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Games for GNU/Linux
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Monday 25th of July 2016 10:05:04 PM Filed under
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The Battle for Wesnoth, the great open source fantasy strategy game is now on Steam Greenlight
The Battle for Wesnoth is probably one of the all time great open source games. It's been around for a long time, it's well polished and now it's looking to get on Steam.
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Vikings – Wolves of Midgard Announced from Kalypso Media and Games Farm with Linux support
Kalypso Media really are getting Linux friendly aren't they! Vikings – Wolves of Midgard has been announced as a new action RPG that will launch in early 2017.
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Quake 1 Ported To Run On Vulkan
One of the latest fun projects making use of Khronos' Vulkan API is a port for Quake 1.
If you have some time to kill this week, vkQuake is a port of Quake 1 to the Vulkan API for graphics rendering. The Quake 1 code is derived from QuakeSpasm, a popular open-source Quake project.
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FOX n FORESTS, a very interesting looking 16-Bit style action platformer is on Kickstarter
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Fancy playing Quake with the Vulkan API? Now you can
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Auto-Staccato looks like a great new take on rhythm games
Auto-Staccato is a new action rhythm game coming to Linux and it's trying to get on Steam.
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There should be a Stardew Valley opt-in beta soon (update: the beta is now live!)
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Progress on our User Statistics Page has continued, feedback requested
Three new Linux Distributions join the ranks:
- PCLinuxOS
- Netrunner
- ZorinOS
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Feral Interactive Ports Life Is Strange to Linux and Mac, Episode 1 Is Now Free
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Monday 25th of July 2016 10:33:40 AM Filed under
Feral Interactive has recently announced that they have managed to successfully port the popular, award-winning Life Is Strange game to GNU/Linux and Mac OS X operating systems.
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Games for GNU/Linux
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Sunday 24th of July 2016 06:54:25 PM Filed under
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Cheese Talks: Porting Games to Linux & Day of the Tentacle
In addition to my own thoughts, the article includes insights from a number of other Linux game porters including Leszek Godlewski (Painkiller Hell & Damnation, Deadfall Adventures), Ryan "icculus" Gordon (StarBreak, Left 4 Dead 2, Unreal Tournament 2004, Another World, Cogs, Goat Simulator), David Gow (Keen Dreams, Multiwinia), Ethan Lee (Salt & Sanctuary, Hiden in Plain Sight, HackNet, Waveform, Dust: An Elysian Tail) and Aaron Melcher (Outland, La-Mulana, Hyper Light Drifter, Darkest Dungeon). Betweem them, they offer a great range of attitudes and approaches that support and provide counterpoint to my own experiences.
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Bundle Stars presents the Indie Legend Bundle 4
Boasting one of the most star-studded game line-ups ever seen in an indie bundle, the brand new and exclusive Indie Legends 4 Bundle is here.
Bundle Stars has pulled 8 incredible Steam games out of the bag for just $3.49 – that’s a saving of more than $100, and a discount of more than 95%.
So just how good are the games? Games like Party Hard and Door Kickers are award winners, and the average Steam user score is a stunning 91%, across nearly 30,000 reviews!
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Life is Strange: a Groundhog Day Simulator
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Emulation or WINE
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Sunday 24th of July 2016 12:01:39 AM Filed under

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Dolphin Emulator's Vulkan Back-End Is Now Feature Complete
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Vulkan backend for the Dolphin emulator is now feature complete
On the github pull request to bring in the Vulkan backend for the Dolphin emulator, it now reads as feature complete.
For those that don't know what Dolphin is, it's an emulator for playing GameCube and Wii games on your PC.
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The Wine Development Release 1.9.15 Is Now Available
The Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.9.15 has many small changes including 22 bugfixes.
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Games for GNU/Linux
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Saturday 23rd of July 2016 10:52:20 PM Filed under
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Hidden in Plain Sight, a local multiplayer game that sounds hilarious is now on Linux
Hidden in Plain Sight is a rather amusing sounding local multiplayer game. You have to blend in with a crowd on NPCs and do various things.
Note: It has no single-player or online play, local multiplayer only.
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Knights of the Sky and Dungeon Souls are now available DRM free on GOG
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The Living Dungeon developers looking to see if there's interest for a Linux version
The Living Dungeon developers have posted on Steam requesting to see how much interest there is for their game on Linux.
You can find the post on Steam here, so if it looks like a game you would buy and play on Linux be sure to let them know.
