Following the announcement at E3, we have learnt that the previous project known as the SteamBoy has now been renamed as Smach Zero. And it’s still planned to be the first SteamOS portable device to be marketed in 2016. Anyone… Continue Reading
If you visit BoilingSteam once in a while, you’ll know this is not the place for 24/7 news. There are better websites for that, either GamingonLinux, or even the subreddit linux_gaming among other options. Still, there’s a bunch of things… Continue Reading
In the past few days, after one SteamOS contributor, going by the name of DirectHex, did an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session on Reddit, I was interested to know more about SteamOS from the view of a developer. I got… Continue Reading
Here’s a video from MaximumPC, showing off the Alienware Steam Machine running the actual SteamOS system. So, the “real” SteamMachine, not a Windows-based one, equipped with the Steam Controller. Apparently Alienware has partnered with Valve for over 3 years to… Continue Reading
Not too long ago, Shane Fagan (active on r/linux_gaming) answered to a piss-poor article from The Verge (by the way did you know that “Verge” had a totally different meaning in French ? I’ll let you find out) about the… Continue Reading
Valve has recently started to accept pre-orders for its Steam Hardware offering. This means that the Steam Controller and the Steam Link are now available for pre-purchase. Both of them are priced at about 50 USD, and if you purchase… Continue Reading
We can never know enough about the market. A lot of times when making assumptions about who are the Linux gamers, I ask myself “Well, how do I really know that for sure?”. While it’s sometimes appropriate to rely on… Continue Reading
Remember Skullgirls, the Fighting game that started with a Kickstarter, made it to other platforms but did not do good on its Linux port promise ? As mentioned a couple of days ago, there are apparently pro porters now taking… Continue Reading
The word is just out and 2K and Firaxis Games have just announced they are working on XCom 2, and that the game would be released later in this year on Windows PC (November 2015). The game will also be… Continue Reading