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Linux users have been mostly left out when trying to get in on the gaming action, but soon they'll be able to be "Left 4 Dead 2" instead. On Tuesday, Valve announced that it would bring its digital distribution service Steam to the Linux platform.

The company reportedly formed a new team last year to work on a full-featured version of the Steam client for Ubuntu 12.04, and the result is "Left 4 Dead 2," a first-person action game developed by Valve and set in world overrun by zombies.


The so-called "Steam'd Penguins" project will see more titles ported to Linux, and this will allow developers to target gamers via the online service beyond just Windows and Mac. To date, Linux users have had to rely on Windows emulators such as Wine and often have been annoyed with bugs and compatibility problems along the way.

"Valve wants Steam to be on all platforms, and it is possible that Linux could see greater exploitation as a gaming platform," Billy Pidgeon, a game industry analyst with M2 Research, told LinuxInsider.