Category: Editorial

Here's the latest Steam Hardware survey for December 2014, and Linux actually increased, but not by a lot.

What kind of game can you expect for the price of a candy bar? Today I aim to answer that very question as I purchase and play the cheapest game available for Linux on Steam.

Enigma-Dev is a fully featured game engine that compiles natively for Linux! Enigma is completely compatible with GML (the GameMaker Language), as well as C and C++. It is developed and written in Java, and can cross-compile to Linux, Mac, and Windows. It is a "work in progress" currently, but can compile full games.

We are a little bit late on this as we are still doing our post-Christmas catch-up, but it looks like Valve hid a new Steam Controller design in their Steam client downloads.

The fantastic new FPS counter on the Steam Beta client is great, and this update makes it a ton more useful! I am really fond of this feature, but surprised it took this long to do.

Skullgirls has been a sore spot for Linux gamers who backed it on Indiegogo due to the poor way it was presented, but that aside progress is progress.

Monday's fun tip of the day is coming at you right now. We bring word that you can play tons of old games right in your browser that work with DOSBox without the need for any plugins at all, and it works.

A new Steam client beta is upon us, and with it comes a really useful feature to enable you to see your games FPS without extra plugins.

A new year often brings reflection and during this introspection, the teams behind two previously successfully funded Kickstarter projects apparently found that they're incapable of finishing their respective games.

Time is now up to add games, so you may now vote for whatever game you loved the most last year. Next year will work in a very different way too. You don't have long to vote!

Sadly, this year I shall not be out getting merry on rum as I have my little one now living with me, but it does mean I am here to post stuff.

Neil Trevett from Nvidia shared a presentation about what's going on in the world of graphics APIs. Presentation included in our post on it.

For those of you that celebrate it Merry Christmas, I know not everyone celebrates it, so if you don't we hope if you're on holiday that it's a good one.

If like me you are signed up with the Feral Interactive newsletter you probably saw a big nod to us, but if you didn't we have screencaps for you.

It's official, we are doing our very first GOTY awards for Linux games. Nominations are currently open and will be for a few days before voting begins, so be sure to add every game you think deserves it.

Surprise! This new design has been in the works since around the end of September 2014 and we have sent previews around to people a few times, but it's now live!

Minecraft: Story Mode is a brand new adventure being created around Minecraft, but sadly Linux has been left out in the cold it seems.

Not something we cover very often, but it seems the EU is introducing new rules that could really ruin things for indie developers. It could also cause price changes across many stores.

Sorry to be the bringer of bad news, but it seems some Linux websites are claiming that Fantasy XIII-2 will come to Linux. Sadly, this is not actually the case.

Civilization: Beyond Earth has been sent to approval for the final checks on the Linux version, so it's time to prepare for just one more turn.