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We now have an official Ballistic Overkill server
By pete910, 5 February 2017 at 11:51 pm UTC
Well, had a few good rounds with you all tonight ! :D


Hate them damn grenadiers.......
We now have an official Ballistic Overkill server
By Beamboom, 5 February 2017 at 10:05 pm UTC
Hmm... This may be the thing that makes me shell out for this game. Would be great fun to meet y'all in there.
We now have an official Ballistic Overkill server
By neowiz73, 5 February 2017 at 9:49 pm UTC
this looks promising, I haven't seen anything that indicates Paladins could come to Linux so this could be the next best thing.
We now have an official Ballistic Overkill server
By pete910, 5 February 2017 at 9:46 pm UTC Likes: 1
What!, Why not "Liam's **** hole server" .....

They proved to be rather popular :P
Mesa has a patch from a Valve developer to help ARK Survival Evolved run on the open source drivers
By jf33, 5 February 2017 at 9:23 pm UTC Likes: 1
If you're Valve and find a bug in a game and you can't make the developers fix it, then please don't mess up Mesa drivers, which are written to comply with the OpenGL specification. Why not implementing the workaround in Steam? Steam is not written against any spec. It's supposed to just make games work. So this is where you should implement such hacks.
We now have an official Ballistic Overkill server
By WorMzy, 5 February 2017 at 8:55 pm UTC
Fair enough. I've never played Call of Duty, so I have no idea how it plays.
We now have an official Ballistic Overkill server
By GustyGhost, 5 February 2017 at 8:48 pm UTC
Quoting: WorMzyI'm curious what you think of CounterStrike: GO and TF2 then. CounterStrike was the major multiplayer shooter when I was younger, and although TF2 is more of a hat simulator these days, I hear it still has shooter and multiplayer elements.

"major multiplayer shooters" being code for Call of Duty. Sorry, but I consider Counter Strike to be in a different class entirely.

EDIT: To elaborate, CoD is basically the Mario Kart of FPS in that it levels the playing field with all sorts of BS perks and drops and killstreaks whereas Counter Strike essentially has no skill ceiling.
We now have an official Ballistic Overkill server
By Aryvandaar, 5 February 2017 at 8:21 pm UTC
I've been considering to get this game. It looks pretty fun.
We now have an official Ballistic Overkill server
By WorMzy, 5 February 2017 at 8:18 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: AnxiousInfusionBallistic is the closest thing we have to the major multiplayer shooters.

I'm curious what you think of CounterStrike: GO and TF2 then. CounterStrike was the major multiplayer shooter when I was younger, and although TF2 is more of a hat simulator these days, I hear it still has shooter and multiplayer elements.
We now have an official Ballistic Overkill server
By GustyGhost, 5 February 2017 at 8:00 pm UTC
This site is the only reason I bought the game. Ballistic is the closest thing we have to the major multiplayer shooters.
We now have an official Ballistic Overkill server
By Liam Dawe, 5 February 2017 at 7:38 pm UTC Likes: 4
Quoting: Nor MantisYou have thought of everything!
I try, I try.
We now have an official Ballistic Overkill server
By Nor Mantis, 5 February 2017 at 7:36 pm UTC
You have thought of everything!
The official GamingOnLinux ARK: Survival Evolved server is live
By Liam Dawe, 5 February 2017 at 7:34 pm UTC
Server is coming back online, as the 2-weekly maintenance has been completed.

Edit: I will be looking to make a server page to list stuff like this, but make sure you follow our Twitter to keep updated on quick stuff.
We now have an official Ballistic Overkill server
By Liam Dawe, 5 February 2017 at 7:32 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: Nor MantisNice!

I am going to have to look into this game now. With this server and Ark is there a community voice chat server like Mumble or anything similar?

We have discord: https://discord.gg/0rxBtcSOonvGzXr4
And Mumble: mumble.gamingonlinux.com

I'm generally not on the mumble, that's just there if the community need it.
We now have an official Ballistic Overkill server
By Nor Mantis, 5 February 2017 at 7:31 pm UTC
Nice!

I am going to have to look into this game now. With this server and Ark is there a community voice chat server like Mumble or anything similar?
The official GamingOnLinux ARK: Survival Evolved server is live
By Rolz73, 5 February 2017 at 6:48 pm UTC
Quoting: Segata SanshiroHow the hell do you use the global chat? I used INSERT but I think that might be for LAN or something. Want to know where everyone is :D

Enter key brings up the text global chat for me.
The official GamingOnLinux ARK: Survival Evolved server is live
By Segata Sanshiro, 5 February 2017 at 6:44 pm UTC
How the hell do you use the global chat? I used INSERT but I think that might be for LAN or something. Want to know where everyone is :D
Sudden Strike 4 looks like an amazing RTS that will have Linux support
By Leopard, 5 February 2017 at 6:30 pm UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: Alm888Guys, why do you think it will come to Linux? There are no mentions of Linux on their site.

Only Windows PC, PlayStation 4, Mac and SteamOS. No mention of Linux.

