Category: Editorial

It has come to my attention recently that some people have been taking a really hard stance against developers who want to gauge interest for a Linux port. I want to talk about it for a bit.

This is quite sad really, ZeniMax are now sending their cronies after DoomRL the Doom-inspired roguelike.

It's question time today here on GOL, so sit down and come have a chat. Today I ask a very simple question: what game would literally blow your mind if it came to Linux & SteamOS?

In January 2017 it will be 4 years since a bug report was opened about Steam not closing to the tray on Linux. On Windows it works perfectly, but on Linux it has been left to gather dust like so many other issues.

Something that didn't go unnoticed was that Valve has removed the SteamPlay logo from Steam store pages.

Are you a new Linux gamer wondering what strategy games we have? Or perhaps you’re just in the mood for something new! Here’s my current top list of Linux strategy games.

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.

I'm quite sad about this one. Firewatch is currently rather broken on Linux. You are unable to move your mouse once you get in-game, making it essentially unplayable.

The Linux editor of Unity has been in beta for quite a while, over a year in fact, so it's really pleasing to see it getting bumped up to an official status. Updated!

PC Gamer had a chat with Alienware manager Frank Azor about the changing situation of Steam Machines. They feel Windows 10 is part of the reason Steam Machines and SteamOS didn't do so well.

I was seriously looking forward to getting some space combat action with 'EVERSPACE', but it's sounding like the developers are having major issues.

On this day, last year, Valve released Steam Machines onto the world, after the typical Valve delays. While the state of the Linux desktop regarding gaming has improved, Steam Machines have not taken off as a platform, and SteamOS remains stagnant. What happened with these projects from Valve? Why were they created, why did they fail, and what could have been done to make them succeed?

After purchasing 'Motorsport Manager' at release, I was a bit confused as to why it had a SteamOS icon when it downloaded nothing. Sadly, it seems this is false advertising as the developers planned to release it for Linux later. Updated: After I contacted Valve, the SteamOS icon was removed.

It was only in September that Linux hit about 2,500 games on Steam and around a month later we've amassed another 200+, so if this keeps up it looks like we will break another milestone.

The developer of the game 'Steam Marines' has been talking about sales of the game, and Linux represented 2% of the total.

Valve have updated Steam as promised with a fresh homepage, but they still haven't fixed it so when you select to only see Linux games, that you really do only see Linux games.

You know the drill by now, it's up and down all the time and I don't think we should really pay much attention to the Steam Hardware Survey any more, regardless of it going up or down.

There's a lot that annoys me on Steam, and one major bit looks like it's getting a more watchful eye from Valve: Screenshots that aren't actually screenshots.

The game store itch can be a bit of a goldmine when it comes to smaller titles, and it’s time to give them a shout out.

Community member 'mirv' has given his thoughts in addition to the previous editorial by Liam, about why Linux ports can perform worse than Windows versions.