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Battlestar Galactica Deadlock is free to keep this weekend

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If you enjoy strategy games, you don't want to miss the free giveaway of Battlestar Galactica Deadlock. The developer is currently giving it away to keep on Steam, with anyone able to claim a copy until April 9th, 9AM UTC.

The game has a Steam Deck 'Playable' rating, and according to ProtonDB it's rated Platinum from the crowd-sourced reports. I've played a bit of it on desktop myself and can indeed confirm it works great on Linux.

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Game Features:

  • Command the Colonial Fleet - Design and build fleets of powerful capital ships. Recruit officers to protect the Twelve Colonies. From the Manticore corvette to the mighty Jupiter class Battlestar, you won’t be short on firepower.
  • Legendary Names - Continue the legacy of Battlestar Galactica™ with new characters and familiar faces, in an original story set during the First Cylon War. Launch Viper squadrons and Raptor scouts and jump the Galactica in to dominate the battlefield. An authentic Battlestar Galactica™ experience awaits.
  • WEGO 3D Tactical Battles - Intense tactical space battles in full 3D. Give commands to your fleet of capital ships and watch the explosive results play out in pause-able real-time across beautiful environments.
  • War Room Politics - From the bridge of the Daidalos shipyard you will command all the Colonial Fleet. Build up your forces and jump them across the quaternary solar system of Cyrannus. Keep the Colonies safe and the Quorum of Twelve unified, lest the alliance break and introduce a new age of Cylon dominance.
  • The Cylon Threat - Prepare to face relentless opposition. Defend against squadrons of Cylon Raiders and missile salvos from Basestars. Trust in your marines to fight off Centurion boarding parties, while your firewalls slow down the hacking attacks of the Wardriver electronic fighters. Unlock blueprints for new ships, munitions and squadrons to help defeat your tireless foe.
  • Join Forces - Experience Battlestar multiplayer like never before! Outwit your opponent in fierce 1-v-1 fleet battles.
  • Review Your Battles - Review your battles from a cinematic point of view with the AutoCam replay, and then export them to YouTube with our in-game tool!

While the base game is free to keeps, the rest of the content is also on sale so you can pick up the entire thing with all the extras for £34.02 / $45.36 / €38.58.

Also, if you've never watched Battlestar Galactica, you're missing out. It might be my all-time number 1 favourite space sci-fi show. 

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beko Apr 7, 2023
Nice. I have that on GoG but the more the better 🙃 Pew Pew
Purple Library Guy Apr 8, 2023
Well, I downloaded it, clicked play. It brought up a launcher thingie. I clicked play game. It did a loading progress bar for a moment, then brought up the launcher thingie again. Rinse and repeat. I told Steam to try Proton experimental. It did the same thing. Not a very fun game so far.
konzty Apr 8, 2023
Quoting: Purple Library GuyWell, I downloaded it, clicked play. It brought up a launcher thingie. I clicked play game. It did a loading progress bar for a moment, then brought up the launcher thingie again. Rinse and repeat. I told Steam to try Proton experimental. It did the same thing. Not a very fun game so far.

Same here.
Tried 7.x; Proton Experimental, 6.x and 7.x GE.
beko Apr 8, 2023
Don't see no launcher with GoG. Does this point to BSG.exe in Steam?
beko Apr 8, 2023
Just checked. Works for me even with launcher on Steam with Proton Experimental on AMDGPU.
slaapliedje Apr 8, 2023
Quoting: Purple Library GuyWell, I downloaded it, clicked play. It brought up a launcher thingie. I clicked play game. It did a loading progress bar for a moment, then brought up the launcher thingie again. Rinse and repeat. I told Steam to try Proton experimental. It did the same thing. Not a very fun game so far.
You must have installed the DLC, Battlestar Galactica; Progress Bar Edition.
amatai Apr 8, 2023
It worked also for me with an AMD GPU. I did not choose the compatibility layer so it worked with whatever is the default proton version today.
Trias Apr 8, 2023
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Proton 7.0-6, AMD GPU. Works OotB for me.
Purple Library Guy Apr 8, 2023
For the record, since so many people it works for are stressing their AMD kit, I'm also using an AMD GPU, so this isn't an "AMD works, NVidia has problems" thing.
Anza Apr 8, 2023
Quoting: Purple Library GuyFor the record, since so many people it works for are stressing their AMD kit, I'm also using an AMD GPU, so this isn't an "AMD works, NVidia has problems" thing.

Quoting: Purple Library GuyFor the record, since so many people it works for are stressing their AMD kit, I'm also using an AMD GPU, so this isn't an "AMD works, NVidia has problems" thing.

I'm in the camp where it works and my setup shouldn't be all that different.

There must be something different though. Just in case if it's some kind of Mesa issue, my Mesa version is 22.2.3. Kernel is 5.15.94 (should remember to update to latest 5.15 kernel).
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