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Category: Misc
Bundle Stars is going through a revamp and renaming themselves 'Fanatical'
Bundle Stars, the legitimate store that runs bundles, game sales and more is going through a bit of a rebrand. They're renaming themselves as Fanatical.
Sunday Linux Gaming Wrap-up
It's Sunday, I have my coffee ready next to me in my favourite mug and it's time to take a look at things we've missed for Linux and Linux gaming around the web.
The developers of Solus are hoping to improve Linux gaming with snaps and their Linux Steam Integration
The Solus distribution developers are a clever bunch, with their Linux Steam Integration software package and snaps, they are hoping to "relieve the pressure on distributions for supporting gaming".
What have you been playing and what do you think?
Since the weekends are generally our quiet time, as I take them to spend a little time with family I'm asking a question: What have you been playing and what do you think?
Need art for your games? Asset Forge and public domain Kenney assets may help
While 'asset flips' are becoming a common occurrence, pre-made art assets are still a valuable resource when used correctly. Asset Forge and Kenney assets might be quite useful!
According to netmarketshare Linux hit 6.91% market share last month, higher than Mac
Take this with a rather large bag of suspicion! Netmarketshare is reporting that Linux had 6.91% market share, which is higher than Mac for the first time.
Icculus has ported The End is Nigh to on-demand service 'Jump', Linux may come soon plus some thoughts
Ever heard of the on-demand subscription gaming service Jump? It's an on-demand game streaming service and Icculus just ported The End is Nigh to it.
City-building strategy game 'Banished' is no longer having a Linux port
This is a weird one, after blogging for a while about porting Banished to Linux (and Mac), the developer seems to have given up on it.
Want to play 'Duck Game' on Linux? Well, it's possible thanks to XnaToFna
Duck Game is a popular action game that's a little insane and it's actually possible to run it on Linux, thanks to developer "0x0ade".
Linux desktop market share has hit another all time high above 3%, according to netmarketshare
Another month, another record. Linux market share has now hit 3.37% according to the netmarketshare website.
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Ryan "Icculus" Gordon is looking for new games to port to Linux, pay not required
Ryan "Icculus" Gordon, the man responsible for maintaining many development tools like SDL 2 and who ported many games to Linux, is looking for new games to port. The fun thing is, he doesn't require payment since he's funded by his Patreon.
What have you been playing on Linux lately and what do you think?
Well now, it's been quite some time since I asked a direct question to my readers. Here we are once again, as I open up the floor to you.
Join the fun on our new server for Rust
You asked, some of you repeatedly and so I listened. GOL now officially runs a server for Rust and you're all welcome to join in.
Parsec is another game streaming service, now with Linux support and it's blown me away
I've been chatting to the founders of Parsec, a new game streaming service that allows you to stream games from any cloud machine to your desktop. They just released Linux support and apparently it even works on streaming to a Raspberry Pi.
Thimbleweed Park developer stated on Twitter that Linux (and Mac) sales have been good
Thimbleweed Park developer Ron Gilbert mentioned on Twitter how strong the Linux (and Mac) sales have been, and that it would be silly to ignore it.
Linux gamers on Arch may want to hold off on updating due to openssl breaking some games (updated)
It seems an Arch update today has broken a few games, several Feral Interactive titles as well as Civilization VI from Aspyr Media no longer run. UPDATED, see the bottom.
Games Republic, the store previously owned by 11 bit studios is coming back (updated)
A little odd news to start the day today, it seems Games Republic, the store previously owned by 11 bit studios that closed down at the end of last year is coming back online.
Announcing a new fun venture for me: Our sister site LifeOnLinux
I've debated for quite some time setting up my own more generalised Linux and technology site, so screw it, I did it. Announcing LifeOnLinux as a new experiment!
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