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Infinite Bundle from Bundle Stars has 12 Linux games for next to nothing
By minj, 2 January 2016 at 3:54 pm UTC

I have played Sparkle 2 Evo. Loved the soundtrack. It is quite a nice relaxing game if you are into those things but won't blame you if you get bored.

Didn't even know there's a Sparkle 3 but Steam reviews don't look so good.

Ori and the Blind Forest developer clarifies why a Linux port is up to Microsoft
By Mountain Man, 2 January 2016 at 3:36 pm UTC

"...you [guys] should reach out to Microsoft themselves - Maybe they'll hear your voices and ask us to do the port."

Fat chance. I think Microsoft is (finally) starting to see Linux as a legitimate long-term threat. Why do you think they made Windows 10 a "free" uprgrade?

Chaos Reborn & Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition now DRM free for Linux on GOG
By Ivancillo, 2 January 2016 at 3:29 pm UTC

Related to this, I remember a thing about GoG's Two Worlds :

The one-player-history-mode game as is distributed by GoG (English) is DRM free.

But if you wish to play multiplayer, or if you put translated game data on the game folders, you must activate upon external servers.

And there's Neverwinter Nights too ...

DoubleFine seem to have attracted a bit of a mess with Psychonauts 2 funding
By Mountain Man, 2 January 2016 at 3:25 pm UTC Likes: 1

I've been saying for years that Kickstarter and "early access" are basically scams, especially given the fact that there are pretty much zero safeguards in place, and contrary to the best practices of capitalism, the consumer and not the producer takes on 100% of the risk. Furthermore, the consumer has zero recourse if the producer fails to fulfill whatever promises he made to attract funds.

I have never contributed to Kickstarter or early access, and I never will.

Albion Online closed beta extended, no longer going free to play after
By serjor, 2 January 2016 at 3:19 pm UTC

Well, considering the current situation of GW2 (thank you for the explanations), I won't keep my faith in a linux port :-( (but, after knowing that the expansion meant no more dungeons, not sure if I'll miss it at all...)

Let's see if Albion becomes a decent MMORPG, and how they make money, but, the game has something (mostly the art) I still don't like.

Dying Light: The Following story teaser & Enhanced Edition legendary levels preview
By minj, 2 January 2016 at 3:16 pm UTC

I decided against getting it a long time ago.

For one, my GFX540-equivalent GPU will probably not handle it. Other reasons range from their initially haphazard attitude towards Linux users, the lackluster plot (or so I hear) to the overwhelming number of (zombie) games I own and am yet to play.

But don't let me spoil your fun :)

DoubleFine seem to have attracted a bit of a mess with Psychonauts 2 funding
By neffo, 2 January 2016 at 3:14 pm UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: CaldazarNo, we're considering and debating a point that happens to have been brought up by Gamergate, amongst many others, as well.

The video calls DoubleFine frauds. I think you are blaming the wrong person for the hyperbole!

DoubleFine seem to have attracted a bit of a mess with Psychonauts 2 funding
By neffo, 2 January 2016 at 3:12 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: DarthBoSeriously? Are we still pandering to the gamergate narrative?
We are talking about a company that has delivered on every title they ever kickstarted, in case of Broken Age indeed delivered far MORE than they promised.
On top of that, they had two early access games, one that was completed, and one that didn't sell and had to be cancelled. Rather than drop it instantly, they did some extra work and released the source code.
They've also ported all their games to Linux, and did so before supporting Linux was cool.

What an awful evil company.

The original Psychonauts is also on sale on steam for $0.99 right now. Great game.

DoubleFine seem to have attracted a bit of a mess with Psychonauts 2 funding
By Caldazar, 2 January 2016 at 3:03 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: DarthBoSeriously? Are we still pandering to the gamergate narrative?

No, we're considering and debating a point that happens to have been brought up by Gamergate, amongst many others, as well.

What's noticeable is that it all went pretty relaxed with opinions from both sides, until you, with your initial comment, tried to derail it to the emotional level with categories like "evil" that nobody here really brought up against Double Fine.

You're free to hold any opinion you want and spend your money for whatever you want.
But please refrain from throwing some boogeyman BS at those of us who are barely weighting the facts out there a little differently than you do.
Thank you.

Infinite Bundle from Bundle Stars has 12 Linux games for next to nothing
By Cybolic, 2 January 2016 at 2:52 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Skully
Quoting: BOYSSSSSI avoid buying from Bundle Stars, because it counts as a Windows purchase.

Got proof? The games are clearly marked as linux compatible, meaning they are at least intending to market to us.

