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Evidence Suggests Steam is Coming to Linux

They're no longer tied to Windows. Now Phoronix has taken a look at a beta version of Steam for Mac and found evidence that suggests Valve is working on a port for Linux as well.

Inside the launcher is a script that checks the platform for whether it is OS X or Linux, which would be nonsense unless Valve was really working on Linux.

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Noctis Aftermath5880d ago

Make it happen valve, linux getting more games and more developer support would be so full of win i can't even describe it.

Rhythmattic5879d ago

I reckon they are on the money.

I mean, After all, OSX and Linux foundations are based on UNIX.

Good move.

Darkfocus5879d ago

this rocks if only it was for every steam game. If directx11 can be hacked onto windows xp I don't see why there isn't a Directx10 port for linux. then I could ditch windows entirely.

dkgshiz5879d ago

You could run so many more games natively.

anonymouse1113355879d ago

Very true as linux is much less bloated than either mac or windows. I do hope that they don't tie it in to only pupular distros like Ubuntu and Mint though.

I was hoping this would happen, now if adobe follow suite with their products (photoshop, illustrator etc) I can switch to linux fully.

If linux starts getting a lot of third party support mac and windows are going to see a run for their money VERY quickly unless they pay pre-builders not to give them the option to put it on computers (stupid from a business perspective though, considering that you lower the price of your product, and I actually found linux simpler to use than windows.)

Finalfantasykid5879d ago (Edited 5879d ago )

"I was hoping this would happen, now if adobe follow suite with their products (photoshop, illustrator etc) I can switch to linux fully."

Photoshop runs fine for me using Wine. I'm not sure about illustrator, but I would imagine it works fine aswell.

http://appdb.winehq.org/app...
http://appdb.winehq.org/obj...

You can check there for which versions work, and find out any problems that might come up.

I know what you are saying though, it would be nice if those products would become available for linux. natively.

anonymouse1113355879d ago

I could run it under wine but I've heard multiple people tell me they ran into problems with wine so I've stayed away from it, may give it a test run soon though to see how it works on this computer though since I'm currently dual booting xp and ubuntu.

mrv3215879d ago

As a Linux only user ( no dual booting ) I very much welcome this... but I have Wine.

duplissi5879d ago

linux ftw! i sadly dual boot still, but im rocking mint and i love it

mrv3215879d ago

Ubuntu 9.1 here, it boots surprisingly quick, I just wish I could dual boot with UNR... or Moblin

Finalfantasykid5879d ago

I have XP still on my computer, but I only use it for storage now, I have not booted into it for months.
I am running Ubuntu 9.10, and I can't wait for 10.04.

If this rumour ends up being true, it could be great news for Linux gamers. It might also serve as a catalyst for other developers to make games for Linux.

Letros5879d ago

This is good, with Steam having Mac and Linux support, hopefully we see more OpenGL titles, while I love my W7 gaming rig, I can't help but think MS is somewhat holding back the open source gaming platforms.

nnotdead5879d ago

i love win7 but i would love this as well. dual boot with Linux on a couple of times, and i really did like Ubuntu. this is the type of thing that could really bring a lot more Linux users.

jy_mrnd5879d ago

This is great news the more PC gamers the more games we will see on PC and support for our platform.

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai29d ago (Edited 29d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio29d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing29d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9229d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit29d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing29d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9229d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."