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openFrameworks C++ toolkit now has a Vulkan backend that supports Linux
I'm going to be honest, I had never heard of openFrameworks until today. It claims it's a C++ toolkit that glues together several commonly used libraries to help you work quickly. They are working on a Vulkan backend that now supports Linux.
They just in the last day posted an update on their progress, and they claim they have their Vulkan backend working on Linux and Windows, apparently Linux is faster too.
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Sinner’s Sorrow, a grim looking action adventure is coming to Linux
I don't have a freaking clue what's going in the teaser trailer for Sinner's Sorrow, but wow am I interested.
It's the second game from the developer who gave us "Zenzizenzic", and it's a rather different game indeed.
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Trying The Vulkan Dota 2 & Talos Principle With Intel's Mesa Driver (July 2016)
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Games: Stardew Valley and Life is Strange
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Friday 22nd of July 2016 05:22:05 AM Filed under
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When You Can Play Stardew Valley On Mac And Linux When You Can Play Stardew Valley On Mac And Linux
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When You Can Play Stardew Valley On Mac And Linux
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Got the itch to do some farming? 'Stardew Valley' hits Mac, Linux next week
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Stardew Valley gets official Linux and Mac release dates
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Life Is Strange Mac and Linux versions available now
Videogames as a storytelling medium have come a long way in their short lifespan. You couldn’t imagine a quirky, off-kilter and thoroughly modern tale like Like Is Strange in the early years of gaming but now it – and games of its ilk, like the Telltale adventures, Oxenfree, Until Dawn and the simply sublime Firewatch – feel more like part of the furniture than anyone could have imagined in a few short years.
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Life Is Strange is out now on Steam for Mac and Linux, with the first episode available for free!
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Feral Releases "Life Is Strange" For Linux
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Life is Strange released for Linux & SteamOS, some thoughts and a port report included
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Software and Games
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Thursday 21st of July 2016 07:50:09 PM Filed under

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Why and How to Use Ring Instead of Skype on Linux
It is like when you say Ring is an alternative to Skype. No, no, it's not. Skype is ghastly. It is proprietary; it is demonstrably insecure; there is evidence that Microsoft uses Skype to siphon off conversations to the NSA; and the GNU/Linux version still lags behind the Windows one. So no, Ring is not an alternative to Skype. Ring is a full-featured, open source product that you need to know about.
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In Search of a Linux iTunes Replacement
If I’m to pick a favorite from just these three, I suppose it’s going to be Clementine. Sure, it might be a bit more resource intensive than the other choices and a little broken in places, but I still prefer it to what iTunes has become. As far as the differences between trying new software in a Windows versus a Linux environment, I’m not going to lie: finding my way around Linux is taking some getting used to. And that’s okay — I expected as much. Just as I’d expect trying to haggle in Portuguese might be a bit rough at first if I’m just learning the language and I’ve only known English until now.
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5 tricks for getting started with Vim
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Vim or Emacs: Which text editor do you prefer?
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Opera Developer Update Lands RSS Reader, Chromecast Capability
For those still using the cross-platform Opera web browser, a new developer build is available today that provides new features.
New to the Opera 40.0.2296.0 developer update that was released today is a built-in RSS reader. Opera admits this initial RSS reader is "pretty rough on the edges" but great to see them finally supporting it with their latest browser.
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Opera developer 40.0.2296.0 update
As we approach midsummer in this area, we would like to offer a developer update which includes one feature that was frequently asked for. You may now realize it is…
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Kentucky Route Zero Act IV now Available
The newest installment in the episodic adventure game Kentucky Route Zero has been released after a two year wait.
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Overlord and Overlord: Raising Hell released for Linux, some thoughts and a port report
Overlord and the Overlord: Raising Hell expansion have been ported to Linux thanks to Virtual Programming. I was able to get advanced access yesterday and here are some thoughts.
Note: The Linux release is not yet on Steam. This is a DRM free release from their own store. It's using MojoSetup, so you can install it wherever you please.
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Games for GNU/Linux
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Thursday 21st of July 2016 04:27:23 PM Filed under
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Shadows of Kurgansk, a good looking single-player action and survival game now on Linux & SteamOS
I'm not usually into such survival games, but considering it's a single-player experience where I won't be battered to death by naked people (Hello Rust) it might be worth a shot.
