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Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition Delayed For Linux, Again

By Liam Dawe,
This is starting to be a repeating joke now, of promise after promise and delay after delay. Now with the Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition that was supposed to be a day-1 release for Linux, it has also been delayed.

Ubuntu 15.10 Patched For Steam Controller, Backports To Older Ubuntu Versions This Week

By Liam Dawe,
Jorge Castro from Ubuntu poked me recently to let us know that Ubuntu 15.10 has already been patched for the Steam Controller, and 14.04+ others will have a patch back-ported this week.

Sword Coast Legends RPG Released For Linux, Some Initial Thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
We don’t have too many high quality RPG titles, and I was excited to finally give Sword Coast Legends a proper try.

Valve Rep Confirms Why Some Games Have Their SteamOS Icon Removed

By Liam Dawe,
Thanks to me getting in touch with the Starbound developers, it seems a Valve rep has taken to reddit to explain what's going on with games having their SteamOS icon removed.

Correction: ASTRONEER The Beautiful Sandbox Game Might Come To Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Recently we published an article about ASTRONEER coming to Linux, sadly it seems that I wasn't quite right. The good news is the developer seems like they really want to.

Valve Looks Like It's Removed The SteamOS Icon For Games That Work On Linux, But Not Perfectly On SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
This is quite interesting, it seems Valve are actually doing some more curating on their store now ahead of the SteamOS launch.

Steam Controller On Ubuntu, A Tweak You Need To Do

By Liam Dawe,
Since some people did get in an early order (not me, doh!), you will need to do a quick fix to get it to register properly.

Several Sites Publish Their Thoughts On Steam Machines & The Steam Controller

By Liam Dawe,
A few big sites are now pushing out their articles on the new hardware from Valve, so I decided to point them out for you and take a look.

Broforce Is Not Coming Out Today For Linux

By Liam Dawe,
I'm pretty sad about this, as the last trailer for Broforce specifically mentioned Linux as a platform. Checking their Steam forum, it seems they haven't even begun to build and test it yet.

Magicka 2 Looks Like It Will Have Lower Performance On AMD Cards

By Liam Dawe,
I'm really excited to try Magicka 2, as I thought the first one was quite fun. The developer has been keeping everyone up to date on progress in their Steam forum. Sadly, for AMD GPU users it looks like it won't run as well as on Nvidia hardware.

Telltale Games Programmer Really Wants A Linux Port Of Minecraft: Story Mode

By Liam Dawe,
After the recent SteamDB info for Minecraft: Story Mode, we have some more interesting info to share. It seems one of the developers at Telltale is a Linux user, and wants to see the new Minecraft: Story Mode on Linux.

AMD Lose Another Big Name, This Time To Nvidia

By Liam Dawe,
After CPU architect Jim Keller left AMD recently, Phil Rogers has now also left and joined up with Nvidia. Here's to hoping their Zen CPU line will bring them back into a nicer light.

Humble Bundle Let Staff Go Due To Being Too Ambitious

By Liam Dawe,
I didn't expect to read this any time soon! Humble Bundle has laid off 12 people (20% of their staff) due to being over ambitious with their previous hiring.

Our Linux Game Release Calendar Has Been Slightly Revamped

By Liam Dawe,
Just a heads up Linux gamers, our release calendar has been updated. It will no longer spam the entire year out to you when you visit.

Buying Linux Games From Cheap Bundle Websites & Stores, Some Important Information

By Liam Dawe,
Since I see a lot of confusion about where to buy Linux games from, I decided to write up some information for you on how to make sure you're counted for Linux.

The Funding Crowd 51

By flesk,
Welcome to issue 51 of The Funding Crowd, where we have as many as three biggies and a bunch of exciting hidden gems to cover.

Valve Is Trolling Us With A New Half-Life 3 Leak

By Liam Dawe,
Valve look like they will become the ultimate trolls with a new leak. It looks like they included some files directly related to Half-Life 3 in a recent Dota 2 update.

Saints Row 2 & 3 Are Being Ported By Virtual Programming

By Liam Dawe,
With earlier news about another Saints Row game, a member of the community sent word that Virtual Programming have updated their website to include Saints Row 2 & 3 as in development.

Testers Needed For 'Quasar' An Online Bullet Hell Space Shooter, Linux To Be A First Class Citizen Here

By Liam Dawe,
Pretty safe to say Quasar caught my eye, and not just because Linux is going to be a first class citizen, but it looks great and I want to get my hands on it.

The Latest Steam Hardware Survey Shows Very Little Difference

By Liam Dawe,
As usual Steam has produced their monthly hardware survey, and also as usual there is hardly any change across the platforms.
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