Leadwerks Game Creation Toolkit Has A New Linux Beta
Leadwerks has come a very long way since the initial Kickstarter campaign, there is now a 3rd beta available for certain backers.
Category: Editorial
The Funding Crowd 28 (Feb 12th-23rd)
The Funding Crowd is back with its 28th instalment, and less than a fortnight after the previous issue! So gather 'round crowdfunders from across the globe to read about the latest Linux gaming projects worth forking your cash on.
Developer Sells Game On IndieGameStand DRM Free, Then Removes DRM Free Version
So, this annoyed to the point of having to write about it. Hero Siege was sold on IndieGameStand DRM free and without warning the developer has now removed the DRM free version and has tied it to Steam.
Stencyl 3.0 Released, A Game Creation Kit With No Programming
Stencyl is an interesting toolkit that enables you to create games without traditional programming, and they have just released the big 3.0.
Gameolith Adds Fair Pricing To Their Game Store
So, while other game stores have done things like regional pricing which results a lot of the time in prices being converted 1:1 making a lot of games more expensive for people outside of the US, Gameolith has done the opposite.
The Reason Some Games Are Delayed For Linux In Humble Indie Bundles
There is an "ask me anything" going on in reddit-land right now with the folks from the current Humble Bundle, I decided to ask the question a lot of people have been wondering.
Nuclear Dawn Will No Longer Be Worked On
Sad news guys, Nuclear Dawn will most likely never exit beta for Linux due to the developer no longer existing.
Valve Has Greenlit Even More Linux Games For Steam
The next set of indie game titles to be allowed onto Steam have been chosen by the community, we have the list for you.
Cobalt Action-Platformer Delayed For Linux, Is Anyone Surprised?
Cobalt from Oxeye Game Studio is due to go into beta soon, this is four years after being in alpha. The Linux version was due at beta, but they have decided to do it now and delay the Linux release.
The Open Source Game Corner, Highlighting Some Projects
I thought it was about time I gave some limelight to some really great open source game engines that work on Linux, from official open source games to unofficial open source engines to allow you to run games on Linux that you couldn't normally!
Looks Like CryEngine From Crytek May Actually Come To Linux
Well now this is quite interesting, a friendly tip came in today that there is now a Linux SDK for CryEngine.
A Year Ago Today Valve Released Steam For Linux
Wow has it been a year already? A year ago today Valve released the Linux version of Steam to everyone.
Ethan Lee Othwerwise Known as Flibitijibibo Proposes A Full Fork Of MonoGame
Ethan Lee or flibitijibibo has proposed completely forking the MonoGame project using his MonoGame-SDL2 into FNA (name not final).
Steam Brings A Game Tagging System
Steam is continuing its raft of updates, after adding in a recently updated section they have now added a user controlled tagging system.
Linux Game Sales Statistics From Multiple Developers Part 2
The second part in my investigation into how well developers are doing on Linux with selling their games via the Steam store.
The Funding Crowd 27 (Jan 11th - Feb 11th)
The Funding Crowd is finally back! Somewhat later than we intended, but making it is what matters the most rather than making it fast, as they say.
Ubuntu Developers Join Debian In Getting Free Valve Games
Valve are again spreading the joy to developers with free games, this time the Ubuntu developers are now eligible to get free Valve games!
Steam Increases SteamOS Branding On Its Store
Steam has now taken a first small step towards increasing awareness of their SteamOS with new branding on their top navigation.
Steam's January 2014 Hardware Survey Has a Linux Drop
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.
Minecraft hits 14 Million PC Purchases & Still Going Up
Minecraft the insanely successful indie game has now hit well over 14 MILLION sales on PC alone, that includes Windows, Mac & Linux since it's a Java game.
- 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
- Valheim: Call To Arms major update announced with new combat mechanics and lots of new items
- Webcam-based head & eye tracking app for gaming, LookPilot gets improved Linux compatibility
- > See more over 30 days here