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Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Wednesday 23rd of November 2016 07:24:36 AM Filed under

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Cossacks 3 to come to Linux soon, finishing touches being done

Fantastic news for strategy fans, as Cossacks 3 [Steam, Official Site] will be on Linux soon. A little later than planned, but we've been told the finishing touches are being done.

This is one time I haven't been too bothered by the delay, even though I wanted to play it badly. The game at release was quite buggy, but they have rolled out patch after patch to fix it up.

The reviews overall are "Mostly Positive", so I am still looking forward to it.
GOG are running a big sale, lots of titles up for cheap
Vendetta Online 1.8.397 MMORPG Adds New Classification Method for Powercells

A new maintenance update has arrived for users of the cross-platform and commercial Vendetta Online massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), versioned 1.8.397.
Ittle Dew 2, the Zelda-like action and adventure game released day-1 on Linux
Planetary Annihilation: TITANS massive patch released, with multi-threading goodness
Moon Hunters updated with a bunch of new content for free
Cities: Skylines - Natural Disasters announced for release on November 29th, new video
Valve are looking towards Flatpak functionality for Steam
The 'A Good Bundle' game bundle on itch is a pretty good deal, supports charity
Rocket League to get Steam Workshop support

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Total War: WARHAMMER Released for GNU/Linux and New Benchmarks

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Wednesday 23rd of November 2016 06:44:57 AM Filed under

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Total War: WARHAMMER Out Now for Linux and SteamOS, Ported by Feral Interactive

A few moments ago, Feral Interactive officially announced the release of the Total War: WARHAMMER addictive turn-based strategy video game for Linux and SteamOS operating systems.

Developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega, Total War: WARHAMMER launched on Valve's Steam digital gaming distribution platform earlier this summer, on the 24th of May 2016, but only those with a Microsoft Windows PC were able to install and play it.
Total War: WARHAMMER released for Linux, port report and video

Total War: WARHAMMER [Steam, Feral Store] is the latest big Linux port from Feral Interactive. As someone who has only recently become a fan of Warhammer, it was fun to see this game arrive on Linux.

Note: My copy was provided by Feral Interactive.
Total War: WARHAMMER Released For Linux

Right on schedule, Feral Interactive has released Total War: WARHAMMER for Linux.
Total War: WARHAMMER - AMD RadeonSI Linux Performance

Shortly after Total War: WARHAMMER was released for Linux by Feral Interactive we had out NVIDIA Linux WARHAMMER benchmarks. Now having more time since that OpenGL Linux game port release on Tuesday, here are benchmarks when using the open-source RadeonSI Gallium3D driver stack with various AMD GCN graphics cards.
Total War: WARHAMMER NVIDIA Linux Benchmarks

With Feral Interactive releasing Total War: WARHAMMER for Linux this morning, you are probably curious how well this Linux OpenGL game port will perform with your graphics card prior to spending $60 USD for the game. Up now are my NVIDIA GeForce benchmarks for Total War: WARHAMMER on Ubuntu Linux with nine different graphics cards. In the hours ahead will be the relevant AMD tests with this newest AAA Linux game as soon as I finish up that testing.

Games for GNU/Linux

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Tuesday 22nd of November 2016 10:25:36 AM Filed under

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Worms W.M.D will be getting cross-platform multiplayer, beta starts on Friday

The developers said a while ago they were planning this for an update, so it's fantastic to see them actually deliver on it. A shame it couldn't be released with it.
The Linux & SteamOS port of Killing Floor 2 has been put on hold, it needs a developer

I hate to be the bringer of bad news, but the Linux & SteamOS port of Killing Floor 2 [Steam, Official Site] has been put on hold. Although, it's not all doom and gloom.
AMDGPU-PRO 16.40 Tests On Deus Ex: Mankind Divided With Ubuntu 16.04

Earlier this month when Feral released Deus Ex: Mankind Divided for Linux, the game wasn't launching with AMDGPU-PRO during my testing on Ubuntu 16.10. The game didn't start at all and would crash immediately -- unlike the NVIDIA binary driver on the same system or when ultimately running AMDGPU+RadeonSI tests for this game. Under Ubuntu 16.04 with AMDGPU-PRO 16.40, I've now got the game running.

