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Rust has now sold over 30 thousand copies on Linux
By Liam Dawe, 20 July 2016 at 10:49 pm UTC Likes: 5

Let's keep the comments cool guys.

Rust has now sold over 30 thousand copies on Linux
By ElectricPrism, 20 July 2016 at 10:43 pm UTC Likes: 7

Quoting: MblackwellI had thought about buying it at some point in the future until he made a lot of anti-Linux statements. I'm sure there are a lot of other Linux users of a similar mindset.

@Mblackwell - I can't Imagine what you're reffering to, oh wait... nevermind.

Quoting: Garry Newman@adevland Of course. If i could do it again I'd have never supported linux.
https://twitter.com/garrynewman/status/690531015325016064

How to piss off an entire community into boycotting you thereby loosing you and your company sales, press attention, internet back links, fans, and gamers and respect.

Perhaps Garry Newman should apologize for being a asshat and win back some our respect, otherwise it's straight to the toilet for his stuff IMO.

Rust has now sold over 30 thousand copies on Linux
By Mblackwell, 20 July 2016 at 10:39 pm UTC Likes: 14

I had thought about buying it at some point in the future until he made a lot of anti-Linux statements. I'm sure there are a lot of other Linux users of a similar mindset.

Rust has now sold over 30 thousand copies on Linux
By ElectricPrism, 20 July 2016 at 10:36 pm UTC Likes: 6

So 19.99 * 34,291 = 685,477.09

So In other words Rust has sold an extra 700 thousand dollars (assuming his numbers are honest.)

Also also being based on a Game Engine - Unity3D which Supports Deploying to Linux.

I know like 10 people who use Linux and guess what? 0 of them play Rust - they all play Ark.

The reviews have been mediocre and kept me of any of my Linux Gaming Clan from buying, and also - the anti-linux remarks from the creator have turned me off to ever buying anything from him.

*snap*

Maybe Gary should quit Gaming Development and become and Accountant instead :P

Rust has now sold over 30 thousand copies on Linux
By edo, 20 July 2016 at 10:26 pm UTC Likes: 2

thanks to the linux version he has sold 34291 more copies of his game. Its probably a lot more than the cost of the linux support on this month, but is still not even a 1 percent on this game

Rock, Paper, Shotgun is offering FREE keys for indie platformer 'Megabyte Punch'
By BlackBloodRum, 20 July 2016 at 10:18 pm UTC

Got my free key, also got myself the indie bundles 4 from bundle stars, that makes it at least two purchases I've made at that place.

Though I try to avoid it as their website always performs badly/slowly for me in Firefox...

But the bundle seemed worth it as the only game that didn't have Linux support is the "Viscera clean up" ones. But the free game makes up for it haha :-D.

Rock, Paper, Shotgun is offering FREE keys for indie platformer 'Megabyte Punch'
By Purple Pudding, 20 July 2016 at 10:08 pm UTC Likes: 1

Got it.

It works flawless, it's a very fun game too! Grab a key if you still can!

Thanks to SangreDeReptil for the tip!

Life is Strange episode 1 will be free from tomorrow, no exact word on Linux release yet
By OLucasZanella, 20 July 2016 at 10:06 pm UTC Likes: 5

That's great. Just remember guys, even if it's free, don't "buy" it yet, make sure it will count as a Linux sale.

Rock, Paper, Shotgun is offering FREE keys for indie platformer 'Megabyte Punch'
By RTheren, 20 July 2016 at 9:22 pm UTC Likes: 3

Great game. Highly recommended

The curious tale of vanishing Linux & SteamOS ports, a status on a few of them
By Ehvis, 20 July 2016 at 9:18 pm UTC

[quote=pete910]
Quoting: AnxiousInfusion
Quoting: pete910We should see a Linux version "around launch".

Cheers for that :D

If you want to keep believing it, stay away from the more recent interviews.

Life is Strange episode 1 will be free from tomorrow, no exact word on Linux release yet
By s8as8a, 20 July 2016 at 8:52 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: s8as8aWait, episode 1 will be permanently free tomorrow?
That's what it looks like yes. So you will only need to buy the additional episodes.

Well, that's awesome, unexpected news. :D

Thanks for confirming (and reporting). :)

Humble 2K Bundle 2 has a few big Linux games for cheaps
By UnoriginalTitle, 20 July 2016 at 8:50 pm UTC

Quoting: TheGZeusOk, I hear Spec-Ops: The Line has an amazing story, but "passable" gameplay.
As I _already know the story_ (every critic raving about it for years) is it worth getting?
I know it's only a dollar (I've already played The Pre-Sequel and I'm rubbish at Civ), but... it's my dollar.

I think you can do a payment split, which decides how much of your money goes; the game devs, the charity, and Humble themselves. If you don't want 2K (VP? I dunno how they would decide that part) to get it, consider giving it to those two other groups.

You can play controversial FPS 'Daikatana' on Linux now, thanks to a fan patch endorsed by John Romero
By TheRiddick, 20 July 2016 at 8:43 pm UTC

He really should have replaced those frogs and flies with Samurai warriors of sorts. Think the biggest complaint was the game was almost all flies and frogs. LOL

paraLLel, a Vulkan renderer for the N64 emulator used by RetroArch
By ElectricPrism, 20 July 2016 at 8:36 pm UTC

RetroArch never installed right on my last Archlinux, I couldn't get it working.

