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Gratuitous Space Battles 2 Could See A Day 1 Linux Release

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Thanks to the machine that is Ethan Lee (a game porter), Gratuitous Space Battles 2 could see a same-day release for Linux.

Previously it was announced for Linux, but it seemed that it would be a delayed release. This could change thanks to Ethan:

Right, now that I have it working, here's why FNA updates have been slow lately. Should be a day 1 release! @cliffski pic.twitter.com/GtNzmfNol5

Ethan Lee (@flibitijibibo) April 14, 2015


I absolutely love space games, and spaceships, and blowing stuff up. This has me terribly excited.

The biggest thing that has me excited is this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZZVzJd5ZYs
My god, look at it! I might have to plug a second monitor in and stop hot-plugging my TV.

About the game (Official)
Have you ever wanted to be admiral of a huge, sprawling space battle-fleet of your own design? Ever wanted to design a fleet of battle-cruisers so powerful they can rip all who oppose them into space-dust? Ever wanted to build a battleship with purple rotating radars and 64 engines? Well we have good news for you...

Gratuitous Space Battles is back! and it's approximately 50,000 times more gratuitous than before. A completely new ground-up rebuilding of the custom 'Gratuitous Engine' gives the game a completely new look, with beam-lasers 10x as 'beamy' as explosions 10x more gratuitous.

The feature list for the game sounds amazing, so hopefully there will be good news to share in a few days.

You can find Gratuitous Space Battles 2 on Steam. It's due for release in a few days (16th), so time will tell. Be sure not to buy it until you see that little penguin icon folks. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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pete910 Apr 14, 2015
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Looking good, Seems to be the same Asus monitors I have too ;) (pb278q)

Running well for a 670 at that res don't ya think?
STiAT Apr 15, 2015
off topic, but anyone else having the issue that since yesterdays steam update in linux that the no webpage (store / communtiy / greenlight) does not load any longer in the steam client?
pete910 Apr 15, 2015
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Quoting: STiAToff topic, but anyone else having the issue that since yesterdays steam update in linux that the no webpage (store / communtiy / greenlight) does not load any longer in the steam client?

Mine seems fine
Eike Apr 16, 2015
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Quoting: STiAToff topic, but anyone else having the issue that since yesterdays steam update in linux that the no webpage (store / communtiy / greenlight) does not load any longer in the steam client?

I wanted to tell you there's someone in the Steam forums as well, but it seems it's just... you. :)
Mine is fine as well.
natewardawg Apr 16, 2015
Looks like it's been released! :)

http://store.steampowered.com/app/344840/
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