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Virtual Programming Are Working To Improve The Witcher 2 On Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jun 10, 2014

Good news folks the guys at Virtual Programming aren't leaving us high and dry on the Linux port of The Witcher 2. They are working to try to improve eON for Linux, as if it's to be used in future ports then it does need to get better.

PlayCanvas 3D WebGL Game Engine Now Open Source

By Liam Dawe, Jun 4, 2014

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PlayCanvas is the "world’s easiest to use WebGL Game Engine". It’s free, it’s open source and it’s backed by "amazing" developer tools. Well now isn't this interesting.

Valve's VOGL Debugger Makes It Even Easier To Debug OpenGL Games

By Liam Dawe, Jun 3, 2014

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Peter Lohrmann has been working on Valve's VOGL debugger to make it easier to use for developers looking to it for help.

OpenGL Is Broken According To Another Developer

By Liam Dawe, May 31, 2014

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The more Linux gains popularity thanks to Valve & Steam the more we are seeing developers claim OpenGL is broken/hard to use and so on. This time it's Joshua Barczak the lead graphics engineer for Firaxis Games (think Civilization!).

Leadwerks Game Engine To Launch On Ubuntu Software Centre

By Liam Dawe, May 27, 2014

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The Leadwerks game engine is now available to buy from the Ubuntu Software Centre, so anyone using Ubuntu can purchase it and install it directly within Ubuntu to begin creating games.

Toolkit

Unity3D Releases Unity 4.5 & With It Comes Major Linux Fixes

By Liam Dawe, May 27, 2014

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I really hope a lot of Unity developers upgrade to Unity4.5 as it offers up some heavily needed fixes to the engine for Linux builds of games.

Why We Shouldn't Accept Bad Linux Ports

By Liam Dawe, May 25, 2014

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Thanks to the recent fiasco of The Witcher 2 I wanted to write down some thoughts on why we shouldn't accept bad quality ports from developers.

Epic Games Release New Information About Unreal Engine 4 & Linux Support

By Liam Dawe, May 20, 2014

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Epic Games will soon be champions of Linux gaming for sure. They have done a big blog post on Linux support in Unreal Engine 4.

The Community Has Beaten Epic At Porting The Unreal Editor To Linux

By Liam Dawe, May 10, 2014

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The community of coders has beaten Epic Games at the porting game and has ported the Unreal Editor to Linux already.

Epic Games Roadmap For Unreal Engine Now Available, Linux Native Editor Is On It

By Liam Dawe, May 8, 2014

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Remember when we got confirmation for you that Unreal Engine will have all the tools native on Linux? Well their roadmap is now public and it's on it.

Vogl OpenGL Debugger Gaining Support For GL 4.x API

By Liam Dawe, May 8, 2014

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Vogl the open source OpenGL debugger being made by Valve is soon to gain support for the GL 4.x API and on a lighter note it almost works on Windows.

Torque 2D Game Engine Offers Full Linux Support In New Update

By Liam Dawe, May 4, 2014

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You all asked for it and they finally delivered. Torque 2D has been updated to 3.0 with Linux support which means more games are now possible for Linux.

Warsow FPS 1.5 Released!

By Anon, May 3, 2014

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After months of hard work and multiple test releases, we are proud to announce the long-awaited release of Warsow 1.5. The latest and greatest version introduces significant updates to all areas of the game.

Unreal Engine 4.1 Has Been Released, Features Early Linux Support

By Liam Dawe, Apr 25, 2014

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As we have reported before about Epic Games adding in Linux support for Unreal Engine 4.1+ it is now a reality. Unreal Engine 4.1 has been released!

Game Develop Still Seeking Funds To Better Their Toolkits Linux Support

By Liam Dawe, Apr 14, 2014

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Game Develop is a good bit of free kit for developers wanting to create games without programming or for things like prototyping. The have a Linux version currently, but they want funds to improve it.

Natural Selection 2's DirectX To OpenGL Convertor Now Builds Out Of The Box

By Liam Dawe, Apr 13, 2014

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Not long ago the tool Unknown Worlds wrote to convert Natural Selection 2's DirectX calls into OpenGL was open sourced, it has now been updated to build properly.

CryEngine SDK on SteamDB Is Now The CryEngine 3 Free SDK

By Liam Dawe, Apr 8, 2014

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Before we told you about the CryEngine SDK that came up on SteamDB, well more has happened and according to the EULA it is the free SDK for CryEngine 3.

Esenthel Game Engine New Version & Now Subscription Based, With Source Access

By Liam Dawe, Apr 6, 2014

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I recently wrote about Esenthel and it seems they are now moving to better align themselves with engines like CryEngine and Unreal Engine with subscriptions.