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Leftovers: Gaming

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Monday 21st of November 2016 05:23:09 PM Filed under

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Total War: WARHAMMER Linux specifications announced for the release tomorrow, Mesa supported for AMD
Total War: WARHAMMER Linux Requirements Announced - AMD & NVIDIA GPUs

With Feral Interactive releasing Total War: WARHAMMER for Linux this week, today they published the system requirements.
The itch app has a new major version, still as slick as ever
Fiery Disaster, a simple Tower Defence game now available for Linux

Instead, you're defending gates with an assortment of weapons. As waves of enemies approach you need to maximise your shots while keeping your weapons from overheating. A very simple idea, but it's not actually all that easy with the overheating mechanic. A missed shot or two can end up being fatal as you wait for the cool-down.
Ghostlords, a turn-based RPG about capturing ghosts set in a ruined Great Britain
Steam's Autumn sale to begin soon, date also leaked for the Winter sale

Keep your wallets close, as the next major Steam sale will be happening soon. As usual, someone has leaked the dates.
Playing Terrordrome on OpenMandriva Lx 3.0

Today, as my daughter was watching YouTube videos, she found one about a fighting game called Terrordrome. This is a fighting game with a retro look that features several characters of horror films, such as Chucky, Pinhead, Jason, and Pumpkinhead.

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Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Saturday 19th of November 2016 05:07:15 PM Filed under

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NES Classic runs Linux, a new 0 A.D. alpha, and more gaming news

In this bi-weekly open gaming roundup, we take a look at Nintendo's NES Classic Edition running Linux, SDL support for Unity 5.6, 0 A.D. Ulysses, and more gaming news.
Unity bugs are holding back 'Syndrome' from coming to Linux

Syndrome [Steam], a good-looking sci-fi survival horror was supposed to come to Linux at release, but it seems Unity is holding it back with bugs.
Alien: Isolation – The Collection is currently rather cheap on the official Feral store

If you still haven't picked up Alien: Isolation, now is a good time. Feral Interactive have the game on sale on their official store.
GTX 1060 vs. RX 480 - The ~$200 GPU Decision For Linux Gamers

Without a doubt, the Radeon RX 480 is a great ~$200 USD graphics card for someone caring a lot about open-source driver support. But with the Pascal-based NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 also costing about the same, what's the better decision for a Linux gamer who may not be religious about his driver choices? Here is some food for thought.

Eric Griffith, our 2015 summer intern, brought up he was deciding between a GTX 1060 and RX 480 for his Linux gaming box. He hadn't bought a NVIDIA card in the past ten years and is currently using the venerable Radeon R9 290, but it's certainly time for an upgrade to play the demanding Linux games of today.
Games Company Asks Canonical to Make Latest Mesa Drivers Available on Ubuntu

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Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Friday 18th of November 2016 09:01:16 PM Filed under

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A quick video on SC Controller's new gestures feature, the standalone UI and driver for the Steam Controller
Feral Interactive are requesting that Canonical get Mesa updates into an official PPA

With Mesa coming along rather nicely in the latest releases, Feral Interactive are requesting that Canonical push out Mesa updates to their official graphics driver PPA to help Feral officially support Mesa in their Linux ports.
Feral Joins The Bandwagon Of Wanting Newer Mesa On Ubuntu

With Mesa drivers this year really improving a lot and reaching OpenGL ~4.5 compatibility for most drivers as well as the Intel and RADV Vulkan drivers getting into shape, they are becoming usable for day-to-day Linux gamers. While not all new Feral Linux game releases work with the Mesa drivers, a growing number of their games work well on Mesa 13.0+, and as such they are hoping Ubuntu will adopt a policy of making it easier to switch to newer Mesa releases.
Some early thoughts on ‘CrossCode’, an Early Access 2D action RPG set in the distant future

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Leftovers: Gaming

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Friday 18th of November 2016 11:09:27 AM Filed under

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SteamVR is coming to Linux and macOS, beta expected "in the next few months"
BLACKHOLE & Space Rogue Classic now available for Linux on GOG

BLACKHOLE & Space Rogue Classic are both now available on GOG and they came along with Linux builds as well.

GOG provided me with a copy of each to check them out.
EVERSPACE, the gorgeous looking space shooter does look more positive for Linux now

We recently wrote about how EVERSPACE [Steam] was looking a bit iffy on it coming to Linux, but it seems it was a case of miscommunication.

