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A brief look at Majotori, a trivia game with something of a story

By BTRE,
0
It’s not everyday you see witches and trivia being mixed up and affecting story outcomes. Majotori is a slight departure from most indie offerings and challenges players on their knowledge of video games, anime and more.
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Thoughts on first-person exploration game ESSENCE prototype, Linux crowdfunding roundup

By flesk,
2
ESSENCE is a surreal first-person exploration adventure which had me mesmerized when I first saw it on Kickstarter last year. It's back on the crowdfunding platform with a prototype, and there are also a few other campaigns there worth a look.
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Nvidia release Linux beta driver with Vulkan

By Liam Squires-Hand,
34
Well, this is awkward, Nvidia have also released a driver on Linux with Vulkan support. This leaves AMD to be the only desktop GPU vendor not to have one ready for testing on Linux.
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The Talos Principle getting a Linux build using Vulkan in a few days

By Liam Squires-Hand,
9
The Talos Principle is a very popular puzzle game from Croteam, and they already have a Windows build out that uses Vulkan. We Linux gamers will need to wait a few days, but it will be fun to see.
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Nvidia releases an open-source Vulkan C++ API, it's now on github

By Liam Squires-Hand,
7
Nvidia have been busy, they have released vkcpp which as a C++ API to work with Vulkan, as Vulkan itself is a C API.
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Earth 2160 strategy game released for Linux, powered by Wine

By Liam Squires-Hand,
18
To split up the Vulkan API news a little, here's a game! Earth 2160 the strategy game from 2006 is now available on Linux, and it's been bundled with Wine.
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AMD state they will support Vulkan on Linux in an upcoming amdgpu driver, not ready yet

By Liam Squires-Hand,
17
Considering AMD are in the middle of producing a brand new driver for Linux, it's not surprising they don't have Vulkan ready for Linux right from day one. Still, a shame for anyone on AMD hoping to test things out.
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Qt Company joins Khronos Group and promotes Vulkan

By Liam Squires-Hand,
8
This is a pretty nice boost for Vulkan, as the Qt Company has officially joined the ranks of high profile groups now in the Khronos Group.
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Intel now shipping Vulkan enabled drivers

By Liam Squires-Hand,
9
Intel is now shipping Vulkan enabled drivers so those of you on supported chips can have a play with this brand new graphics API.
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Vulkan 1.0 specification and SDK have been released

By Samsai,
78
The specification for the long awaited Vulkan graphics API has now been released by Khronos. An SDK by LunarG has also been released which contains validation and debugging tools for Vulkan applications.
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First act of noir point-and-click adventure The Slaughter reviewed for Linux

By flesk,
1
A look at the first act of the crowdfunded point-and-click adventure game; now available on the Humble Store and Steam.
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Get some cheap games on Games Republic with our discount code

By Liam Squires-Hand,
10
Games Republic have a big sale on right now, and we have an additional discount code for you for use in our little store.
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Street Fighter V will release on Linux & SteamOS this Spring time

By Liam Squires-Hand,
36
The wait is nearly over to have Street Fighter V on Linux & SteamOS. The developers have confirmed it will be available for us this Spring.
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XCOM 2 strategy game reviewed on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
19
XCOM 2 has been well reviewed for Windows, but exactly how is it on Linux? I spent many hours defending the earth to find out.
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Friday Livestream will greet you once again at 6 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
0
I for one am particularly happy that it's Friday today. My studies have been stressing me out a little bit so it's good to relax a little with some Linux gaming. As always, you get to join in on the fun via the stream chat, so make use of it!
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Dying Light hotfix released, should fix major texture issue on Linux, no co-op fixes yet

By Liam Squires-Hand,
22
Well, looks like Techland are at least paying some sort of attention to their Linux port, not much mind. They just released a hotfix to Dying Light that should fix up the low resolution texture issue. See the update at the bottom too.
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Nvidia pushes more OpenGL and Vulkan blog posts for developers

By Liam Squires-Hand,
8
Nvidia have published two more blog posts about both Vulkan and OpenGL, "Transitioning from OpenGL to Vulkan" and "OpenGL like Vulkan".
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Sunless Sea looks like it may get an official Linux build, game looks creepy & awesome

By Liam Squires-Hand,
8
I've been keeping an eye on Sunless Sea for a long time, as it looks really quite good. It has had an experimental Linux version you had the email the developers to get for a long time, but it looks like it's being added to Steam.
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Xenonauts 2 being made, developer tells us should be on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
3
If XCOM just isn't enough alien vs human strategy for you, Xenonauts 2 is now also being created and the developer confirmed to us it should be on Linux.
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Frozen Synapse 2 announced, dev confirmed to us it will be on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
3
Sorry for being a bit late on this, but a few days ago I asked the developers mode7 if Frozen Synapse 2 will be on Linux, and they kindly replied.
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