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

By Liam Dawe, 7 Nov 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, 6 Nov 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, 4 Nov 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, 3 Nov 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, 2 Nov 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, 2 Nov 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, 1 Nov 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, 1 Nov 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, 31 Oct 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, 23 Oct 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, 22 Oct 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.

Magicka 2 Now In Beta For Linux

By Liam Dawe, 22 Oct 2015

Oh man, what a day. First Insurgency, and now Magicka 2 both being in Beta for Linux. Update: It's now downloading.

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

By Liam Dawe, 21 Oct 2015

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, 21 Oct 2015

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, 20 Oct 2015

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, 18 Oct 2015

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.

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Correction: ASTRONEER The Beautiful Sandbox Game Might Come To Linux

By Liam Dawe, 17 Oct 2015

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.