Introduction
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begins the introduction of co-hosts
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Dora ()
00:00:20
Our Gaming
00:00:27
Dora () has been playing Slime Rancher [source ]
00:01:17
has been playing Natural Selection 2 [source ], Trine 3 [source ], GRID: Autosport [source ]
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has been playing Insurgency [source ], Skyborn [source ], XCOM2 [source ]
SteamLUG Community Stuff
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Past Events
Starbound [source ]
7 Days to Die [source ]
PULSAR: Lost Colony [source ]
Saints Row IV [source ]
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Upcomming Events
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive [source ]
DiRT Showdown [source ]
Insurgency [source ]
Guns of Icarus Online [source ]
00:05:50
got his Thrustmaster TX wheel initialized in Linux [source ]
Steam/Valve News
00:07:20
Steam bug which did not allow Chromium-based games or applications to be launched from the Linux client has been fixed [source ]
00:08:01
Lunar New Year Sale [source ]
Tech News
00:09:17
AMD GPUOpen launched [source ]
At least 30 git repositories spread over 4 GitHub organizations [source ] [source ] [source ] [source ]
Mostly supports DirectX11 with some support for OpenGL, OpenCL, Nvidia CUDA, and DirectX12
00:10:59
Unreal Engine VR Mode editor [source ]
00:12:36
Godot Engine 2.0 is now in beta [source ]
UI improvements, including much better screen space efficiency
Bug fixes and small features
General Gaming News
00:16:29
gog.com introduces a new "In Development" category which includes 3 Linux games [source ]
00:17:54
Humble Weekly Bundle - Make Your Move
Includes 7 Linux games out of 8
Pay what you want: Frozen Synapse, Frozen Cortex, Lux Delux, Shattered Planet (not on Linux)
Beat the average: The Last Federation and 1 DLC, Reassembly
15USD or more: Chaos Reborn and Big Pharma
00:19:13
Natural Selection 2 update [source ]
Adds servers restricted to low level players with bots filling gaps and forces experienced players into spectator slots
Improved AI, including ability to take commander role
00:21:39
Company of Heroes 2 now has Linux/Mac cross-platform multiplayer and a performance update [source ]
00:22:57
Don’t Starve Shipwrecked DLC updated, including Linux support [source ]
00:23:36
Serious Sam 3 and The Talos Principle to have Vulkan support
The Talos Principle will have Vulkan support “at launch” [source ]
Serious Sam perhaps later [source ]
Joke article by Croteam in response [source ] [source ]
00:24:31
Day of Infamy, a WWII themed Insurgency mod [source ]
00:26:22
SNOW is now 'Free to Play' and runs on Linux (but with FMOD issues) [source ]
00:28:09
XCOM 2 released [source ]
Native Steam Controller support and bundle discounts [source ]
00:32:16
American Truck Simulator released [source ]
00:33:43
Batman: Arkham Knight port cancelled [source ]
00:35:35
Black Mesa confirmed to come to Linux [source ]
00:36:20
Tomb Raider (2013) gets empty Linux depots [source ]
00:37:41
Mad Max gets empty Linux depots [source ]
00:38:21
Rust Linux server updates [source ]
It appears they are working on it but it is not functional at the moment [source ]
Crowdfunding
00:39:27
Knights and Bikes [source ]
Created by developers who worked on Little Big Planet
Sign-off
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