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My Thoughts On SteamOS After Some Time With It

By Liam Dawe, Nov 15, 2015

Now that I have a Steam Machine of my own built, and SteamOS as the only operating system on it I can give you some thoughts on it.

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Ars Technica Benchmarks Show Windows 10 Beating SteamOS Performance

By Liam Dawe, Nov 13, 2015

Ars Technica recently ran a few Windows vs SteamOS benchmarks, and it shows what we here already know: A lot of ports have worse performance on SteamOS & Linux.

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Sword Coast Legends Campaign Review

By Keyrock, Nov 13, 2015

For the purposes of this review I will be concentrating fully on the single player campaign. I did have a quick peek at the DM tools but found them lacking for creating anything other than simple dungeon crawls or completely linear adventures.

Origin PC Is No Longer Doing A SteamOS Steam Machine

By Liam Dawe, Nov 13, 2015

gameinformer has reported that Origin PC has decided against using SteamOS for what was going to be their Steam Machine, so time to stop calling it a Steam Machine.

How-to: Minecraft with the Steam Controller on Linux desktop and SteamOS

By Liam Dawe, Nov 12, 2015

I wanted to see how easy it was to not only get Minecraft working with the Steam Controller on Ubuntu, but to also see if I could get it all on my Steam Machine, and as it turns out most of it is easy enough.

My Own Thoughts On The Steam Controller, Flawed, But Fun

By Liam Dawe, Nov 11, 2015

I honestly can’t remember the last time I was this excited about any hardware. It may only be a gamepad, but the Steam Controller is so very different it’s refreshing.

Steam Machines, Steam Link & Steam Controller Officially Released & SteamOS Sale

By Liam Dawe, Nov 10, 2015

Today will go down in the history books of Linux gaming that’s for sure, although not in as big a way as I was hoping for.

Three Years Ago Valve Put Steam Into Beta For Linux, A Look At It All

By Liam Dawe, Nov 7, 2015

It has been a day over three years since Steam was initially put into a limited beta for Linux, and since then things have never quite been the same for Linux gaming thanks to SteamOS as well.

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Left 4 Dead 2 Adds Native Steam Controller & Surround Sound Support On SteamOS

By Liam Dawe, Nov 7, 2015

Left 4 Dead 2 looks like one I will be trying out soon when my Steam Controller arrives next week. Also great to see surround sound in more games!

Darksiders & Darksiders II Linux Ports Have Not Been Forgotten About

By Liam Dawe, Nov 6, 2015

A fellow from Nordic Games has commenting about the disappearance of the announced Darksiders and Darksiders II Linux ports.

Looks Like Nvidia Driver 358.66 Will Add Some Form Of Vulkan Support

By Liam Dawe, Nov 4, 2015

Sooner than I thought they would, but exciting to see. There are details leaking out that Nvidia GPU driver 358.66 will add a bunch of Vulkan support in.

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Alienware Steam Machine Is Shown Off In Another Nice Video

By Liam Dawe, Nov 3, 2015

I have to hand it to Alienware as they really are trying to do a push for their Steam Machine units, we have another video to show off, this time from Trisha Hershberger.

A Good & Honest Video About The Alienware Steam Machine

By Liam Dawe, Nov 2, 2015

Lon Seidman on youtube posted up a pretty decent video showing off the Alienware Steam Machine, it's worth a watch and has given me some more thoughts.

Jäsøn - Season I, Showing Just How Bad Steam Is Getting

By Liam Dawe, Nov 2, 2015

Jäsøn - Season I is not only a rip off of the Friday The 13th movies, it's also a complete rip off full stop and I advise everyone to steer clear of it.

The Funding Crowd 52, The Latest In Linux Crowdfunding News

By flesk, Nov 1, 2015

Take a look at the latest issue of The Funding Crowd for a new batch of crowdfunding campaigns for Linux.

Sunday Section: What Was Your Biggest Linux Gaming Letdown So Far This Year?

By Liam Dawe, Nov 1, 2015

As new releases are a little light today, and I'm really rather tired it's question time. What has been your biggest let down from a Linux game this year?

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The Linux Version Of Moebius: Empire Rising Hasn't Been Forgotten

By Liam Dawe, Oct 31, 2015

One of the things I do here is contact developers who promised a Linux version of a game which hasn't yet surfaced, and the latest user request for me to check was Moebius: Empire Rising.

Larian Rep Responds To Criticism Over The Linux Delay Of Divinity: Original Sin

By Liam Dawe, Oct 23, 2015

A fellow on the official Steam forum for Divinity: Original Sin has been commenting to Linux users criticising the delay, and it's an interesting read.

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There's A Possibility Of Just Cause 3 Coming To SteamOS/Linux

By Liam Dawe, Oct 22, 2015

A recent Polygon article that covered Valve's new hardware has some information from Valve, and it's not entirely clear, but it looks like Just Cause 3 could come to Linux.