Good to see there is already early adopters of Vulkan besides Valve.

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Quoting: CybolicWas that "jump platforming for the blind" I just saw? ...I'm going to need a positive review before getting this one :/

From what I can gather from the few Steam reviews the game is not very long, between half and hour and two hours, and it's more of an unique experience that a challenging game, but nonetheless they do recommend it so it must have something.

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WAKFU got back is SteamOS logo!

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So they've got 40 employees but they all have to work on the same thing at the same time? Wow! Then they probably had to stop the whole company from working just so they could answer a forum post!!!!! But I should be glad because when they will work on the Linux version, all the 40 employees will work on it, not just a guy in a corner, right?

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I really love this Enhanced Edition/Remastered trend, some people would prefer new video games but we should be able to have both.

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The Alienware Steam Machine at 449$ is also out of stock until December.

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For those that didn't comprehend, the SteamOS icon is still a Linux icon, SteamOS is a distribution like all the other and if a game doesn't run on every distribution then it doesn't run on Linux. We are not going to have a logo for Ubuntu, a logo for Fedora, a logo for Arch ... if the game doesn't run everywhere then it's no good.

Developers should already know that their game is supposed to run in an environment limited to the Steam runtime (https://partner.steamgames.com/documentation/linux_landing [External Link], they can bundle directly all the missing libraries in their game.

Revenge of the Titans is also a Java game and it doesn't have lost is SteamOS logo, why ? Because OpenJDK is bundled with the game, it does cost about 70MB but the game can run on any distribution without the cost of telling the user to install Java.

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I think that the Alienware strange unupgradable GPU is partially responsible for the low FPS, it should be interesting to see how it will compete against other Steam Machines that will come with a real 750 Ti, also people should not expect to put games in Ultra with a $500 PC, that's not how the PC gaming world works.

Quoting: ChiKinIf you read the comments on Ars, it doesn't look good.

I don't agree with that, it's clear that a lot of people still have doubts but more and more people are interested in the idea. Right now it seem clear that there are not going to be a million of early adopter of Steam Machines but with the heavy marketing of both Valve and Steam Machine manufacturer I think it will still sell and when the major problem, the lack of recent AAA games, will be solved I think the Steam Machines will become quite popular.

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Quoting: ZekThePenguinWe just need to get behind it. Up to this point, the many different distros have also skewed the surveys and made it difficult for developers to get a head-count. If we all buy our games using SteamOS that should improve.

Right now SteamOS users don't count on the survey (they don't receive it), so I would advise to wait until they do (hopefully right after the official release).

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Quoting: ProfessorKaos64I really need to pick this up soon. Maybe after I finish Dirt Showdown.

You should wait until the game goes out of Early Access, because last time I tried to play this game with a friend it wasn't a good experience at all and as my experience taught me, good reviews during Early Access doesn't equal to a good game at release.

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