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The number of Linux gamers on Steam continues to grow, according to Valve
20 Feb 2019 at 3:49 pm UTC Likes: 7

its always growing, just at a comparable rate to windows growth :) this is why the relative difference (0.8%) doesn't appear to change

Some information on why Wine is not going to be using DXVK
25 Jan 2019 at 3:29 pm UTC Likes: 5

*sigh* Appeal to community is bad form.

Could DXVK dev have emailed back some response? sure but if they are deep in code, hitting deadlines, have other priorities it is EXTREMELY easy for such a query to drop out of scope.

Also the DXVK dev probably has other priorities that are ahead of interaction with another project

Valve put out another Steam Beta Client with minor Steam Play changes
20 Jan 2019 at 4:06 pm UTC

Well the 0byte download bug isn't fixed completely

If you enjoy our content, we would appreciate your support!
19 Jan 2019 at 10:48 pm UTC Likes: 4

there's no adverts to be found anywhere on the website and never will be.
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in all seriousness, keep up the good work. There have been some fun kid games that I would never have heard about if it wasn't' for this site. Likewise keeping the linux-gaming concept alive is all good

Valve put out another Steam Beta Client with minor Steam Play changes
19 Jan 2019 at 11:22 am UTC Likes: 1

well 70gig of redownload has started :( my 10M line is being pushed but it is what it is· As long as these are few and far between.

More updates on Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation with Vulkan for Linux
6 Jan 2019 at 10:56 am UTC Likes: 2

woohoo! <3 RTS

There is a lot of industry interest in Linux right now as a game platform. I am not at liberty to explain why but Vulkan is a real game changer.

what do they mean? are dev's really looking at linux or are they seeing vulkan as the main benefit (break from DX) and a path to linux is easier if they so wished?

Stardock showing an interest in linux is great but counter to what they have done... so what do they know

Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation inches closer to a Linux release with Vulkan
29 Dec 2018 at 8:13 pm UTC Likes: 1

Oh boy, I hope this does come. RTS is what got me into gaming and I still fall back on it.

Stardock are going all in. Vulcan AND Linux....
This is no longer a new game so I wonder if it is being used as a development platform for something else as this will be costing them alot

Steam Play is great for a younger audience with games like LEGO Jurassic World
22 Dec 2018 at 10:56 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: stormtuxHi all, I just installed "Lego: the Hobbit" thanks to the Humble Store and the game works fine except for a problem with the controllers. I have two steam controllers and I cannot use them together to play in split-screen coop. The first controller works fine but when I enable the second it will ignore it. I tried to let SC-controller handle the controllers and sometimes it works, but it is not practical to re-launch every time Steam to let SC-controller take ownership of the devices.

For now i solved creating a new configuration for a controller binding the keyboard keys to the controller. This way the game thinks I'm playing with the keyboard and it works fine. The only problem left are the on-screen help messages that shows the keyboard icons instead of the controller icons.

Have someone else had a problem like this? Is there a cleaner way to solve the problem?
You need to make sure both controllers are on before you launch the game, then it is just a case of pressing the > to the right of the steam button

Steam Play is great for a younger audience with games like LEGO Jurassic World
22 Dec 2018 at 9:26 pm UTC

Quoting: LeopardYou should give it a go for Lego Lotr also Liam. That is a really funny experience.
No spoilers! that was the last lego game my family were able to play (last one released for the Wii) and it friggen glitched and we couldn't get further than the stairs of Cirith Ungol .

Steam Play is great for a younger audience with games like LEGO Jurassic World
22 Dec 2018 at 8:18 pm UTC Likes: 2

I have to agree with this. As a massive lego fan and two kids that love lego, the lego games are great.
We have a Wii but they stopped making games for that.

When Proton was 1st released I went and grabbed Lego:Incredibles but there were some real big issues with it and Proton (sound and glitch).

The recent beta's ( 3.16-5 onwards) pretty much solved this. The Xaudio merge was a major fix for sound as the lego games moved to xaudio from around 2009. Likewise further improvements have fixed the glitches

At the moment we are working our way through Incredibles & StarWars TFA before jumping into Hobbit (recently got for free!!!) and then Jurassic world