We are witnessing increasing developer and publisher support for Linux. Sure, there is still a looonng wait to go before Linux becomes a standard, first class citizen of platform, but there have been huge strides of progress in the past… Continue Reading
I did not make a specific post for the release of Civilization: Beyond Earth, since I mentioned anyway several times it was about to come out within December. Anyway, it’s out, and while it seems to be another quality port… Continue Reading
We won’t probably have any news regarding the upcoming Steam Machines (running with SteamOS) until the GDC in February 2015, but in the meantime in a recent Steam client update, one could find a new picture related to the upcoming… Continue Reading
Late October, I went through the list of what we could expect to be released on Linux by the end of the year, and so far we have been pretty lucky, while there are still a bunch of titles missing… Continue Reading
It took a little longer than the Windows version, but the Metro 2033 and Last Light Redux editions are now available, as expected, on Steam for Linux. They both require OpenGL 4.x so you will need the closed source drivers… Continue Reading
I was honestly expecting Rome Total War II to hit Linux first in the series, since it was announced around the time of the Steam Machines’ Valve event, yet it’s Empire that comes first. But it’s nonetheless an excellent addition… Continue Reading
Indeed, and it’s not the one I expected a couple of weeks back. While we need to get an official confirmation (EDIT, actually confirmed, see below), Linux has been added to the OS list in SteamDB and it seems pretty… Continue Reading
This is the second article in the Steam Machines series. A couple of days back I pointed out the hurdles Steam Machines will be facing as they enter the market, and how they will encounter similar issues as the former… Continue Reading
In the Linux Community, we are focusing a lot on what we get (i.e. new games, new ports, new open source projects, 800 games on Steam, etc…) while it is also interesting to focus on what we miss. The glass… Continue Reading
We expect the Steam Machines to come on the market in 2015. For many Linux supporters, this sounds like “the year of the Linux (gaming) desktop” all over again, however there are a number of hurdles to adoption that Valve… Continue Reading