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Steam Dev Days Day 2 Highlights

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jan 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, 15 Jan 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, 14 Jan 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, 13 Jan 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, 13 Jan 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, 11 Jan 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, 8 Jan 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, 8 Jan 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, 7 Jan 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.

First Generation Steam Machines Revealed

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jan 2014

Valve and an assortment of different companies have revealed their Steam Machines from console price-point to stupidly powerful gaming computers.

Valve Apparently Has 12 Partners So Far For Steam Machines

By Liam Dawe, 6 Jan 2014

This is going to be crazy, so far it has been reported that Valve has already signed up 12 manufacturers to create Steam Machines, holy cow!

Godot Game Engine Going Open Source

By Liam Dawe, 5 Jan 2014

A game engine similair to Unity called Godot is going to be open sourced under an MIT license, this tool looks seriously promising.

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Crowdfunding & Early Access Are Not Ruining PC Gaming

By Liam Dawe, 3 Jan 2014

It seems a big name PC site has claimed that Kickstarter and Early Access are ruining PC gaming, well I personally beg to differ I think it's growing PC gaming faster & better than ever.

Steam's Hardware Survey For December, Looking Promising

By Liam Dawe, 1 Jan 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.

Have a great new year Linux gamers!

By Liam Dawe, 31 Dec 2013

Wishing you all a great new year, let us hope 2014 brings us some awesome games (we know it will!) and plenty of Steam Machines running SteamOS!

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The Funding Crowd Issue 25

By Speedster, 17 Dec 2013

Happy Holidays! We bring you The Funding Crowd #25 where we look over crowd-funded games, a week late this time. Sorry :-(

SteamOS Beta Now Out In The Wild

By Liam Dawe, 14 Dec 2013

Well it has happened, SteamOS has arrived in beta form for all you tinkers to mess about with and tell us how awesome it is.

Activision Is Blocking A Game Coming Over To Linux UPDATED

By Liam Dawe, 11 Dec 2013

The technical director over at Phoenix Online Studios has confirmed that Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition will not come to Linux.