<s>
Desura	B-Language
was	O
a	O
digital	O
distribution	O
platform	O
for	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Desura	B-Language
contained	O
automated	O
game	O
updates	O
,	O
community	O
features	O
,	O
and	O
developer	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
independent	O
developers	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
Scott	O
Cawthon	O
)	O
and	O
small	O
companies	O
published	O
their	O
content	O
on	O
Desura	B-Language
including	O
Frozenbyte	O
,	O
Frictional	O
Games	O
,	O
Introversion	O
Software	O
,	O
Basilisk	O
Games	O
,	O
S2	O
Games	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
Game	O
Publishing	O
,	O
RuneSoft	O
,	O
Running	O
with	O
Scissors	O
,	O
Interplay	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
and	O
Double	O
Fine	O
Productions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Desura	B-Language
sold	O
many	O
games	O
that	O
were	O
previously	O
included	O
in	O
Humble	O
Bundle	O
initiatives	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
numerous	O
other	O
commercial	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Desura	B-Language
also	O
provided	O
several	O
freeware	B-License
and	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
games	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2016	O
,	O
Desura	B-Language
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Danish	O
company	O
OnePlay	O
a	O
subscription-based	O
online	O
rental	O
service	O
intended	O
to	O
relaunch	O
Desura	B-Language
,	O
but	O
failed	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
bankruptcy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Desura	B-Language
's	O
website	O
spent	O
four	O
years	O
being	O
down	O
,	O
and	O
since	O
2020	O
,	O
is	O
now	O
unrelated	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
Desura	B-Language
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Desura	B-Language
client	O
was	O
tied	O
to	O
its	O
website	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
Chromium	B-Language
Embedded	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
means	O
that	O
the	O
Desura	B-Language
interface	O
remained	O
consistent	O
across	O
multiple	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Desura	B-Language
did	O
not	O
implement	O
digital	O
rights	O
management	O
,	O
and	O
Desura	B-Language
employees	O
have	O
commented	O
against	O
its	O
use	O
in	O
the	O
past	O
,	O
recommending	O
that	O
content	O
creators	O
ship	O
without	O
DRM	O
or	O
use	O
a	O
CD	O
Key	O
system	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Desura	B-Language
itself	O
was	O
DRM-neutral	O
,	O
and	O
publishers	O
and	O
developers	O
could	O
sell	O
games	O
that	O
require	O
such	O
technologies	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Desura	B-Language
made	O
sure	O
users	O
purchasing	O
these	O
titles	O
are	O
aware	O
of	O
the	O
DRM	O
it	O
ships	O
with	O
and	O
how	O
it	O
works	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Desura	B-Language
competed	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
market	O
as	O
Valve	O
's	O
Steam	B-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Desura	B-Language
primarily	O
hosted	O
indie	O
games	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
games	O
by	O
smaller	O
developers	O
who	O
do	O
not	O
have	O
enough	O
popularity	O
or	O
power	O
to	O
negotiate	O
deals	O
with	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Desura	B-Language
believed	O
that	O
its	O
tighter	O
links	O
to	O
a	O
dedicated	O
community	O
would	O
foster	O
better	O
relationships	O
between	O
players	O
and	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Desura	B-Language
used	O
to	O
be	O
tied	O
to	O
the	O
Mod	O
DB	O
community	O
,	O
as	O
both	O
were	O
run	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Desura	B-Language
therefore	O
highlighted	O
content	O
distribution	O
for	O
mods	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
its	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Desura	B-Language
was	O
initially	O
developed	O
in	O
secret	O
by	O
DesuraNET	O
for	O
many	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Desura	B-Language
Windows	O
client	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
on	O
December	O
18	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
10	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Desura	B-Language
was	O
bought	O
by	O
Linden	O
Lab	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
on	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
client	O
was	O
announced	O
during	O
the	O
Summer	O
of	O
2011	O
,	O
utilizing	O
wxWidgets	B-Language
and	O
GTK+	B-Application
as	O
the	O
toolkit	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
introduced	O
as	O
a	O
limited	O
beta	O
program	O
in	O
the	O
Fall	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
16	O
,	O
2011	O
the	O
Desura	B-Language
Linux	B-Application
client	O
was	O
publicly	O
released	O
with	O
an	O
initial	O
offering	O
of	O
over	O
65	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Desura	B-Language
was	O
not	O
the	O
only	O
game	O
distribution	O
platform	O
available	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
pre-dated	O
by	O
several	O
traditional	O
online	O
sellers	O
such	O
as	O
Tux	O
Games	O
,	O
Fun	O
4	O
Tux	O
,	O
Wupra	O
,	O
Gameolith	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
many	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
distributing	O
games	O
through	O
their	O
package	B-Application
management	I-Application
systems	I-Application
,	O
Desura	B-Language
was	O
the	O
first	O
and	O
most	O
prominent	O
purely	O
digital	O
Linux	B-Application
game	O
distributor	O
with	O
a	O
dedicated	O
client	O
delivery	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Ubuntu	B-Language
Software	I-Language
Center	I-Language
began	O
selling	O
commercial	O
software	B-Application
packages	I-Application
just	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
Desura	B-Language
client	O
release	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
not	O
specialized	O
for	O
games	O
,	O
offering	O
a	O
substantially	O
smaller	O
catalog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
9	O
,	O
2011	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Desura	B-Language
would	O
be	O
made	O
partially	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
in	O
order	O
to	O
facilitate	O
its	O
further	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
client	O
itself	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
,	O
while	O
the	O
server-side	O
portion	O
of	O
the	O
distribution	O
platform	O
would	O
remain	O
proprietary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
release	O
and	O
development	O
was	O
handled	O
in	O
a	O
manner	O
similar	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
Chromium	B-Language
project	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
10	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Linden	O
Lab	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
acquired	O
Desura	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
acquiring	O
Desura	B-Language
,	O
Linden	O
Lab	O
changed	O
their	O
Terms	O
of	O
Service	O
to	O
include	O
the	O
wording	O
that	O
they	O
have	O
future	O
rights	O
to	O
use	O
and	O
adapt	O
content	O
from	O
their	O
virtual	O
citizens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
November	O
5	O
,	O
2014	O
that	O
Linden	O
Lab	O
had	O
sold	O
the	O
Desura	B-Language
service	O
to	O
Bad	O
Juju	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Desura	B-Language
service	O
went	O
offline	O
on	O
March	O
19	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
but	O
came	O
back	O
on	O
March	O
29	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Desura	B-Language
went	O
offline	O
again	O
in	O
September	O
2016	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
remained	O
disconnected	O
since	O
then	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
28	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
desura.com	O
home	O
page	O
showed	O
the	O
following	O
message	O
:	O
"	O
OnePlay	O
has	O
recently	O
bought	O
the	O
Desura	B-Language
and	O
Royale	O
assets	O
from	O
Bad	O
Juju	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
2020	O
,	O
Desura	B-Language
changed	O
its	O
owner	O
again	O
,	O
the	O
site	O
was	O
bought	O
at	O
an	O
auction	O
by	O
the	O
Finnish	O
company	O
Behemouse	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
whose	O
activities	O
is	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
HTML5	O
(	O
formerly	O
Flash	O
)	O
web	O
games	O
and	O
promotion	O
of	O
other	O
websites	O
related	O
.	O
</s>
