Paradox Interactive now owns 100% of developer Harebrained Schemes
Paradox Interactive are continuing their quest for world domination as they've taken a 100% share of developer Harebrained Schemes.
Category: Misc
OpenGL to be deprecated in the next macOS release, could mean interesting things for Linux gaming
With news doing the rounds about the latest update to macOS, it turns out they're finally admitting they're doing nothing with their support of OpenGL and it's to be deprecated.
Microsoft acquires GitHub for some loose change
You've probably seen all the rumours and now it's official with the Microsoft announcement, they're acquiring GitHub.
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What are you playing on Linux this weekend and what do you think about it?
It's a weekend, the sun is shining in a rare event for where I live, so naturally I will be spending my time playing Linux games. What will you be playing this weekend?
The Linux Dev Lead at Feral Interactive is moving onto something new
Slightly sad news to share today, as the Linux Dev Lead at Feral Interactive who've ported tons of quality games to Linux is leaving the company.
The new GOG profile system is out, looks quite slick
DRM free store GOG has just released their new profile system and it's surprisingly slick to look at.
Campo Santo, developer of Firewatch has joined Valve
It seems Valve are quite serious about getting back into making games, as Campo Santo the developer of Firewatch has joined them.
Check your privacy settings on GOG, as they're rolling out a new profile system
Buried in the GOG forum, a staff member has noted that GOG accounts have new privacy options ahead of the release of their own version of user profiles.
The developer of One Hour One Life on keeping games code & assets open and not launching on Steam
The developer of One Hour One Life and The Castle Doctrine has made two interesting posts lately, one about not launching a game on Steam and one about keeping your game code and assets open to anyone.
Croteam will have an interesting talk at GDC this year about game performance
It seems Croteam will be doing a talk at GDC this year and it sounds like it's going to be quite interesting, with it being centred around getting games to perform smoothly. The talk will be presented by the Croteam CTO, Alen Ladavac.
Serious Sam's Bogus Detour is being pirated with permission from the developer
According to TorrentFreak, Serious Sam's Bogus Detour is being pirated by Voksi, one of the people known for cracking Denuvo. It's also being done with permission from the actual developer.
Kongregate have announced their own store and client 'Kartridge', will not support Linux
There's been a lot of people talking about this, so I figured we should get this out of the way. Kongregate are doing their own store and client named Kartridge and it will not support Linux.
The RTS 'Forged Battalion' is not coming to Linux, despite reports saying it will
I really don't like writing articles about games not coming to Linux, especially when I haven't ever mentioned this one. However, another site is claiming Forged Battalion will come to Linux, but it's not.
The 'Linux Steam Integration' project from Solus has an updated release with Snap package support
Linux Steam Integration, the initiative from the Solus distribution developers has a fresh release showing how far their project to improve Steam on Linux has come.
The developer of Siralim and Siralim 2 has blogged about supporting multiple platforms
While not too in-depth on the technical side of things, the developer of Siralim and Siralim 2 has blogged about supporting multiple platforms.
What are you playing this weekend?
It's the start of another weekend, time to grab a coffee and relax with a good game, so what are you going to play?
Io Interactive are working on another Hitman game
While not necessarily Linux-specific, Io Interactive who made HITMAN (which Feral Interactive ported to Linux) have confirmed they're working on another.
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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.
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