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Parkitect beta 3 released with a new ride, new props and bug fixes
6 February 2018 at 8:03 pm UTC

Thanks, I'll keep an eye on that game!

Parkitect beta 3 released with a new ride, new props and bug fixes
6 February 2018 at 12:07 pm UTC

Will it feature a single-player campaign?
Or is it a pure sandbox game?

Feral Interactive are teasing another Linux port, so that's two titles not yet announced
1 February 2018 at 4:47 pm UTC

Rolling Stones ...

Very unlikely but a game that I'd love to see on Linux is

Rock of Ages

Microsoft is rumoured to be looking to buy Valve, EA and others
30 January 2018 at 7:46 pm UTC Likes: 4

Is there any realistic estimate on the value of Valve?

Opus Magnum is an exceptional puzzle game available for Linux
11 January 2018 at 3:44 pm UTC

I simply love the Zachtronics games.

Only issue I have on Linux is that my notebook is almost melting.
For whatever reason these simplistic games (presentation wise) seem to require a lot of resources on Linux.
At least for my configuration Haswell+integrated graphics.
This is different on Windows for the very same machine.

The Libretro Team and other emulators are being ripped off by companies trying to make a quick buck
21 December 2017 at 12:16 pm UTC

Quoting: pbJust today I was pondering on whether GOG, Nightdive and others keen on packaging old games with ScummVM and selling them for a fine buck actually contribute to the project themselves. With lots of new games added to ScummVM recently, I certainly hope so, but somehow I doubt it at the same time...

Fully agree.

It makes them so easy to monetize old products again,
so they should at least contribute a fractional amount
of revenues back to the projects they use.
Otherwise, it might be legal but unethical.

It's not just the great ScummVM.
Also DOSBox.

What else projects, btw?

Linux market share on Steam drops again as Steam continues to grow
2 December 2017 at 8:49 pm UTC

Sorry, but I don't see the point always mentioning that the absolute number of Linux Steam users "still" grows. It sounds like saying "It's not that bad".

It is that bad - the fraction of Linux users is far below 1 %.
And THAT is ALL that counts to developers (unless they are Linux fans).

Even if some dev plans on absolute numbers, it wouldn't be clever from an economical point.
as every man hour spent to improve experience for the potentially 100 times larger user base is most likely far better spent.

This is sad. Yeah.
Does it feel like Valve is still planning something big for Linux.
I don't think so. As Linux fans we can only hope MS is enforcing its XBox+Windows marketplace strategy and pushes Valve to its Linux plan B (or C) project again.

Amanita Design now has some of their titles up on game store itch, on sale too
2 December 2017 at 9:10 am UTC

So they got finally rid of the awful Adobe AIR backend that dropped Linux support a long time ago?

My top Tower Defence games for Linux
13 November 2017 at 3:24 pm UTC Likes: 2

Great article!

There are tons of TD games on Linux.

I love them but I'm not that skilled.

I remember Fieldrunners was just too hard for me. :D

Intel announce a new CPU with AMD graphics and HBM2 memory
7 November 2017 at 6:21 am UTC

Quoting: 14AMD has been winning the nice "package" setup for a while. Think about consoles. I think all of them are AMD this generation and most of last gen were AMD as well.

Nintendo Switch?