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Id like a key.

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I figured as much. Frankly, given Valve's track record with, well, everything, I am shocked that SteamOS itself is even available already. But hey, input devices are extremely important, and they want to get this right. I'm glad for that.

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How were you able to play this? I can't even move the mouse when the game starts

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Loved that confirmation e-mail. This is going on my Steam wishlist as soon as it shows on the map. Any chance you can reply with a "BTW, how's that XCOM port coming?"?. :)

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/can't remove old man hat/ I was in my 40s when the first one came out...

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This controller is such a mystery, I heard so many opinions about it, then again most of them came from people who haven't actually used it.

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Nice tidbit at the end:

QuoteOur source added that the completion of Valve’s Steam Controller was the final piece that would precede the availability of most Steam Machines, which indicates that Steam Machines will also begin to release at the end of the year. The source also told PC Gamer that they expect “about 500” games to be natively playable on SteamOS by the end of this year, up from the current count of 382.

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I guess I would now have to buy a computer that will be able to run this :P

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Sadly I can't find where they told me that, but it was on twitter they said the launcher wasn't currently on Linux.

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A launcher? That's pathetic!
It's interesting to note that Minecraft's Linux launcher worked from day one/shortly after as far as I can remember. Honestly expected better of Mojang, I remember Notch being quite the tux enthusiast when valve made their famous 'catastrophe' statement.

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Missed the 90% sale :-/ Would just have to add it to 'to buy' list for now.

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Oh, that's nice. I've been wondering for a while if it would be ported to Linux, I thought it would be Windows only.

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Wow! This looks and sounds very interesting. I’m considering picking the game up. I really like the setting and design; and beautiful music too.

By the way, listening to the music, which in places sounds from an old Western film, I wish someone would make a similar game with a Western theme. That would be awesome!

Finally, since this is my first time posting on Gaming on Linux, great website! Came across some very interesting news here lately and have meanwhile bookmarked it.

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Another great game, linux gaming panorama starts to become huge.

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Seems beautyful project, i hope will come to linux so i can buy it ;)

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/Puts on old man hat/ I bought the original Wasteland when I was a kid, it was fantastic, there was nothing and I mean nothing like it at the time. It makes me happy that this is being designed to be Wasteland 2 and not Fallout 4.

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GOL is a site that I check daily for news (It is constantly updated!). As a console gamer who is now currently only placing games on PC (Linux) I use your sight to see what my options are. Keep up the good work!

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Steam machines will succeed for the sole reason that they are linux and wide open. You know day one someone will integrate xbmc into it, hell you can run xbmc and steam in big picture mode right now which is basically the exact same thing.

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As someone who still plays SMAC and AC from GOG, I'm beside myself with anticipation. This is BIG news.

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My favorite gaming genre. Nice, can't wait for this. Almost all first person puzzle games are on Linux now or soon. I wish that magrunner would get a port.

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Hello folks on GamingOnLinux, I am a huge MOBA-Fan and with DotA 2 there is already a major player available on linux. I'm looking forward to seeing more of them on our beloved platform and maybe they will be the force that allows linux to become the front player operating system for gamers!
And I love GamingOnLinux for being a part of the force who drives Linux towards popularity! :-)

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I hope the exporting to Linux, or i should say "building for Linux", isn't a problem at all.

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GOL is the most informative and accurate source of Linux gaming news I have encountered so far. Yet it is a friendly and personal space that actually encouraged me to be more social in the community.

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I love GOL because people say you can't game on Linux, this blog is proof that you can.

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I missed out on the whole Myst phenomenon (can you see what I did there?), but was curious enough to visit their Kickstarter and hopefully get on board second time around. Sadly, no Linux support. So this is good news, albeit I've "myst" the boat again (just in case you didn't get it the first time).

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I backed this one, betting Unreal Engine would eventually have Linux version. I'm thrilled to see that happen, and I would be very surprised and disappointed if Cyan didn't release a Linux version of the came because of that (I'm a bit worried due to their size and the Kickstarter not bringing in all that much money)

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Seems great, I will probably pick this up :)

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I love GamingOnLinux.com because it provides a place for linux gaming that isn't focused on open source and free software. Not that I hate those ideologies (in fact, I love them!) but I am glad to have a place that is more inclusive!

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I love GOL coz I get info about all the new releases and upcoming games for linux from here.

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QuoteThat is totally not true, Phoenix Online expected to make a Linux version of GK20 after getting the whole upgrade to Unity 4 thing done!

Exactly. Also, if you look at the timeline, she'd worked with them on Cognition way before announcing the Moebius campaign. Thusly, it's my theory that, #1 she became convinced to work with them when launching her own studio, #2 they were a Unity3D shop at that time and heavily invested in Unity version 3/3.5, and #3 support for Linux hadn't been announced by Unity Technologies at the time of negotiation with Activision before the launch of the campaign.

What I take from that is that she negotiated development rights for the platforms supported by her team's tools at the time of negotiation. After following the project for years (two years yesterday, in fact!), and reading between-the-lines in relation to their trials, frustrations and delays with announcing GK20, it's clear what sort of actor we have in Activision. I can understand why she's concerned about them cancelling the entire project if she takes a wrong step and it's perceived to be a liability (they almost certainly retain those rights). She probably thinks that she has the best chance of negotiating new porting rights after release, like in the AAA world with console games and such.

That's another reason why the AAA publishing model is so awful... it's structured specifically to make all follow-on ports feel like second-class citizens, with delays, lack of commitments, etc. The maximum effort expended is always on their launch platforms. Any effort beyond that is on the shoulders of the studio and it's not unheard-of for studios to, essentially, beg the publisher to permit them to put out patches, ports, and additional post-release content.

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