Oculus Rift Virtual Reality Headset Development Kit 2 Announced
Oculus has announced their second generation VR development kit with many improvements, it's closer to what the retail release will be.
Category: Hardware
Valve's Vogl OpenGL Debugger Now Works On AMD's Drivers
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.
Steam Controller Update, New Design Shown
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
Looks like Nvidia are stepping their game up, they announced Nvidia GameWorks recently and one their videos specifically mentions Linux support.
Puppy Arcade - Retro Gaming Live CD
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.
Valve Games On AMD Foss Drivers
It’s pretty common knowledge Nvidia users get some good drivers at the trade-off of binary blob drivers (or not, depending on your ethics) and that AMD are often left in the dust, but how can open source drivers change that?
Valve Releases Source Code For Their Virtual Reality API
In a move that will please developers Valve has opened up the source code to their VR API so anyone can now dive in.
AMD Catalyst 14.1 Beta For Linux
AMD has unleashed their latest beta driver for AMD graphics card holders, full of lots of goodies, but is it enough?
Steamworks API From Valve Now Includes The VR API
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.
Alienware's Steam Machine Won't Be Customizable
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?
Steam Dev Days Day 2 Highlights
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
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
Earlier today, Owlchemy Labs and Dejobaan Games released an update for AaaaaaaaAAAAaAAaaaaAA!!! For the Awesome, which adds the Rift friendly "Aaaaaculus" version on Linux!
Help Make Open Source AMD Graphics Drivers Better
Lauri Kasanen wrote into Phoronix to request help in gathering information on the r600g open source AMD graphics driver.
AMD Catalyst 13.11 Linux Beta V9.95 Driver Is Out
A new official beta has landed for AMD graphics users that adds official support for SteamOS and fixes a few of issues.
SteamOS Gains An AMD Preview Graphics Driver
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.
First Generation Steam Machines Revealed
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
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!
Steam's Hardware Survey For December, Looking Promising
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.
Steamworks API Available For Steam Controller
Valve has now shipped the API for game developers to make use of their Steam Controller, so by the time the retail units are out for us to buy a good few games should support it!
- New Linux kernel patch submitted to improve Lenovo Legion series support including Lenovo Legion Go
- Team Fortress 2 Comic issue 7 is finally, officially available
- Steam Replay for 2024 is live to show off all those hours you played
- Proton Experimental gets fixes for Final Fantasy XIV, Nioh: Complete Edition and more for Steam Deck / Linux
- Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl gets a massive patch with an AI overhaul and lots of A-Life fixes
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