Get ready to become a pirate as Tempest is coming to Linux soon
Tempest is the awesome looking Early Access naval combat game that we previously mentioned would come to Linux, the developer has now said it will be soon.
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The Wine Stable Release 1.8.3 Is Now Available
The Wine team released today fourth stable release of their software. Version 1.8.3 has many small changes including 54 bugfixes.
Transmissions Element 120, a stand-alone game set in the Half-Life universe is now on Steam for Linux
I had the pleasure of testing out Transmissions Element 120, a single-player experience set in the Half-Life universe. It’s now out, and available on Linux.
A new video from Cossacks 3 shows off Prussia, looks awesome
Cossacks 3 is the first in this series of strategy games to be confirmed for Linux and this new video is still keeping my interest up for it.
Steam's Summer Sale to apparently begin on June 23rd
Paypal has once again sent out early word about the Steam Summer Sale, they said it will start on June 23rd.
SuperTuxKart, the open source racer has a new release with new tracks
SuperTuxKart is the classic open source racer and it has a brand new version with new tracks. This is the first RC release that will become a major new release.
Want to benchmark Dota 2 on Linux? Here's how to do it
For those of you who aren't sure how to benchmark Dota 2 on Linux, here's a small guide. It frustrated me there wasn't one, so after getting help I'm sharing it with you all.
Here's my own Linux OpenGL vs Vulkan test for Dota 2, not much difference for me
I decided to run some of my own tests in Dota 2 to see what kind of difference I am actually seeing, the results are surprising.
Nuclear Dawn FPS/RTS hybrid updated, some important fixes for Linux included
Yes, Nuclear Dawn is still alive and still being updated. I'm actually shocked, but impressed at this. The new version will make the Linux and Mac versions a bit better too.
Deep Silver & Techland are not supporting Dead Island Definitive Edition on Linux, at all
I was surprised to see Dead Island: Definitive Edition (and Riptide) released on Linux since Deep Silver claimed before hand it wouldn't be. After a small delay they did release it, but don't plan to support it.
This War of Mine - The Little Ones DLC released, adds in children to this war-torn survival game
Probably one of the bleakest DLC around, This War of Mine - The Little Ones DLC is a big expansion to the depressing (but good) survival game This War of Mine.
Nation Red, an arena-based shooter against zombies is now available on Linux, rated highly
I've been looking forward to giving Nation Red a go, as it is a few years old but still highly rated by a lot of people. You fight off a zombie hoard while earning tons of perks.
A new benchmark video shows Dota 2 with Vulkan performing better on Windows than Linux
This is sad to see. A new benchmark video for Windows and Linux using Dota 2 actually shows Windows doing quite a lot better than Linux.
Defender's Quest Deluxe launched, a free upgrade for Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten
Defender's Quest Deluxe is a brand new upgraded version of the RPG/Tower Defence game Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten that brings lots of new goodies.
We Happy Few, an action/adventure game set in a drug-fuelled, retrofuturistic city will hit Linux in Early Access
This is awesome news. We Happy Few a fantastic looking action/adventure game is due to get a Linux version during Early Access.
Join me at 10AM UTC tomorrow the 15th of June as I battle with Feral Interactive live on Twitch again
Another week, another battle. Tomorrow at 10AM UTC I will be battle against/with (depending on who is around) Matt from Feral Interactive in Company of Heroes 2.
Day of Infamy, the WWII mod for Insurgency is being turned into a full game
Day of Infamy the popular WWII mod for Insurgency is being turned into a full source engine powered game by itself.
A developer from Dontnod Entertainment has created a UE4 hack to compile HLSL shaders on Linux
For those of you using Unreal Engine 4 on Linux, you may be interested to know about the d3d4linux project. The d3d4linux project allows developers to compile HLSL shaders on Linux using the Microsoft DirectX compiler DLL.
Heroes of Loot 2, an arcade style dungeon crawler released with Linux support
I'm going to be honest, I was not a fan of the original Heroes of Loot as I foundnd it too repetitive, bland and easy. Heroes of Loot 2 thankfully has improved pretty much everything.
Moonlighter, an Action RPG with shopkeeping elements is fully funded on Kickstarter and coming to Linux
Always nice to see games that promise Linux support get fully funded. Moonlighter is an Action RPG with shopkeeping elements and it has been over-funded.
- Borderlands 2 is free to claim and keep on Steam
- Classic racers FlatOut 1 & 2 get improved controller support, better widescreen and bug fixes
- Upcoming MMO 'BitCraft Online' will be open source
- World Ocean Day Sale 2025 is live on Steam to support charity
- Net.Attack() is like Vampire Survivors but you program unique attacks
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How to get GeForce NOW on Steam Deck, SteamOS
How to install, update and see what graphics driver you have on Linux and SteamOS