It seems the developer got their wording a bit muddled, as it's likely they aren't a native English speaker. Before they said some issues "could" be fixed, but it appears they actually meant that some of the issues have been fixed already.
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander gets a large update

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Games for GNU/Linux

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Thursday 17th of November 2016 10:49:15 PM Filed under

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SteamVR coming to macOS, Linux in a few months
Valve adds asynchronous reprojection to SteamVR
Just a heads up 'Firewatch' is currently rather broken on Linux

It seems to have been broken since the end of September too, locking out Linux gamers (like me) from enjoying it. I had planned to finish it during tomorrow's livestream, but it looks like that will be replace by another game.
Cyber Chicken is a ridiculous action platformer that arrives on Steam soon

Cyber Chicken is probably one of the silliest action platformers I've heard about for a while and it arrives on Steam for Linux on November 21st. It doesn't seem to have an official site, but it does have an IndieDB page.

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I'm really not sure what to make of it, the movement and combat looks like you float around in low gravity.

I've been offered a Steam key for review, so I'm waiting to hear back. I hope it's better than the movement style looks. It could end up actually being quite fun, so I will wait and see for myself.

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Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Thursday 17th of November 2016 05:40:38 PM Filed under

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A look at 'Pro Pinball Ultra' now it's Linux, some quick thoughts for you

We lack a variety when it comes to Pinball games, so I was really hoping that this would be reasonably good.

The initial bit that put me off: the first thing it presents you with is a login/registration screen. I don't like any game that makes me do that, especially a single-player Pinball game. You can play as a Guest, so you don't actually need to do any registrations. The problem is, it doesn't just link to your Steam account, you have to manually sign up with an email, username and password. No thank you, any time you do this in a game you end up getting their junk emails sent your way.
Daedalus is another space sci-fi adventure game needing help on Kickstarter, but it's a little iffy

Daedalus [Kickstarter] is yet another space sci-fi game on Kickstarter that promises Linux support. The developer told me that Linux is for sure a release platform.
Project Zomboid adds in a factions system and VOIP for survivors near you
Retro-Pixel Castles updated, new building upgrade system and more

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Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Thursday 17th of November 2016 12:43:15 AM Filed under

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The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile & Charlie Murder coming to Linux, porting done by Ethan Lee

Speaking on his Patreon post he announced them both together. Both games were originally developed by Ska Studios who went on to make Salt and Sanctuary, and published by Microsoft Game Studios.
VR coming to Linux and Mac in "a few months," says Valve

Windows is the dominant force for those wanting to indulge in some VR gaming fun right now. The OS is supported by various HMDs, quality VR entertainment and games titles, and the muscle of systems makers such as Dell, MSI, and several more pushing VR adoption. However, Valve will encourage wider OS support by bringing a SteamVR beta to Linux and Mac OSX computers "in the next few months".
The Station, a first-person narrative sci-fi game that looks gorgeous is on Kickstarter
Slime Rancher has a massive update named 'Slime Science'
Albion Online is to get another impressive content update named 'Faye'

Note: The game is currently in Beta and it will be wiped before the final release. It has supported Linux for a long time now.

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Canonical/Ubuntu Watching You

Two-thirds of Ubuntu users are happy to give up data on their PC

As announced back at the start of the year, Canonical made the decision that Ubuntu would collect data on its user base – and now the initial results of those statistics have been published by the firm, including the headline fact that 67% of users were happy to provide details of their PC (and other bits and pieces). So, this scheme that has been unfavorably compared to Microsoft’s collection of telemetry data in Windows 10, which has long been a point of controversy. However, it appears that the majority of folks are happy to give up their data to the company providing their Linux distribution, and don’t seem perturbed by this prospect.
Ubuntu reports 67% of users opt in to on-by-default PC specs slurp [Ed: 33% of Ubuntu users say to Canonical "don't spy on me" and Canonical then counts them, which means that Canonical collects data on them, too]

However just 33 per cent of the undisclosed number of users Canonical’s analysed didn’t opt in to the slurpage. Which is where things get a little bit weird, because Canonical’s post reports an “Opt In rate”. Yet the data slurpage is selected by default: there’s an active opt out but a passive opt in.
The Average Ubuntu Install Takes 18 Minutes (And Other Stats)

Did you know that the average Ubuntu install takes just 18 minutes? That’s one of several nuggets of information Canonical has collected (and now revealed) thanks to the new “Ubuntu Report” tool included in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This tool, when given permission to, collects non-identifiable system data about new Ubuntu installs and upgrades and ferries it back to Canonical for analysis.