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Stardew Valley Mac/Linux Release Date Confirmed, Multiplayer Still in the Works
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'Stardew Valley' Latest News, Release Date & Update: Game Getting Mac/Linux Port, Multiplayer Still In Development
Although popular "Harvest Moon"-inspired indie farming sim "Stardew Valley" had been rumored to be getting ported to consoles, creator/developer Eric Barone/ConcernedApe announced a port coming to the Mac and Linux machines
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'Stardew Valley' Hits Mac And Linux On July 29; Multiplayer Support 'Still In Progress'
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Best Buds vs Bad Guys, the action platformer from a dad and son team has been fully funded and coming to Linux
Best Buds vs Bad Guys is a very cool looking action platformer that is now fully funded and is officially heading to Linux.
I actually helped Kickstart this, as their story as a dad and son who created the idea together captured my interest. Not only that, but the game actually looks really good. Funnily enough, I think they are based only a few miles away from me in the UK.
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Quadrant, an interesting survival horror is now on Linux & SteamOS
I actually did some initial testing after the developer sent over a key and it does seem interesting. Some bits of it are a little clunky and the lighting is a little too flashy for me, but some of you may like it. The lights tend to flicker really quickly which makes my eyes hurt a lot, so I haven't been able to progress far into it. I fed that back to the developer that it flickers too much and too quickly, but it's a finished game so I don't know if they will adjust it at all.
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Dungeon Rushers, a 2D tactical RPG and dungeon crawler now on Linux
Dungeon Rushers is a game I tested for the developer a while ago when they posted it to reddit, so they sent along a key to check out properly now it's out for Linux.
It's actually pretty good, it has some nice art, some interesting dialogue, the battles are fun and it has a lot going for it. You travel the map in search of dungeons and while exploring you can level up, unlock new skills and equipment and so on.
It's not just single-player either, it has a full online mode if you're feeling truly adventurous. This is locked until you progress a bit in the single-player though.
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Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Thursday 21st of July 2016 02:19:00 AM Filed under
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Overlord for Linux release date announced, arriving tomorrow the 21st of July
Virtual Programming has announced the release date of Overlord (tomorrow!) with a new teaser video. Will be interesting to see how it performs.
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Stardew Valley confirmed for a Linux release on the 29th of July
Still, it's weird they put up some sort of Beta on Steam for Linux with a title of "Help test the mac and linux releases!" (see it here) if they are just going to release it in a few days anyway. I should note you aren't able to install that beta, as it complains it's not available on your platform.
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Stardew Valley is finally coming to Mac
Stardew Valley is finally getting Mac and Linux compatibility, developer Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone said on Twitter. The game is set to arrive on both systems next Friday, July 29.
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Smile-inducing farm sim Stardew Valley hits Mac, Linux next week
Stardew Valley is one of those games I'm bound to keep buying as it shows up on more platforms. I can't help it! The pleasant farming life simulator has this soothing quality that's just so appealing.
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Stardew Valley Will Finally Be Arriving On Mac And Linux July 29
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Stardew Valley Coming to Linux and Mac This Month
ConcernedApe, the developer behind Stardew Valley has revealed that the Steam indie hit will be finally coming to Mac and Linux. The info was released on the developer’s Twitter Page this morning with the announcement that it will be releasing on these platforms as soon as July 29. It is also noted that this game is still scheduled for console releases this winter for Wii U, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The game’s publisher, Chucklefish, will be handling the Mac and Linux ports.
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Overlord Is Being Released For Linux Tomorrow
Just one day after Virtual Programming released a new teaser video for Overlord on Linux, the OSX/Linux game porting company announced their release date for the game that is coming to Linux and Mac,
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Games for GNU/Linux
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Wednesday 20th of July 2016 11:27:12 AM Filed under
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Looks like Stardew Valley is starting to gear up for the Linux release
I have been waiting and attempting to be patient on this, Stardew Valley has now popped up on SteamDB with a Linux/Mac testing branch.
We already knew it was coming to Linux, but I hadn't seen anything to indicate a release. It is now showing up on SteamDB. It still doesn't mean it's soon, even with the developer claiming back in June it would be "very soon" it's over a month later and it's only just popping up in a test branch on SteamDB.
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Blossom Tales, a beautiful looking 2D Zelda-like action RPG is heading to Linux
Blossom Tales is a rather good looking Zelda-like action RPG that has been Greenlit to be on Steam and it's heading to Linux.
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TynanSylvester, creator of RimWorld comments on Linux
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Humble 2K Bundle 2 has a few big Linux games for cheaps
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You can play controversial FPS 'Daikatana' on Linux now, thanks to a fan patch endorsed by John Romero
The good news, according to this recent tweet by John Romero, is that allegedly the patch is in a such advanced stage that now you should be able to play the game on Linux without any problem.
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