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Saints Row: The Third Also Looks Like It's Coming To Linux
10 Sep 2015 at 3:05 pm UTC

Quoting: PublicNuisanceHopefully this means Saints Row IV is on it's way to Linux as well.

It says "Saints Row IV will be available on SteamOS and Linux in 2015" right on the store page. :) AFAIK it's the only one in the series that's been officially confirmed.

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Arma 3 Compared On SteamOS & Windows
8 Sep 2015 at 9:36 am UTC

Quoting: BeamboomEDIT: ... But how did he get the Arma 3 Linux version? It's not out for Linux yet? Who is this guy?

Did you happen to miss this article?

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Linux Game Development In 2015
7 Sep 2015 at 10:11 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: ElectricPrismFor professionals, however, the truth is simply - not yet.

There are tons of different professional use cases and for many of them GIMP is just fine. The UI is hardly streamlined but it's slowly getting there.

Quoting: ElectricPrismI get the feeling Adobe has been paid off by Microsoft/Apple to never come to Linux...

Conspiracy theories are fun. It's more likely that Adobe - like most large desktop software businesses - simply does not see Linux as a worthwhile market just yet.

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The Bug Butcher, A Fun Early Access 2D Shoot Em Up
31 Aug 2015 at 8:26 am UTC

Quoting: ProfessorKaos64...I really feel staff here should have a few gamepads of the common variety before saying "gamepads do not work."

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Arma 3 Public Linux Beta Soon, Being Used As An Evaluation
27 Aug 2015 at 12:23 pm UTC

Quoting: dubigrasuI wonder why they took this job anyway, surely there are other games out there better suited for their technology.

You're assuming they have the luxury of being able to pick and choose. I'm sure they wouldn't just turn down the opportunity to port a relatively high-profile game like this.

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Unity Editor Lands An Experimental Build For Game Developers On Linux
26 Aug 2015 at 12:52 pm UTC Likes: 2

I'd bet you'll be lucky to find a single "big" cross platform game engine that doesn't support Vulkan in a couple of years.

Quoting: metro2033fanboySTEAM Ubuntu FTW!

Thank you for your contribution. You should also consider posting "First!!!111" preferably but not necessarily as the first comment in every single thread.

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Looks Like Feral Interactive's Linux Ports Will See More AMD Love
25 Aug 2015 at 11:49 am UTC

Quoting: MaelraneI fear that then it will not happen at all. Nvidia has far more resources to spend on optimizing their binary blob. So it's a classic chicken/egg-problem.

Vulkan drivers won't do as much to abstract the hardware as OpenGL drivers do, which means there will be less room for optimization and workarounds on the driver side. However, games and engines can still be optimized for different hardware architectures, and thus give an edge to one hardware vendor over another.

I'm sure we'll get a lot of badly optimized Vulkan code though, and that's where Nvidia might still employ their heuristics or game specific fixes to increase performance. It would be better for us gamers if they directed that money and effort towards helping developers produce better code, by providing freely available documentation and code snippets instead. Even if said documentation would be biased towards Nvidia's hardware strengths and quirks.

PS: Sorry if this is a tad off topic, I know this thread isn't about Vulkan.

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Looks Like Feral Interactive's Linux Ports Will See More AMD Love
25 Aug 2015 at 8:54 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: MaelraneSo, I'm really, really curious how long it will take after the drivers are on par for the crowd to stop spreading nonsense. I guess it will be a few years at least.

This crowd right here on GOL doesn't really seem like the childish fanboys you describe, and not even very tolerant towards such behaviour. I'm sure most of us will be happy to see AMD competitive again on Linux when the time comes. I know I'd love to have an actual choice when buying a GPU for Linux gaming.

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No Surprise, Looks Like Dota 2 Reborn Will Be The First Source 2 Game With Vulkan
24 Aug 2015 at 7:32 am UTC

Quoting: sleortIf Vulkan bears resemblance to DX12, I can imagine how amd cards may improve in Linux when using the Vulkan API.

The simpler drivers will level the playing field quite a bit, I'm sure. Everyone knows that AMD's inferior OpenGL driver has held them back on Linux. By how much, we'll see. Let's not jump to too many conclusions based on a single benchmark.

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Pump-Action Captain Is A Game To Avoid On Linux
24 Aug 2015 at 6:13 am UTC

Quoting: Nyamiou
If kittens like getting warnings like this, we can do them more often, as I personally feel it's important for kittens to know. I don't like to see kittens waste their bits.
No, It would give the wrong idea to people about games on Linux to give a special attention to crap. Maybe a full article reporting the good, the bad and the terrible ports to Linux over a period of a month or two.

What is this, a propaganda outlet? I'd say it's more important for us to know about shitty ports as early as possible so we don't waste our money on them. Although Early Access is Early Access, and personally I'd never pay for a beta - or in this case - an alpha version of a game.

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