Tag Archives: Ubuntu

Valve has opened the Steam for Linux beta to all comers. In a brief announcement post, the developer provided a series of useful links. Grab the Ubuntu client here; browse the 39 compatible games here; participate in the community here; and report any issues here. The beta was heralded by the sudden appearance of system requirements last week.

Thanks, Blue’s News.

Graphics driver updates aren’t in our usual style but with the launch of the Steam Linux beta today it seems like a good time to be giving your open-source computer a bit of a spruce up. NVidia has released a new set of R310 drivers for a significant range of products, which it claims can “double the performance and dramatically reduce game loading times for those gaming on the Linux operating system”. The drivers were developed in collaboration with Valve and other Linux-friendly developers, and Doug Lombardi called them “an absolutely unequalled solution for Linux gamers”.

Thanks, Talkar.

Valve really dislikes Windows 8 doesn’t it? The studio has poured more fuel on the flaming debate surrounding Microsoft’s OS – and now Apple’s iTunes format – stating that it prefers the open nature of Linux. Find out why below.

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Senscape has released a playable teaser for Asylum, its creepy adventure set within the Hanwell Institute.

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Devolver Digital has announced it will throw its support behind Steam for Ubuntu with a Linux version of Serious Sam 3: BFE.

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Valve has unveiled its plans to provide a full Steam client for Linux users, in addition to existing PC and Mac versions.

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Steam is coming to Linux.  Gabe Newell is very happy about that.  You should be too.

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