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NightSky developer Nicklas 'Nifflas' Nygren is bringing his celebrated platformer series Knytt to PlayStation 3 and Vita with Knytt Underground, a new entry also headed to PC, Mac and Linux.

Valve head Gabe Newell is not a fan of Windows 8. "I think that Windows 8 is kind of a catastrophe for everybody in the PC space."

Left 4 Dead 2 has released the "Cold Stream" update, packing a new community campaign, four campaigns from L4D1, and all-access to Mutations. The game is on sale now for $4.99.

While Valve beavers away on bringing Steam to Linux with Left 4 Dead 2 as an appetiser, Croteam is working on a Linux Steam offering of its own, Serious Sam 3.

Three months after the Kickstarter campaign for Wasteland 2 ended with $3.04 million, developer inXile has released the very first screenshot.

Valve has muttered and murmured about bringing Steam and its Source engine to Linux before, and now it's revealed the plan--port Steam and Left 4 Dead 2 to Ubuntu 12.04, then work from there.

Some Linux users have been banned from Diablo 3 and claim they did nothing wrong, but Blizzard says that it has done extensive cheating to make sure only cheaters are slapped with bans.

When Humble Bundle V launched, the general consensus was that it was one of the best collection of games ever put together as an indie offering. That's now confirmed, with a record $5.1 million collected.

The Humble Indie Bundle V just added Braid, Lone Survivor and Super Meat Boy for those who pay above the average price, on top of Amnesia, Limbo, Psychonauts, Superbrothers and Bastion. Buy this now.

The Kickstarter campaign to fund Carmageddon: Reincarnation for PC ended last night at $625,143, having passed its $400k goal last week. Stainless confirmed there'll also be Mac and Linux versions, as well as co-op and split-screen play.

If you've been suffering from indie game bundle fatigue, this should snap you out of it. Humble Indie Bundle V has launched, offering Amnesia, Limbo, Psychonauts, and Sword & Sworcery for whatever you fancy paying. Pay more than the average, and you'll get Bastion too.

After Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter hit its original fan-funding goal of $400,000 within 28 hours, it was clear the cyberpunk RPG had cybernetic legs. Funding finally wrapped up yesterday with a whopping great grand total of $1,895,772.

Valve Software is reportedly a few months away from completing a port of Steam and the Source Engine for the Linux OS.

inXile's Kickstarter to fan-fund a sequel to classic post-apocalyptic RPG Wasteland has wrapped up, reaching $3,040,574. Hitting the $3 million mark means we can expect mod tools too.

With the Wasteland 2 Kickstarter nearing its $2.1 million goal to include Obsidian Entertainment, inXile's Brian Fargo talks about more goals with 11 days still remaining.