Category: Editorial

It seems Valve/HTC are the latest company to release something with Linux support listed right up to release, and then remove mentions of it. This time it's the Vive VR device.

It seems The Witness may one day see a Linux release, although the developer expects to make a loss on it, it may come to Linux "for fun or for ideological purposes".

Shocker, the Facebook owned Oculus Rift VR device has some pretty concerning stuff in its terms and conditions.

Always a shame to hear this, it seems n-space the developers behind Sword Coast Legends have closed up.

Just under a year ago over a hundred developers came together to create and celebrate adventure games. With AdventureJam 2016 looming on the horizon, here's a look back at what made the first event interesting and some of the Linux games to come out of it!

Another month, and another Steam Hardware Survey. Linux is currently sitting at 0.85%, so there's a small drop.

In an amusing turn of events, a developer managed to get their fake game "Watch Paint Dry" onto Steam without Valve ever seeing it.

If you didn't know already, Unity games tend to phone home details of what you're running. They release this data, and it shows Linux is a pretty low percentage of gamers.

Pretty nice news here. Recently Microsoft purchased Xamarin the creators of Mono, and now it will be opened up under the MIT license.

I have double checked this, and it seems to be accurate. Linux now has 2,000 games on Steam, and that's a pretty healthy milestone.

The developer of Banished has written an official blog post on the Linux & Mac porting progress, and it's sounding really great.

Another developer not even testing the Linux game even once before pushing out a big update. This time sadly it's Verdun, the interesting WWI FPS.

Oh dear, oh dear. The developers behind ARK: Survival Evolved (Studio Wildcard) are facing a lawsuit from the developers behind Dungeon Defenders (Trendy Entertainment). The games are very different, but it's a people issue here.

I will try not to do this too often, but since the month is coming to a close if you haven't done so already, please consider supporting me on Patreon.

Just a reminder of all the websites and apps we have groups on you can join to keep track of our news, and some let you post and chat away in yourselves! There's something for everyone here.

Atari Vault launched without the mentioned SteamOS/Linux support, and no mention in their release announcement. I have now managed to get a response for you all.

The developer of X-Plane, a cross-platform advanced flight simulator has written up a lengthy blogpost about Vulkan after going over the spec.

What a surprise. RollerCoaster Tycoon World has seen delays before, and it will now go into Early Access instead of a full release. It has also dropped any mention of Linux/SteamOS from the Steam store page.

This is really great to see, and we need more of it. Amos from the game store Itch.io has written up a guide for people pushing out Linux builds of games.

After upgrading to a 27 inch 4K monitor, I found that my desk was a little cramped and I couldn't fit another monitor on it. Someone in a recent livestream suggested a "monitor arm", and I am now using one I consider to be excellent.