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The Witcher 3 For Linux Remains Officially Unconfirmed


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The Witcher 3 for Linux remains officially unconfirmed now even after the front page of Steam itself advertised it as coming to SteamOS.

How To Build A Budget Steam Machine


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For those who can't wait for the release of Valve's Steam Machines, this is a guide on how to build your own using parts tested to make sure they play nice together. The guide also doubles up as a cheap PC build for those looking to get the best value for money Linux gaming rig.

A Very Important Announcement For You


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Today we have an important announcement to make for you, the GOL community. Before you go reading any further, please remain calm and read the whole article through before making any rushed decisions or leaving comments.

Cities Skylines, A City Builder Announced From Paradox & It's Coming To Linux


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Linux is about to get a pretty deep and serious city builder courtesy of Paradox and Colossal Order named Cities Skylines.

Spellforce 3 Announced For Linux


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Thanks to a couple of German news site we have learnt today that Spellforce 3 will be heading to Linux. Not surprising is that our new friends at Nordic Games are the publisher.

Ziggurat, An FPS Dungeon Crawler Now On Linux And It's Good, But With Issues


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Ziggurat is a great looking mix of hectic FPS fighting and dungeon crawling, but it has been released with some major issues.

Monsters & Monocles, A Beautiful & Frantic Top Down Shooter


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Monsters & Monocles looks absolutely fantastic and they need help on Steam Greenlight in the way of votes. Luckily it will support Linux from day one.

Check Out 20 Minutes Of Footage From The New Unreal Tournament


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The new Unreal Tournament is shaping up nicely, and one youtuber has popped up a video of 20 minutes gameplay.

Major Steam Client Update Released


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Valve are doing their thing again and pushing out a pretty damn big update to the Steam client with a refreshed look and some nifty new features.

AMD Working Closely With Khronos Group On Next-gen OpenGL, Gives Mantle Access


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AMD are working very closely with the Khronos Group for the next generation OpenGL API, and have even given them access to see what makes their own Mantle API tick.

The Witcher 2 Gains Yet Another Performance Beta


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I really do have to hand it to Virtual Programming for sticking at it despite harsh feedback from a lot of people. The Witcher 2 has another performance improvement beta release.

Victory At Sea Naval Combat Game Released For Linux


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Victory At Sea is an epic looking naval combat real time strategy game from Evil Twin Artworks that is now on Steam for Linux.

Darksiders 2 Confirmed For Linux


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Some fantastic news today folks as Reinhard Pollice from Nordic Games has let it slip that Darksiders 2 will join Darksiders in gaining a Linux version!

Advanced Linux Game Programming Slides From Leszek Godlewski Of Nordic Games


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We now have the slides from the Advanced Linux Game Programming session from Leszek Godlewski at GDC Europe (a spin-off of Gamescom).

Mini Metro A Deceptively Simple Looking Strategy Game Now On Linux


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In Mini Metro you are tasked with designing your own subway system for a growing city. It looks simple, but once you get into it not only is it addictive, but it's generally awesome too.

Spellcrafter Released For Linux In Early Access, Some Thoughts


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Spellcrafter is a new and quite interesting game that mixes turn based combat with a few RPG mechanics and spell casting.

DayZ Looks Like It Will Come To Linux In Future


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DayZ is the massively popular open world zombie survival game that re-started the genre for a lot of people, and it looks like the developer wants to bring it to Linux.

Kalypso Media Announce Another Linux Game, Crookz


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While Kalypso Media have yet to bring out Tropico 5 for Linux they have still announced Dungeons 2 for Linux, and now Crookz as well!

Leadwerks Game Creation Kit Linux Beta Now On Steam


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For those developers around the Leadwerks Linux Beta is now on Steam in an opt-in fashion and needs testing.

Dead Island Zombie Action RPG Looks Like It's Coming To Linux


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Time to get excited again Linux gamers! Dead Island has some little hints that it will be coming to Linux! Yes it's another Zombie game, but it's a bit different.