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Overlord for Linux release date announced, arriving tomorrow the 21st of July
20 Jul 2016 at 5:43 pm UTC

Quoting: DamonLinuxPL
Quoting: liamdaweArticle updated, see the top. No Steam release yet, only from their store.
but should be on Steam also - steamdb showing Linux depots: https://steamdb.info/app/11450/depots/ [External Link]
Indeed, likely just a delay to get direct sales.

Overlord for Linux release date announced, arriving tomorrow the 21st of July
20 Jul 2016 at 5:29 pm UTC

Article updated, see the top. No Steam release yet, only from their store.

We have 10 codes for Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic to give you provided by GamesRepublic
20 Jul 2016 at 1:12 pm UTC Likes: 6

Quoting: Mountain ManPosts like these should require users to log in first since any Joe Blow can wander buy and nab a free key without being a member of the site.
That's a really good bit of feedback, I will add it to my gitlab tracker to implement a way to do this. Should be really easy to do.

Edit: That features is now done, see it in action below with some random text:

[users-only]YES YOU'RE LOGGED IN WELL DONE YOU[/users-only]

TynanSylvester, creator of RimWorld comments on Linux
20 Jul 2016 at 9:45 am UTC

Good to hear about Faeria, I really need to play some more of that!

Humble 2K Bundle 2 has a few big Linux games for cheaps
20 Jul 2016 at 9:21 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: dubigrasuI know is not for Linux, but anyone of you ever played the Battleborn single player campaign? Is even remotely similar with what we have on Borderlands?
Tested the beta on PS4 myself and found it quite boring. Nothing like Borderlands to me.

Looks like Stardew Valley is starting to gear up for the Linux release
20 Jul 2016 at 8:57 am UTC Likes: 1

Hopefully they will announce the beta soon.

Rogue Islands, a fast-paced shooter set in a procedural fantasy world from Big Fat Alien will come to Linux
19 Jul 2016 at 9:23 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: LinasBEEP never got an official Linux version. I think it was published on Desura, but that cannot be considered official anymore.
I asked about that but forgot to put it in:

Sidenote: It's the same developer who did BEEP and I did ask them about putting the Linux version on Steam, here's the reply to that [External Link].

The curious tale of vanishing Linux & SteamOS ports, a status on a few of them
19 Jul 2016 at 8:03 pm UTC Likes: 1

Article Updated, RL developers seem to read GOL. Added in a tweet from them to us into the article.

Virtual Programming tease the Overlord Linux port in a new video
19 Jul 2016 at 5:39 pm UTC

Quoting: dubigrasu
Quoting: liamdaweI have tried everything, trust me. Even if I managed to get it on Ultra by fiddling so it appears, it will show for a moment and then revert down to Low again.
Yes, but it doesn't matter what you see in the menu, (it will still show Low/Standard/Whatever), ignore that.
Like I said, once you applied Ultra from "Overall Quality" despite what is displayed in the menus the Ultra setting will be written to the config file, and that's what matters.
If you want to make sure, set everything as you want and then edit manually the config file with:
Low = 0
Standard = 1
High = 2
VeryHigh = 3
Ultra = 4
Like I have already explained, no matter the setting it will revert down to Low. I can see it with my own eyes when textures change.

Virtual Programming tease the Overlord Linux port in a new video
19 Jul 2016 at 4:04 pm UTC

Quoting: dubigrasu
Arma 3 for example refuses to use any textures above Low, and 99% of the time it's the only option I can pick and they have no idea what's causing it.
This is more like a bug within the menus section of the game.
The game can use all textures including "Ultra" but you need to set them from the "Overall Quality" presets (not from detailed settings). Once you click OK (after you select Ultra) you can go back and customize everything else (without touching again the textures settings).
The "Textures" settings in the menus will still display "Standard" or whatever textures, (beats me why it does that) but you can check the config file ...local/share/bohemiainteractive/arma3/GameDocuments/Arma 3/Player.Arma3Profile and you'll see "textureQuality=4" (Ultra).
(You can obviously edit manually this file as well.)
I have tried everything, trust me. Even if I managed to get it on Ultra by fiddling so it appears, it will show for a moment and then revert down to Low again.