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Mojang Confirms Microsoft Is Buying The Minecraft Maker
In a move that will shock many, Mojang has finally confirmed the rumours. Microsoft is buying them out, and so Minecraft & Scrolls will be owned by Microsoft.
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 let's see what's been going on elsewhere.
Garry's Mod Hits the 6 Million Mark!
Garry's Mod has hit 6 million lifetime sales on Steam now and that's an incredible milestone. The developer also showed off how many are from Linux & Mac.
The Skullgirls Promised Linux Port Seems Iffy Again (UPDATED)
Skullgirls is another game with an interesting history of promises for a Linux port. It's another case of a developer publicly stating it, and then not delivering on it. UPDATED
Microsoft Reportedly Buying Minecraft Maker Mojang
This is not fun news to wake up to. Microsoft if apparently buying the indie studio Mojang for more than 2 billion dollars.
Puppy Games Aren't Impressed With Linux Sales (UPDATED)
It seems Puppy Games the developers behind fun games like Revenge of the Titans have expressed their concern about Linux sales. UPDATED
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.
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.
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- NVIDIA announce a few changes for GeForce NOW and new games for December
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- The huge Project Zomboid build 42 finally gets multiplayer just in time for the holidays
- Kitten Space Agency is the spiritual successor to Kerbal Space Program
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