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Steam Machines: Valve Announces New Living-Room Hardware That Runs SteamOS

Steam Machines: Valve Announces New Living-Room Hardware That Runs SteamOS

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Valve Reveals SteamOS, A Linux-Based Operating System

Valve Reveals SteamOS, A Linux-Based Operating System

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Steam Machines: Valve Announces New Living-Room Hardware That Runs SteamOS

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Valve has announced a new category of living-room hardware today, that will be running <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/09/valve-reveals-steamos-linux-based.html">Steam OS</a> and will be available in multiple configurations. Only 300 of these boxes will ship this year though, for testing purposes.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9XJORnu2CijeO4nhNK-U4mXHWPdD8cuJP9qgGiwK6MP0bllU0dp18zjDn7g3Xnz5GIgaaIcJNtiXeOYwteL2Gf84lidg_97NkHf_82vCXVY5t8TIja2EF-5EQsUPDEXZO1Z3yn8YgBo/s1600/steam-machines.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Steam machines" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9XJORnu2CijeO4nhNK-U4mXHWPdD8cuJP9qgGiwK6MP0bllU0dp18zjDn7g3Xnz5GIgaaIcJNtiXeOYwteL2Gf84lidg_97NkHf_82vCXVY5t8TIja2EF-5EQsUPDEXZO1Z3yn8YgBo/s320/steam-machines.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">While in testing, the new "Steam machines" will be free of charge for 300 lucky Steam users that are eligible to get one. For this, you must complete a quest before October 25: join the Steam Universe community group, agree to the Steam Hardware Beta Terms and Conditions, make 10 Steam friends, create a public Steam Community profile and play a game using a gamepad in Big Picture mode. Once you complete these steps, you'll be awarded a special badge and be among the pool of people that can be chosen to test the new hardware.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to Valve, the new Steam machines will be "completely upgradable and open" and starting next year, there will be multiple machines to choose from, made by different manufacturers. There are no hardware specifications at this time.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For more information, see the official <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/SteamMachines/">announcement</a>.</b></div>

Steam Machines: Valve Announces New Living-Room Hardware That Runs SteamOS

Valve has announced a new category of living-room hardware today, that will be running Steam OS and will be available in multiple configura...

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`Football Manager` Game Coming To Linux

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UF2gTRe2FLw/UaM5Z7fFGuI/AAAAAAAAPV0/MmP8pfI2qZc/s1600/football-manager.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Football Manager" border="0" height="232" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UF2gTRe2FLw/UaM5Z7fFGuI/AAAAAAAAPV0/MmP8pfI2qZc/s320/football-manager.jpg" title="Football Manager" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Football Manager, a football management simulation game series developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega, will be available on Linux.</b></div><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Miles Jacobson, studio director of Sports Interactive, has recently posted a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/miles.jacobson/posts/10151675889381948">message</a> on Facebook, saying that Football Manager 2014 will be available on Linux:</div><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">So the promised snippet of #FM14 news. As well as being on Mac & Windows, it will also be on Linux. With crossplay. One price for all 3 - so if you have a Macbook, Windows laptop and Linux desktop (for example) you'll be able to play the game on each of those machines via Steam.</blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">He also mentions that the supported distro will be Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Football Manager, previously known as Championship Manager, is one of the most popular non-Valve games that's coming to Linux. The latest release, Football Manager 2013, is currently the <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/stats/">3rd</a> most popular game on Steam - more popular than games like Counter-Strike, Skyrim, Warframe, Borderlands 2 or Call of Duty: Black Ops II. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The game has even been recognized by real-life football clubs as a source for scouting players, being considered by many as more than just a game.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Football Manager 2014 release date has not been set yet</b>, "not even a rough estimated one", has said Miles Jacobson.</div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1f13yp/football_managers_of_the_world_rejoice_fm14_is/">reddit</a>, image via <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/207890/">steam</a></i></div>

`Football Manager` Game Coming To Linux

Football Manager, a football management simulation game series developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega, will be available on L...

