Links 6/2/2014: Games

Cradle, the second CryEngine game to support Linux

Hot on the heels of the first CryEngine game Kingdom Come: Deliverance to support Linux, Linux just got another game in its steadily increasing repertory of big-budget games. This time too it is an open world RPG game named Cradle. The game is being developed by Pittsburg based Mojo Game Studios, founded by students of Carnegie Melon University. The game has been in development for a year and has now been put up on Kickstarter to secure the target funding of $350,000 in 17 days. It has also managed to secure a pledge of $75k, so the situation is looking quite plausible for it to secure the necessary funding within the time limit.

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number hitting Linux this Summer

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number, the highly anticipated sequel to the blood splattered and gory game Hotline Miami, will be released sometime around the third quarter of 2014. This bit of news comes from the official Twitter account of the gory top-down shooter.

Introducing Steam's new Music features

The Steam Music Beta is coming soon to Big Picture and SteamOS interfaces, with desktop features soon to follow. To express interest in beta participation, join the Steam Music community group. Group members will be invited in waves, until the feature is released to everyone.

Steam & SteamOS To Gain Music Features

This will please big picture mode users and SteamOS/Steam Machine users alike, Steam is planning to add music controls built-in to Steam itself allow you to control music while gaming.

Experimenting With Steam's In-Home Streaming

In-Home Streaming was part of the SteamOS announcement Valve made back in September and beta invites to the functionality have been sent to some people around the internet. Luckily I was part of that group and I can share some of it with you!

The Problem With Steam Machines Is Linux-Based SteamOS, According to Pachter (Pachter resorts to the Carmack argument)

When Valve announced Steam Machines, many were concerned about the slew of different models that will be available to consumers. With so many different options and price schemes, it seems as though it may be bit muddled and perhaps problematic for Valve's new software platform.

Steam's game streaming breathes new life into ancient computers

PC World explores the benefits of Steam's beta game streaming to ancient computers that can now be used for gaming.

Play the Best Linux Puzzle Games

Linux has a prodigious library of free games many of which are released under an open source license. A large proportion of these open source games are eye catching. Popular games often have full motion video, vector graphics, 3D graphics, realistic 3D rendering, animation, texturing, a physics engine, and much more. Early computer games did not have these graphic techniques. The earliest video games were text games or text-based games that used text characters rather than vector or bitmapped graphics.

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