Links 29/1/2014: Games
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2014-01-29 09:40:56 UTC
- Modified: 2014-01-29 09:40:56 UTC
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Gamers on Linux are in heaven after the arrival of Steam and with a decent catalogue being updated aggressively by Valve, future for gaming on Linux looks bright. But chances are you may be a hardcore Linux enthusiast, with no or least interest in gaming but after Steam’s arrival, you want to give Gaming a try but don’t know where to start. We are here to help.
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance is set to be the first ever game on Linux that is based on the CryEngine. According to the Kickstarter page for the open world Role Playing Game (RPG) there will be Linux support for the game when it releases which is slated to be the fourth quarter of 2015.
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Paradox Studios, the development house behind the hugely successful and addictive Magicka, Crusader Kings and Europa Universalis IV among other games, officially announced in their recent Miami convention that they are planning to launch two new games, Runemasters and the highly anticipated sequel to the Hearts of Iron series, Hearts of Iron IV. Both games are slated to be getting a Linux release along with a Windows release.
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is one of the few remaining titles from Valve that's highly sought after by Linux gamers but has yet to make its debut. Going back to last year we've known CS:GO has been running internally on Linux and even last April Intel Mesa developers have been optimizing their driver with CS:GO using their early access to the title in cooperation with Valve.
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Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Valve has worked a lot lately, at both the Steam client and SteamOS, their Debian based Linux system for gaming.
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