GNOME's Mutter gets 'fullscreen unredirect' supported on Wayland
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GNOME's Mutter gets 'fullscreen unredirect' supported on Wayland
In upcoming versions of GNOME, one quite big change had now been merged in for those of you using it with Wayland.
KnotBot, a very sweet looking programming-puzzle game involving knots and strings
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KnotBot, a very sweet looking programming-puzzle game involving knots and strings
KnotBot might be one of the sweetest looking puzzle-programming type of games I've ever seen. A game where you give a little robot directions across a bunch of hand-crafted levels.
Kingdom Two Crowns free update 'Dead Lands' arrives April 28 - Bloodstained crossover
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Kingdom Two Crowns free update 'Dead Lands' arrives April 28 - Bloodstained crossover
Kingdom Two Crowns from Noio, Coatsink and publisher Raw Fury is set to expand with a free update on all platforms on April 28.
Build a mighty empire and feed a hungry Fish God in 'Merchant of the Skies' out now
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Build a mighty empire and feed a hungry Fish God in 'Merchant of the Skies' out now
Merchant of the Skies from Coldwild Games has you sail through the skies and build up a huge trading empire, and it's out today with a whole lot of new features.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has now beaten the all-time player record of Dota 2
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has now beaten the all-time player record of Dota 2
Four years ago, Valve's free to play MOBA Dota 2 hit 1,295,114 concurrent players and today it's finally been beaten by Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
A look over all the goodies on sale (and free) for Linux gaming fans this weekend
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A look over all the goodies on sale (and free) for Linux gaming fans this weekend
It's another weekend, although you will be completely forgiven for having no idea what day it is. I don't remember half the time right now as it's all blurring into one during lockdown. Here's a look over what you can get cheap and free right now.
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NVIDIA have a new Vulkan Beta driver out - plenty of Ray Tracing fixes
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NVIDIA have a new Vulkan Beta driver out - further polishing Ray Tracing support
Today NVIDIA put out a brand new Vulkan Beta driver, as they continue to expand the capabilities of Vulkan Ray Tracing with a bunch of fixes.
Some people seemed to like the old category/forum view rather than a flat list of topics, so I added it back to the GOL forum today in a new way.
The forum now has buttons at the top to easily just switch between views: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/forum/
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Godot Engine powers up GLES2 with batching coming in Godot 3.2.2
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Godot Engine powers up GLES2 with batching coming in Godot 3.2.2
With a big release behind them this year with Godot 3.2, and while Vulkan support is being worked on for Godot 4.0, the team is also hard at work to improve the current version further.
The 'GameMode' performance tool from Feral Interactive makes it into Ubuntu 20.04
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The 'GameMode' performance tool from Feral Interactive makes it into Ubuntu 20.04
As possibly the last feature to be accepted and implemented before the big release, Feral Interactive's GameMode performance tool has been added into Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
Work is underway to better support ASUS ROG laptops on Linux
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Work is underway to better support ASUS ROG laptops on Linux
ASUS ROG (Republic Of Gamers) is a brand of special hardware primarily aimed at PC gaming and work is now underway by the community to better support their laptops on Linux.
Direct 3D to Vulkan layer 'DXVK' 1.6.1 release out with plenty of bug fixes
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Direct 3D to Vulkan layer 'DXVK' 1.6.1 release out with plenty of bug fixes
DXVK when paired up with Wine (and integrated in Steam Play Proton) translates Direct3D 9/10/11 to Vulkan enabling better performance on Linux for a lot of Windows games. Today, a brand new release went up.
Manjaro needs testers for the upcoming Manjaro GNOME 20.0 release - Snap and Flatpak support OOTB
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Manjaro needs testers for the upcoming Manjaro GNOME 20.0 release - Snap and Flatpak support OOTB
Manjaro Linux is getting ready for their major release, and they're looking for your help to make sure the GNOME edition for Manjaro GNOME 20.0 is as smooth as possible.
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 game engine 'OpenRCT2' has a fresh release up
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RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 game engine 'OpenRCT2' has a fresh release up
Time to get building a massive theme park, as OpenRCT2 for playing RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 on modern systems with an enhanced feature-set has a new release up.
ATOM RPG Trudograd entering Early Access in May - Linux version to come shortly after
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ATOM RPG Trudograd entering Early Access in May - Linux version to come shortly after
ATOM RPG Trudograd is a standalone sequel to the successfully crowdfunded (and since released) ATOM RPG. While you don't need to have played the first, they are suggesting you do.
OpenRA has a new test release, plus the OpenRA powered RTS 'Fractured Realms' has a pre-release
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OpenRA has a new test release, plus the OpenRA powered RTS 'Fractured Realms' has a pre-release
OpenRA, the free and open source real-time strategy game engine for playing classic Westwood games has a new testing release up. Additionally, Fractured Realms, a game powered by OpenRA tech has a pre-release.
Exploration, mining and crafting RPG 'Aground' has left Early Access to reach for the stars
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Exploration, mining and crafting RPG 'Aground' has left Early Access to reach for the stars
Aground from Fancy Fish Games / SnöBox Studio and publisher Whitethorn Digital, a crafting RPG that steadily grows more complex has left Early Access.
Award winning mobile game 'The Battle of Polytopia' is getting an updated release for PC
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Award winning mobile game 'The Battle of Polytopia' is getting an updated release for PC
The Battle of Polytopia, a very successful and award winning turn based strategy game is confirmed to be coming to PC and it will have Linux support.
Half-Life remake 'Black Mesa' has a post-release hotfix with a little Linux fix included
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Half-Life remake 'Black Mesa' has a post-release hotfix with a little Linux fix included
Black Mesa, the re-imaging of the original Half-Life released out of Early Access recently after a long development period and it's quite brilliant. Crowbar Collective have now release the first proper post-release hotfix.
Into the Breach from Subset Games (FTL) now supports Linux
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Into the Breach from Subset Games (FTL) now supports Linux
Into the Breach, the second noscript from Subset Games (previously the excellent FTL), has today gained an official Linux build.