{"id":70588,"date":"2013-02-15T00:11:36","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T22:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=70588"},"modified":"2013-02-15T09:00:51","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T07:00:51","slug":"steam-for-linux-released-available-on-ubuntu-software-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gaming\/70588-steam-for-linux-released-available-on-ubuntu-software-centre.html","title":{"rendered":"Steam for Linux released"},"content":{"rendered":"

Valve<\/a> has released from beta the Steam<\/a> for Linux<\/a> client, stating that it runs best on Ubuntu<\/a>. The Steam for Linux client is now available to download through the Ubuntu Software Centre.<\/p>\n

In celebration of the release, over 50 Linux titles are now 50-75% discounted until Thursday, February 21st at 10 AM PST.<\/p>\n

Among the big hitters available is Team Fortress 2, Serious Sam 3: BFE, Half-Life, Counter-Strike: Source, Trine 2, and Bastion. Valve used Left 4 Dead 2 as a development test-case for Steam for Linux, which may indicate that title will soon be available on the platform.<\/p>\n

For a limited time, Steam users who play Team Fortress 2 on Linux will automatically receive a free, exclusive in-game item: Tux, the Linux mascot, can be carried by any of the game\u2019s classes and traded between players.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, in their announce release Valve make special mention of Steam for Linux and its pairing with Big Picture, the new mode of Steam designed for use with a TV and game controller: “With Steam for Linux and Big Picture mode, Valve anticipates a growing number of gamers will use Steam in the living room.<\/p>\n

More Steam and Valve news<\/h3>\n

Carmack would be stunned by mainstream Linux gaming support<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Should Steam games be re-saleable?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Valve wary of Apple \u2013 Gabe Newell<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Half-Life, Portal movies discussed by JJ Abrams, Gabe Newell<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Valve lays-off 25 employees, Newell responds<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Free to play Team Fortress 2 now available to Linux gamers and it’s available through the Ubuntu Software Centre<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":70590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1799,3602,18210,967,18208],"class_list":["post-70588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","tag-linux","tag-steam","tag-steam-for-linux","tag-ubuntu","tag-valve"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70588"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70588"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70592,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70588\/revisions\/70592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}