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Steam March Survey Stats: Linux Usage Has Decreased

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>In <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/03/steam-february-survey-stats-linux.html">February</a>, the Valve Steam Hardware & Software Survey stats have revealed that 2.02% of Steam users run Linux, a huge increase from January (1.12%). Oddly, the survey stats for March have revealed a decrease and Linux users running Steam are now at ~1.70%.</b></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nH43vXcdH3c/UVbpKdig8FI/AAAAAAAAOw4/f6fMj30Az_A/s1600/steam-survey-march.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="steam survey stats march 2013" border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nH43vXcdH3c/UVbpKdig8FI/AAAAAAAAOw4/f6fMj30Az_A/s320/steam-survey-march.png" title="steam survey stats march 2013" width="168" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Steam survey: OS usage stats for March 2013 (the survey is optional)</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">One reason for this could be the game titles that are currently available on Steam for Linux: there are many interesting games, but obviously it can't be compared to Windows yet. Another reason could be the addition of many new Linux distributions: for February, only Ubuntu, Linux Mint and "Linux 64" were displayed in the stats but for March you'll notice a pretty big list of Linux distributions, including Gentoo, Debian, openSUSE, Arch Linux, elementary OS, Fedora, Chakra, Sabayon and so on, of which many show up with 0%.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As expected, in March, Ubuntu continues to have the most Steam for Linux users with 1.15% of all Steam OSes. Linux Mint comes in second, with 0.21%, followed by "Linux 64 bit" with 0.11% ("Linux 64bit" are probably Linux distributions that aren't detected by Steam) and Arch Linux with 0.04%.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Judging by these stats, the Steam Linux market share doesn't seem to be able to go past ~2% but we should see a huge increase once Steambox is released. What do you think?   </div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The complete Steam Hardware & Software Survey stats can be found <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey">HERE</a>.</b></div>

Steam March Survey Stats: Linux Usage Has Decreased

In February , the Valve Steam Hardware & Software Survey stats have revealed that 2.02% of Steam users run Linux, a huge increase from J...

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Dota 2 Game To Be Available Natively On Linux?

<div style="text-align: justify;"><acronym title="Defense of the Ancients">Dota</acronym> 2 is an upcoming multiplayer online battle arena game developed by Valve. The game is currently available for early test access purchase and will be free-to-play when released. More about Dota 2 on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dota_2">Wikipedia</a>.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Matthew Bailey (<a href="https://twitter.com/Cyborgmatt">@Cyborgmatt</a>), who seems to be close to <a href="http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/08/30/dota-2-trading-cards-and-figures-spotted-at-valve-hq/">Valve</a> and Dota 2, has recently posted the following tweet:</div><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Time to get my TF2 Linux Penguin! <a href="http://t.co/wqmq70Kj" title="http://puu.sh/23oyQ">puu.sh/23oyQ</a> - Interested? Details here: <a href="http://t.co/sZ37DfM2" title="http://www.teamfortress.com/linux/">teamfortress.com/linux/</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23TF2">#TF2</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23Steam">#Steam</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23Linux">#Linux</a><br />— Matthew Bailey (@Cyborgmatt) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cyborgmatt/status/302745373737373697">February 16, 2013</a></blockquote></center><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wadLe2fM84Q/USIb8OeoN6I/AAAAAAAANys/asSytas5BRM/s1600/dota2-linux.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wadLe2fM84Q/USIb8OeoN6I/AAAAAAAANys/asSytas5BRM/s320/dota2-linux.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In the first link, there's a Steam for Linux screenshot (image above) with "Dota 2" showing up in the sidebar. Since the game isn't grayed out, it means that it's installed so Dota 2 is probably in the process of being ported to Linux.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A few users have asked if Dota 2 will indeed be available on Linux, but Matthew did not reply. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But since Dota 2 uses the Source engine, like Counter-Strike: Source, which is already <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/counter-strike-source-closure.html">available</a> for Linux, it is likely, also considering the above screenshot, that Dota 2 will be available natively on Linux. <br /><br />There were already rumors about Dota 2 being ported to Linux, but now we have proof (well, if the screenshot is accurate) that it's being worked on, so let's hope for a release soon. Exciting times ahead!</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to Timex for the tip!</i></div>

Dota 2 Game To Be Available Natively On Linux?

