Maia is a procedural, 3D space management game being developed by indie game developer Simon Roth. The game is about building an underground colony to protect space dwellers from the dangers of the surface, with mining and construction.
Unity Technologies has released a free public betaof their Unity 4.0 game engine. Unity 4.0 has Linux publishing support among many other new features.
Few days back we reported that Linux Game Publishing is planning to bring all games in their catalog to Ubuntu Software Center and Desura. Some of their games like Sacred Gold and Majesty have already been released in these distribution services.
The redesigned and simplified Nautilus 3.6.1 has landed in official Ubuntu 13.04 repositories. You can read about all the major changes between Nautilus 3.5 to 3.6.1 from here.
CroTeam has posted a status on Facebook confirming that Linux version of Serious Sam 3: BFE will be included with Portal and Team Fortress 2 in upcoming beta launch of Steam for Linux.
In a presentation at Ubuntu Developer Summit currently going on in Denmark, Drew Bliss from Valve said that Linux is becoming more viable platform as an alternative to Windows 8. Windows 8 ships with its own app store and it is moving away from an open platform model.