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Minecraft hits 14 Million PC Purchases & Still Going Up

By Liam Dawe, Feb 2, 2014

Minecraft the insanely successful indie game has now hit well over 14 MILLION sales on PC alone, that includes Windows, Mac & Linux since it's a Java game.

Steamworks API From Valve Now Includes The VR API

By Liam Dawe, Jan 29, 2014

This will excite any developer and gamer who actually has their hands on some VR kit, Valve has updated the Steamworks API to officially include their VR API.

Free Valve Games For Debian Developers

By Linas, Jan 22, 2014

Never thought that being a reader of GamingOnLinux and Debian mailing lists would intersect so directly. But look at what just arrived at my mailbox. That is right, Valve is giving away all their past and future games to Debian Developers.

Alienware's Steam Machine Won't Be Customizable

By Liam Dawe, Jan 22, 2014

In another shocking move from one manufacturer, Alienware has decided to lock down their Steam Machine with no customization, no upgrades and a yearly refresh cycle...what?

Slitherine To Improve Linux Support

By Liam Dawe, Jan 22, 2014

Slitherine game store and publisher has announced improved cross platform support. Until now, Pandora: First Contact was only available to Linux gamers as a download and you had to buy the version separate from the Windows and Mac version.

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Toki Tori 2+, Two Tribes and Linux

By Cheeseness, Jan 21, 2014

One year after Linux fans came together to show support, Toki Tori 2 has finally arrived for Linux! Two Tribes, however, has recently emerged from financial troubles as a new company - where does Linux support fit for them now?

Linux Game Sales Statistics From Multiple Developers

By Liam Dawe, Jan 20, 2014

I reached out to a number of developers to see how their sales are doing across different operating systems, here are the results for you.

Positech's Cliffski Developer Of Democracy 3 On SteamDevDays

By Liam Dawe, Jan 19, 2014

I don't usually point out developers blog posts unless they say something interesting, luckily the developer of Democracy 3, Gratuitous Space Battles, Redshirt & more has said something I bet a lot of developers now feel.

Leadwerks Game Creation Kit Has Fixed Two Major Linux Blockers

By Liam Dawe, Jan 17, 2014

The Leadwerks game creation tool has pushed passed two major Linux issues the developers came across making way for the Linux release. Good news everyone!

Steam Dev Days Day 2 Highlights

By Liam Dawe, Jan 16, 2014

So Steam Dev Days is off again and we are here again to bring you the highlights from afar in lonely UK.

Steam Dev Days Highlights

By Liam Dawe, Jan 15, 2014

Well Steam Dev Days has kicked off in style and we have a little bit of the lowdown here for you, keep an eye on this post as I will keep updating it to keep everyone in the loop as much as I can!

AaaaaaaaAAAAaAAaaaaAA!!! For the Awesome gets Rift support on Linux

By Cheeseness, Jan 14, 2014

Earlier today, Owlchemy Labs and Dejobaan Games released an update for AaaaaaaaAAAAaAAaaaaAA!!! For the Awesome, which adds the Rift friendly "Aaaaaculus" version on Linux!

Steam Developer Days Is Fast Approaching

By Liam Dawe, Jan 13, 2014

Steam Developer Days is only 2 days away now folks and the list of talks is getting rather large, time to get excited.

Help Make Open Source AMD Graphics Drivers Better

By Liam Dawe, Jan 13, 2014

Lauri Kasanen wrote into Phoronix to request help in gathering information on the r600g open source AMD graphics driver.

The Funding Crowd 26 (Dec 18th - Jan 10th)

By muntdefems, Jan 11, 2014

The Funding Crowd is back in 2014 with the best and the finest crowdfunding campaigns on which you can spend whatever you've got left after the holidays.

SteamOS Gains An AMD Preview Graphics Driver

By Liam Dawe, Jan 8, 2014

The venerable Phoronix has reported that SteamOS has been updated to include a preview driver from AMD to fix issues and hopefully lay the ground work for a more stable driver.

Linux Sales Are Higher Than Mac For Maia Developer

By Liam Dawe, Jan 8, 2014

So to keep the theme going of not directly new/up-coming gaming news after the Black Annex developer stated how easy it is to support Linux, the developer of Maia has openly stated that Linux has sold far more than Mac for him.

Man Fight Dragon On Game Developing & Porting To Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jan 7, 2014

This post may be a bit technical for some people, it sure as hell is for me, but I found it interesting due to how it impacted the Linux port of Black Annex.