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Linux Game Sales Statistics From Multiple Developers

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jan 2014

I reached out to a number of developers to see how their sales are doing across different operating systems, here are the results for you.

Positech's Cliffski Developer Of Democracy 3 On SteamDevDays

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jan 2014

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I don't usually point out developers blog posts unless they say something interesting, luckily the developer of Democracy 3, Gratuitous Space Battles, Redshirt & more has said something I bet a lot of developers now feel.

Leadwerks Game Creation Kit Has Fixed Two Major Linux Blockers

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jan 2014

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The Leadwerks game creation tool has pushed passed two major Linux issues the developers came across making way for the Linux release. Good news everyone!

Steam Dev Days Day 2 Highlights

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jan 2014

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So Steam Dev Days is off again and we are here again to bring you the highlights from afar in lonely UK.

Steam Dev Days Highlights

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jan 2014

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Well Steam Dev Days has kicked off in style and we have a little bit of the lowdown here for you, keep an eye on this post as I will keep updating it to keep everyone in the loop as much as I can!

AaaaaaaaAAAAaAAaaaaAA!!! For the Awesome gets Rift support on Linux

By Cheeseness, 14 Jan 2014

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Earlier today, Owlchemy Labs and Dejobaan Games released an update for AaaaaaaaAAAAaAAaaaaAA!!! For the Awesome, which adds the Rift friendly "Aaaaaculus" version on Linux!

Steam Developer Days Is Fast Approaching

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jan 2014

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Steam Developer Days is only 2 days away now folks and the list of talks is getting rather large, time to get excited.

Help Make Open Source AMD Graphics Drivers Better

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jan 2014

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Lauri Kasanen wrote into Phoronix to request help in gathering information on the r600g open source AMD graphics driver.

The Funding Crowd 26 (Dec 18th - Jan 10th)

By muntdefems, 11 Jan 2014

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The Funding Crowd is back in 2014 with the best and the finest crowdfunding campaigns on which you can spend whatever you've got left after the holidays.

SteamOS Gains An AMD Preview Graphics Driver

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2014

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The venerable Phoronix has reported that SteamOS has been updated to include a preview driver from AMD to fix issues and hopefully lay the ground work for a more stable driver.

Linux Sales Are Higher Than Mac For Maia Developer

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2014

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So to keep the theme going of not directly new/up-coming gaming news after the Black Annex developer stated how easy it is to support Linux, the developer of Maia has openly stated that Linux has sold far more than Mac for him.

Man Fight Dragon On Game Developing & Porting To Linux

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jan 2014

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This post may be a bit technical for some people, it sure as hell is for me, but I found it interesting due to how it impacted the Linux port of Black Annex.

First Generation Steam Machines Revealed

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jan 2014

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Valve and an assortment of different companies have revealed their Steam Machines from console price-point to stupidly powerful gaming computers.

Valve Apparently Has 12 Partners So Far For Steam Machines

By Liam Dawe, 6 Jan 2014

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This is going to be crazy, so far it has been reported that Valve has already signed up 12 manufacturers to create Steam Machines, holy cow!

Godot Game Engine Going Open Source

By Liam Dawe, 5 Jan 2014

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A game engine similair to Unity called Godot is going to be open sourced under an MIT license, this tool looks seriously promising.

Editorial

Crowdfunding & Early Access Are Not Ruining PC Gaming

By Liam Dawe, 3 Jan 2014

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It seems a big name PC site has claimed that Kickstarter and Early Access are ruining PC gaming, well I personally beg to differ I think it's growing PC gaming faster & better than ever.

Steam's Hardware Survey For December, Looking Promising

By Liam Dawe, 1 Jan 2014

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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.