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Flash Is Dying, Long Live OpenFL

By Liam Dawe, Mar 18, 2014

Lars Doucet, the developer of Defenders Quest has written an interesting blog post about Flash and his thoughts on Flash dying.

Unity 5 Announced With WebGL Exporting, Will They Fix Linux Mouse Woes?

By Liam Dawe, Mar 18, 2014

So, Unity 5 is now a thing, I hear the sound of many developers who recently purchased version 4 crying out in horror at having to pay to upgrade so soon. Looks like a lot of new goodies for developers!

Octodad: Dadliest Catch Has sold 90K Copies, Linux Sales Info Inside

By Liam Dawe, Mar 18, 2014

Octodad: Dadliest Catch the hit indie adventure with some comedy thrown in has officially sold 90,000 copies, the developers have also spoken to me about Linux sales and what it means to them.

GOG.com Are Going To Support Linux, Confirmed!

By Liam Dawe, Mar 18, 2014

This is fantastic news, GOG.com are finally going to open up their store to penguin lovers of the Linux family!

Valve's Vogl OpenGL Debugger Now Works On AMD's Drivers

By Liam Dawe, Mar 15, 2014

Valve's Rich Geldreich has been busy, he has now fixed a number of issues that where driver specific to AMD, allowing the debugger to work for AMD now too.

Unity Confirms They Have No Plans For A Linux Editor

By Liam Dawe, Mar 14, 2014

Even though the request page for a Unity Editor on Linux has reached nearly 10,000 votes, Unity themselves have confirmed they have no plans for it.

Steam Controller Update, New Design Shown

By Liam Dawe, Mar 14, 2014

Valve has shown off the latest iteration of their Steam Controller and it's looking sexier than ever.

Proper Nvidia PhysX Linux Support Soon With Nvidia GameWorks

By Liam Dawe, Mar 14, 2014

Looks like Nvidia are stepping their game up, they announced Nvidia GameWorks recently and one their videos specifically mentions Linux support.

Valve's OpenGL Debugger VOGL Now Open Source On Github

By Liam Dawe, Mar 13, 2014

Valve mentioned at Steam Dev Days that they were working on an OpenGL debugger, they have now delivered. Vogl is now on github for all to see.

CRYENGINE from Crytek Announces Official Linux Support Ahead Of GDC

By Liam Dawe, Mar 11, 2014

CRYENGINE one of the most advanced game engines around powering a ton of games has finally announced official Linux support, so Crytek how about some Crysis on Linux?

Valve Has Posted Their Direct3D To OpenGL Translation Layer Onto Github

By Liam Dawe, Mar 11, 2014

Well this was a surprising move, Valve creators of Steam have posted their Direct3D to OpenGL translation layer onto github.

The Funding Crowd 29 (Feb 24th - Mar 9th)

By muntdefems, Mar 10, 2014

Another fortnight has gone by, and The Funding Crowd is back to put you up to speed with the latest movements in the crowdfunding scene.

7 Days To Die Zombie Survival Game Hitting Delays, Linux Still Being Worked On

By Liam Dawe, Mar 7, 2014

This is a sore spot for any Linux gamer who backed 7 Days To Die on Kickstarter, months on end after the Kickstarter has finished, and still no Linux version in sight.

Puppy Arcade - Retro Gaming Live CD

By Scott Jarvis, Mar 5, 2014

Puppy Arcade is a FREE retro gaming operating system, with many emulators included for different systems & consoles, plus the multi-system rom browser 'Rom-Loader', and many other exclusive tools.

Gabe Newell Of Valve Answers Questions, CS:GO Coming To Linux & Steam To Be A Self-Publishing System

By Liam Dawe, Mar 5, 2014

So, you love getting questions answered right? Gabe Newell of Valve did an AMA last night and luckily I managed to get him to confirm CS:GO for Linux.

Dust: An Elysian Tail Hits 1 Million Sales, Linux Stats Included

By Liam Dawe, Mar 3, 2014

Dust: An Elysian Tail is a pretty new game for our little platform, and thanks to being included in a recent Humble Indie Bundle they have now hit 1 million sales and we have Linux stats for you.

Steam Hardware Survey For February 2014, Linux Is Holding

By Liam Dawe, Mar 2, 2014

Here is the latest instalment of Steam's Hardware Survey, as usual we do our monthly thing and compare it and talk about it and make sure you know not to use it as a hard figure.

Many Linux Games To Look Forward To In 2014

By Liam Dawe, Feb 28, 2014

So Linux has a lot of games now, with plenty more still to come this year as it's early days yet, but I have decided to list a few you really need to keep an eye on.