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Looks like Shadow of Mordor has bad graphical bugs with Nvidia 364.12

By Liam Dawe, 28 Mar 2016

Just a heads up, you might want to avoid Nvidia driver 364.12 is you play Shadow of Mordor (or want to play it soon). Nvidia have stated it's an issue Feral Interactive need to fix.

The next alpha for the open source RTS 0 A.D. is coming soon, some highlights included

By Liam Dawe, 28 Mar 2016

The 0 A.D. developers sent word out today that the packaging for alpha 20 has begun, and release candidate testing will happen soon. I've done some highlights of what's to come!

End of month reminder: Please support me on Patreon

By Liam Dawe, 28 Mar 2016

I will try not to do this too often, but since the month is coming to a close if you haven't done so already, please consider supporting me on Patreon.

Looking for Linux Gaming communities on your favourite services? Got you covered

By Liam Dawe, 27 Mar 2016

Just a reminder of all the websites and apps we have groups on you can join to keep track of our news, and some let you post and chat away in yourselves! There's something for everyone here.

Some HD videos of the Vulkan GDC sessions are now online

By Liam Dawe, 27 Mar 2016

For those that didn't watch the original low quality videos, the HD versions of the Vulkan GDC talks are now online.

7 Days to Die alpha 14 released, Linux graphics broken again

By Liam Dawe, 27 Mar 2016

One day I will be able to write something nice about 7 Days to Die, but today is not that day. The developers have released 7 Days to Die alpha 14 and shown they still aren't testing the Linux builds.

Prison Architect update 5, fixes some performance and improves the not so secret 3D mode

By Liam Dawe, 26 Mar 2016

Prison Architect has been updated once again, and it features a bunch of performance improvements. One thing I've been meaning to write about is the 3D mode that was a secret, but people finally found it.

Blacksea Odyssey, a surprisingly great top-down rogue-lite space shoot ‘em up

By Liam Dawe, 26 Mar 2016

Blacksea Odyssey, a top-down rogue-lite space shoot ‘em up is now available in Steam's Early Access. You fight off massive creatures as you seek glory with your harpoons.

UNIGINE 2.2 released with major new features

By Liam Dawe, 26 Mar 2016

UNIGINE is a pretty advanced game engine that never really gets much attention from anyone it seems. They recently released UNIGINE 2.2 with major new features.

Discord chat app adds an experimental Linux version

By Liam Dawe, 26 Mar 2016

I know a few people who have been waiting for this! Discord, a newer chat app used by gamers now has an experimental Linux app ready for some testing.

Does your mouse flicker or flash constantly in Unity games? Here's a solution

By Liam Dawe, 26 Mar 2016

I came across another one of my weird issues recently. In Unity3D games when running them my mouse pointer would just flash or flicker, and I found a simple solution.

Albion Online MMORPG major update "Cador" released

By Liam Dawe, 26 Mar 2016

Albion Online continues to get better with this latest major update to the indie MMORPG. It includes a re-work of armour types, tons of new spells and much more.

Race.a.bit, a retro styled 2D racer released on Linux, some thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 26 Mar 2016

Race.a.bit is a new retro inspired 2D racer that is now on Linux, it doesn't have many reviews, so I took a look to let you know if it's worth it or not.

Villagers, a new town-building game released on Linux, some thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2016

I love city/town building games like Banished, Settlers and the like, so a brand new one on Linux was too good to pass up. Here we go with Villagers!

Two Worlds II to get major engine upgrade, new DLC and SteamOS & Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2016

Something I have been speaking about with Topware since 2013 is finally going to happen! Two Worlds II is getting a major engine upgrade, with new DLC and SteamOS & Linux support too.

Lifeless Planet sci-fi adventure game now available in Beta for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2016

Good news astronauts! Lifeless Planet is now available in Beta for Linux & SteamOS. Hopefully there aren't too many issues.

Atari Vault released for Windows, Linux build coming soon

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2016

Atari Vault launched without the mentioned SteamOS/Linux support, and no mention in their release announcement. I have now managed to get a response for you all.

Developer of advanced flight simulator X-Plane blogs about Vulkan

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2016

The developer of X-Plane, a cross-platform advanced flight simulator has written up a lengthy blogpost about Vulkan after going over the spec.

RollerCoaster Tycoon World now planning on Early Access, Linux is not day-1

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2016

What a surprise. RollerCoaster Tycoon World has seen delays before, and it will now go into Early Access instead of a full release. It has also dropped any mention of Linux/SteamOS from the Steam store page.

Friday Livestream will be here at 6 PM UTC!

By Samsai, 25 Mar 2016

The past week has been quite hectic but despite the strain of exams and rapidly approaching deadlines, I will still bring you the Friday Livestream! Come and enjoy some live Linux gaming beamed to your local computer monitor via Twitch!