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Stellaris 1.5 will allow you to accept refugees, but it has upset some people


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Stellaris, the massive grand strategy game from Paradox is going through another update cycle and one little feature of the upcoming patch is the ability to accept refugees, but some people aren't happy about it.

'Factorio' is another game that was being hit by key scammers


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In another case of scammers trying to buy keys with often stolen credit cards to sell on websites like G2A, the developers of 'Factorio' have written about their experience with it.

A note about the sources of our information and how we really don't rip others off


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It appears some people in the community just want to see me fail, but others just outright don't know what they are talking about. I want to put some claims about us ripping off others work to rest.

Here’s some interesting answers from Gabe Newell and Valve from the reddit AMA


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Gabe Newell and others at Valve are doing a reddit ‘Ask me anything’ and I have compiled a list of some good stuff to read.

Gabe Newell of Valve is doing a reddit 'Ask me anything' soon


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For those interested, Gabe Newell of Valve is doing a reddit 'Ask me anything' tonight and it starts really soon.

Prison Architect broke the Geneva Conventions for the use of a red cross


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This is, odd. The developers of Prison Architect have broken the Geneva Conventions (and British law) for their use of a red cross in the game.

Lars Doucet, a game developer, is asking Valve to open source the Steam Controller software


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Lars Doucet, developer of Defender's Quest has written up a reddit post requesting Valve to open source the Steam Controller software.

Steam hits over 14 million concurrent users online


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Steam has officially hit a new high for concurrent users online, with over 14 million people being online today.

Multiple statistics have shown Linux market-share doing better than ever


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Good news for Linux fans, as multiple big websites showing off statistics have shown Linux is on the rise!

Rich Geldreich, a former Valve developer, has an interesting blog post about Valve supporting Linux and OpenGL


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It's always interesting to read about what happens inside of Valve. Rich Geldreich, who previously worked at Valve has blogged about his experience inside Valve during Valve's push towards Linux.

What game are you truly thankful to have on Linux & SteamOS?


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I've previously asked you what number one game you want to have on Linux, but what about what we already have? What is the number one game that you are truly thankful to have on Linux?

Civ VI Steam forum mods banning users for expressing Linux support


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The volunteer moderators on the Civ VI forum have been banning Linux users for expressing their support of a Linux port.

Editorial: The Nintendo Switch will use Vulkan, why that doesn't suddenly mean more Linux ports


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The news doing the rounds right now is that the Nintendo Switch, the new gaming device from Nintendo will use Vulkan. People are getting rather excited and thinking it will mean more Linux ports, but right now it won't.

Mimimi Productions state that Linux (and Mac) were profitable for The Last Tinker


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Good news today folks, as Mimimi Productions who recently released Shadow Tactics have stated that their previous game The Last Tinker was profitable on Linux (and Mac).

Linux Gaming in 2016, an end of year review


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2016 has been an absolute knockout year for Linux gaming, let’s have a little talk about what we have achieved.

Games Republic, the store owned by 11bit studios is shutting down


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If you have purchased anything from Games Republic, you may want to ensure you have grabbed all your keys as they are shutting down.

Over 1,000 games have released on Steam this year with Linux support


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Don't adjust your screens, as you did read that correctly. Over 1,000 games have released on Steam this year alone with Linux support. Also, yes, that homepage image is a case of me wondering how many gimp effects I can squeeze into one image.

Editorial: A chat about asking developers for a Linux port


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It has come to my attention recently that some people have been taking a really hard stance against developers who want to gauge interest for a Linux port. I want to talk about it for a bit.

ZeniMax are flexing their legal muscles towards DoomRL


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This is quite sad really, ZeniMax are now sending their cronies after DoomRL the Doom-inspired roguelike.

What one game would blow your mind if it came to Linux & SteamOS?


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It's question time today here on GOL, so sit down and come have a chat. Today I ask a very simple question: what game would literally blow your mind if it came to Linux & SteamOS?
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