If Reality Pump DRM is included they can keep it and won't see a cent from me.

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Quoting: PicoboomI'm worn out "being fair" for negligent developers that renege on their promises of Linux ports. Indeed, I've developed an attitude of bitter suspicion about any promised Linux port. I've had to develop a mindset that NO game is ever COMING to Linux. It is either available on Linux, or it is not. It is simply infuriating and belittling the glibness with which developers promise ports and then walk away from their promises. It is simply wrong.

I fully understand that "things happen" in a project, but common decency, basic human interaction dictates that if you make a promise, you better explain yourself when you fail to deliver on that promise. By making excuses on behalf of silent developers that fail to deliver on their projects, the Linux community condones and validates the abuse it receives. I don't see how the Linux gaming community benefits at all by enabling the shoddy business practices of what amounts to, at best, negligence and the silent treatment, and at worst mismanagement and poor planning or an utter lack of play-testing or quality control.

So yes, I fully support a "wall of shame," not for games, but for their would-be Linux developers. If they fail to release on time and also fail to explain why and offer a new expected time, then up on the wall. If they push out some stillborn, broken port, then up on the wall. No one is going to hold these snake-oil salesmen accountable for their lies and shoddy products, not Steam, not the Windows community, nobody but us. If we learned nothing from the recent Steam reversal regarding selling mods, we learned that businesses respond to the slings and arrows of an outraged community.

I'm done begging. I'm done going with hat in hand to these developers and thanking them for even deigning to bless us poor Linux users with the even the possibility of a port. If a person is only as good as their word, then many developers are simply bad, bad people.

I still think this is a overreaction just b/c they are working on a new game before D:OS is on Linux. As I said earlier, chances are that they have a very small team of Linux specific Developers/Engineers working on the Linux version, they are not going to continue paying the entire company to do nothing while the Linux team completes their work. They are working on several Mac and Windows fixes and enhancements as well that I highly doubt are going to be thrown out either.

As for the length of time, unless you are working at Larian (or any company), do NOT blame the Developers/Engineers. It is never that simple. I'm speaking from experience here as a Linux Systems/DevOps Engineer. There are times when we have to do things we know are not the best option because mgmt requested it done a certain way, or times when we had to push back releases of major projects/features due to simple realizing the project as bigger more complicated that originally thought, and even times when we simply did NOT have the resources (either time or money) to focus on more than 2-3 major issues and other projects got put on hold.

All of the above is normal in business. If Larian has any sort of Board or Investors (outside of the crowdfunding), they may even be facing pressure from them to focus on the issues/tasks where they could lose the most money. I don't like how long it is taking either, but I've been in the tech industry long enough to know that it's never as simple as it seems. And they are still a business first and foremost. Linux Developers/Engineers are expensive, far more expensive than Windows devs are due to their relative scarcity and high need these days in the Corporate world. Face it, if Larian doesn't make money, we don't see a port anyway.

THIS!

We should be glad that they made the approach of porting it in house.

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Quoting: WorMzyNothing to worry about, like Pecisk said, this is likely due to GTA:V on Windows.

Just imagine what the numbers would show if GTA V was released as a Linux exclusive on PC, instead of Windows..

Well thats easy to imagine, the newbie support threads in the Ubuntu and Mint forums would have totally crashed :P

Also I agree with Pecisk too.

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Well I don't see anything wrong with a new project, what else should they do. They can't let 2 devs work and the rest of the studio sits behind them watching. They also said in the last update that they had to start from zero again and all because of third party software :/

Devs should really check that before they confirm something. But at least they port it in house.

Quoting: GuestStill waiting for Skullgirls port here.

Same here :(

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Quoting: subI don't care what game it is.

As long as they're not fixing that bloody BL2 port to run on a Phenom II + HD 7950 (and similar configs),
I won't buy any other game from them. At least give feedback on the matter. What's stopping you from fixing it? Maybe there is a good reason. But just assuming it's AMD's fault would be cheap.

I'm playing the original windows version which runs fantastic on the same system!

These companies make it difficult to completely switch to Linux.

The system requirements state clearly:

Quoting: http://store.steampowered.com/app/49520/NOTICE: Intel Integrated video chipsets and ATI chipsets are currently unsupported for Borderlands 2 Linux.

So I don't see your point. I can imagine that Aspyr also don't have full source code access to the game and they are also not responsible to fix drivers.

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Skyrim would be great, but I think Aspyr wouldn't make much money with it. The game is from 2011 (Legendary Edition from 2013) and it runs pretty much flawless with good performance on wine, so most Linux gamers might already have it. That is just a guess though.

GTA V sounds great, would be awesome, but I don't think Rockstar Games cares much about Linux. They are like Blizzard, to many fans and earning more than enough money with the main platforms.

But who knows, there were a lot of surprises since the humble bundles started and steam was released on Linux :)

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Already bought the BI DLCs :>

@ Eike
But 2k never ports the games in house, they always let it port by Aspyr, Feral or VP. Don't get me wrong, the ports always have a good quality so no complaints from me :)
But lets not forget about Nordic Games or Deep Silver. They are also really Linux friendly and still have some games in the making. Can't wait for The Guild 3 and Spellforce 3 ;)

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It is not just our first Lego game, it is also our first (bigger) MMO title ;)

Guild Wars 2 next please ^^

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Quoting: Lordpkappa63 in my library, yours?

397/633

Damn you humble bundles and steam sales

:D

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Quoting: keikiDoes someone know how to buy it from Germany? Because it's on the index I can't buy it the normal way it seems.

Should be possible from MMOGA.

http://www.mmoga.de/Steam-Games/Dying-Light.html [External Link]

I bought it from Greenman gaming with VPN though. Like, activate VPN, put it into your basket and then deactivate VPN again and pay via paypal or what ever you use. That worked for me.

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