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Latest Comments by Lordpkappa
The Vulkan API spec has been updated again, now at its 34th revision since release
18 Nov 2016 at 5:00 pm UTC

Savior of all pc ecosystem, not only Linux, DX12 in many games are worst than DX11, Battlefield 1 for example.

EVERSPACE, the gorgeous looking space shooter does look more positive for Linux now
18 Nov 2016 at 10:25 am UTC Likes: 1

Great single player space shooter, if it comes to linux i'll buy it.

Just a heads up 'Firewatch' is currently rather broken on Linux
17 Nov 2016 at 9:59 pm UTC

It's a shame, it's in my wish list, more testing for the Linux platform if you want to support it, it's not the first time.

X-Plane 11 system requirements revealed, needs plenty of RAM
16 Nov 2016 at 12:29 pm UTC

16 Gb will be enough, fly sims are always avaricious of ram.

Total War: WARHAMMER release date announced for Linux, Tuesday 22nd of November
15 Nov 2016 at 3:27 pm UTC

Wow 1 week and another triple A title to put in my wish list. But Deus Ex comes first, after Dawn Of War 2 and all the expansion...

Killing Room is another game that promised Linux support that may no longer happen
15 Nov 2016 at 8:31 am UTC

Quoting: KimyrielleI realize more and more, with every passing day, that a healthy portion of these so-called developers have actually no clue about their own trade. But hey, being a "professional" just means you're trying to earn money with what you're doing, not that you're actually good at it.
This is the point. You have to spend time in development at least to support Linux, it's not all automatic, and if you have some problem there is more option than quit the port.

The Linux port of space action game 'EVERSPACE' is sounding a bit iffy now
14 Nov 2016 at 2:38 pm UTC

Quoting: skinnyrafAnd penalise 90%+ of your clients to make life easier for the 2%? OpenGL has limitations that DX doesn't.
OpneGL has it's advantange, more close to metal, but not easy to do e real MT.
It's different API, but works in Windows, Mac and Linux and if you want to support this 3 OS it's the more logical choice.

The Linux port of space action game 'EVERSPACE' is sounding a bit iffy now
14 Nov 2016 at 11:30 am UTC

It's not the first Unreal engine game to be ported to Linux, more efforts to support the platform and maybe i'll consider to buy it.
I'm tired of excuses.

The Dwarves, the new fantasy RPG with real-time battles has a new trailer, looks fantastic
13 Nov 2016 at 11:52 am UTC

Impressive, just added to my prefer games in steam, day 1 Linux it's a fantastic, i like this kind of rpg and the story, cinematics seem epic, King has experience in storytelling.