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This years GDC conference will have a very interesting Vulkan & DX12 talk from AMD

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jan 2016

The Game Developers Conference (GDC) isn't too far away now, and a few more sessions are starting to appear. One in particular caught the interesting of a reader who sent it in, and now it's exciting me too.

We Are The Dwarves, a real-time tactics game is coming to Linux, and it looks awesome

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jan 2016

We Are The Dwarves was sent in by the developer, and my my, it looks quite good actually. Certainly one of the more unique settings for a game that has come across my emails recently.

Want a job? GOG are hiring!

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jan 2016

GOG would be a pretty awesome company to work for wouldn't it? They are currently hiring for plenty of positions, so get in while you can.

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Medieval II: Total War Collection coming to Linux & SteamOS on January 14th

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jan 2016

Good news for strategy fans, as Medieval II: Total War Collection is coming over to Linux & SteamOS on January 14th.

SpeedRunners, a competitive action-platform runner has been delayed for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jan 2016

SpeedRunners, a competitive action-platform runner which was originally going to be out for Linux before Christmas has been delayed. It now has no ETA.

Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak may come to Linux some day

By nerdknight, 10 Jan 2016

According to a member of BBI Interactive the game may come to Linux and Mac in the future. Not likely soon, but at least they aren't saying no right away.

XCOM 2 is starting to look mighty interesting

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jan 2016

As the time to release gets closer, more details about XCOM 2 are starting to arrive. I am excited, but I hope they don't mess it up.

Windlands, a first person grappling hook exploration game now on SteamOS & Linux

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jan 2016

Windlands looks like one of the more unique indie games I've seen recently, and the idea of bouncing around with a grappling hook sounds fun.

SteamOS beta updated to support Xbox One Elite gamepad

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jan 2016

For those not keeping an eye on the latest SteamOS updates, a new beta was pushed out a few days ago! It's good to see Valve keeping up with new hardware support.

Slime Rancher pre-alpha, DRM free, available for Linux

By Xpander, 9 Jan 2016

Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the 'Far, Far Range' where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.

GOL Asks: What have you been playing recently?

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jan 2016

We are firmly into the new year now, so what have you all been playing recently? It's been a while since I asked!

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The Wine Development Release 1.9.1 Is Now Available

By sobkas, 9 Jan 2016

The Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.9.1 has many small changes including 38 bugfixes.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive updated, now with nicer sound options for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2016

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is actually a really great game, and we had a lot of fun playing it a while back on a livestream. One thing I've seen people moan about is the sound options on Linux, so it looks like Valve has taken steps to address that.

Team Fortress 2 updated to fix Linux memory usage

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2016

Team Fortress 2 is a great free game for when you're bored, and the experience on Linux should be quite a bit better now too.

Oculus Rift VR headset will support Linux after release, looking like it's going to be pricey

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2016

I'm still not sold on VR, as it seems like an odd experience. Oculus dropped Linux support some time ago, but it seems they plan to add it back in.

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Infinium Strike, an interesting looking strategy and action game comes to Linux this year

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2016

Infinium Strike is a Kickstarter-funded hybrid of strategy and action that will blast through to Linux in Q2 of this year.

Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?! Tested on Linux with some thoughts on the gameplay

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2016

Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?! That has to be one of the wackiest titles I've ever seen, and the developers kindly sent in a key for me to give it a go.

You know the drill, The Friday Livestream is starting at 6 PM UTC!

By Samsai, 8 Jan 2016

As per tradition, I am holding the usual Friday Livestream and you are welcome to join in on the madness as I play some Linux games and talk about various (usually gaming related) topics which you can participate in via the Twitch chat.

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The open source app for the Itch games store has a major update

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2016

Ah goodie, it's update day for the Itch app, this is becoming one of my favourite days. I love the effort put into it, and this release is no different with it now translated to 30+ languages.