In Slightly Related GOG News:

Today they have added the Mac + Linux builds for FORCED: Showdown [External Link], Including all DLC's. :-)

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Liam may I ask why you went with Ubuntu Mate instead of Mint Mate? I've wanted to try Ubuntu Mate on many occasions but I've always stuck with Mint.

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I have to say the Unity engine has made some great improvements, the game runs very well on my laptop with an N2840 CPU on Linux.

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Quoting: MyeulC

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Quoting: Avehicle7887Hopefully they'll also release the update for the DRM-Free version on Humble Bundle, otherwise I won't be able to enjoy this update at all.

Same hope here (so far it's not updated). As I understand FNA is not tied to steam (?), so there should be some hope, even more as it's also on GOG :)

https://twitter.com/renaudbedard/status/767080954573783044 [External Link]

. @flibitijibibo and I just sent Windows, OS X and Linux builds to GOG and Humble for FEZ 1.12. Coming live in the near future!

That's awesome news, so finally Fez will get the Linux version on GOG. Keep em coming!

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Hopefully they'll also release the update for the DRM-Free version on Humble Bundle, otherwise I won't be able to enjoy this update at all.

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Despite these kind of games becoming the norm these days, I think I'll give this one a look, Dev seems friendly so that's a plus in my book.

Liam if you get to test the co-op, can you tell me if it offers an LAN/DirectIP option? Thanks :-)

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I would advise against those who want to buy this bundle for the DRM-Free versions. Both Super Time Force Ultra and Nuclear Throne are outdated on GOG so I wouldn't hold my hopes up for Humble Bundle ones.

Sometimes Humble Bundle DRM-Free games are even more outdated than GOG ones, such as Crimsonland. The bundle itself is not bad and if you can tolerate Steam it's all well and good, but it's a risk for DRM-Free gamers.

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Quoting: Kimyrielle

Quoting: manero666*snip*

For example, Guild Wars 2 was marked as gold, but the game ran with 15-20 FPS, which is totally unplayable in practice. It also crashed -much- more often compared to running it in Windows.

With the release of the 64bit client GW2 crashes much less (although after 4 straight hours of gameplay it will fill 6GB of ram usage). I've been playing it on Wine for the past 2 years (which was before the 64bit client surfaced) and I've found a very good balance between good looks and performance.

A few examples:

Lion's Arch - 35-45 FPS Screenshot [External Link]
Dungeons/Fractals - 60-90 FPS in the majority of cases
Large group events - anywhere from 20 - 30 FPS, sometimes dips between 20fps but heck, even Windows users have that issue.

Sometimes comes with a few random issues such as TP crashing but it's nothing compared to the gazillion problems Windows users report on the official forums, kinda ironic since it's a Windows game to begin with.

If anyone needs help setting it up just let me know :-)

Anyways - Sorry I didn't mean to derail or go off topic. This game kept me bound to Windows for a while until I found a good working setup.

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"For Headlander we wanted to push the visuals as much as possible" and "Also: To make the Mac version, we're using Metal" = Errm....ok Double Fine, I'd say they've lost their mind here.

What I think:

Most Macs are Sh**, having an integrated GPU or a middle-range one (unless you have money to burn), plus the majority of Mac owners don't have a very high end GPU. Linux on the other hand has access to almost anything Windows does and it's becoming increasingly more popular, in a couple of years time it might even reach or surpass Mac.

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This will be great for laptops without a dedicated GPU. Looking forward to the day I play Divinity Original Sin on my laptop :D

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