Valve confirmed to the makers of the nvidia-PPAs for Ubuntu, what users of the current Beta-Nvidia-Driver 358.x for Linux do already know: the Beta-Driver is responsible for an unusual hight count of crashes when used within the Steam-Client.
What a great day for Linux-Gamers! Not only Total War: Attila has been released today, but also Grid Autosport finds it's way today to our favored operating system!
Total War: Attila is with all DLCs (also the currently released Age of Charlemagne Campaign Pack) now available for Linux on Steam!
The Community Pack #2 for Sword Coast Legends is available now for Linux on Steam.
Besides new content for the Dungeon Master mode it also invents the Drow as playable sub-class and fixes a lot of bugs, e.g. the infamous one, where items dissolve from your players stash.
Here are the complete release notes:
The so called "Steam Exploration Sale" has recently begun!
It lasts until 01.12.2015 and for the first time ever it has only lasting discounts (no more "Daily Deals").
These are all discounted games for Linux:
Hard West may show some graphical issues on Linux (like flickering shadows or clouds).
Since the game is also using the Unity-Engine 5, the same fix as for Sword Coast Legends works here.
Set the launch-options in your Steam-client to
LC_ALL=C %command%
This fixed all graphical issues for me.
This Forum-Post explains, how to check the availibility of a game on Steam for Linux via a bash-oneliner!