Your trolling level is so damn high!!!
Sudden Strike 4 looks like an amazing RTS that will have Linux support
By stickyparadigm, 5 February 2017 at 6:22 pm UTC
Quoting: Colombo
Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: Colomboits not RTS, its not RTS, its RTT!
Perhaps, but I'm not pedantic enough to truly care all that much. It's still a strategy game, that's played in real time (with optional pause in single-player). We don't know if the online modes will have any base building or resource system, as they haven't said.

Either way, it looks amazing so far.

I must be pedantic, because I can't stand RTT, but I love RTS. I was born as zerg and zerging is the way I live. You can't obviously zerg in RTT:/

I have to agree. Knowing the difference between tactics and strategy can help determine which games you are more likely to enjoy. For instance, Dawn of War II was a bit of a let down for me because I was expecting a strategy game (it's mostly tactics though).

To those who are interested here is an article explaining the difference.
Sudden Strike 4 looks like an amazing RTS that will have Linux support
By Alm888, 5 February 2017 at 6:21 pm UTC
Guys, why do you think it will come to Linux? There are no mentions of Linux on their site.

Only Windows PC, PlayStation 4, Mac and SteamOS. No mention of Linux.
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire announced, has crowdfunding campaign
By Plintslîcho, 5 February 2017 at 6:06 pm UTC
Wow, that looks and sounds beautiful again (I really like the voice acting of Matthew Mercer). And it just made me continue playing Pillars of Eternity. ^^
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and XCOM 2 are both super cheap this weekend
By Plintslîcho, 5 February 2017 at 5:58 pm UTC
Kind of a shame that the price for a relatively new game like Deus Ex deteriorated so quickly.
But I also have to admit that Deus Ex: MD never gripped me like its predecessor did. I played through Human Revolution multiple times but I have yet to finish Mankind Divided. Problem is, I simply don't feel like playing the game. For some reason I don't find it interesting enough.
DiRT Rally announced for Linux, arriving on March 2nd
By TobiSGD, 5 February 2017 at 5:39 pm UTC
Quoting: Ehvis
Quoting: TobiSGD@jith_feral: Now the most important question for me: Will the port have the same restrictions as the Deus Ex port and need SSSE3 to run?

As I understand it, this restriction came from the original game, not from the port. Since I haven't heard about any such requirement from this game, it should be fine.
Nope, from what I have read the game runs just fine on Phenom IIs on Windows, this is a Linux only issue, and it would be very sad if that will now be also the case for Dirt Rally.
Oh, and before I get the same "your CPU is to slow to run the game anyways" that seems to be the theme on the Steam forums, my X6 easily outperforms the Core i3-4130 that is given as a minimum in the system requirements for Deus Ex.
Double Fine confirm that Full Throttle Remastered will see a Linux version after the Windows release
By Plintslîcho, 5 February 2017 at 5:38 pm UTC
Heck yeah! That's some phantastic news!

I enjoyed playing the game back in 1995 and would love to play it again.
Hope though that the player will again be able to choose between the remastered and old graphics as I do prefer the original pixel graphics over any revamped graphics.
Sudden Strike 4 looks like an amazing RTS that will have Linux support
By slaapliedje, 5 February 2017 at 5:36 pm UTC
This game looks great, but what I'd like to see is something along the lines of Myth... Loved that game! Loki released Myth 2 for Linux at one point. It's one of the few RTS games that you don't just manufacture your troops, and you have to try to keep them alive because they level up as you progress through the story. Definitely adds an epic level of difficulty, and fun. Most RTS games you just don't care about your troops because you can churn out more, probably why I haven't really gotten into any of them. Warwind by SSI was another great game (though for some reason it performed rather poorly back when the second was released, and a guy I know... *laughs* said that SSI doesn't make very good strategy games. Oh how I miss SSI...)
Come watch the first episode of 'The Council of Linux Gamers'
By Joeyboots80, 5 February 2017 at 5:30 pm UTC Likes: 2
A new show!? What a treat! I will be listening to this later today. Thanks for this! :D
Double Fine confirm that Full Throttle Remastered will see a Linux version after the Windows release
By Sslaxx, 5 February 2017 at 5:05 pm UTC
I remember playing Full Throttle back in the day. This remake has my interest!
Join me tonight at 20:30 UTC for the Sunday livestream
By tuubi, 5 February 2017 at 4:15 pm UTC
I'll try to join Rocket League again. Might run too late for me but I'll do my best to provide the fails.
The official GamingOnLinux ARK: Survival Evolved server is live
By Liam Dawe, 5 February 2017 at 3:56 pm UTC
Our ARK server will be down for 1 hour between 5PM UTC and 6PM UTC today. Will happened every two weeks for scheduled maintenance.

Edit: They seem to be running a little over time, should be back soon.
Come watch the first episode of 'The Council of Linux Gamers'
By pete910, 5 February 2017 at 3:28 pm UTC Likes: 3
Nope, Don't know any of them :P
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