I got the survey this month and it was a first that showed up for me since I've been using Steam on Linux.

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There is a calculator for the FOV. I found out about it from PCGamingWiki which has other usefull tips. Just type in Google PCGW + Title of the game that you are looking for in this case simply Metro.

Here you will find the FOV Calculator [External Link] it's worth noting that Metro uses vertical field of view rather than more common horizontal. That's why you need this calculator in typical game using horizontal view you would just type 90 to get 90 degrees fov.

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There is a torrent for this standalone 2.0 version which should be a much faster download. This torrent have executables for both Windows and Linux.

http://thepiratebay.sx/torrent/9024163/THE_DARK_MOD_Version_2.0_-_Standalone_Release [External Link]

Before you start playing rename the folder to darkmod otherwise saves will not work.

http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/15099-tdm-20-is-now-available/page__p__322156#entry322156 [External Link]

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Liam you need to update the news because as abelthorne already pointed out Amazon has fixed the versions for the Games. No more Linux in XCOM + Civ V (2K Definitive Strategy Collection) the same goes for Borderlands 2 GOTY.

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Exactly Dungeon Defenders is a first Unreal Engine 3 game on Linux (Killing Floor and Red Orchestra are UE 2.5 based).

This opens a possibility for many new games getting a native Linux version. I can already see Sanctum or Q.U.B.E. heading our way.

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Here get some more of the current crowdfunding games with confirmed or possible Linux version.

[URL='http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1857884659/distance-a-next-generation-arcade-racer']Distance[/URL] it's an arcade racer not the typical racing game (which is a genre of games that I don't like). This is a game made by the same people (atleast few of them) that created [URL='http://nitronic-rush.com/']Nitronic Rush[/URL]. They making the new version in Unity engine but unfortunately they aren't sure about Linux. Nobody on the team has expierience with it and they use the stable Unity not the Beta 4 and there is also [URL='http://www.audiokinetic.com/en/products/208-wwise']Wwise[/URL]. That's an audio middelware which supports pretty much everything besides Linux.

[URL='http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/betadwarf/forced']FORCED[/URL] is a fast-paced cooperative arena combat game. Another game powered by Unity with developers commited to releasing Linux version.

[URL='http://www.indiegogo.com/starforge']StarForge[/URL] is a game about gathering resources, building bases, crafting anything you want, and surviving on an alien planet. They plan to release StarForge for Windows and Mac (with possible Linux support after Unity 4 is released).

[URL='http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/43153532/strike-suit-zero']Strike Suit Zero[/URL] a space combar game. Unfortunately they included Mac and Linux as a stretch goal at $180 000 (that's $80 000 above the main goal).

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Their [URL='http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zeropointsoftware/interstellar-marines-prologue']Kickstarter[/URL] campaign is live now and you can get the game for $10 as an early bird (first 5000 backers).

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They are preparing a Kickstarter campaign which should start in this month or in November.

There are also more games using Unity3D that has been [URL='http://steamcommunity.com/greenlight/?controller=sharedfiles&appid=765&method=browse&browsesort=pending&browsefilter=pending&p=1']Greenlighted[/URL].

[URL='http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=92993746&searchtext=']Folk Tale[/URL]
[URL='http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=92650164&searchtext=']AirBuccaneers[/URL]

Other Greenlighted games with Linux version:

[URL='http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=92916900&searchtext=']Project Zomboid[/URL]
[URL='http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=93000640&searchtext=']Postal 2 Complete[/URL]
[URL='http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=92915329&searchtext=']Octodad: Deadliest Catch[/URL]
[URL='http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=92927895&searchtext=']Towns[/URL]

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You can install and use Adobe AIR 2.6 on Ubuntu and other distributions with this [URL='http://askubuntu.com/questions/87447/how-can-i-install-adobe-air']guide[/URL]. It worked for Botanicula when it was available as .air file and works for other programs.

For example it works for [URL='http://www.anodynegame.com/']Anodyne[/URL] it's a game in development listed on Steam [URL='http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=92921739']Greenlight[/URL] and there is also [URL='http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=92701947']Incredipede[/URL] though it doesn't have a demo version so i don't know how well will it work.

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Microsoft dropped support for OpenGL with the release of Windows Vista. There were articles about it all over tech sites.

Hovewer it didn't meant that hardware vendors (nVidia, AMD) ripped OpenGL from their drivers. RAGE from id Software still uses OpenGL as graphic API and DirectX for input and sound.

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