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Skullgirls developer Lab Zero lays off everyone who hadn't quit
Things continue not going well for Lab Zero Games, after many essential staff up and quit over the behaviour of studio owner Mike Zaimont.
Category: Editorial
Unity Technologies officially files to go public with an IPO
Unity Technologies, creator on the Unity game engine has now formally applied for IPO (initial public offering) and the documents are pretty revealing.
The Steam Play Proton compatibility layer turns two years old
Two years ago to the date, Valve Software made an announcement that would change Linux gaming on Steam: that announcement was the new version of Steam Play with the Proton compatibility layer.
Looks like the recent upwards trend of the Linux market share has calmed down
Recently, the NetMarketShare website and the Steam Hardware Survey showed the Linux share was rising but it appears both have now calmed down.
Remembering an indie gem with Osmos over 10 years later
Ah Osmos, what an absolute gem that was back when it released for Linux in 2010. Looking back, it's one of the first set of new-wave indie games to kick-start Linux gaming.
Our quick-picks of the best Linux games of 2020 so far
We're half-way through the year already? Madness. Even with all the craziness of 2020 going on, lots of games still managed to get out of the door.
The Linux market share appears to continue rising with Ubuntu winning
Take it with your usual dose of salt and scepticism but when looking over the Linux market share, at least on NetMarketShare it appears to continue rising.
Supraland stops supporting Linux shortly after leaving GOG entirely
Supraland, a highly rated open-world puzzle adventure, has now removed mentions of Linux on Steam as the developer is unable to actually support it.
The Steam Game Festival Summer Edition is over, here's our round-up
Now that the Steam Game Festival - Summer Edition is over, here's a round-up of of our coverage and some more thoughts.
The Linux market share still appears to be rising
Looking at multiple places, it appears like the Linux desktop has been on something of a roll lately with the market share starting to trend upwards.
Editorial - Linux Gaming's Ticking Clock
Years ago, when we could still meet in the hundreds in small enclosed spaces, I was speaking to a Valve employee and brought up the topic of integrating Wine into Steam.
G2A has paid Wube Software over illegitimate Factorio keys
Last year, the website G2A once again went into the spotlight due to their market place allowing anyone to sell game keys and often they're from dubious sources. Now G2A has given an update.
Microsoft Build - DirectX and Linux (WSL) plus more
During the Microsoft Build 2020 developer conference, Microsoft has raised a number of eyebrows at their Linux plans.
Microsoft president admits they were wrong on open source
During a recent online event the current Microsoft President, Brad Smith, opened up a little bit about open source and their previous failures with it.
According to NetMarketShare during April we saw a big bump in Linux use - Ubuntu gains big
It appears that during the Coronavirus lock-down, the Linux market share according to website NetMarketShare has seen quite a large bump.
There's now over 6,000 Linux games on Steam plus thousands more playable with Steam Play Proton
Seven years ago, Valve officially released the Steam client for the Linux desktop and since then the amount of games playable on Linux has continued rising. Thanks to Steam Play Proton, that's grown drastically too.
Valve put out a 'Data Deep Dive' to show how games are doing on Steam
This new talkative Valve is certainly welcome, as they continue to do blog posts talking about the Steam ecosystem and how good and bad developers are doing. The latest is a 'Data Deep Dive' which has some interesting information.
Seems Valve do intend to go back to SteamOS at some point
SteamOS, the Valve-made Linux distribution that was originally for the failed Steam Machine initiative has gradually vanished into the sidelines but it seems it won't be forever.
Steam and CS:GO break records again, plus a look over February's top releases
If this seems like a bit of Déjà vu you would be right, as both Steam and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive have repeatedly smashed user records lately. Plus let's take a look over February's top releases.
Village-building god sim strategy 'Rise to Ruins' passes 1.5 million dollars net revenue
One of my favourite pixel-art indie games, Rise to Ruins, has now officially passed the 1.5 million dollar net revenue mark showing that indie games can really sell well.
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