Quoting: MohandevirWill we discover that it is based on Microsoft's custom Linux distribution and that Miux really exists? Lol!

They were a Unix vendor in the early '80s. Maybe they've kept a clandestine Xenix division all along -- only now, they're emerging from the shadows.

EDIT -- Seriously, though, although the GPL (not just v3 but v2 also) wouldn't allow anyone to 'secretly' release a Linux-based OS, I suppose they can build everything on top of BSD, *keep it a secret*, and get away with it, right? I mean, the licensing would permit that.

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Quoting: liamdaweHowever, this is the same Microsoft that tried to force the tiled interface on everyone and that came with a whole host of issues.

And they seem to have survived the backlash against those stupid decisions just fine. Sure, they made some concessions, but it's also important to keep in mind that 2-3 years ago, many well-informed, no-nonsense, serious people were putting forward very well formulated reasons as to why M$ had sentenced itself to eventual irrelevance by the unusable ui (even on servers), pissing off/almost-backstabbing OEM partners, and so on. So this is a scary thought: They are capable of making the dumbest decisions ... and then get away with it. If, in the wake of yet another idiotic M$ adventure, it's Vulkan adoption, or GOG, or whatever else that comes off as the losing party, that will be awful enough.

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> What with Linux being open sourced, it's extremely difficult to write an anti-cheat for that platform because anybody can make any changes they want to the OS.

I've been seeing variants of this notion elsewhere --- that being open source is a security liability, because 'the bad guys can also see how everything works, etc. etc.' ---- in the news, non-technical opinion articles, etc. It's worrying to see BS of this sort gaining traction.

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This looks really good. (I can't help but wonder whether someone could do the same for the first Deus Ex....)

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Quoting: sbolokanovBad performance isn't Linux issue. Windows game have bad performance too.

That's not what I'm talking about; I'm talking about performance *disparity*, and for *some* titles, it *does* exist.

As to whether this is a serious problem or not: To people who are *already* committed Linux users, it may not be a big deal; but we can't deny that it could be a serious deterrent for people whose #1 concern in building a desktop pc is gaming.

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Quoting: MohandevirNot against that idea if it helps AAA studios to consider à Linux release.

Me neither; though one thing to keep in mind is that without almost complete feature & performance parity with windoze, Linux-only sales would end up generating quite a bit of resentment. Nowadays, Windows licences are nowhere as expensive as they used to be; if you're a student (at least in the US), they push the damn thing on you for free anyhow (that's how I got my several perpetual [not tied to student status; valid after graduation] licenses); and people getting their windoze pcs pre-built don't even realize that they're paying for the OEM license -- that being the case, being platform-locked *on the same hardware* that could run *the same game* better at little to no extra cost would be perceived as a pretty unfair deal, by someone who isn't already a Linux user/supporter for gaming-independent reasons.

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Quoting: KimyrielleAnd Beth's reluctance to release their games on our platform is of a borderline religious nature.

I'm sure their prejudices play a role; but the moment they see that it's financially viable to release ports, they'll do it. (The bottom line being money, money, more money, etc.)

One deterrent might be that they're not sure how many *new Linux sales* they'll achieve, if they were to release a port. Dual-booters who have already bought Skyrim in antedeluvian ages, or recently on a sale, will get the port for free -- I'm sure that notion is revolting to them.

Besides, when they released Skyrim on Switch (about which they must have had a pretty clear sales projection), they charged full price for it. They can't even try do that on Linux, given 'steamplay'. Though the release of the 'Special Edition' did allow them to jack up the prices again. As far as I can tell, they don't even sell vanilla Skyrim + DLCs at this point; it's just the 'special edition' for a whopping $40. Maybe, if 'steam machines' were a commercial ... thing ... that existed ... maybe. Though I wouldn't know; I'm an ignorant bum.

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Quoting: Samsai

Quoting: Mohandevir

Quoting: SamsaiWhy are we even discussing this? It's pretty obvious it's Half-Life 3.

You just cannot claim it's Half Life 3 whithout actual facts... Even if they are distorted just like in my demonstration. It's just plain fun to try and link any annoucements to one game, no matter how plausible it is. :)

"It's just a shot away" Half-Life had guns. It's Half-Life 3.

Also: Just *1* shot away.
Away from what? Half-Life *2*, of course.
2 + 1 = 3

Makes sense to me....

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What's consumed in 'shots'? Whiskey, of course.
What's a famous image associated with whiskey -- Johnnie Walker.
What does 'walker' remind you of? Why, AT-AT Walkers, of course.

Mark my words. It's EA's Star Wars Battlefront something-or-other.

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Quoting: morgancoxukIt looks like a Garibaldi biscuit to me ...

But 'Just a shot away' is from The Rolling Stones track - Gimme Shelter (a great tune!)

Yes; the image comes from the page of a biscuit review podcast [External Link]. Could this have anything to do with the historical personality Garibaldi? Is there a 'Total War: Italian Reunification'? (I know there's no Assassin's Creed about that period. :whistle: )

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