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Valve Plans A Big Steam Machine Presence At GDC 2015

By Liam Dawe, 21 Nov 2014

It seems Valve have no plans to attend CES next year, but they did confirm they are planning a large presence at GDC. Looks like there will be a lot of Steam Machine news next year!

Time To Guess What Feral Interactive Are Working On, New Teaser

By Liam Dawe, 21 Nov 2014

Feral Interactive are being sneaky, as they have given a little hint towards their next game, and it's quite obvious it's for Linux.

Aspyr Media Have A New Blog Post On Porting Civilization: Beyond Earth To Linux

By Liam Dawe, 20 Nov 2014

Another blog post from Aspyr Media has surfaced about their porting efforts on Civilization: Beyond Earth, and the news is looking good.

The Darksiders Linux Port Has Switched Hands

By Liam Dawe, 19 Nov 2014

Leszek Godlewski announced on Twitter that he will be leaving the Linux porting business, but the news isn't that bad. One of the original coders is taking over the Linux port of Darksiders.

Legend Of Grimrock 2 On Linux Is Uncertain

By ripper, 18 Nov 2014

I have been really looking forward to playing Legend of Grimrock 2 soon. Unfortunately, the game is not available for Linux yet, and as it seems it's not certain whether we will see it on Linux at all.

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The Funding Crowd 39

By muntdefems, 17 Nov 2014

Welcome to TFC#39! Back to a fortnightly schedule and that timing turned out to be super important! Why? Read this new issue if you want to find out.

Kyle Pittman From Minor Key Games Talks About Low Linux Sales, And More

By Liam Dawe, 16 Nov 2014

Kyle Pittman From Minor Key Games who created Super Win The Game has done a blog post on Gamasutra about their games, and it shows more poor reception from Linux gamers.

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Developer Who Sent A Death Threat To Gabe Newell Decided Not To Leave His Studio

By Liam Dawe, 15 Nov 2014

It's never a good idea to send a death threat even if you don't mean it, but to then leave the studio you work for, and then re-join, well then...

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A Linux Port Of Frozen Synapse Prime Is Unlikely

By Liam Dawe, 15 Nov 2014

It's always sad to read things like this. The developer of Frozen Synapse Prime has spoken out about why there's no Linux port, and the news for us isn't exactly peachy.

Divinity: Original Sin Delayed For Linux, Again

By Liam Dawe, 15 Nov 2014

Divinity: Original Sin has pushed back the Linux version once again, so you can give up on seeing it this year.

Aspyr Media Updates On Civilization: Beyond Earth Linux Port Progress

By Liam Dawe, 12 Nov 2014

Some more news for you sci-fi fans, as Aspyr Media have written out another blog post on their porting efforts, but the most interesting read is what they replied to me on reddit with.

Darksiders Is Still Coming To Linux, But A Silly Graphical Glitch Is Stopping It

By Liam Dawe, 12 Nov 2014

Darksiders is being worked on for Linux, but sadly as we reported before there is still a bug holding it up.

Frozenbyte's Platformer Splot May Not Come To Linux It Seems

By Liam Dawe, 10 Nov 2014

Remember Splot? The little platformer that was part of a certain Humble Bundle that promised cross-platform support, and future keys to anyone who purchased it? Well they announced the release with no mention of Linux, and now we know why.

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Rich Geldreich On The State Of Linux Gaming, And It's Not Good

By Liam Dawe, 10 Nov 2014

Former Valve engineer Rich Geldreich has written up a blog post about the state of Linux Gaming. It's an interesting read that's for sure.

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Insurgency FPS Is Waiting On Valve So It Can Come To Linux (UPDATED)

By Liam Dawe, 9 Nov 2014

Insurgency is a tactical FPS built with Valve's Source engine, and it originally stated it would come to Linux, but now their plans aren't so clear thanks to Valve. UPDATED, see the bottom.

Postal 2 No Longer Being Worked On By Icculus, RWS Taking It In-house

By Liam Dawe, 6 Nov 2014

I'm a bit late on actually covering this, but any fans of Postal 2 will know that the Linux version is rather far behind Windows in terms of updates due to how busy Icculus is, so RunningWithScissors has taken it in-house.