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At time of writing, you only have 18 hours left to take advantage of the Humble Bundle V, which gathers together some smashingly good indie classics for as much money as you care to pay. Currently, if you pony up anything over $8.50 you’ll score eight games instead of four, which is a sweet deal indeed. All games are DRM-free and cross-platform; you can decide how much of your payment goes to charity; and you’ll get a couple of ace soundtracks as well. Over 570,000 sterling gamers have taken part in this scheme already, bringing in over $$4,860,000.

Humble Bundle V has, as of this post, has been purchased 495,134 times, and has accumulated $4,094,061.75 in sales.

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Stainless Games’ Kickstarter campaign to revive the controversial Carmageddon series has come to a successful end, with the project exceeding its $400,000 goal.

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Double Fine has released A Perfect Storm for Adventure, the first episode of its documentary series titled which gives you a look at the beginnings of its Kickstarter fundraiser. The firm has also opened up a PayPal account in case you missed out on donating to the Double Fine Adventure the first time out. Those who donate will receive access to the forums, code to download the game on Steam for PC or Mac as well as for Linux or Android. You will also be able to participate in the beta and receive streaming video of the firm’s 2Player Productions documentary series. Watch the first episode below.

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It looks as though Steam, may be finally coming to Linux. According to a post on NeoGAF, Michael Larabel, a software engineer and technology analyst, paid Valve a visit yesterday and was told the digital service would be available for the operating system soon. Larabel’s report today states it will be released on the system in “the coming months,” and the firm is working on Linux-compatible titles, but that Steam itself is coming to the platform. You can read more through the links. Thanks, ChristopherJack.

The newest Humble Bundle is now available and includes Amanita Design’s Botanicula, Machinarium, and Samorost 2. If you pay more than the average going rate of $8.74, you’ll also get the film Kooky and Vectorpark’s Windosill. The Humble Botanicula Bundle also includes the soundtracks to Botanicula, Machinarium, and Samorost 2. The charity this time out is the World Land Trust.

Harebrained schemes won’t forget our alternate OS brethren if RPG revival Shadowrun Returns brings in enough cash.

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Indie Royale is now offering an Alpha Collection which, as its name suggests, includes titles which are currently in the alpha state.

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The Indie Royale Valentine’s Bundle has gone live, and it’s time to throw open your wallet, let the bats fly out, and drop at minimum $4.51.

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Indie game designer Ido Yehieli has announced that gamers can download the dungeon crawler Cardinal Quest for free, today only.

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Sony’s released PS3 Firmware 3.21, removing the option to use other operating systems on the machine.

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Haven’t played World of Goo yet? Linux or Mac user? You’re in luck.

Updated demos for both are now available here and here.

Not exactly sure what “updated” entails, but it should give you something to do later at any rate.

There is to be no more Linux version of EVE Online, according to this official forum post, the unloved stepchild of CCP’s spacey MMO to be dropped on March 10. It launched alongside the game’s Mac client last November.

Why’s it being nuked? Says Slashdot: “The client was not preferred for Linux users as it did not support the Premium graphics client and did not run as well as the win32 client under Wine.”

Greek to us.

Tom Jubert, the lead writer on the Penumbra games, dropped us a line to let us know all the demos for Penumbra: Black Plague are now live. You can get the client for Windows, Mac or Linux, so if you fancy a bit of personal computing horror at no cost, look no further. The full thing’s released next week.