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Steam Hardware Survey Changes, Now Split Per-Platform

By Liam Dawe,
In a move that has delighted me, Valve has split up the Steam hardware survey to better show each platform individually.

Leadwerks Game Creation Toolkit Has A New Linux Beta

By Liam Dawe,
Leadwerks has come a very long way since the initial Kickstarter campaign, there is now a 3rd beta available for certain backers.

The Funding Crowd 28 (Feb 12th-23rd)

By muntdefems,
The Funding Crowd is back with its 28th instalment, and less than a fortnight after the previous issue! So gather 'round crowdfunders from across the globe to read about the latest Linux gaming projects worth forking your cash on.

Developer Sells Game On IndieGameStand DRM Free, Then Removes DRM Free Version

By Liam Dawe,
So, this annoyed to the point of having to write about it. Hero Siege was sold on IndieGameStand DRM free and without warning the developer has now removed the DRM free version and has tied it to Steam.

Stencyl 3.0 Released, A Game Creation Kit With No Programming

By Liam Dawe,
Stencyl is an interesting toolkit that enables you to create games without traditional programming, and they have just released the big 3.0.

Gameolith Adds Fair Pricing To Their Game Store

By Liam Dawe,
So, while other game stores have done things like regional pricing which results a lot of the time in prices being converted 1:1 making a lot of games more expensive for people outside of the US, Gameolith has done the opposite.

The Reason Some Games Are Delayed For Linux In Humble Indie Bundles

By Liam Dawe,
There is an "ask me anything" going on in reddit-land right now with the folks from the current Humble Bundle, I decided to ask the question a lot of people have been wondering.

Nuclear Dawn Will No Longer Be Worked On

By Liam Dawe,
Sad news guys, Nuclear Dawn will most likely never exit beta for Linux due to the developer no longer existing.

Valve Has Greenlit Even More Linux Games For Steam

By Liam Dawe,
The next set of indie game titles to be allowed onto Steam have been chosen by the community, we have the list for you.

Cobalt Action-Platformer Delayed For Linux, Is Anyone Surprised?

By Liam Dawe,
Cobalt from Oxeye Game Studio is due to go into beta soon, this is four years after being in alpha. The Linux version was due at beta, but they have decided to do it now and delay the Linux release.

The Open Source Game Corner, Highlighting Some Projects

By Liam Dawe,
I thought it was about time I gave some limelight to some really great open source game engines that work on Linux, from official open source games to unofficial open source engines to allow you to run games on Linux that you couldn't normally!

Looks Like CryEngine From Crytek May Actually Come To Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Well now this is quite interesting, a friendly tip came in today that there is now a Linux SDK for CryEngine.

A Year Ago Today Valve Released Steam For Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Wow has it been a year already? A year ago today Valve released the Linux version of Steam to everyone.

Ethan Lee Othwerwise Known as Flibitijibibo Proposes A Full Fork Of MonoGame

By Liam Dawe,
Ethan Lee or flibitijibibo has proposed completely forking the MonoGame project using his MonoGame-SDL2 into FNA (name not final).

Steam Brings A Game Tagging System

By Liam Dawe,
Steam is continuing its raft of updates, after adding in a recently updated section they have now added a user controlled tagging system.

Linux Game Sales Statistics From Multiple Developers Part 2

By Liam Dawe,
The second part in my investigation into how well developers are doing on Linux with selling their games via the Steam store.

The Funding Crowd 27 (Jan 11th - Feb 11th)

By muntdefems,
The Funding Crowd is finally back! Somewhat later than we intended, but making it is what matters the most rather than making it fast, as they say.

Ubuntu Developers Join Debian In Getting Free Valve Games

By Liam Dawe,
Valve are again spreading the joy to developers with free games, this time the Ubuntu developers are now eligible to get free Valve games!

Steam Increases SteamOS Branding On Its Store

By Liam Dawe,
Steam has now taken a first small step towards increasing awareness of their SteamOS with new branding on their top navigation.

Steam's January 2014 Hardware Survey Has a Linux Drop

By Liam Dawe,
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.
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