They are indeed Linux compatible, but the keys themselves are registered as Windows sales. More info in a previous article.

My Survival Story in Drox Operative
By Tchey, 2 January 2016 at 2:43 pm UTC Likes: 2

I really enjoyed Drox. I wanted to like Zombasite, but i don't. Everything is too... "messy" ? I can't feel i enjoy it.

Infinite Bundle from Bundle Stars has 12 Linux games for next to nothing
By Tchey, 2 January 2016 at 2:42 pm UTC

Most of the games in Bundle Stars are very often bad games. This one is the same, so we have some kind of equity with Windows players, we both have bad games to not play with. A few times however they did some nice ones.

Computer, Open That Door! Kill off your ships crew on Linux
By Tchey, 2 January 2016 at 2:40 pm UTC

I love the concept. I'm not so sure about the "game" itself, but i hope they will make it bigger !

Ori and the Blind Forest developer clarifies why a Linux port is up to Microsoft
By soulsource, 2 January 2016 at 2:24 pm UTC Likes: 1

I think asking Microsoft Studios might not be the worst idea here. There are already some Microsoft Studios titles available for Linux, and if Ori would be easy to port (Unity...), it might actually pay off for them, financially.
Of course Microsoft are still trying to push their own platforms, but they recently also published software for other platforms as well - they actively developed Android Apps, and they released several programs for (desktop) Linux, the most notable being the Visual Studio code editor.

Infinite Bundle from Bundle Stars has 12 Linux games for next to nothing
By Skully, 2 January 2016 at 2:19 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: BOYSSSSSI avoid buying from Bundle Stars, because it counts as a Windows purchase.

Got proof? The games are clearly marked as linux compatible, meaning they are at least intending to market to us.

DoubleFine seem to have attracted a bit of a mess with Psychonauts 2 funding
By DarthBo, 2 January 2016 at 2:14 pm UTC Likes: 5

Seriously? Are we still pandering to the gamergate narrative?
We are talking about a company that has delivered on every title they ever kickstarted, in case of Broken Age indeed delivered far MORE than they promised.
On top of that, they had two early access games, one that was completed, and one that didn't sell and had to be cancelled. Rather than drop it instantly, they did some extra work and released the source code.
They've also ported all their games to Linux, and did so before supporting Linux was cool.

What an awful evil company.

My Survival Story in Drox Operative
By Linas, 2 January 2016 at 2:12 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Beamboom...I'm just worried about when we will start seeing fabricated submissions here, like the "user reviews" on Amazon & co. This is already the one major site for Linux gaming news (with barely any competition at all), and it's only a question of how big the platform must be before this open article submission will be (tried) exploited.

When that happens, we will know that we have won.

Infinite Bundle from Bundle Stars has 12 Linux games for next to nothing
By Eike, 2 January 2016 at 2:11 pm UTC

Quoting: GuestIMO:
- Merchants of Kaidan and Millie are good
- Iesabel is bad
- Frederic: too hard, made for touch screens and not really playable with kb or mouse (there is a demo on Steam)
- Violett: too illogical for me, lack of explanations/story (no text at all), but point&click fans may enjoy it. It’s often discounted on Steam for a very small price.

Violett is not a classical point and click and I found it a bit illogical and not guiding enough as well. Gave it a thumbs up at the steam review nevertheless, it's not bad. Had some fun with it inm the silent days between Christmas and new year some time ago.

About Iesabel... I disliked it from the first sight and coudln't stand it mor than 5 minutes. Dunno, the interface feels just plain wrong.

Millie has a demo AFAIR, by the way.

Infinite Bundle from Bundle Stars has 12 Linux games for next to nothing
By NoYzE, 2 January 2016 at 1:43 pm UTC

Thank you very much! Didn't even know about BundleStars O_o

Infinite Bundle from Bundle Stars has 12 Linux games for next to nothing
By BOYSSSSS, 2 January 2016 at 1:03 pm UTC Likes: 4

I avoid buying from Bundle Stars, because it counts as a Windows purchase.

DoubleFine seem to have attracted a bit of a mess with Psychonauts 2 funding
By soulsource, 2 January 2016 at 12:04 pm UTC

As much as I like Double Fine and their games, I sadly have to agree regarding the sales numbers displayed in the Fig campaign. The only sales that really count are the retail sales before Psychonauts has been available for a few cents per copy.
While I don't expect them to really let Fig Publishing just go bankrupt and run with their investor's money, I'd still consider investing to be risky, simply because it's hard to impossible to estimate the number of sales of Psychonauts 2.

