Steam Hardware Survey For August 2014, Linux Slips
Here is the latest instalment of Steam's Hardware Survey, as usual we do our monthly thing and compare it and talk about it and make sure you know not to use it as a hard figure.
Category: Editorial
The Sunday Gaming Section, Linux Gaming From Around The Web
Here is some Sunday reading for you from other gaming sites across the internet. Not much generally happens on a Sunday, so hopefully this will be a regular article.
7 Days To Die Looks Like It May Arrive On Linux Soon (UPDATED)
7 Days To Die has been a bit of an up and down saga for Linux, but with new information it may finally come soon. UPDATED.
Ludosity Open Sourced Their Unity3D Steamworks Wrapper
Good news for any Unity3D developers! Ludosity has open sourced their Steamworks wrapper and made it free.
GOL World Tour: Linux Gaming From Norway
This week the GOL world tour leaves Argentina and heads for Norway after a longer-than-expected visit due to the vast quantities of awesome steak and red wine. Norway has around 100 companies involved in the game industry.
Feral Interactive Wish To Know Why You Game On Linux
Feral Interactive one of our new favourite porting houses has asked the big question. Why do we game on Linux?
The Witcher 2 Improves With A New Round Of Beta
Virtual Programming are again delivering on their promises of better performance. The Witcher 2 has kicked off another round of beta versions and it comes with AMD related fixes too.
Mojang Releases Roadmap For Scrolls, Still No Sign Of Linux
Scrolls is a bit of a sad song for Linux and for me especially as I purchased it on their public promise of a Linux version, and with their release of a roadmap Linux is nowhere in sight.
Ryan Icculus Gordon On The Linux Action Show
Ryan Icculus Gordon has just recently been on a guest on the excellent Linux Action Show to talk about Linux gaming. Ryan Icculus Gordon is the name behind a number of big ports.
GOG Announce DRM-free Movies, And Some Games Are Being Removed
GOG are DRM-free champions that's for sure, and since they support Linux now we can join in on the fun. They have now announced DRM-free movies, but they will also be removing some games.
The Funding Crowd 37 (Aug 6th-26th)
Welcome to a new issue of The Funding Crowd! It looks like the summer lull is definitely over, as tons of interesting and good-looking projects are knocking at our doors in search of our pledges.
Happy Birthday...Linux!
23 years ago today Linux was officially born into the world. It's time to get your party hats out and play some games.
GOL Asks Again: What Have You Been Playing Recently?
There's been a lot of new releases recently with no signs of slowing down, so what have you been investing your time in recently?
GOL World Tour: Gaming From Argentina
The GOL World Tour will start in Argentina and stop off at different countries on a regular basis, looking at Linux developers and their games, throwing in a bit of culture and history too.
The Steam Controller: Not Everyone Gets It
Something I've noticed about the Steam controller is not very many gamers understand why it has trackpads and why this may be superior in some use cases, so here's a simple breakdown of my thoughts.
A Very Important Announcement For You
Today we have an important announcement to make for you, the GOL community. Before you go reading any further, please remain calm and read the whole article through before making any rushed decisions or leaving comments.
AMD Working Closely With Khronos Group On Next-gen OpenGL, Gives Mantle Access
AMD are working very closely with the Khronos Group for the next generation OpenGL API, and have even given them access to see what makes their own Mantle API tick.
The Witcher 2 Gains Yet Another Performance Beta
I really do have to hand it to Virtual Programming for sticking at it despite harsh feedback from a lot of people. The Witcher 2 has another performance improvement beta release.
Advanced Linux Game Programming Slides From Leszek Godlewski Of Nordic Games
We now have the slides from the Advanced Linux Game Programming session from Leszek Godlewski at GDC Europe (a spin-off of Gamescom).
A New The Witcher 2 Linux Beta Appears, Improved Performance
Virtual Programming might just redeem themselves and their Eon technology yet. A new beta (today) for The Witcher 2 has been put onto Steam, and with it some performance fixes.
- Let's Build a Dungeon sounds like such a fun idea as it hits 140,000 Steam wishlists
- Deep Dish Dungeon looks like a great co-op dungeon crawler
- Leaks again hint at Valve doing a proper Steam Machine Console
- The original Splitgate will live on with player-hosted matches
- Valheim: Call To Arms major update announced with new combat mechanics and lots of new items
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