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Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc looks like its coming to Linux

By ChloeWolfieGirl, 18 Feb 2016

Danganronpa looks like an interesting anime styled detective game. With a lot of mystery, interesting quirky characters and a little case of death. The characters seem to only be rendered in 2D but environments seem to differ between both 2D and 3D.

Master of Orion reveals an awesome voice cast, can't wait to have it on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 18 Feb 2016

The new Master of Orion is coming to Linux, but you know that already if you read us often. The awesome news is the voice cast has been revealed, and it's awesome.

Dying Light patch released

By Liam Dawe, 18 Feb 2016

Just a heads up, a new Dying Light patch is now available. Sadly it broke the game for me on my main Ubuntu install

RuneScape working on a brand new OpenGL engine, Linux support to be official

By Liam Dawe, 18 Feb 2016

RuneScape developers are working on a brand new feature filled engine they are calling "NXT". It will use OpenGL, and Linux support will now be official for this MMO.

Cities: Skylines - Snowfall released

By BTRE, 18 Feb 2016

The second expansion to the highly-successful city builder has arrived, bringing with it snowy tidings. Besides introducing new buildings and features, the expansion is released alongside a patch for all players that adds free content.

Another AMD blog post on Vulkan, this time with info about multithreading

By Liam Dawe, 18 Feb 2016

While AMD may not have a Linux driver ready for Vulkan, they are still getting me excited about it with their blog posts.

This XCOM 2 video shows Linux and Windows very close in performance

By Liam Dawe, 18 Feb 2016

Another excellent comparison video from Penguin Recordings has shown just how close XCOM 2 is on Linux and Windows, and Linux actually beats Windows in some tests.

Shadwen, the brand new stealth game from Frozenbyte looks like it will support Linux

By Liam Dawe, 18 Feb 2016

Shadwen looks awesome, and I'm going to be honest I hadn't heard of it until it was sent it. Shadwen is a true stealth game where the only rule is to remain unseen. Stay hidden – or the ruthless guards will kill you on sight! Looks like it's coming to Linux too.

Layers of Fear, a psychedelic horror experience released on Linux thanks to Aspyr Media and Bloober Team

By Liam Dawe, 17 Feb 2016

Are you ready to crap your pants? Layers of Fear has graduated Early Access to become a full member of the horror club.

Pillars of Eternity: The White March - Part II is now available

By BTRE, 17 Feb 2016

The second expansion to the very successful Pillars of Eternity has been released. Not only does the expansion conclude the story but a large patch has come out alongside it, bringing new free content for all owners of the base game.

Funklift, a party game with disco lights and forklifts, has a Linux demo available.

By BTRE, 17 Feb 2016

Mixing funk and forklifts in an unusual combination, Funklift is a local multiplayer game still under development. Due to friendly prodding, the developers have also released alpha builds for Linux.

Mad Max shows more signs that it's coming to Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe, 17 Feb 2016

Mad Max the open world survival game from Avalanche Studios looks even more likely to be coming to Linux.

Darkest Dungeon will be available on Linux in March

By Liam Dawe, 17 Feb 2016

Darkest Dungeon, a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG that's very popular should arrive on Linux in March.

GLFW, a platform-independent API for developers already supports Vulkan

By Liam Dawe, 17 Feb 2016

Good news developers, GLFW (an alternative to things like SDL) already supports Vulkan and it's available right now.

AMD blog post about Vulkan Renderpasses

By Liam Dawe, 17 Feb 2016

AMD are doing some good work around Vulkan, and another blog post highlighting features has arrived. This time they are covering Vulkan Renderpasses.

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

By BTRE, 17 Feb 2016

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.

Thoughts on first-person exploration game ESSENCE prototype, Linux crowdfunding roundup

By flesk, 17 Feb 2016

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.

Nvidia release Linux beta driver with Vulkan

By Liam Dawe, 16 Feb 2016

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.

The Talos Principle getting a Linux build using Vulkan in a few days

By Liam Dawe, 16 Feb 2016

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.