Coming up on this LinuxGamecast Weekly. 0 A.D. goes tax exempt. Nikki and Windward stop development. Croteam delivers a serious update, AMD sets off our scouter and we try our hand at surgery.

Steam News :

Serious Sam 3 Update 176695 – publicbeta

http://steamcommunity.com/app/41070/discussions/0/846943514192086605/

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• Text input in Linux now respects the current keyboard layout.
  
• Game now tries to restore desktop resolution after fatal error.
  
• Dedicated server would not start from Steam client.
  

AMD Claims Up to 9000 300% Improvement in Team Fortress 2

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/RN_LN_CAT13-2_Beta.aspx

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• Resolves a Team Fortress 2 performance issue with Ubuntu 12.04/12.10 and AMD Radeonâ„¢ HD 7000, 6000 Series GPU. Up to 300% performance improvement
  
• Resolves a Serious Sam 3 launching and corruption issue with Ubuntu 12.04/12.10 and AMD Radeonâ„¢
  

News:

0 A.D. now a member of SPI, can receive tax-deductible donations in USA

http://play0ad.com/0-a-d-joins-software-in-the-public-interest-can-receive-tax-deductible-donations/

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• Bring Venn’s voice to the masses
  
• If you live in the United States, you can donate to 0 A.D. through SPI and deduct it from your taxes.
  
• 0 A.D. will remain a free, open-source project
  
• If you wish to donate to 0 A.D. through a European bank account, to save international money transfer costs, this can be done through the German non-profit organization, ffis e.V.
  

Nikki and the Robots Stops Development

http://joyridelabs.de/blog/?p=1557

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• No more episodes
  
• Didn’t sell as much as hoped.
  
• Website and the online store will stay online for at least some months
  

Windward (BETA) is free for now

http://linuxgamecast.com/2013/01/naval-combat-game-windward-goes-free-to-play/

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• $71k?!
  
• Stopped development because he was unable to get greenlit on Steam / get fresh exposure after multiplayer was added
  
• Servers will remain online
  
• HTH does he plan to keep the servers online?
  
• Why not release the source?
  
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  • Why not indeed
    
  • That way people can continue development and people can run their own goddamn servers
    
  
  
  
• Game itself is alright.
  

Annex upgraded from mod to Indie Game

http://www.indiedb.com/games/annex-conquer-the-world/news/annex-upgraded-from-mod-to-indie-game

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• Crashed hard on first run.  Edited annex.ini to change resolution to 1280×700 an in windowed mode
  
• First impression is very starcrafty
  
• Funky Music
  
• Nice that someone is making use of the Megaglest  engine
  

Open Source Xbox360 Emulator In The Works

https://github.com/benvanik/xenia

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• Neat.  Love me some emulators
  
• It does not run games (yet)
  
• Only builds on Windows and OSX (for now)
  

X3AP Public Beta Testing

http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=233076&sid=c2a8f03c40348fe530ed618c50a49c3a

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• Beta test for X3 Albion Prelude
  
• New Terran HQ Model
  
• Fixed exploit in freight transfer menu
  
• Fixed ATF Rank not being able to rise
  

Games :

Could you test this pre-alpha build of my game’s new graphics and gamepad support?

http://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/17eaoa/could_you_test_this_prealpha_build_of_my_games/

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• Wouldn’t compile. /home/jordan/src/Runtime Engine-44c9defa0b87b870/lin/../main.c:202: multiple definition of `main’
  
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  • Static Binary Works on fedora 18 64 bit
    
  
  
  
• Cute.  Controls are very loose though
  
• Idungeddit
  

Surgery Simulator 2013 has a Linux version

http://linuxgamecast.com/2013/01/surgeon-simulator-2013-comes-to-linux/

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• Its like QWOP but with manslaughter!
  
• A game where you have to relearn how to use a single hand
  
• My goal is seeing how quickly I can kill the patient
  

WORDTRAP DUNGEON pre-alpha version

https://crunchingkoalas.com/?p=2241

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• Vocabularific!  A perfectly cromulent Boggle-venture
  
• I got absolute shit for letters though
  
• The devels promised to add the word “slutâ€
  
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