Quoting: ColomboI don't understand it. If they said "There was miscommunication between our office and Valve" and "I am afraid that Witcher 3 will never arrive at Linux, we are using this and this middleware" then mystery is solved. But these kind of responses?

So I've been following this all, just like all linux gaming news. Here's my take on the situation.

Valve and CDPR probably had an informal discussion about W3 and SteamOS at some point, and CDPR was 'open' to the idea of porting W3. Somebody at valve got a big boner and did up a banner. The banner got included in (just one? Maybe two, can't remember) Steam promotions. CDPR I believe confirmed at one point that they had 'looked into porting' the title but at that time they didn't have the resources internally (aka linux/OpenGL knowledgeable programmers) to do so. This is probably where it all just stopped.

CDPR has moved on to another project. They do not intend to do the port internally, but are likely open to allowing a third party port of the title ala W2, if the conditions are agreeable to them. They may even be in negotiations to do so--hell a company like Feral may already have the rights and requested PR silence so people don't go snagging it on sale knowing a port will arrive sometime in the future (how many of us aren't actually guilty of this? I know I am.)

I think if they absolutely intended to not allow a port of the game they would say so. However, there aren't any definite plans OR they're contractually bound to not spill any beans so they're just being quiet about it. Hope isn't dead, but it's not worth dwelling over. Cay sera sera.

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Quoting: TobiSGDWhen you write that combat feels quite a bit like in The Banner Saga, does it have the weird and unrealistic "feature" that totally put me off in The Banner Saga which gives you more attacks for the remaining units if you loose other units in battle?

No it doesn't have that, just the way the battle is presented.

I watched the video for about a minute and thought "This looks like The Banner Saga"

Of course its made by a team that hasn't crapped all over linux users as of yet, so that's a good thing.

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Quoting: amelcherYup this UE3 port was easily the toughest job I've done.

So were you under NDA so that you couldn't say anything regarding the porting process until the work was accepted and published or was it just decided to keep quiet until things were ready? It's kind of a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation.

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What was the first funniest thing you saw all day?

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The original, Bleed, is already available for linux and is a pretty solid little co-op platforming shooter.

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Quoting: mastereduI realy would like to buy / play this however the premium thing realy disturbes me:

I hate Freemium games with pay to play content + free content.

Worst of all, even the biggest founders pack for 100$ ONLY gives you premium access for 90 days ...

I like the model in TESO, where even non premium players can access almost all areas and all quests....

I realy realy do like this game, but I dont wanna be fraud on...

Path of Exile is a good example of how to do free to play right. I'll probably never try this as I don't trust the developer's business model.

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I think by "got sick" you mean "got busy setting up his Starbound server". You should hop on it while you're livestreaming and harass him.

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Quoting: libgradevMy heart says RX480, my head GTX1060!

I see a bad case of heartburn in your future.

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Quoting: ElectricPrismI know like 10 people who use Linux and guess what? 0 of them play Rust - they all play Ark.

The reviews have been mediocre and kept me of any of my Linux Gaming Clan from buying, and also - the anti-linux remarks from the creator have turned me off to ever buying anything from him.

I am coming up on 1,000 games and Rust ain't one of them.

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Quoting: LinasI am still upset about The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing. It was already in beta when suddenly it just... stopped.

Yeah that one was weird. There weren't a lot of bugs present in the beta.

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