DoubleFine seem to have attracted a bit of a mess with Psychonauts 2 funding
By IcyEyeG, 2 January 2016 at 11:59 am UTC Likes: 1

Regarding crowdfunding, I think it only makes sense for open source projects with public repositories. At least then, your investment isn't lost even if the project hits delays or problems, since the IP will belong to the community and can be forked if necessary.

Funding proprietary stuff, in my opinion is almost like a masochistic exercise in order to get perks that have an artificial limited availability.

Dying Light: The Following story teaser & Enhanced Edition legendary levels preview
By DasCapschen, 2 January 2016 at 11:53 am UTC

Oh well that's awesome, thanks for letting me know!
I guess I've got a new game on my wishlist :D

Infinite Bundle from Bundle Stars has 12 Linux games for next to nothing
By Beamboom, 2 January 2016 at 11:50 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: rustybroomhandleReminder: When supporting small developers, full price is the best price.

Strike "small". It goes for all. And is the truth! :)

Dying Light: The Following story teaser & Enhanced Edition legendary levels preview
By pete, 2 January 2016 at 11:23 am UTC

Quoting: CAPTNCAPS
Quoting: peteIf you have steam friends in other countries, they can legally gift it to you. That's how I got it :)
Does that also work for the season pass? If I buy it, I'll go for the whole thing :P

Yes, I had both gifted to me the game and the season pass :)

Infinite Bundle from Bundle Stars has 12 Linux games for next to nothing
By rustybroomhandle, 2 January 2016 at 11:05 am UTC Likes: 3

Reminder: When supporting small developers, full price is the best price.

Albion Online closed beta extended, no longer going free to play after
By lvlark, 2 January 2016 at 11:03 am UTC

Actually, this increases my interest in the game, as they needn't focus on stupid ways of making money as much now.
It does create an interesting situation though. I was planning on giving it a go to see if there was enough PvE content in it (I'm not very much interested in PvP), but now I can no longer do that, and need to rely on other sources to find that out. Looking at you, mr TheBoss.

On a side-note: This article's title is capitalised the way I like it, yet the DoubleFine one isn't. Just curious to your reasoning, as I find 'overcapitalising' very unclear when there's actual proper nouns in the title.

My Survival Story in Drox Operative
By Beamboom, 2 January 2016 at 10:49 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: AnxiousInfusion
Quoting: BeamboomHmmm... Text advert?

Just an honest account of my wildest experience in the game so far. I am not affiliated with Soldak Entertainment in any way.

Then all is cool! Great story. I love to involve myself on that level too, and BE in the game. Live it - love it!

Quoting: TheBossIt's a regular user writing a game-inspired short story, what's not to like.

None at all, I'm just worried about when we will start seeing fabricated submissions here, like the "user reviews" on Amazon & co. This is already the one major site for Linux gaming news (with barely any competition at all), and it's only a question of how big the platform must be before this open article submission will be (tried) exploited.

... And, well... This story instantly made me want to purchase that game. :)

DoubleFine seem to have attracted a bit of a mess with Psychonauts 2 funding
By neffo, 2 January 2016 at 10:41 am UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: Keyrock
Quoting: bonermarineBroken age came out and it was a good game.
Massive Chalice came out and it was a good game.
Disagree on both accounts. Part 1 of Broken Age was fairly good. The puzzles were weak, but the story was interesting and I was excited to see where it went. Part 2 was flat out bad. The story completely fell apart and the whole thing fell flat. The game looked great, the art style was terrific, but beyond that, I felt it was a bitter disappointment overall.

Massive Chalice came out on time, I'll give them that, but I thought it was a rather mediocre game.

Subjective statements though, wouldn't you agree? Making games that not everyone likes but generally well received (76 metacritic if that means anything) doesn't make you fraudsters, nor does being late on delivering the game.

I wonder how much of it is just lingering dislike over his stance on that gamergate nonsense last year. (Like his GDC thing.)

DoubleFine seem to have attracted a bit of a mess with Psychonauts 2 funding
By Caldazar, 2 January 2016 at 10:33 am UTC Likes: 1

Yes, thanks for posting this, although it isn't really news that some studios don't need crowdfunding to get a game going but just find it too convenient to dump all the risk on the consumer and cash in all the profit. Double Fine are known to be one of the worst offenders if you follow the news

Yes, Gamergate have their gripes with Tim Schafer too, exactly for those ant-consumer shenanigans. So what? Doesn't render the opinions in this video invalid, at least if you're none of the ad-hominem folks.