Quoting: wojtek88I have to say that worst case scenario comes true. All the steam machines have NVidia GPU (correct me if I'm wrong) and developers who cooperate with Valve are meant to make games work on Steam Machines.

Tux icon was changed to Steam OS icon for a reason. Developers won't be forced to make games work on Linux distributions - they will be forced to ensure that experience on Steam OS will be good. And what's more - I bet official Steam Machines with Steam OS will get support. If You decide to build Your own "Steam Machine" with Steam OS but AMD graphic - it may turn out that half of the AAA games do not run on your machine, because Your card is not supported.

You're wrong, but just barely.

From this page: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/steam_machines [External Link]

The Gigabyte BRIX Pro has Intel Iris Pro 5200, plus there are a couple of machines that don't specify the brand of GPU. All the rest, however, come with a Nvidia GPU. To be honest, I don't blame the hardware manufacturers. Nvidia's proprietary graphics driver is simply superior to AMD's, significantly so. That's just the flat out truth of it. It's the reason I've been stuck with Team Green for a good while now. I like AMD's hardware and sometimes they provide a better value, from a purely hardware perspective, but it doesn't matter if the driver isn't up to snuff. Hopefully this changes once Vulkan arrives and (hopefully) starts being used extensively, considering how much of AMD's Mantle went into Vulkan. I'd really like to have a choice of GPU manufacturers.

On a side note, Feral has 1 week left if they're going to make good on their promise of "Spring 2015".

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Who thought it was a good idea to go that overboard with obnoxiously bright contrasting colors? :sick:

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**** yeah, I could go for more Wang. I need more Wang. Give me more Wang. I want Wang in me.

Alright, that's all the Wang jokes I got.

On a serious note, Shadow Warrior is the best FPS not called Metro <something> from this decade that I've played, so I'm very excited about this.

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The Shadow of Mordor bundle sure would be nice, that's 60% off and I doubt we'll see a steeper discount than that during the inevitable Steam Summer Sale. Alas, a certain porting company with a jaguar logo hasn't released the Linux version yet. They promised "spring" and there's less than 2 weeks of spring left. It sure would be nice if it released within the next 72 hours because I'm not buying it until it does.

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Quoting: GoCorinthiansBatman Arkham Knight in pre-order with release date dayONE for linux too!

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False, not day 1.



As for this article, that was a really interesting read. I am mostly interested in this project for Jade Empire. I would also so love a sequel to that game.

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I have no desire nor need for a Steam Machine seeing as I've basically built my own (okay, it's running Xubuntu not SteamOS; close enough). The controller, on the other hand; I want to touch it, caress it, whisper sweat nothings into its ear, and feed it strawberries covered in whipped cream. Hopefully they'll have Steam Controllers at a best buy or GameStop or whatever near me so that I can hold one and try it out.

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Liam, have you played The Long War mod? Because that's the ultimate way to play the newer XCOM game. It's such a meaty, comprehensive mod, that it might as well be a professionally made expansion.

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Relevant:

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Sweet.

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Hopefully future versions of Unity will take advantage of Vulkan.

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