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Croteam confirm The Talos Principle will be their first Vulkan title

By Liam Dawe,
Croteam are aware of the excitement and general interest in their titles running on Vulkan, and they have confirmed it officially on their website now too.

Friday Livestream commencing at 6 PM UTC, Commander

By Samsai,
It likely doesn't come to you as a surprise that I am going to be playing XCOM 2 on the Friday Livestream. It's the biggest game that has released during the past week and as such deserves a place on the livestream. So, let's destroy some aliens!

XCOM 2 tested on R7 370 with Crimson and RadeonSI

By Samsai,
You have seen Liam's port report of XCOM 2 on Nvidia hardware and it's time for me to take a look at the AMD performance. So, let's take the R7 370 on a spin with both the open and the proprietary drivers!

XCOM 2 released for SteamOS & Linux, port report included

By Liam Dawe,
Oh baby, here we go. Thanks to Feral Interactive, XCOM 2 has been officially released today for SteamOS & Linux.

Killing Floor 2 still planned for SteamOS & Linux, lacking the manpower for it right now

By Liam Dawe,
We finally have something other than silence from Tripwire about Killing Floor 2, and the news isn't great right at this moment, but it's still planned.

LittleBigPlanet developers seeking funding for co-op action adventure, Linux confirmed

By flesk,
Two former key developers of PlayStation hits like Tearaway, LittleBigPlanet and Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction have teamed up to develop a co-op action adventure inspired by Earthbound and Secret of Mana, and are seeking funding on Kickstarter.

Batman: Arkham Knight for Linux & SteamOS cancelled

By Liam Dawe,
Considering how terrible the Windows PC release of Batman: Arkham Knight was/is I’m not really surprised. Hopefully we will get some of the other better ones.

XCOM 2 can be pre-loaded ready for release on SteamOS/Linux & exact release time revealed

By Liam Dawe,
I'm not going to apologise for many XCOM 2 articles, I am excited, deal with it. XCOM 2 can now be pre-loaded ready to play on release day.

Mad Max looks like it really is coming to SteamOS & Linux after all, another massive game for us

By Liam Dawe,
Fantastic news, looks like Mad Max is actually coming to Linux if new information from SteamDB is to be believed. Another AAA game to join the ranks on Linux.

Cities: Skylines - Snowfall release date and price announced

By Liam Dawe,
Cities: Skylines - Snowfall the next DLC for the hit city builder is now confirmed to be releasing on February 18th.

Earth 2160, the RTS game looks like it's getting a Linux version on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Earth 2160 is a game from quite a few years ago now, but it's a classic strategy game. Looks like someone has begun bringing it over to Linux too.

Want to play XCOM 2? The system requirements for Linux & SteamOS have been sent out

By Liam Dawe,
The cogs are rolling, and XCOM 2 is extremely close to release. So close in fact that we finally have the XCOM 2 system requirements for Linux players.

Rememoried, a surrealist explorative first-person adventure game now on SteamOS & Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Rememoried looks quite beautiful in places looking at the shots, and it definitely appeals to me as a star gazer and space lover.

ClusterTruck looks like a hilariously weird game, jump across trucks driven by terrible drivers

By Liam Dawe,
ClusterTruck was emailed in by Daniel, and I have to say that it looks incredibly fun because of how weird it is.

American Truck Simulator has an early release, day one for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
American Truck Simulator is the latest driving and management simulator from SCS Software, and it's great to see it have not only an early release, but a same day release for Linux.

Review of casual puzzle adventure Panmorphia, available DRM free on Itch.io

By flesk,
Panmorphia made its Linux debut this weekend and is a game that draws my mind to the Myst and Dream Chronicles series of games.

Crusader Kings II: Conclave expansion now available

By BTRE,
The newest expansion for the acclaimed Crusader Kings II is now available, focusing on bringing more options for fine-tuning how your realm is run. A big patch has also been released to all owners of the base game, bringing with it many quality of life improvements.

Co-hosts needed for the GOL podcast!

By darkone778,
The Boss and others, do a great job currently provides us with news, livestreams, and much more content. So I wanted to give back for their awesome work, by offering to do the GOL podcast!

Gothic RPG roguelike Darkest Dungeon coming soon to Linux

By scaine,
Having released for Windows and Mac on the 19th January, Redhook studios have now confirmed in their latest announcement that their Gothic roguelike RPG "Darkest Dungeon" will be coming to Linux next as a short-term goal.

The open source project 'xoreos' released version 0.0.4 'Chodo'

By DrMcCoy,
xoreos is a FLOSS project aiming to reimplement BioWare's Aurora engine (and derivatives), covering their games starting with Neverwinter Nights and potentially up to Dragon Age II. This post gives a short update on the current progress.