Steam for Linux

Today, one of the most successful PC games, Portal, has been released for Linux. While a lot of Linux gamers are still waiting for the release of Left 4 Dead for Linux, they can enjoy the award-winning game Portal, as a foretaste of the upcoming Valve's titles for Linux.

The German game publisher Runesoft has released the "point-and-click" adventure Jack Keane on the Indie gaming platform Desura. This game is based on the free rendering engine OGRE and has won numerous game awards.

In this adventure game, the player takes on the role of the protagonist Jack Keane during the colonial period in England. He takes a job to accompany a British secret agent to a secret island and to stop with him the evil scientist Doctor T..

Codeweavers, the company behind CrossOver and Wine, has released CrossOver 12.2 for Linux and Mac. CrossOver is an emulation software which easily allows to install and run a countless number of Windows applications on Linux.

With the official release of Steam for Linux, this year is already a very special for the entire Linux community. The wave of new games for Linux just does not stop!

Nearly one year ago, Valve has started porting and testing the successful first-person shooter Left 4 Dead 2 with the current version of its graphics engine Source on Linux. At the same time, the managing director of the company Gabe Newell has informed me that the company has enormous problems with the graphics drivers on Linux and is urgently looking for Linux developers. Some Months later, an initial success has already been achieved.