Links 11/2/2014: Games
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2014-02-11 10:10:10 UTC
- Modified: 2014-02-11 10:10:10 UTC
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Game developers Rebellion Developments are seemingly looking into supporting Linux and thus perhaps even develop for the platform.
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This will excite any developer and gamer who actually has their hands on some VR kit, Valve has updated the Steamworks API to officially include their VR API. This is course supports Linux.
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The writer raises a good point about the appeal of native Windows games, and the much larger library of games for that platform. However, he assumes that that will be enough to keep people using the Windows version of Steam.
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I had a chance to talk to Rebellion on the possibility of them supporting Linux in the future, and the reply was actually quite encouraging.
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Another batch of titles have been greenlit to be on Steam, we give you the run-down on what ones you can expect to see on Linux.
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This is mighty interesting for Linux gamers, Oniken an action platformer has released itself onto Steam and it states it uses Wine for Linux & Mac.
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