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Godot Game Engine Going Open Source

By Liam Dawe, Jan 5, 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, Jan 3, 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, Jan 1, 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, Dec 31, 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, Dec 17, 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, Dec 14, 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, Dec 11, 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.

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Steam Client Gets A Major Update

By Liam Dawe, Dec 7, 2013

The Steam client got a major update recently with some pretty needed features which I am sure will please many users!

Valve Has Joined The Linux Foundation

By Liam Dawe, Dec 4, 2013

Not exactly gaming news but still interesting and it can impact Linux gaming in the future, Valve (and others) has joined the Linux Foundation.

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Steam's November Hardware Survey - Linux Still Mostly Holding Itself Up

By Liam Dawe, Dec 2, 2013

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.

A Steam Machine From iBuyPower Has Been Shown Off

By Liam Dawe, Nov 30, 2013

So the first Steam Machine has been shown off and it looks awesome with some decent specifications to boot.

The Funding Crowd 24 (Nov 15th-24th)

By muntdefems, Nov 25, 2013

Here comes the latest issue of The Funding Crowd, bringing the best looking campaigns aiming to fund Linux games.

Pandora: First Contact Linux Gameplay Video & My Thoughts

By Liam Dawe, Nov 20, 2013

I haven't reviewed a game for a while so it's time to take a proper look at Pandora: First Contact in a video and a small review.

Steam Dev Days Itinerary Now Live

By Cheeseness, Nov 19, 2013

Valve's Steam Dev Days conference is just under two months away, and already it looks like Linux will be a hot topic.

The Funding Crowd 23.1 (Nov 13th - Nov 17th)

By Speedster, Nov 17, 2013

Welcome to The Funding Crowd, supplementary edition #23.1! We were running a little late on issue #23 (particularly with respect to ending deadlines of a couple Hidden Gems) but there were a few more projects that we really wanted to cover.

Steam's October Hardware Survey - Linux Still Holding Itself Up

By Liam Dawe, Nov 17, 2013

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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Developers And The Dreaded Platform Listing Of "PC"

By Liam Dawe, Nov 16, 2013

Something that has bugged me for some time now is the use of the term PC to describe Windows, in the time we live in PC is such an insanely broad term why do developers still say PC?