Quoting: EikeWouldn't removing it from the white list be the way to go (if it works well natively, that is of course)? Those who still would want the Proton version could force it with the available option...

*edit* How nice a game from the white list gets natice support (on Steam)...!

That would solve it yes, but we have no idea how long it will take Valve to update the whitelist, even if this time they do it within a day or two, next time if it happens we have to wait a week or longer? Disabling Steam Play is really not a good solution.

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Quoting: Hopfenmeister

If some AAA games start to be developed for these Stadia servers, i strongly doubt they'll be available for Linux desktop on others stores. I don't think Ubisoft or Square care about the tiny Linux market share, but i'm sure they care about the potential massive audience they could reach with Google

Imagine you are a game publisher with a game developed for Stadia, but you don't care about releasing for Linux because you are scared of having to support different distributions and hardware configurations? I have a business proposal for you...

I actually tweeted about this last night, I wonder if it might be a boon for porting houses like Aspyr and Feral. They have a lot of Linux expertise already and they do a good job, so they might see some calls. If they sweeten the pot to release on Steam for some extra monies = win win.

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One thing I forgot to mention in the article:

Game preservation is also a pretty big issue with streaming services like this, since no one outside of Google and the developer/publisher will likely see the titles. Think of how amazing the emulation scene is for older titles and now with things like Steam Play enabling older titles to keep working long-past when they will probably break on Windows.

What happens when a developer/publisher vanishes? Are the contracts still valid or do Google then have to remove the game(s) and no one sees them again? Lots of situations like that going on in my head right now.

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Okay think that's all the updates I will be doing for now, until they dish out some more info in the next few weeks/months.

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Added more details again.

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Quoting: x_wingI remember Ashes of Singularity steam mod answer:

There is a lot of industry interest in Linux right now as a game platform. I am not at liberty to explain why but Vulkan is a real game changer.

And I think that now we have an idea of why he didn't have the liberty to explain why ;)

Pretty much!

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Quoting: scaineI enjoyed it for the few hours I played, but was confused by the whole block/push/hit melee combat. It felt literally like playing rock/scissors/stone and winning was pure luck. There was also a general lack of "big" weapons. I liked the resource collection piece and calling in support drops though. It had a lot going for it.

Honestly, while I liked the idea nothing about it was streamlined.

I've said it before, the reason that games like Fortnite and PUBG are so popular is how easy it is to understand just what is going on. The Culling just wasn't clear enough.

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Quoting: garpuAre they still revoking beta keys once it goes live?

Not a clue sorry, they seem to rarely say anything on Steam directly and this is not mentioned.

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Quoting: razing32What ? No pun this time Liam :P ?

I knew someone would wine about that.

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