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Things I feel Valve need to address to help SteamOS really be something fantastic

By Liam Dawe, Jun 10, 2016

Valve have a lot of work to do to bring SteamOS up to full speed and actually show that they regard it as an important platform. And it has to be not just important to them, but be truly useful to us.

Valve has a problem brewing with user reviews and bots

By Liam Dawe, Jun 10, 2016

Spotted by SteamSpy, it seems Valve is having an issue on Steam with bots giving out good reviews of games.

Starbound developer comments on Linux support and their SteamOS icon

By Liam Dawe, Jun 10, 2016

Starbound is a really cool game that has supported Linux for quite some time, but they had their SteamOS icon removed on Steam some time ago. The developer is doing a reddit AMA so I decided to pop two questions that got nice answers.

Volition say it's too early to tell if Agents of Mayhem will come to Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jun 7, 2016

Volition, the developer of Saints Row IV is working on a new game called Agents of Mayhem. A GOL supporter asked me to get in touch with them about a Linux version, so I did.

Like getting scared? Some Horror games you have to check out on Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe, Jun 6, 2016

So you like to be afraid? You like to soil your pants? Well then, here's a few must-have titles to try on Linux & SteamOS.

8 out of the 10 current most popular Steam games support Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jun 6, 2016

What a time to be alive and be a Linux gamer! Not too long ago I would have though this would have been impossible.

What have you been playing on Linux recently and what do you think about it?

By Liam Dawe, Jun 5, 2016

Today GOL asks: what have you been playing on Linux, and what do you think about it? So many games, so little time!

Editorial

Steam Machines are dead in the water according to Ars, not quite

By Liam Dawe, Jun 2, 2016

Ars Technica has written up an article about Valve's Steam Machines and how they seem to have sold less than 500,000 units in around seven months.

Steam's latest Hardware Survey is out, shows Linux at 0.84%

By Liam Dawe, Jun 1, 2016

The latest Steam Hardware Survey is now available and if you take it at face value it doesn't look so good for Linux. I am remaining positive as always about it.

Announcing the beta of our User Stats page

By Liam Dawe, May 30, 2016

I am pleased to show off a work-in-progress user statistics page that will form part of our new survey system.

Lego Minifigures Online shutting down, say goodbye to our first official Lego game

By Liam Dawe, May 30, 2016

Our first official Lego game Lego Minifigures Online was released last summer and it really wasn't all that good, it seems it's now shutting down.

Editorial: Valve have not abandoned SteamOS or Linux, things are looking pretty good

By Liam Dawe, May 29, 2016

Something I keep seeing repeated in our comments, forum and across other sites is people believing Valve have somehow failed already and are abandoning SteamOS. That's far from the truth of the matter.

Want to make Terraria on Linux faster? FNA creator Ethan Lee has a script to help with that

By Liam Dawe, May 27, 2016

Terraria on Linux uses Ethan Lee's FNA project, but the most recent update did not update FNA which Ethan has pointed out is a bit sad. Thankfully, he has a script to do it for you.

Rocket League is still coming to Linux, but there is no release date

By Liam Dawe, May 26, 2016

Rocket League is still coming to Linux a developer has confirmed on reddit, but they have no idea when by the looks of it.

According to Deep Silver the new editions of Dead Island are not coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, May 26, 2016

Strange and sad news, Deep Silver responded to me on twitter to let me know that Dead Island Riptide Definitive Edition and Dead Island Definitive Edition are not coming to Linux. I find this odd going by the recent SteamDB activity.

Zero Point Software update us on their search for a publisher for Interstellar Marines, requiring 1.7 million dollars

By Liam Dawe, May 26, 2016

Interstellar Marines has been in development for a long time and their cash is running dry. They recently announced they are looking for a publisher or investor and they have created a video to showcase the game and make their needs known.

Unreal Tournament on Linux, checking up on the progress by Epic Games and how to get it running on Linux

By Liam Dawe, May 17, 2016

For those that don't know, or forgot, the new Unreal Tournament does in fact have a Linux version. I check on it now and then and it's really starting to come together.

First Steps with OpenVR and the Vive on Linux

By Cheeseness, May 17, 2016

While not officially supported, it turns out that through SteamVR and Valve's OpenVR, the HTC Vive "works" on Linux with some minor permission changes.