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Dying Light patch released
18 Feb 2016 at 8:23 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: DamonLinuxPLIf in Techland on OpenGL engine and Linux port working only two young developers, they also have other task in Techland (not only Linux, Linux is only at Free time). Also they currently are studying at university, so we should not be surprised that sometimes there are problems.
That's a pretty shitty way to treat paying customers. I may not have bought the game if I had known this.

Cities: Skylines - Snowfall released
18 Feb 2016 at 7:41 pm UTC

I really don't like the fact that it's not a dynamic weather system. I probably won't buy the expansion because of it. I have little desire to play on a map where it's permanently winter.

This XCOM 2 video shows Linux and Windows very close in performance
18 Feb 2016 at 5:20 pm UTC

Quoting: chris200x9I'd argue that it is a port on the basis that they had to contract out. If it was really platform agnostic from scratch why hire feral? This leads me to beleive it was windows only at least at some point of development, it did have a multiplatform release but that doesn't necessarily mean it wasn't a port.
I don't understand this logic. If the Linux version was developed simultaneously with the Windows version then this would suggest that it's not a port even if it was done by an outside contractor.

This XCOM 2 video shows Linux and Windows very close in performance
18 Feb 2016 at 4:41 pm UTC

Quoting: Beamboom
Quoting: Mountain ManDevelopers take note! This is what happens when software is designed from the ground up for Linux!
Except, this is a port. :D
Can it really be called a port if it was developed simultaneously with the Windows version?

This XCOM 2 video shows Linux and Windows very close in performance
18 Feb 2016 at 2:51 pm UTC

Developers take note! This is what happens when software is designed from the ground up for Linux!

Pillars of Eternity: The White March - Part II is now available
18 Feb 2016 at 11:27 am UTC

Quoting: Eike
Quoting: Mountain ManAnd I had some guy on the Steam forums yesterday trying to convince me that Linux gaming was never going to happen. Guess he hadn't kept up with current events.
I had one yesterday claiming that it might happen some day. I'm answering those that to me, Linux gaming gives me more to play than I have time for it - it's just a smaller stack of shame.
Another way to look at it is that currently, 1/3 of the Steam catalog is available for Linux with more being added every day. Three-years ago, there were zero! Linux gaming has grown by leaps and bounds in a short amount of time.

Pillars of Eternity: The White March - Part II is now available
18 Feb 2016 at 3:05 am UTC

I'll have to look into that "Story Time Mode". I don't mind combat in my RPGs, but the combat in Pillars can be stupidly hard sometimes which saps my desire to continue playing.

Pillars of Eternity: The White March - Part II is now available
17 Feb 2016 at 5:38 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: Guest
Quoting: STiATToo many good games, releasing too fast. I ain't got enough time to play everything I want to play :-(.
#LinuxGamerProblems
And I had some guy on the Steam forums yesterday trying to convince me that Linux gaming was never going to happen. Guess he hadn't kept up with current events.

Mad Max shows more signs that it's coming to Linux & SteamOS
17 Feb 2016 at 1:41 pm UTC Likes: 1

This would be a very nice consolation prize after the Arkham Knight debacle.

Earth 2160 strategy game released for Linux, powered by Wine
16 Feb 2016 at 11:30 pm UTC Likes: 1

I'll buy that for a dollar! Or 69¢.