Too bad it's Stronghold 3 and not 2, but I'll probably grab it anyway =)
Also, groupees has a bundle ($4 for 3 Linux games, once Neocolonialism gets unlocked), I'll probably get that too since it's got Kill the Bad Guy which looks pretty fun =)

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I have to admit, Awesomenauts is pretty fun especially being fast-paced platformer, which does it for me more than the "slightly-more-than-point-and-click" MOBAs which I Loathe (FPS -e.g.Tribes 1- and Space Sims ftw!).

Have clocked >700 hrs on Dota, my most played Steam game. There are crappy people, but usually you don't get downright horrible people in your games. Playing with at least 1 friend makes a whole heap of difference - I rarely play alone, although that's because I pretty much hate MOBAs due to the aforementioned reasons, and only play to hang out with friends haha. You just have to ignore the downright horrible ones, and those annoying VOIP ppl you just mute.

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Nice warning against being at the mercy of your game engine developer. Unless of course you buy the rights outright like Cloud Imperium Games did with CryEngine for Star Citizen =) - risk mitigated. Although it still means if Crytek never ships their Linux (and Android for this GDC!) builders even though they already have them, staff at CIG might have to implement their own Linux builders for their CryEngine if they want to fulfil their Linux release promises.

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I'm sooooo psyched for Star Citizen!!!
Unfortunately the release is set for 2016. However, the single player 1st episode installment is planned for 2015. We don't have news on whether that will come with Linux builds though, but Linux (eventual?) release is confirmed.

At the moment they don't have any Linux builds out yet (it's still pre-alpha), although they have a Windows Arena Commander pre-alpha module out at the moment. FPS and social module are also planned for next month (March), but probably not on Linux.
For the forum thread about Linux: https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/112557/the-unofficial-linux-thread/p1 [External Link]
For the LUG: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/orgs/LUG [External Link]
Disclaimer: I'm one of the admins for the LUG org

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HOPA fulfils my OCD desires to click and hover over and read everything.

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Yeah, at least this means a game I bought in EA will not be orphaned without updates! Where did the press release come from?

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I've been thinking this for a while, but do you think the survey is done every month on ALL users who have expressed consent when they first installed Steam?

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YESSS!!! I have been waiting for glNext news so I can plan my next graphics card purchase! =D

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Great graphs guys! =)
I like the new driver breakdown by manufacturer, and # of respondents - altho that # of respondents should probably be at the start to frame the later data.

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yay!

too bad i read the steam reviews and didn't buy it when it was on major sale ...
i thought it wouldn't be updated xD

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