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AMD's New R9 Graphics Cards Will Support Vulkan & OpenGL 4.5

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AMD has launched their new AMD Radeon™ R9 Series, and with it comes a promise of OpenGL 4.5 and future Vulkan support.

Terraria Sandbox Game Plans A July Linux Release

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Looks like an early birthday present is on its way to me, as the Terraria developers have officially stated Linux & Mac builds should be out in July.

LEGO Minifigures Online Is Officially Coming To Linux

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LEGO Minifigures Online originally appeared on SteamDB back in March, but the developers Funcom said to us directly Linux wasn't planned. Their official site, and Steam store page now officially mention Linux as a supported platform. Bring on the bricks.

Linux Editor Mentioned On The Unity Roadmap

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The roadmap for Unity, the extremely popular game engine has been updated. Apparently a Linux editor for Unity is in-progress, but it may be a while before we see it.

GOL Cast: Double The Headache With Snakebird And TIS-100

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So I heard you like puzzle games. Well, since relatively recently we have gotten two light-weight and relatively simple (as in, simple concept) puzzle games I decided to be more super productive and put them both in the same article. Enjoy the double first impressions!

Wasteland 2: Director's Cut Has A Trailer, It's Exciting

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Wasteland 2: Director's Cut has me pretty damn excited, especially as I haven't played much of it yet. The new "E3" (bit late aren't you InXile?) trailer is looking great.

Project Cars 2 Announced With Linux Support

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Even though Project Cars hasn't been released on Linux, that hasn't stopped the developers claiming the second one will too. Oh and yeah Project Cars 2 is a thing now.

The Big Three Build Engine Games On GOG

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Duke Nukem 3D. Shadow Warrior. Blood. All built on the Build engine, these three games when taken collectively are often referred to as the Big Three, and they are now all available for Linux from GOG. But just how well has GOG done in bringing these classic '90s shooters into the modern era?

Dota 2 Reborn Now Officially Supports Linux, Early Look

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In a very surprising move Valve has added Linux & Mac versions of Dota 2 Reborn, all that in less than a week. So much for Valve Time.

Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition Planning A Day-1 Linux Release

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Good news folks, it seems Larian are planning to release Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition on Linux at the same time as Windows!

The Funding Crowd: Another Year In Review

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Another year has gone by for The Funding Crowd, so it's time to look back at these last 12 months and see what have they brought us and what's the promise for the next year.

Massive Planetary Annihilation Update, Galactic War Now Far Better

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Planetary Annihilation is even more awesome now, and further shows Uber Entertainment is giving it great support. They have pushed out a massive new stable build recently, and it's great.

SteamVR Headset From HTC To Release Windows Only First

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According to a renowned German PC games magazine,Gamestar, the SteamVR device HTC Vive is going to be released only for Windows in the beginning.

Unreal Engine FPS 'Storm United' Should Finally Update Linux This Week

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Sadly Storm United has left Linux out in the cold for a month now, but an updated build for all platforms is due this week.

Space Colony: Steam Edition Should Be Coming To Linux

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Space Colony: Steam Edition is revamp of Space Colony HD found on GOG, and previously the developers were only hopefully to do a Linux version. It seems like they are in progress right now!

0 A.D. Open Source Strategy Game Has A New & Faster Pathfinder

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0 A.D. is easily one of the most beautiful open source games around, but it has been plagued by poor performance. Hopefully this new and faster pathfinder is a step towards a rock solid game.

Civilization V Now Supports Steam Workshop On Linux

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Civilization V is already a pretty massive game, and now even more so thanks to the continued support from Aspyr Media. Civ V now supports mods thanks to Steam Workshop on Linux.

CRYENGINE 3.8.1 Adds Official OpenGL & Linux Support

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Today is already a good day, you can now add CRYENGINE to the official list of game engines that support Linux, so here's to hoping more games can come over.

Ambient Physics Platformer 'NightSky' Now On Steam For Linux

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Developer and publisher Nicalis, Inc. has made an improved version of the popular physics platformer available on Steam for Linux.

Shadow Warrior 2 FPS Gameplay Videos, Looks Insane, Will Be On Linux

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Shadow Warrior 2 was quite a surprise to be confirmed for Linux, especially after we only gained the first instalment recently. Thanks to E3, some gameplay videos have surfaced that makes it looks crazy good.