Ah, I'd entered without noticing the restriction (prior to seeing this article). Pity they probably wouldn't consider Canada an honourary UK member.

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Quoting: SoltrummanGrow Home is made with Unity so probably easier for Ubisoft to port than their other games

Yes! Ubisoft is a commercial game developer. If cost of porting game to Linux < profit of Linux port then just do it.

I think one of the things that makes Ubi interesting is that they're a big company with a solid base, and as such are in a good position to look for untapped markets. A term which describes Linux well, being a developing part of the game market in itself, which is already just beginning to flourish. A bit of attention from the larger players could lead to more games in future, and more adoption of Linux on the consumer level. Which means an increase in those Steam percentages.

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Quoting: EikeUbisoft is going to port all their games to Linux!!!1!!eleven! (*)

(*) Not.

Personally I don't care that much about the mainline Ubi games like Assassin's Creed, but I'd love to see the UbiArts stuff like Valiant Hearts and Child of Light get ported over.

Still, it's nice to see a big company like Ubi recognize our existence.

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Oh, and so far no word on even the possibility of a port for Undertale, even though it's relatively easy to port RPG Maker games. Only answer from the dev has basically been "maybe eventually it would be cool".

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Quoting: Comandante oardoWell.. for me, Batman: Arkham Knight.. I remember It was announced for Steam Os /linux for Fall 2015 (That will be now)... And nothing happened... AND NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER DELAY!!! :><:

I'm assuming by now you've heard the news that not only is the PC (and I mean all PC platforms) Arkham Knight not going to be fixed, but they're offering refunds via Steam regardless of play time. So the delay may have actually done you a favour, saving you money on a white elephant.

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I think for me it's the continued absence of Kentucky Route Zero Chapter Four, and the dawning realization that by now it's basically vapourware. Plus Divinity: Original Sin of course.

Oh, and Endless Legend giving up on their Linux port was a pretty big disappointment too. As was the idea of a port for Life Is Strange being stopped in its tracks by a poor choice of middleware (leavened by the devs saing they'll be more careful about on their next game, since they seem to really want to port their stuff).

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The Steam version barely works for me through Wine, so it'll be wonderful to actually play the game. Good timing too, almost exactly a year after I received it as a Christmas present.

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Quoting: Storminator16Note: once you activate Hack n' Slash you will also receive a gift copy of Spacebase DF9. You may get a popup about a guest pass but it's actually the full game for you to keep.

This did not happen for me. But I got it on a previous sale a month or two ago.

A bit of research suggests that it's the other way around, if you purchase DF9 they'll give you HnS.

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Quoting: melkemindWow, I had Escape Goat 2 in my Steam cart last night and fell asleep before I could checkout. I'm glad I did now!

Escape Goat 2 is fantastic, you'll be happy to get it in the bundle.

My problem is that the only games I want and don't already have are Massive Chalice and Lumino City, and the latter isn't a Linux game. So I don't know if $13 for MC is really worth the trouble, since it'll probably go down at least that far when the Steam winter sale happens.

I hear Hack 'n' Slash has a hell of a difficulty spike at the half-way point, anyone know if that's true?

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Quoting: Pangachat4K UHD Edition Coming in 2018 Holiday Season Day one Linux Release!
We Promise!

Liaran Studios.

Barring any serious unforseen circumstances, of course. Like having a bad weekend or feeling a bit down one day. That could push porting back by a year or two.

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