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Steam summer sale looks set for June 23rd
16 May 2016 at 7:58 pm UTC Likes: 5
"Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

-- My Wallet
Sickhead Games​ working with Chucklefish to port Stardew Valley to Linux
13 May 2016 at 11:36 am UTC
We don't even know that ConcernedApe had a choice in this matter. Since Chucklefish is the publisher, they might have been under contractual obligation to go through them for ports. This game is a hit, judging from the sales, so we're talking about a lot of money here.
Anima Gate of Memories is an awesome looking third person action RPG coming to Linux (corrected)
4 May 2016 at 1:52 pm UTC
It's a Devil May Cry type of game, something we sorely lack on Linux. It definitely has great potential. I hope they're using the newest version of Unity.
Anima Gate of Memories is an awesome looking third person action RPG coming to Linux (corrected)
4 May 2016 at 10:36 am UTC
From their kickstarter page:

Sadly, we will need a little more time to finish the Linux and Mac versions. We want to apologize for it, but it will take about 2 additional months after the release. To all those who were waiting for such version, I want to sincerely apologize for the small delay.
Also, keep in mind it's using Unity3D Engine.
Feral Interactive are teasing yet another Linux & Mac port on their radar
4 May 2016 at 12:56 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: Username already takenSpacious Skies... Spacious Sky... No Man's Sky... it's a pretty spacious game right? ;)
The bongo is just a red herring. :P
If NMS came to Linux I'd be in heaven. :D

... seriously though, no chance this is NMS.
I'm hoping No Man's Sky will be an in-house port so we don't get that performance hit from Feral. I don't see any reason why they wouldn't unless the hype has gone to their heads and they think they're too good for us now. :)
Tomb Raider benchmark video comparison, Linux vs Windows 10
1 May 2016 at 7:32 pm UTC Likes: 2
Not to beat a dead horse, but this is why it's so important to encourage developers to make their games with OpenGL (or even better: Vulkan) in mind from the beginning. I'm curious to find out how much better it will be (if at all) translating from DirectX 12 to Vulkan.
Tomb Raider released for Linux, thoughts & port report included, the first Linux game to use TressFX
28 Apr 2016 at 1:23 am UTC
Quoting: Mal
Quoting: omer666TressFX just kills my GTX660. Other than this it seems to run pretty well on Ultra, I'll see if it stays playable.
If I remember correctly TressFX is AMD tech and it used to kill fps on NVIDIA cards also when TR came out. A lot of time has passed since then. Did they change the tech to work well on NVIDIA cards as well? Otherwise I would say it's expected behavior (regardless of OS). I'll give a try too now.
I think they did make a few patches to improve performance, but Nvidia probably also made driver changes to accommodate it. It wouldn't be surprising to learn those accommodations never made it into the Linux drivers.
Tomb Raider released for Linux, thoughts & port report included, the first Linux game to use TressFX
27 Apr 2016 at 10:58 pm UTC Likes: 3
Hopefully, this sets the stage for a Sleeping Dogs port.
Pavilion, a strikingly beautiful fourth-person puzzling adventure is coming to Linux
25 Apr 2016 at 6:13 pm UTC
Quoting: CandricSWhat is a fourth-person?

First-person is when you're seeing from the point of view of the character and third-person is when you're observing the character as if there was a camera there. What would fourth-person be?
Just taking a guess here, but maybe you don't control the person at all, just the environment. Or maybe you make suggestions to the character and they may or may not listen? I have no idea. :S:
Endciv, a game about building a town in the wastelands looks like it will come to Linux in experimental form
22 Apr 2016 at 7:57 pm UTC
It reminds me of the building/crafting component of Fallout 4.