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Steam's September Hardware Survey, Linux Holds Steady

By Liam Dawe, 2 Oct 2013

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.

Half-Life 3 Has Been Trademarked By Valve

By Liam Dawe, 1 Oct 2013

So folks it may or may not be coming, but Valve has now officially filed for a trademark on Half-Life 3.

The Cheapskate's Corner 19 (Sep 27th - Oct 3rd)

By muntdefems, 29 Sep 2013

This is a PSA on behalf of all the cheapskate gamers out there. Please read carefully this new instalment of The Cheapskate's Corner so you know where to find the best deals at the lowest possible price.

Valve Announces New Controller For SteamOS, Steam Controller

By Liam Dawe, 27 Sep 2013

Valve has unveiled the final announcement and it's a controller and it's a very peculiar looking device.

Wwise Audio Middleware To Support Linux

By Liam Dawe, 27 Sep 2013

WaveWorks Interactive Sound Engine (Wwise) is an audio library game developers can use license to use in their games.

AMD Announces Mantle Graphics API

By Liam Dawe, 27 Sep 2013

So AMD has announced a low level graphics API that will be cross platform (no actual platforms stated yet though). This will make things very interesting that's for sure.

The Funding Crowd 19 (Sep 12th-24th)

By muntdefems, 27 Sep 2013

The Funding Crowd goes on, at the rhythm our tightly scheduled lifes allows. But soon things are going to change...

Valve Announces Steam Machines, You Can Win One Too

By Liam Dawe, 25 Sep 2013

Valve have announced SteamOS, their own operating system based on Debian Linux that will be placed on a variety of gaming machines due for release in 2014.

SteamOS Thoughts, SteamOS Official Group & Next Announcement

By Liam Dawe, 25 Sep 2013

So with the dust settling in about Valve's new SteamOS it's time to take a quick think about it all.

The IndieGameStand Game Store

By Liam Dawe, 24 Sep 2013

So IndieGameStand the website which used to be all about a new pay-what-you-want and charity supporting game sale every 96 hours has officially launched a full game store.

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Valve Has Announced The SteamOS Built On Linux UPDATED

By Liam Dawe, 23 Sep 2013

SteamOS combines the rock-solid architecture of Linux with a gaming experience built for the big screen. It will be available soon as a free stand-alone operating system for living room machines.

The Cheapskate's Corner 18 (Sep 20th-26th)

By muntdefems, 21 Sep 2013

After last week's absence The Cheapskate's Corner is back with lots of new bundles and sales for you!

The Steam Universe Is Expanding In 2014

By Liam Dawe, 20 Sep 2013

A new section of Steam's website has opened with a countdown that will end on Monday with the first of three announcements for Steam in the living room.

Show Your Support For Unity3D Editor On Linux

By Liam Dawe, 17 Sep 2013

Not something I usually do but this is a good cause, Unity is still missing having it's actual editor on Linux!

Gabe Newell At LinuxCon 2013, Linux Is The Future Of Gaming

By Liam Dawe, 16 Sep 2013

Gabe Newell owner of Valve the company behind Steam did a keynote at LinuxCon 2013 inside is a video and the info.

Iracing Online Racing Game Comes To Linux In Alpha Via Wine

By Liam Dawe, 13 Sep 2013

An online car racing game that PC Gamer voted "Best racing game of all time" has hit Linux in the form of an alpha version that uses Wine.

Democracy 3 Pre-Order's Are Up With Beta Access

By Liam Dawe, 13 Sep 2013

Democracy 3 is now available for pre-order which comes with the beta version, beware though the port is not done by the developer so we may see issues like we did with Gratuitous Space Battles and lack of updates and DLC.

The Funding Crowd 18 (Sep 3rd-11th)

By muntdefems, 12 Sep 2013

It's been a while but The Funding Crowd is finally back! Here come all you need to know about the crowdfunding of Linux games.

Steam Announces Family Sharing & Can Officially Serve 64bit Linux Games

By Liam Dawe, 12 Sep 2013

So two bits of Steam news for you, Valve has put 64bit support for Linux games into Steam now on the official non-beta client and also announced family sharing of games.