A third of Valve now working on VR, still no Linux support
A Valve developer on reddit has talked a bit about Valve and VR, and he specifically stated that a third of Valve is now working on VR. A third of Valve, yet still no Linux support.
Category: Editorial
Buy games from G2A? You should just stop already, tinyBuild lost out on approx $450K of sales
We've had colourful discussions about G2A in our Telegram group, IRC, reddit and other places. Some people don't care and just want cheap games, but for those of you who want to support not only Linux, but gaming in general—read on.
Thinking about buying Ballistic Overkill? Watch our Twitch session on Youtube to help you decide
A couple of us are a bit hooked on the FPS game Ballistic Overkill and we did a livestream on Twitch the other night to show it off some more. It's now on Youtube for you to laugh at us.
An interview with Paradox Development Studios about supporting Linux
Lately, I’ve been busy playing a lot of Hearts of Iron 4 and Stellaris, as both were day-1 releases on Linux. I spoke with Gustav Palmqvist, a PDS developer who helped make those releases happen on our platform of choice.
Resolution added to the user stats page, please update your profiles
I have done some more work on the user statistics page tonight. I have now included an option to pick your resolution. I will do a regeneration soon once a few people have added theirs so it's not blank.
What are you playing this weekend?
It's the weekend already? Oh goodie! Time to dust off that game collection you've been neglecting due to work, school, family or whatever. Tell me what you're playing and what you think to it.
An update on Insurgency: Sandstorm, Day of Infamy and competitive play for Insurgency
Insurgency is supposed to be getting competitive features for the online play, but their UI is holding them up. They have written up a post to explain it and they talk about their new games Day of Infamy and Insurgency: Sandstorm too.
Game porter Ethan Lee on packaging games for Linux
Game porter Ethan Lee has written up a post aimed at helping developers package their games up for Linux.
Here's my own Linux OpenGL vs Vulkan test for Dota 2, not much difference for me
I decided to run some of my own tests in Dota 2 to see what kind of difference I am actually seeing, the results are surprising.
Deep Silver & Techland are not supporting Dead Island Definitive Edition on Linux, at all
I was surprised to see Dead Island: Definitive Edition (and Riptide) released on Linux since Deep Silver claimed before hand it wouldn't be. After a small delay they did release it, but don't plan to support it.
A new benchmark video shows Dota 2 with Vulkan performing better on Windows than Linux
This is sad to see. A new benchmark video for Windows and Linux using Dota 2 actually shows Windows doing quite a lot better than Linux.
Dell set to introduce beefed up Steam Machines
According to PCWorld who spoke with Chris Sutphen, the senior marketing manager at Alienware, Dell are pushing out two new Steam Machine models.
Things I feel Valve need to address to help SteamOS really be something fantastic
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
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
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
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
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
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?
Today GOL asks: what have you been playing on Linux, and what do you think about it? So many games, so little time!
Steam Machines are dead in the water according to Ars, not quite
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.
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