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Steam For Linux Celebration Sale: Save 50%-80% On All Linux Games

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2rRsEnRy9n8/UR00bKacsTI/AAAAAAAANtU/nsi3u2KpUjE/s1600/steam-for-linux-sale.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Steam for Linux Celebration Sale" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2rRsEnRy9n8/UR00bKacsTI/AAAAAAAANtU/nsi3u2KpUjE/s500/steam-for-linux-sale.png" title="Steam for Linux Celebration Sale" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Valve has launched `Steam for Linux Celebration Sale` and all the games available for Linux are now on sale</b>. During this campaign, the discount ranges between -50% and -80%.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">This means that you can get Serious Sam 3 with a -80% discount (5,59 €), Counter Strike: Source with -75% (3,74 €), Half Life with -75% (1,99 €), Trine 2 with -75% (2,79 €), Crusader Kings II with a -75% discount (9.99 €) and so on.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Furthermore, if you've installed Team Fortress 2 (free to play) on Linux, you'll get a free Tux in-game item.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The sale will end on February 21, 10 AM PST.</div><br /><b>You'll find a complete list of games available in this Steam for Linux sale @ <a aiotitle="http://store.steampowered.com/sale/linux_release/" href="http://store.steampowered.com/sale/linux_release/">http://store.steampowered.com/sale/linux_release/</a></b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The reason for the sale is that Steam for Linux is now <a href="https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/steam/">available</a> in Ubuntu Software Center, for Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zGEqHIA8XWI/UR09b7_HpvI/AAAAAAAANtc/tn2VPZy86NU/s1600/steam-usc.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="steam ubuntu software center" border="0" height="238" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zGEqHIA8XWI/UR09b7_HpvI/AAAAAAAANtc/tn2VPZy86NU/s320/steam-usc.png" title="steam ubuntu software center" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This also means that Steam for Linux is no longer considered beta software.</div>

Steam For Linux Celebration Sale: Save 50%-80% On All Linux Games

Valve has launched `Steam for Linux Celebration Sale` and all the games available for Linux are now on sale . During this campaign, the disc...

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Steam For Linux Beta Testing Starting In October

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iZNN7YjbP54/UGQKpRn4b8I/AAAAAAAAKVw/3vG9h1mmp3g/s1600/steam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iZNN7YjbP54/UGQKpRn4b8I/AAAAAAAAKVw/3vG9h1mmp3g/s320/steam.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Valve has <a href="http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/beta-late-than-never-3/">announced</a> they will be testing internally their new Valve for Linux starting next week and a private external beta will be available sometime in October.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The external beta will only be available for <b>1000 users</b> who will be provided with a sign up page that will be announced in a future post:</div><br /><blockquote>For existing Linux users, the external private beta is a good release for seeing where we are in running our games on Linux. We will be using a sign up page for the external beta. Information about the sign up will be announced in a future post.</blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The external beta will only include <b>one game</b>, which will probably be Left 4 Dead 2, although the post doesn't mention the game name. No additional Valve games will be included in the external beta and there will be no Big Picture mode. They also mention that <b>only Ubuntu 12.04 and above will be supported</b>.</div><br /><b>Update: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/steam-for-linux-now-available-to-all.html">Steam For Linux Now Available To All Users</a></b>

Steam For Linux Beta Testing Starting In October

Valve has announced they will be testing internally their new Valve for Linux starting next week and a private external beta will be availa...

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