You might recall Epic had announced EAC (Easy Anti-Cheat) support for games runs through Proton back in September. A game developer needed to supposedly upgrade to the latest SDK and enable a few checkboxes before export: Starting with the latest… Continue Reading
Valve is gearing up for the upcoming consumer launch of the Steam Deck (supposedly in February) and they have in the past few days started going through the Steam Deck verification process. In case you don’t remember or you missed… Continue Reading
The need for speed. It’s kind of hard to believe this series dates back almost 30 years ago. Even before the series came into existence for the 3DO in late 1994, EA had bought the company responsible for it, Distinctive… Continue Reading
One of the most interesting games last year — and not without its own share of controversies — seems to be regarded from many as a worthy alternative, if not an outright substitute, for the disappointment that Cyberpunk 2077 was.… Continue Reading
ProtonDB is mostly used to track games, but there is another way to use it: to track the evolution of Linux distros used by gamers over time. Turns out we have now a great dataset since 2018 of what distributions… Continue Reading
Between 2022-01-11 and 2022-01-18 there were 22 new games released on Steam with Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 235 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 9.4 % of total… Continue Reading
Between 2022-01-04 and 2022-01-11 there were 17 new native Linux games released on Steam with Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 197 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 8.6 %… Continue Reading
We had a chance to have a quick Q&A with a developer, who asked to remain anonymous, with hands-on access to the developer kit of the Steam Deck. Because of a non-disclosure agreement (NDA), they couldn’t comment on every question… Continue Reading
The Legend of Tianding is a Taiwanese game. Asia is comprised of many small countries but very few are actually powerhouses when it comes to video game development. Japan more or less created the video games industry in the first… Continue Reading
Between 2021-12-28 and 2022-01-04 there were 13 new games released on Steam with Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 157 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 8.3 % of total… Continue Reading