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Company of Heroes 2 updated for Linux, adds support for the War Spoils system and fixes other bits
29 Jun 2016 at 8:56 am UTC

Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: omer666I still get the "Can't connect to Relic servers" error. I've been reporting this bug for two versions now and we can't find a solution. The bug seems to exist on Windows too.
Behind a VPN by any chance?
Absolutely not. We even tried connecting through my mobile connection, to no avail. Me and the devs just don't know where it comes from. Even disabling all firewalls and SELinux won't change a thing. I'm more and more thinking it's Relic's servers' fault.

Company of Heroes 2 updated for Linux, adds support for the War Spoils system and fixes other bits
28 Jun 2016 at 9:19 pm UTC

I still get the "Can't connect to Relic servers" error. I've been reporting this bug for two versions now and we can't find a solution. The bug seems to exist on Windows too.

Street Fighter V has passed the initial Linux & SteamOS release window
22 Jun 2016 at 5:04 pm UTC

Either way, Street Fighter V is still pretty much incomplete to this day. Even if it had been ported this spring, I would not spend 50 bucks on this game in its current state. It is sad that Capcom went for this kind of half baked release.

On another hand, there is an SNK Humble Bundle right now, so you can have some real VS fighting fix playing Mark of the Wolf (still the best fighting game to this day).

What are you playing this weekend?
18 Jun 2016 at 4:22 pm UTC

I am trying to complete the first Torchlight but hell, this game is waaaaayyyy longer than it seems. I'm addicted.

Titan Quest RPG could see a Linux version in future
18 Jun 2016 at 3:17 pm UTC Likes: 2

I would definitely buy it if it is ported over.

Deep Silver & Techland are not supporting Dead Island Definitive Edition on Linux, at all
16 Jun 2016 at 4:46 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: psychodriver
Quoting: Comandante oardo
Quoting: psychodriver
Quoting: ShmerlI suppose it's the reason why GOG rejected Metro games. Companies which don't fix their bugs are jerks.
What bugs were in the Metro Redux ports? The only problem I had was it didn't like my custom alsa setup. I played through both games and was happy with the performance and stability.
The lack of Vsync, the lack of manual resolution configuration and the gray dots...
Indeed, the linux version of both Redux were abandoned...
The linux version of the original MetroLL works better then the Redux version (at least for me)

About this, it seems there is a failure in the communications between Deepsilver's people.
Aha, I had forgotten most of those issues. Vsync actually worked but the flag was reversed (for me anyway on nvidia). If you had it checked vsync was off, unchecked turned it on.

The gray dots would disappear if you turned off one of the graphical options (tesselation?). I guess an option for manual configuration never bothered me.
The grey dots were ambient occlusion's rendering. I just got used to it and it doesn't bother me at all. Actually, running the game with 2x SSAA already attenuates this a great deal (but I haven't got a strong enough GPU for this yet).

Deep Silver & Techland are not supporting Dead Island Definitive Edition on Linux, at all
15 Jun 2016 at 4:41 pm UTC

I just sent an e-mail to Techland regarding this. I'll keep you posted on what their reply is.

On another hand, I just spotted something on the Steam forums: some Windows users have been told to contact Techland directly regarding issues with DI: DE. So it makes me wonder: why the heck are they freaking publishers???

Some more on this in a few days, hopefully.

Deep Silver & Techland are not supporting Dead Island Definitive Edition on Linux, at all
15 Jun 2016 at 4:14 pm UTC Likes: 8

In fact id software have had the same way of dealing with Linux in the past.
The difference is that the developer behind the ports was TTimo, and he was supporting his own ports on his free time, and was accessible by e-mail.

The problem with Dead Island Definitive Edition is that it is being advertised as a Linux/SteamOS game on storefront.
We know Deep Silver has an awful customer support. But that kind of nonsense is unacceptable... I just wonder what they get their money for. Developers should be careful about this, they could just distribute the game on their own, if the publisher does literally nothing and get paid.

That's dishonest towards the customers, and that's dishonest towards developers too. Those guys need to take their responsibilities. They take money, they do the job.

Wasteland 2: Director's Cut is having a free weekend and big sale on Steam
10 Jun 2016 at 12:24 pm UTC Likes: 2

It is the only game in my library which has performance issues. It stutters like mad, whatever settings I try. Maybe forcing the game to sync with the screen could resolve this problem, got to investigate. But at the time I am so hooked by other titles that I won't try too soon...