We tend to regard Feral and Aspyr as the key porting companies in the Linux world, yet this would be reductive. More individuals and companies dedicate themselves to porting games on Linux, infrequently making headlines. But we ought not discount… Continue Reading
A few days ago, the Steam Machines page on the Steam client suddenly disappeared while there were still some links towards a few models kind of available. Outrage! Valve is abandoning Steam Machines! SteamOS will be the next to be… Continue Reading
Atari has just revealed via a mailchimp newsletter than they intend to release their new retro-looking console, Ataribox, for 300$ in early 2018 (late spring). You may be wondering why we are even covering this? Well, big surprise, this will… Continue Reading
PCGamer has come up with an interview with Frank Azor from Alienware (co-founder), covering the Steam Machines and the recent lack of news related to such hardware and SteamOS as a whole. After the lukewarm launch from Valve, I’d call… Continue Reading
Following last year’s failed attempt to bring a portable SteamOS console to reality, the team behind Smach Z has apparently been able to get investors funding and this time came with a prototype to the recent Gamescom in Koln, Germany.… Continue Reading
The magic of E3 has hit again. Among numerous useless press releases full of hype, there’s one worth noting for us Linux gamers. Dell and its subdivision Alienware have just announced that the Alienware Alpha and its Steam Machine equivalent… Continue Reading
While this article may sound like an answer to the recent pieces seen on Ars, or PCWorld, regarding how poorly the Steam Machines have done in the past 6 months, this could not be further from the truth, since I… Continue Reading
You may have noticed there were not much news on BoilingSteam in January. Well, there are two reasons for that. First, there was not much happening in the Linux Gaming world this month. Sure, there were a couple of things… Continue Reading
Following the start of their Kickstart campaign a couple of days ago, things have been looking worse and worse for the portable Steam Machine project. While the idea was interesting, this project has been going into so many issues it’s… Continue Reading
On BoilingSteam we have been following the progress of the Smach Z (formerly Smach Zero) since the early days of the project, and while I shared a quick update ahead of their Kickstarter campaign a few days ago, now things… Continue Reading