Valve Announces Handheld Linux Gaming with The Steam Deck Launching in 2021

Steam Deck

Valve just announced a new handheld gaming device running Linux, the Steam Deck. Since I know the first question you’ll have, yes it is running Arch (SteamOS 3.0), with KDE Plasma and a custom Steam interface. It ships in December… Continue Reading

An Interview with Peter Mulholland, ex-VP

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

Podcast #9 With Tim Besset: “Street Fighter V’s Port is Not Dead”

Our series of podcasts continues. This time with Timothee Besset, now working for Valve after a long experience of porting games to Linux when working with and at id software from the late 1990s till late 2000s. As usual we… Continue Reading

Linux Gaming in 2017: Progress and Stagnation

After my other post related to what games I really liked in this year, I still find it’s worth mentioning a little more about what occurred in general terms on the Linux gaming market, as well as… what did not… Continue Reading