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OmniBus, a next-to-last gen physics game about the most powerful bus in the universe

By Liam Dawe, 28 May 2016

Some developers descriptions of their games well and truly crack me up. OmniBus is described as a "next-to-last gen physics game about the most powerful bus in the universe".

Two Worlds Epic Edition openworld action RPG now on Linux, uses Wine

By Liam Dawe, 27 May 2016

Topware Interactive are continuing their promise of putting their older titles on Linux and Two Worlds Epic Edition is now available on Steam. It uses Wine, but that's not as bad as you may think.

Julian Gollop, creator of the original X-COM is planning a new strategy game named Phoenix Point, it will support Linux

By Liam Dawe, 27 May 2016

Details are light on what this will be, but it's exciting. Julian Gollop, who created the original X-COM has announced he is creating a new strategy game called Phoenix Point. I have it from the man himself that Linux will be supported.

Colony building simulation RimWorld planning a Steam release with a huge new update

By Liam Dawe, 27 May 2016

I honestly think RimWorld is fantastic. A visual style inspired by Prison Architect, but you are building a colony on an alien world. The developer is finally bringing it to Steam with a huge update.

Want to make Terraria on Linux faster? FNA creator Ethan Lee has a script to help with that

By Liam Dawe, 27 May 2016

Terraria on Linux uses Ethan Lee's FNA project, but the most recent update did not update FNA which Ethan has pointed out is a bit sad. Thankfully, he has a script to do it for you.

Absolver, a beautiful looking online multiplayer combat RPG powered by Unreal Engine 4 heading to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 27 May 2016

Absolver has been announced by Sloclap who are former Ubisoft developers and publisher Devolver Digital. It's an Unreal Engine 4 online multiplayer combat RPG that sounds awesome.

Behold, Friday has arrived and there will be a stream at 5 PM UTC!

By Samsai, 27 May 2016

Friday has come again and with it comes video games, at least in the form of an H.264 live video feed. I welcome you to the traditional Friday Livestream where we play Linux games and chat casually about things both Linux and not.

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The Wine Development Release 1.9.11 Is Now Available

By sobkas, 27 May 2016

The Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.9.11 has many small changes including 21 bugfixes.

Rocket League is still coming to Linux, but there is no release date

By Liam Dawe, 26 May 2016

Rocket League is still coming to Linux a developer has confirmed on reddit, but they have no idea when by the looks of it.

Atari Vault, the 100 game collection officially launches on Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe, 26 May 2016

Two months after the initial Windows release, the Atari Vault game collection is now officially available on Linux & SteamOS.

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Check out these gameplay videos from Civilization VI, which is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 26 May 2016

Civilization VI was announced recently and it was officially confirmed that it's going to come to Linux, we now have some gameplay to show you.

F1 2015 released for Linux by Feral Interactive, Nvidia only for now, port report, video and more included

By Liam Dawe, 26 May 2016

Time to grab your helmets racing fans, as F1 2015 has officially released for Linux today. Our first proper F1 game is here!

Tomb Raider gets its first Linux & SteamOS patch, performance improved in heavy areas

By Liam Dawe, 26 May 2016

The Tomb Raider port from Feral Interactive was rough in places at release, so hopefully this new patch will help sort it out.

SteamOS 2.80 beta released, brings the AMD GPU PRO driver for Vulkan and VDPAU support

By Liam Dawe, 26 May 2016

Probably one of the more interesting releases of SteamOS recently. SteamOS 2.80 is now in beta which brings with it some fun changes for AMD GPU users.

According to Deep Silver the new editions of Dead Island are not coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 26 May 2016

Strange and sad news, Deep Silver responded to me on twitter to let me know that Dead Island Riptide Definitive Edition and Dead Island Definitive Edition are not coming to Linux. I find this odd going by the recent SteamDB activity.

Zero Point Software update us on their search for a publisher for Interstellar Marines, requiring 1.7 million dollars

By Liam Dawe, 26 May 2016

Interstellar Marines has been in development for a long time and their cash is running dry. They recently announced they are looking for a publisher or investor and they have created a video to showcase the game and make their needs known.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive now 64bit on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 26 May 2016

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive to be 64bit, so if you're still stuck in the past it's seriously time to upgrade. Valve say this fixes numerous long standing random crashes.

The handheld Linux computer Pyra is available for pre-order

By Liam Dawe, 25 May 2016

Pyra the successor to the OpenPandora device is now available to pre-order and it certainly sounds interesting.

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So I played… Automata Empire

By Samsai, 25 May 2016

Some weeks back a game by the name of Automata Empire was recommended to me and I happened to find it on a Friday before the weekly stream. So, here are my thoughts on the game.