the Linux gaming community and our own contributor BTRE, ZED by Eagre Games has passed the funding goal on Kickstarter.

Some essential mods to try in XCOM 2 that don't break the balance or change gameplay

By Liam Dawe, Jun 29, 2016

I love XCOM 2, it's probably my favourite strategy game right now. The problem is, it's still a bit of a buggy mess, a lovable mess mind you. Here's some mods I picked and tested to make it feel better.

Key reselling store G2A to make some small steps towards helping developers

By Liam Dawe, Jun 28, 2016

You may remember the article I wrote recently about asking you not to use G2A, well it appears G2A are now taking some first steps towards actually supporting developers.

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AMD will be hosting a reddit 'ask me anything' and giving away 14 RX 480 graphics cards

By Liam Dawe, Jun 27, 2016

AMD are doing something pretty amazing, they will be doing a reddit AMA with the chance of anyone who comments to win one of fourteen of their brand new RX 480 graphics cards.

Street Fighter V has passed the initial Linux & SteamOS release window

By Liam Dawe, Jun 22, 2016

I sincerely hope none of you pre-ordered Street Fighter V on the promise of the Linux version, as it has shown yet again how silly it is. Street Fighter V is now officially late.

A third of Valve now working on VR, still no Linux support

By Liam Dawe, Jun 21, 2016

A Valve developer on reddit has talked a bit about Valve and VR, and he specifically stated that a third of Valve is now working on VR. A third of Valve, yet still no Linux support.

Buy games from G2A? You should just stop already, tinyBuild lost out on approx $450K of sales

By Liam Dawe, Jun 20, 2016

We've had colourful discussions about G2A in our Telegram group, IRC, reddit and other places. Some people don't care and just want cheap games, but for those of you who want to support not only Linux, but gaming in general—read on.

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Thinking about buying Ballistic Overkill? Watch our Twitch session on Youtube to help you decide

By Liam Dawe, Jun 20, 2016

A couple of us are a bit hooked on the FPS game Ballistic Overkill and we did a livestream on Twitch the other night to show it off some more. It's now on Youtube for you to laugh at us.

An interview with Paradox Development Studios about supporting Linux

By BTRE, Jun 19, 2016

Lately, I’ve been busy playing a lot of Hearts of Iron 4 and Stellaris, as both were day-1 releases on Linux. I spoke with Gustav Palmqvist, a PDS developer who helped make those releases happen on our platform of choice.

Resolution added to the user stats page, please update your profiles

By Liam Dawe, Jun 18, 2016

I have done some more work on the user statistics page tonight. I have now included an option to pick your resolution. I will do a regeneration soon once a few people have added theirs so it's not blank.

What are you playing this weekend?

By Liam Dawe, Jun 18, 2016

It's the weekend already? Oh goodie! Time to dust off that game collection you've been neglecting due to work, school, family or whatever. Tell me what you're playing and what you think to it.

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An update on Insurgency: Sandstorm, Day of Infamy and competitive play for Insurgency

By Liam Dawe, Jun 17, 2016

Insurgency is supposed to be getting competitive features for the online play, but their UI is holding them up. They have written up a post to explain it and they talk about their new games Day of Infamy and Insurgency: Sandstorm too.

Game porter Ethan Lee on packaging games for Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jun 17, 2016

Game porter Ethan Lee has written up a post aimed at helping developers package their games up for Linux.

Here's my own Linux OpenGL vs Vulkan test for Dota 2, not much difference for me

By Liam Dawe, Jun 15, 2016

I decided to run some of my own tests in Dota 2 to see what kind of difference I am actually seeing, the results are surprising.

Deep Silver & Techland are not supporting Dead Island Definitive Edition on Linux, at all

By Liam Dawe, Jun 15, 2016

I was surprised to see Dead Island: Definitive Edition (and Riptide) released on Linux since Deep Silver claimed before hand it wouldn't be. After a small delay they did release it, but don't plan to support it.