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OpenTTD 1.6.0-RC1 released, fine tuning the great open source simulation game

By Liam Dawe,
OpenTTD 1.6.0-RC1 has been released for the open source simulation game based upon the popular Microprose game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe".

Void Invaders, a colourful, chaotic and explosive arcade shoot-em-up could come to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Void Invaders is a recent discovery of mine on Steam and it looks like the developer is planning to create a Linux version!

Square Heroes, a 2D fast-paced comical shooter adds cross-platform play with Playstation 4

By Liam Dawe,
Square Heroes is a 2D fast-paced comical action shooter that released for us last year. The developers are publishing the game on Playstation 4 and have updated the PC version to be able to play with people on the Playstation 4.

PAYDAY 2 looks like it's getting closer to a SteamOS & Linux version

By Liam Dawe,
Are you ready to rob some banks? PAYDAY 2 is showing signs that it's getting closer to a Linux release.

Your weekly Friday Livestream is here again at 6 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
The time has come once again for the Friday Livestream to be held. As always, you can expect live Linux gaming to be beamed onto your screens via the magic that we know as Internet and you can participate in the relaxed discussion about all things, Linux gaming included.

The Wine Development Release 1.9.6 Is Now Available

By sobkas,
The Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.9.6 has many small changes including 32 bugfixes.

See this impressive Unreal Engine 4 video showcasing 2016 features, official Vulkan support

By Liam Dawe,
Unreal Engine 4 really does do a good job at showing off what can be done with it, and this video is no different. They also mention official Vulkan API support.

PC Gamer and Paradox have nice gameplay videos of Stellaris for you to enjoy

By Liam Dawe,
Hyped about Stellaris? Me too, I've been yearning for a really good and expansive space game like it and PC Gamer have a good gameplay video now up. Paradox also did a video with "Quill18".

Substance Painter 2 3D painting software coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The developers of Substance Painter 2 have announced they will be releasing a Linux beta of their 3D painting software.

The Atomic Game Engine is now open source and on github

By Liam Dawe,
More good news for developers, as the Atomic Game Engine is now open source under the MIT license. It's available on github right now.

XCOM 2 Anarchy’s Children DLC delayed for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
XCOM 2 Anarchy’s Children DLC released today for Windows, but it has been delayed at the last minute by Feral Interactive.

Vulkan at GDC videos now up, with Valve talking about porting Source 2 to Vulkan

By Liam Dawe,
Two long and low quality videos from GDC are now up with Vulkan as the subject, all very interesting with Oxide Games (Ashes of the Singularity) and Valve speaking. I've done some highlights for you.

Life Is Strange looks like it's being ported to Linux by Feral Interactive

By Liam Dawe,
We gathered that Life Is Strange is coming to Linux from all the recent SteamDB activity, but it looks like Feral Interactive are the ones behind it.

An interview with The Final Station developers

By sobkas,
Developers from “Do My Best, Games” have agreed to answer few questions about their upcoming game "The Final Station"

Day of the Tentacle Remastered will not be on Linux at launch

By Liam Dawe,
Sad news Double Fine fans, as Day of the Tentacle Remastered will not be on Linux at launch with no current date shared.

Unity game engine 5.4 beta now has a Linux build

By Liam Dawe,
Greetings developers, just to let you know that Unity have now added Linux builds of the fresh 5.4 beta. They have also updated the stable build with core OpenGL fixes, as it was quite broken.

Hearts of Iron 4 to be released on D-Day

By BTRE,
The newest entry in the World War 2 strategy series has a concrete(ish) release date. Armchair generals and digital despots can expect to launch their campaigns of world domination on June 6th.

GOL Asks: What have you been playing recently?

By Liam Dawe,
It's been another few months since I asked this question, so let's see what you have all been up to recently! There's so many games on Linux now we are spoilt for choice.

Obsidian and Paradox team up for new RPG called Tyranny and it's coming to Linux

By BTRE,
At Paradox Interactive’s GDC presentation, Obsidian have revealed their newest project. The upcoming RPG title is set in a world where heroes have failed and evil has won.

Nvidia release GameWorks SDK 3.1, releasing code on github

By Liam Dawe,
Looks like Nvidia don't want to be outclassed by AMD and have released GameWorks SDK 3.1 with the intetion of releasing parts of it onto github. They have already released FaceWorks and some OpenGL samples, with more to come.