Anywho, scaling up to 1920x1080 or 3840x2160 is essential at some point.

It's nice to have a emulator that takes care of all of the parts that muphen64 doesnt - CLI configuration and saving doesn't sound fun to me. I'm amazed they have no GUI.

TynanSylvester, creator of RimWorld comments on Linux
By Nor Mantis, 20 July 2016 at 8:34 pm UTC

Thanks for bringing Faeria to my attention. It is not listed in Steam as Linux compatible but after I seen this post I did some digging. Game looks interesting, thank you, will be keeping an eye on this.

RimWorld is on the top of my wish list. Love Prison Architect, once I get through my summer sale purchases this will be played.

Linux demo of the System Shock remake is now available on GOG
By Shmerl, 20 July 2016 at 8:15 pm UTC

Just finished the demo and it was very impressive. Never played System Shock games before. The last room with rotating view on Saturn was beautiful (and music / feeling of the area were done well).

paraLLel, a Vulkan renderer for the N64 emulator used by RetroArch
By johndoe86x, 20 July 2016 at 8:10 pm UTC

I'm pretty excited about what Vulkan is able to do for emulation. On the downside regarding this new method from Libreto, you cannot enhance the internal resolution. Meaning you must play at the N64's native resolution, and can't scale your game to 1080p (or on up). For me, personally, that detracts one of the main reasons for emulation.

Life is Strange episode 1 will be free from tomorrow, no exact word on Linux release yet
By Liam Dawe, 20 July 2016 at 7:52 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: s8as8aWait, episode 1 will be permanently free tomorrow?
That's what it looks like yes. So you will only need to buy the additional episodes.

Life is Strange episode 1 will be free from tomorrow, no exact word on Linux release yet
By Ehvis, 20 July 2016 at 7:48 pm UTC

The cryptic Feral message is probably related to Life is Strange Mac coming to Steam since it is listed for Steam in the linked pic.

Life is Strange episode 1 will be free from tomorrow, no exact word on Linux release yet
By dmantione, 20 July 2016 at 7:40 pm UTC

As the Mac port of the game is already available, it is certainly posssible the Ep1 becomes available for Mac only. Depends on how far the Linux port has progressed by now.

Life is Strange episode 1 will be free from tomorrow, no exact word on Linux release yet
By s8as8a, 20 July 2016 at 7:35 pm UTC

Wait, episode 1 will be permanently free tomorrow?

Life is Strange episode 1 will be free from tomorrow, no exact word on Linux release yet
By Fornax, 20 July 2016 at 7:08 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: km3kThe LifeIsStrange YouTube account links to an image with the release timings for the free episode. Unfortunately, Mac is listed, but Linux is not. So I don't think we'll get it tomorrow.

http://cdn.sqexeu.com/files/lis/FreeEp1/Timings.png

Maybe they mean Linux by "PC".

Overlord for Linux release date announced, arriving tomorrow the 21st of July
By neowiz73, 20 July 2016 at 6:46 pm UTC

funny thing is I've owned these games (overlord, overlord: raising hell, and overlord II) from a bundle i bought a few years ago, it was back when i still had a windows partition. one of my close friends knew one of the developers of this game personally. I felt bad for not playing them, but hey... maybe I will soon :P

Overlord for Linux release date announced, arriving tomorrow the 21st of July
By Plintslîcho, 20 July 2016 at 6:43 pm UTC

Quoting: Mountain Man
Quoting: NaibIf only Lego games were ported I would look into a steambox
As strange as it might sound, the one game I miss the most since giving Windows the old heave-ho last year is LEGO The Lord of the Rings.

I was never really interested in playing the Lego games on PC. I've always played them together with a friend on the PlayStation. But when Lego Harry Potter -- which I consider one of the best in the series -- hit GOG.com I picked them up immediately. The game works great through Wine.

Would be fantastic to have them ported to Linux though- without Steam. ;-)

Stardew Valley confirmed for a Linux release on the 29th of July
By Avehicle7887, 20 July 2016 at 6:42 pm UTC

Glad this is coming out earlier than I expected, played it for a while with Wine. Very fun game worth your every penny.

Humble 2K Bundle 2 has a few big Linux games for cheaps
By wojtek88, 20 July 2016 at 6:40 pm UTC

Quoting: TheGZeusOk, I hear Spec-Ops: The Line has an amazing story, but "passable" gameplay.
As I _already know the story_ (every critic raving about it for years) is it worth getting?
I know it's only a dollar (I've already played The Pre-Sequel and I'm rubbish at Civ), but... it's my dollar.
It's worth it.
When it was released I paid 3.99 Euro and it was best spent 3.99 Euro that year.

Life is Strange episode 1 will be free from tomorrow, no exact word on Linux release yet
By km3k, 20 July 2016 at 6:35 pm UTC

The LifeIsStrange YouTube account links to an image with the release timings for the free episode. Unfortunately, Mac is listed, but Linux is not. So I don't think we'll get it tomorrow.

http://cdn.sqexeu.com/files/lis/FreeEp1/Timings.png

Humble 2K Bundle 2 has a few big Linux games for cheaps
By lave, 20 July 2016 at 6:11 pm UTC

Does MafiaII run perfectly fine with wine? I remember trying that with a CD Version some years ago with no success