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We are testing out a new open source social network for our news called 'Mastodon'
23 November 2016 at 10:45 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: crt0megaY not diaspora?
I am looking into that right now.

Saints Row IV gets Steam Workshop support for Windows, they are hoping to update the Linux version too
23 November 2016 at 10:42 am UTC

Quoting: MGOidI was about to buy the game since it is on sale, but a LOT of people are having trouble with saves. I once lost 45 hours in Batman AC because of a such bug, so I'm not touching this until the fix this problem.
According to the Steam forum, this is already fixed.

The 'A Good Bundle' game bundle on itch is a pretty good deal, supports charity
23 November 2016 at 9:50 am UTC Likes: 2

I've removed the overly hateful and idiotic comment, no need for it.

Cossacks 3 to come to Linux soon, finishing touches being done
22 November 2016 at 9:59 pm UTC

Quoting: cRaZy-bisCuiT
Quoting: adamhmBest to wait for confirmation that the Linux version will be coming to GOG - it would suck to buy it and then find out that the Linux version will remain Steam exclusive. This has been the case with a lot of other games released on GOG & it's something that they really need to work on IMO :/
What's the next thing you do ask for? Linux is not enough, it has to be DRM free on Linux? So the next level are native BSD Games?
It's not unreasonable for Linux gamers to want a Linux version of a game on GOG, if the game supports Linux.

I have asked my contact at GSC Game World to confirm if the Linux version will come to GOG. I will post a new article with their answer as this article will likely be buried by other news by the time I get an answer.
Quoting: archmage24601Does anyone know if it will have cross platform multiplayer with windows?
They claim it will.

Total War: WARHAMMER released for Linux, port report and video
22 November 2016 at 9:25 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: renegat0x0So I see the benchmarks were executed on ubuntu. I am not sure if it is a good approach. The games are released on steamos. I do not know if it is hardware or software issue, but I see a big difference when running on mate and on openbox with compton. The latter solution is much closer to steamos. I have nvidia card 950 and am running linux mint 18 mate.
I test on the most supported and tested distribution when it comes to Linux gaming, as does Phoronix when it comes to his main benchmarks. Penguin Recordings also uses Ubuntu and most others it seems do too. It's the most sane option.

Valve are looking towards Flatpak functionality for Steam
22 November 2016 at 7:55 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: LukeNukemThis sounds exactly like they'll be replacing the included Ubunutu runtime directories with Faltpak versions of it. Likely with the aim of enabling use of multiple versions to help prevent breakage in the future.
Well I hear a lot of complaints about how out of date things are in the Steam Runtime, so hopefully they will do something about that.

Total War: WARHAMMER released for Linux, port report and video
22 November 2016 at 4:32 pm UTC Likes: 4

Guys, it doesn't matter what libs you suggest Feral use, they aren't in charge of getting the Windows version changed to be compatible.

What we can hope for is for either Feral to be able to work alongside devs like for XCOM2 or for in-house Linux versions.

Cities: Skylines - Natural Disasters announced for release on November 29th, new video
22 November 2016 at 3:39 pm UTC

Looks like I will be getting early access to cover it, so expect a livestream before release.

Planetary Annihilation: TITANS massive patch released, with multi-threading goodness
22 November 2016 at 11:10 am UTC Likes: 1

I just did a 1v1 ranked match, no problem finding a person to play against :)

The itch app has a new major version, still as slick as ever
21 November 2016 at 10:51 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: LukeNukemI seriously dislike that it uses a ton of JS for it. Seriously! Use it for WebApps, not for desktop apps!

Oh yeah, Gnome and many apps use JS for extensions/plugins... That's a little different in that they run purely as scripts through an interpreter, and interface with native code. Whereas an app built solely with JS... yeah-na. Please don't.
Apart from a little higher RAM use, it functions perfectly. You wouldn't even know unless you went looking.

It feels like the argument of what's truly native and what's a wrapper, in the end as long as it works and works well (which it does, it's fab) then who cares?