Links 5/1/2014: Games
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2014-01-06 00:05:11 UTC
- Modified: 2014-01-06 00:05:11 UTC
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Valve recently released an early-access preview of its future strategy for game distribution: the Steam Machine, and the SteamOS operating system that runs it. The company has developed a beta reference platform, but the really interesting part is SteamOS: an open OS with fairly flexible hardware specs that anyone can download and play with.
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It will be interesting to follow Linux share as more and more games get ported / released for Linux.
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Terasology is an open-source survival and discovery game with influences from Minecraft, Dwarf Fortress, and Dungeon Keeper. The game is in a pre-alpha state, but it's already fun to play!
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