Linux Foundation's TODO and New Chinese Ties

The Linux Foundation and TODO Group Release Chinese Versions of Open Source Guides for the Enterprise

-The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, has released Chinese translations of 10 Open Source Guides for the Enterprise, created to help executives, open source program managers, developers, attorneys and decision makers learn how to best leverage open source.
Tencent joins the Linux Foundation as a platinum member

Chinese tech giant Tencent has announced it’s joined the Linux Foundation as a platinum member. Tencent is one of a few companies to offer the highest level of support to the Linux Foundation. Other tech companies in this stable include IBM, Microsoft, and Intel, as well as fellow Chinese titan Huawei. As part of the deal, Tencent will take a chair on the Foundation’s board of directors. It has also promised to offer “further support and resources” to the Foundation’s efforts. So far, this has taken the form of Tencent donating several pieces of its software.
Tencent becomes a Linux Foundation platinum member to increase its focus on open source

Tencent, the $500-billion Chinese internet giant, is increasing its focus on open source after it became a platinum member of the Linux Foundation. The company has long been associated with the foundation and Linux generally, it is a founding member of the Linux Foundation’s deep learning program that launched earlier this year, and now as a platinum member (the highest tier) it will take a board of directors seat and work more closely with the organization. That works two ways, with Tencent pledging to offer “further support and resources” to foundation projects and communities, while the Chinese firm itself will also tap into the foundation’s expertise and experience.
Tencent Supports Open Source Community With Linux Foundation Platinum Membership

LinuxCon China -- The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, announces Tencent has become the latest Platinum member of the foundation. Tencent is a leading provider of Internet value added services in China, offering some of China's most popular websites, apps and services including QQ, Qzone, Tencent Cloud and Weixin/WeChat.
TARS and TSeer Form Open Source Project Communities Under The Linux Foundation to Expand Adoption and Pace of Development

The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced at LinuxCon + ContainerCon + CloudOpen China in Beijing that TARS, a remote procedure call (RPC) framework, and TSeer, a high availability service discovery, registration and fault tolerance framework, have become Linux Foundation projects. Both projects were initially developed by leading Chinese technology company, Tencent, which open sourced the projects last year. This follows the announcement of Tencent becoming a Platinum member of The Linux Foundation, and reflects the foundation’s growing collaboration with the Chinese open source community.
Tencent Becomes Latest Platinum Member of Linux Foundation

Chinese behemoth looking to cultivate open source ties The Linux Foundation has announced that Tencent has become the latest member to obtain platinum membership. The non-profit American tech company, which is funded by membership payments, uses the funding for sustainable open source projects. Within the foundation, there are three membership tiers, starting from silver to gold, all the way up to platinum where members have to pay $500,000 a year (approx. £377,643) for that category.
Tencent Joins The Linux Foundation, Open-Sources Projects

China's Tencent holding conglomerate that backs a variety of Internet services/products is the latest platinum member of the Linux Foundation.

Events: DebCamp, openSUSE Conference, OSSummit Japan 2018

Yes! I am going to...

Of course, DebCamp is not a vacation, so we expect people that take part of DebCamp to have at least a rough sketch of activities. There are many, many things I want to tackle, and experience shows there's only time for a fraction of what's planned.
Dates, Location set for openSUSE Conference 2019

The openSUSE Project is pleased to announce the location and dates for the 2019 openSUSE Conference. The openSUSE Conference 2019 will return to the Z-Bau in Nuremberg, Germany, and be Friday, May 24, through Sunday, May 26. Planning for the 2019 conference will begin this summer and community members are encouraged to take part in the planning of the conference through the organizing team. The openSUSE Board proposed the idea of having organizing team for openSUSE Conferences last month at oSC18. An email about the organizing team was sent out to the openSUSE-Project mailing list.
OSSummit Japan 2018

Some Debian developers (Jose from Microsoft and Michael from credativ) gave a talk during this event.

Games: Warhammer, Steam, OpenSAGE and Wine

Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War is coming to GOG and you can pre-order now

Great news for those who want to get a little 4x Warhammer going as Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War is coming to GOG and you can pre-order now.
Great Linux games on Steam currently under a fiver

It's the start of a new week, you're all fresh faced and ready to go but you need a new game. Here to help with that, here's some great Linux games currently going for under a fiver.
OpenSAGE, an early WIP game engine for Command & Conquer: Generals adds Linux support

OpenSAGE is an open source game engine that aims to be a re-implementation of SAGE, the RTS engine used in Command & Conquer: Generals and other RTS titles from EA Pacific.
Wine 3.11 and Wine Staging 3.11 both got released recently

Wine 3.11 (insert joke about Wine for Workgroups 3.11) is the latest development release of the compatibility layer allowing you to play Windows games on Linux.

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