I played American Truck Simulator on Linux, don't ever let me drive a real truck
American Truck Simulator arrived on Linux day one which is fantastic, and I was eventually sent over a key by SCS directly to check it out.
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IndieGameStand blog post on Steam key reselling, plus my thoughts
It's always a shame to hear about scammers, especially when it comes to indie developers and smaller stores. IndieGameStand has written a blog post about it and it doesn't paint a pretty picture.
Star Citizen update, they are considering Vulkan
Chris Roberts has done his usual video update on Star Citizen, and he mentions that they are looking into Vulkan.
SteamOS stable updated to 2.64, brings Vulkan to the stable users
For those not keeping track: SteamOS was recently updated to include the changes from the recent 2.64 beta and it brings Vulkan for Nvidia amongst other changes.
CrossCode, an epic looking 16-bit SNES-style RPG is now on Linux & SteamOS
I totally didn't forget to write about this. CrossCode is a rather intriguing RPG that has a style from the SNES era with obvious improvements.
Want to make an RPG game? Looks like RPG Maker MV may be coming to Linux
I've somewhat followed the RPG Maker program over the years to see it evolve into a tool some decent games have been made from, and now it looks like RPG Maker MV will come to Linux.
DiRT Rally also looks like it's coming to SteamOS & Linux
What a day to be a Linux gamers! DiRT Rally is also now showing signs that it will be ported to Linux. Another great racing game I have wanted to play, and our first proper Rally game.
Life Is Strange looks like it will come to SteamOS & Linux
Another game I have really wanted to play, but didn't think it would come to Linux. Life Is Strange is a well reviewed story game based on based choice and consequence.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II and expansions look like they are coming to Linux & SteamOS
Wow this I did not expect. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II and the expansions are showing signs that they will come over to Linux & SteamOS!
A chat with AtomicTorch Studio about their Linux sales with Dinocide & VoidExpanse
I had the pleasure of speaking with another developer today about their Linux sales, and this time it was Lurler from AtomicTorch Studio.
StarDrive 2, the pretty good 4X strategy game to get a big expansion
I was pretty impressed with StarDrive 2 and how it felt like a new generation of Master of Orion 2, so it's great to see it will get an expansion. Check out the video.
Balrum, a beautiful 2D RPG released for Linux, here’s some thoughts on it
I've been looking forward to trying out Balrum since seeing it on a crowdfunding site some time ago, and now it has had a day-1 release on Linux I got a chance to play with it.
I am launching a Patreon campaign to support me and GamingOnLinux
After researching it properly, talking to friends and family who have given their support I have decided based on feedback to launch my own personal Patreon campaign to fund me and the GamingOnLinux website.
Police Infinity, an interesting looking FPS coming to Early Access & Linux soon
Police Infinity claims it isn't "yet another Unity FPS" and it has my hopes up a little bit. It doesn't look too bad, and the animations in first person look quite nice too. It's due to enter Early Access soon.
A chat with the developer of Quest of Dungeons about their Linux sales
I asked on twitter for developers to get in touch about their games, and first up is Quest of Dungeons from Upfall Studios. A turn based dungeon crawler game featuring a good old 16-bit retro artistic look.
Overlord, Overlord: Raising Hell and Overlord II look set for Linux ports soon
Our friends over at Virtual Programming are hard at work on porting Overlord, Overlord II and Overlord: Raising Hell to Linux. They left a funny little message for us on SteamDB too.
GOL Cast: Growing space potatoes in Sol 0: Mars Colonization
This time around I am taking a look at a game I picked up some time ago for a Friday Livestream simply because it was cheap. So, let's go to Mars in Sol 0: Mars Colonization!
Linux usage on Steam is better than people think
The latest Steam Hardware Survey is out, and as usual some websites are claiming the death of SteamOS. We are here with a better outlook. We also just recently crossed over 1900 Linux games on Steam!
Did you buy the latest Humble Bundle? Keep an eye on your emails for a new Sunless Sea key
It seems a bit of "human error" happened with the latest Humble Indie Bundle and Sunless Sea. Humble were accidentally selling "Lifetime Edition" keys which gives access to all future DLC when it was supposed to be normal keys.
Nvidia release another new Vulkan beta driver with Linux support
Nvidia are keeping up their great support of Vulkan with yet another new build of their Vulkan driver which supports Linux.