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Steam for Linux was started by ex-Microsoft developers
How about we start Monday off with an interesting little titbit? According to a former Valve staffer, Steam for Linux was started up by ex-Microsoft employees.
Category: Misc
Looks like EA might be banning Linux gamers using Wine to play Battlefield V
A heads up: there's been reports of people being banned by EA and having EA claim their ban will stay, for playing Battlefield V with Wine + DXVK.
You can now easily grab all the extra items for Two Point Hospital from The Superbug Initiative
The Superbug Initiative in Two Point Hospital is a pretty sweet social feature, where people come together to solve big goals and it then unlocks special items for you.
Krita, the FOSS painting program gets an Epic MegaGrant
Following not long after game manager Lutris got an Epic MegaGrant, it was just announced today that the FOSS painting program Krita just got an Epic MegaGrant too.
Feral Interactive's lead Vulkan developer is moving onto something new
Some game industry news to share today, as the Vulkan development lead at Feral Interactive has announced they're moving on.
Chooseco are getting indie games using 'choose your own adventure' taken down on itch.io
The creator of indie store itch.io has issued a warning to game developers, as Chooseco appear to be trying to take down anything using the 'choose your own adventure' phrase.
Aquiris Game Studio ending support for their online FPS Ballistic Overkill
Ballistic Overkill, an easy pick up and play first-person shooter from Aquiris Game Studio is now essentially being killed off.
The Sunday odds and ends Linux and gaming section
Blimey, where did Saturday go? It's Sunday already? Yes it is. A time for rest, relaxation and plenty of gaming. Time to go over a few random bits of news!
Godot Engine has a new Platinum sponsor with gambling game dev Interblock
Good news for Godot Engine, as they have another company supporting their work on the free and open source game engine.
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Epic Games acquires Quixel with its enormous library of 3D and 2D assets
Epic Games have reached down the back of the sofa and pulled up enough loose change to acquire Quixel.
Abbey Games announce they're going to let staff go in December as they "scope down"
Abbey Games, a developer known for titles like Reus, Renowned Explorers: International Society and most recently Godhood announced today things aren't going so well.
Microsoft confirm their new Chromium-powered Edge browser is coming to Linux
Not Linux gaming related, sure but still very interesting news. During their Ignite conference, Microsoft confirmed their new Chromium-based Edge browser will release for Linux.
The Sunday odds and ends Linux and gaming section
Sunday is a day to do the dishes, hoover the halls, wipe the decks and probably play a whole lot of video games. Here's our Sunday section of interesting things.
AMD has the highest quarterly revenue since 2005, Zen 3 is design complete
Things seem to be going quite well for AMD lately, as they just posted up their financial results for Q3 and thanks to 7nm Ryzen, Radeon and EPYC processor sales they're looking good.
Odds and ends, the Linux and gaming Sunday Section
Time for a good brew, some relaxation, perhaps a little gaming and our Sunday roundup of interesting happening within the Linux and gaming sphere.
Embark Studios, AMD and Adidas are all now supporting Blender development
The team behind the free and open source 3D creation suite, Blender, are once again celebrating as they've managed to secure even more funding from some interesting names.
The Children's Commissioner in England has called on the government to class loot boxes as gambling
Here could be the start of another nail in the coffin for loot boxes, as the Children's Commissioner in England has put out a new report after a little study was done.
Need an easy way to manage a Linux game server? LinuxGSM is great and recently passed 100 supported titles
A project that perhaps isn't as well known as it should be: LinuxGSM makes managing Linux game servers easy and they recently hit a fun milestone.
Odds and ends, the Linux and gaming Sunday Section
Sunday is a day mostly of rest, relaxation and kicking butt in some games. Before that though, let's have a little look at a few bits and pieces of missing news and what was interesting recently.
- GE-Proton 10-4 brings updates for winewayland, AMD FSR4 and more game fixes
- VacuumTube is the best way to watch YouTube on Steam Deck, SteamOS
- SaveState is an open source versatile game save backup manager - now with Linux support
- XWVM is a modern Unity engine to play STAR WARS - X-Wing, first Alpha out now
- Point and click adventure The Mystery of Doomsday Valley confirmed for Linux
- > See more over 30 days here