My Own Thoughts On The Steam Controller, Flawed, But Fun
I honestly can’t remember the last time I was this excited about any hardware. It may only be a gamepad, but the Steam Controller is so very different it’s refreshing.
Category: Editorial
Steam Machines, Steam Link & Steam Controller Officially Released & SteamOS Sale
Today will go down in the history books of Linux gaming that’s for sure, although not in as big a way as I was hoping for.
Three Years Ago Valve Put Steam Into Beta For Linux, A Look At It All
It has been a day over three years since Steam was initially put into a limited beta for Linux, and since then things have never quite been the same for Linux gaming thanks to SteamOS as well.
Left 4 Dead 2 Adds Native Steam Controller & Surround Sound Support On SteamOS
Left 4 Dead 2 looks like one I will be trying out soon when my Steam Controller arrives next week. Also great to see surround sound in more games!
Darksiders & Darksiders II Linux Ports Have Not Been Forgotten About
A fellow from Nordic Games has commenting about the disappearance of the announced Darksiders and Darksiders II Linux ports.
Looks Like Nvidia Driver 358.66 Will Add Some Form Of Vulkan Support
Sooner than I thought they would, but exciting to see. There are details leaking out that Nvidia GPU driver 358.66 will add a bunch of Vulkan support in.
Alienware Steam Machine Is Shown Off In Another Nice Video
I have to hand it to Alienware as they really are trying to do a push for their Steam Machine units, we have another video to show off, this time from Trisha Hershberger.
A Good & Honest Video About The Alienware Steam Machine
Lon Seidman on youtube posted up a pretty decent video showing off the Alienware Steam Machine, it's worth a watch and has given me some more thoughts.
Jäsøn - Season I, Showing Just How Bad Steam Is Getting
Jäsøn - Season I is not only a rip off of the Friday The 13th movies, it's also a complete rip off full stop and I advise everyone to steer clear of it.
The Funding Crowd 52, The Latest In Linux Crowdfunding News
Take a look at the latest issue of The Funding Crowd for a new batch of crowdfunding campaigns for Linux.
Sunday Section: What Was Your Biggest Linux Gaming Letdown So Far This Year?
As new releases are a little light today, and I'm really rather tired it's question time. What has been your biggest let down from a Linux game this year?
The Linux Version Of Moebius: Empire Rising Hasn't Been Forgotten
One of the things I do here is contact developers who promised a Linux version of a game which hasn't yet surfaced, and the latest user request for me to check was Moebius: Empire Rising.
Larian Rep Responds To Criticism Over The Linux Delay Of Divinity: Original Sin
A fellow on the official Steam forum for Divinity: Original Sin has been commenting to Linux users criticising the delay, and it's an interesting read.
There's A Possibility Of Just Cause 3 Coming To SteamOS/Linux
A recent Polygon article that covered Valve's new hardware has some information from Valve, and it's not entirely clear, but it looks like Just Cause 3 could come to Linux.
Magicka 2 Now In Beta For Linux
Oh man, what a day. First Insurgency, and now Magicka 2 both being in Beta for Linux. Update: It's now downloading.
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition Delayed For Linux, Again
This is starting to be a repeating joke now, of promise after promise and delay after delay. Now with the Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition that was supposed to be a day-1 release for Linux, it has also been delayed.
Ubuntu 15.10 Patched For Steam Controller, Backports To Older Ubuntu Versions This Week
Jorge Castro from Ubuntu poked me recently to let us know that Ubuntu 15.10 has already been patched for the Steam Controller, and 14.04+ others will have a patch back-ported this week.
Sword Coast Legends RPG Released For Linux, Some Initial Thoughts
We don’t have too many high quality RPG titles, and I was excited to finally give Sword Coast Legends a proper try.
Valve Rep Confirms Why Some Games Have Their SteamOS Icon Removed
Thanks to me getting in touch with the Starbound developers, it seems a Valve rep has taken to reddit to explain what's going on with games having their SteamOS icon removed.
Correction: ASTRONEER The Beautiful Sandbox Game Might Come To Linux
Recently we published an article about ASTRONEER coming to Linux, sadly it seems that I wasn't quite right. The good news is the developer seems like they really want to.
- VacuumTube is the best way to watch YouTube on Steam Deck, SteamOS
- SaveState is an open source versatile game save backup manager - now with Linux support
- Steam Deck, SteamOS will now stop bugging you to install updates multiple times
- Borderlands 2 is free to claim and keep on Steam
- Proton Experimental gets fixes for Fallout 3, Skyrim Special Edition, The Witcher 3, Intel CPUs and more
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