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Microsoft is rumoured to be looking to buy Valve, EA and others
The rumour mill is spinning rather quickly lately, with rumours about Microsoft apparently looking at buying Valve, EA and others.
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GDC’s annual "State of the Gaming Industry" report is out, shows encouraging signs for Linux
The report is a survey of around 4,000 game developers that’s released as a snapshot of the industry ahead of the annual Game Developers Conference. There are positive signs for Linux as a platform in the responses.
OBS Studio NDI Plugin for Linux, send video from one Linux PC to another
NDI for OBS is a plugin that allows you to send video from 1 PC that has OBS installed to another PC running OBS with the plugin installed.
Nearly six years after the Kickstarter, Stainless Games claim Carmageddon is still coming to Linux
Another year has passed and it's now nearing six years since the Carmageddon: Reincarnation Kickstarter that was supposed to have a Linux version. The developer said it is still coming, apparently.
Killing Floor 2 for Linux is 'indefinitely on hold' as they can't find a developer
Sad news, as it seems there's just no chance of Killing Floor 2 coming to Linux any more as Tripwire can't find a developer.
Steam hits another record of over 18.5 million concurrent users online
Steam continues to get bigger with another milestone being reached! Yesterday Steam shot passed 18 million concurrent users online.
The Steam Hardware Survey for December 2017 shows a reasonable increase for Linux
The Linux market share on Steam has bounced backed a little in the latest Steam Hardware Survey for December 2017.
Valve hands out VAC bans for having 'catbot' in your Linux username (updated: they're not)
Happy New Year! Let's start 2018 with a bit of a joke shall we: Knock Knock. Who's there? Catbot. Banned. (Post updated)
Some reflections on radv, the first open source Vulkan driver for AMD GPUs
With recent commits that fix bugs and allow newer Vega cards to pass tests for official conformance, development for radv continues apace. It’s a good time to look back and talk about just how far the driver has come in such a short time.
A look at Linux gaming in 2017, an end of year review and Happy Holidays!
As the year draws to a close, here's a look at what's happened in the Linux gaming world across 2017.
The Libretro Team and other emulators are being ripped off by companies trying to make a quick buck
This is sad, very sad. A developer from The Libretro Team has written up a blog post on the libretro site asking for us and others to highlight an ongoing problem of code getting ripped off.
Here's another way to look at the Linux market share on Steam
I'm always interested to see what happens with the Linux market share on Steam, especially the bigger picture. Here's an alternative look at the Linux market share on Steam.
Linux market share on Steam drops again as Steam continues to grow
Another month and another Steam Hardware Survey, despite what some out there are saying, there is no cause for alarm.
Steam continues to get bigger, with another record breaking concurrent user count at 17.6 million
This is pretty insane, Steam has broken another record for their concurrent user count hitting over 17.6 million.
X-Plane user data shows Linux usage holding steady
The developers of this rather robust flight simulator have shared the latest round of user data and it shows that Linux usage remains at the same level.
Humble Bundle has been acquired by IGN
This is rather unsettling to see, Humble Bundle has now officially joined with the massive media site IGN.
The latest Steam Hardware Survey shows Linux market-share has declined again
Every month Valve put out their hardware survey, inside it shows off the market-share of operating systems and Linux has continued to decline.
Game developer 'Atlus' issues a DMCA takedown against open source PS3 emulator
Game developer Atlus, who make the popular Persona series have issued a DMCA take-down against the developers of popular PS3 emulator RPCS3.
Valve makes adjustments to user reviews due to review bombing with 'histogram' charts
Review bombing is becoming more and more common, so Valve are looking into ways to sort out the mess that Steam user reviews are becoming. They've announced: histograms.
7 years later, Humble Bundle has now raised over $100 million for charity
Announced via a tweet, Humble Bundle have officially announced that they've managed to raise over $100 million for charity thanks to gamers.
- It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser"
- NVIDIA have discontinued Quake II RTX
- Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases
- GOG formally announce their GOG Patrons subscription donation system
- The results are in - Bullet Heaven moves forward to be an official genre
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