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Looks like the 'Linux Steam Integration' project is being continued with Intel's Clear Linux

By Liam Dawe, 1 Jan 2019

Linux Steam Integration, the project originally made while developer Ikey Doherty was working on the Solus Linux distribution now seems to be continuing on under Intel with their Clear Linux distribution.

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Epic Games have confirmed a Linux version of their store is not on the roadmap

By Liam Dawe, 30 Dec 2018

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Thanks to a post on Reddit, we've learned that Epic Games currently have no plans to put their store on Linux.

41 of Steam's most played games in 2018 are supported on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 27 Dec 2018

Valve released some interesting lists today which show off some top games, these lists show some interesting details about Linux games.

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Steam

Some thoughts on Linux gaming in 2018, an end of year review

By Liam Dawe, 19 Dec 2018

Now that 2018 is coming to a close, let’s go over what’s happened this year. It’s been incredibly interesting to follow, things haven’t been this lively for some time.

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Discord announce a 90/10 revenue split, Discord Store will support Linux

By Liam Dawe, 14 Dec 2018

You will be forgiven for not paying much attention to the Discord Store, since it doesn't currently support Linux. It seems that is going to change and they've announce a pretty small cut compared to the competition.

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Bearded Giant Games open their own store with a 'Linux First Initiative'

By Liam Dawe, 14 Dec 2018

Bearded Giant Games, developer of Ebony Spire Heresy have announced their new online store along with a 'Linux First Initiative'.

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Valve have some serious competition, with the Epic Games Store being announced

By Liam Dawe, 4 Dec 2018

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Epic Games have now officially announced their own store, which is certainly going to be one to keep an eye on.

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THQ Nordic has acquired the Carmageddon IP, perhaps we will finally get it on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 3 Dec 2018

THQ Nordic have announced that they've swallowed up another IP, this time it's Carmageddon from Stainless Games. It's interesting, since we were supposed to get Carmageddon: Reincarnation on Linux.

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Racing

Google's game streaming platform Project Stream is built on Linux and Vulkan

By Liam Dawe, 1 Dec 2018

Project Stream, the game streaming platform Google is currently building is apparently built on Linux and uses the Vulkan API.

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Vulkan

Obsidian Entertainment and inXile Entertainment have officially joined Microsoft

By Liam Dawe, 11 Nov 2018

Some rather interesting news here, both Obsidian Entertainment and inXile Entertainment have now officially joined Microsoft.

A statement from HOF Studios about the Depth of Extinction Steam key removal, plus thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 21 Oct 2018

After writing about how the developer of Depth of Extinction revoked a user’s externally purchased Steam key after leaving a negative review, the developer reached out to give a statement.

Game developer revokes a user's Steam key after negative review

By Liam Dawe, 20 Oct 2018

Here's a case of how to definitely not deal with getting negative feedback. A developer of Depth of Extinction revoked a user's key after a negative review.

Canonical have released some statistics from the Ubuntu installer survey

By Liam Dawe, 18 Oct 2018

When installing Ubuntu 18.04, Canonical's installer will offer to send some statistics to them. Canonical have now released some of this.

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Saturday Mag: Linux gaming news odds and ends plus a look at a few things on sale

By Liam Dawe, 13 Oct 2018

A day early! Your new weekly roundup of odds and ends for Linux gaming that didn't make it into the main news this week, plus a look at some sales.

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Embrace, extend, and protect? Microsoft joins the Open Invention Network to 'protect Linux and open source'

By Liam Dawe, 10 Oct 2018

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In a move that's going to raise a lot of eyebrows, Microsoft has joined the Open Invention Network to 'protect Linux and other important open source workloads from patent assertions'.

According to Kotaku, Microsoft is close to buying Obsidian

By Liam Dawe, 9 Oct 2018

In what could be a blow to Linux gamers who are fans of Obsidian RPGs, Microsoft is apparently close to acquiring the studio.

Sunday Mag: Linux gaming news odds and ends and a quick look at what’s on sale

By Liam Dawe, 7 Oct 2018

Another week has flown by and it’s been a pretty good one, here’s a roundup of some odds and ends that we didn’t fit in this week plus a quick look over some good deals.

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The Sunday Mag - a look at some Linux stuff on sale and other odds and ends

By Liam Dawe, 30 Sep 2018

It's Sunday, I have still a ridiculous cold so I feel quite poorly. Here's a run over some Linux games on sale, some other random things along with a question to you.