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A Developer Of Unity3D Also Speaks Out About OpenGL

  • GamingOnLinux.com; By Liam Dawe (Posted by liamdawe on Jun 1, 2014 4:11 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Games
Another day another developer speaking about OpenGL. This time around it's Aras Pranckevi?ius a developer of Unity.

AMD's OpenGL Performance Is Nothing Close To Nvidia On This Benchmark

I got an interesting email from Michael A. Marks the technical director for Aspyr Media who built his own steambox and ran some OpenGL tests with interesting results.

OpenGL Is Broken According To Another Developer

  • GamingOnLinux.com; By Liam Dawe (Posted by liamdawe on May 31, 2014 3:21 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Games
The more Linux gains popularity thanks to Valve & Steam the more we are seeing developers claim OpenGL is broken/hard to use and so on. This time it's Joshua Barczak the lead graphics engineer for Firaxis Games (think Civilization!).

Anomaly Defenders Released For Linux, The Last In The Anomaly Series

Anomaly Defenders is now out for Linux and continues the struggle from the previous Anomaly games, only this time you are attacking the aliens! There's a good deal going on it too.

New Release: TowerFall Ascension Officially Released For Linux & On Sale

TowerFall Ascension the highly rated indie game is now officially available on Linux and with it comes a nice sale. Two of my favourites things a game and sale!

Why The Porting Method Doesn't Matter For Linux Games

  • GamingOnLinux.com; By Liam Dawe (Posted by liamdawe on May 29, 2014 7:47 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Games
So, I've already talked at length about "bad ports" and why I thought the toolkit used to port games to Linux matters. Now I'm here again to talk about why it actually doesn't matter and why we need to accept that in the end.

GOG.com In Need Of Linux Tech Specialist To Port Games

  • GamingOnLinux.com; By Liam Dawe (Posted by liamdawe on May 29, 2014 1:29 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Games
With GOG.com heading over to Linux later this year they are in need of someone technically minded with Linux who doesn't mind moving to Poland.

Steam Machines Not Likely Until 2015

  • GamingOnLinux.com; By Liam Dawe (Posted by liamdawe on May 28, 2014 12:06 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Games
It looks like Valve will be delaying Steam Machines release untl next year thanks to doing more work on the controller. This is actually good news.

XCOM: Enemy Unknown For Linux Officially Announced

  • GamingOnLinux.com; By Liam Dawe (Posted by liamdawe on May 27, 2014 5:25 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Games
FINALLY. XCOM: Enemy Unknown for Linux has been officially announced on Feral Interactive's official website.This is something we have been telling you about for quite some time now.

Why We Shouldn't Accept Bad Linux Ports

  • GamingOnLinux.com; By Liam Dawe (Posted by liamdawe on May 25, 2014 8:13 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Games
Thanks to the recent fiasco of The Witcher 2 I wanted to write down some thoughts on why we shouldn't accept bad quality ports from developers.

The Galactic War Begins In Planetary Annihilation With A Single-player Mode

  • GamingOnLinux.com; By Liam Dawe (Posted by liamdawe on May 25, 2014 2:03 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Games
Planetary Annihilation was already awesome for the sheer scale of the game and the fact that it's on Linux means we finally have a big RTS game. The developers have just released a brand new build containing a single-player mode called "Galactic War".

Flagship, An RTS Game Played In First Person & It Looks Awesome

  • GamingOnLinux.com; By Liam Dawe (Posted by liamdawe on May 24, 2014 8:54 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Games
Flagship is a real-time strategy game set on a galactic scale, played from a first person perspective. Command your fleet from the bridge of your ship, explore the stars and expand your territory.

The IndieBox, Get A Fancy Boxed Copy & Extras Of A Linux Supported Game Every Month

  • GamingOnLinux.com; By Liam Dawe (Posted by liamdawe on May 23, 2014 3:21 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Games
The IndieBox is a fantastic idea and I hope they get enough orders to keep going. You subscribe monthly (or buy single past boxes) to get a Linux-supported game-pack every month.

Steam In-Home Streaming Now Open To All, Linux Streaming To Come Soon

Valve has finally opened up Steam's in-home streaming feature to everyone. Currently it allows you to Stream Windows games to different operating systems.

The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings Enhanced Edition Released For SteamOS Linux

  • GamingOnLinux.com; By Liam Dawe (Posted by liamdawe on May 22, 2014 8:17 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Games
That's not an error, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition is now out for SteamOS/Linux and I am downloading it as I type this. This is truly a knock-out year for Linux gamers and it's only May!

The Incredible Adventures Of Van Helsing I & II Action/RPG Games To Get Linux Ports

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing series looks like it will be heading to Linux. The news comes thanks to a lucky post on their Steam forum about the second game.

Alienware State Their Steam Machine Won't Be Very Profitable

  • GamingOnLinux.com; By Liam Dawe (Posted by liamdawe on May 21, 2014 1:51 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial; Groups: Games
Alienware's general manager spoke to another site about his thoughts on Steam Machines and how he feels theirs will sell.

Nuclear Thone Update 27, A Fantastic Procedural Death Labyrinth For Linux

  • GamingOnLinux.com; By Liam Dawe (Posted by liamdawe on May 20, 2014 7:56 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Games
Nuclear Throne is probably one of my favourite Procedural Death Labyrinth games right now for Linux and it keeps getting better with every update.

Epic Games Release New Information About Unreal Engine 4 & Linux Support

  • GamingOnLinux.com; By Liam Dawe (Posted by liamdawe on May 20, 2014 6:39 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Games
Epic Games will soon be champions of Linux gaming for sure. They have done a big blog post on Linux support in Unreal Engine 4.

Wargame: Red Dragon, Strategy Game Released For SteamOS Linux

Today Wargame: Red Dragon has its official Linux release, although the developers refer to it as SteamOS which is a sign of things to come. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.

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