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Speculation: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive might be getting a PUBG-like mode
19 Dec 2017 at 3:25 am UTC

I think I'd rather see an Unreal Engine battle royale game on Linux than on Source 2. Unity would be more appealing, too. Battle Royale mod for Rust, anyone? Source games are nice and fast for shooters, but man, they feel thin and stiff these days. I can just imagine walking around a corner with great loot only to be headshot as soon as my nose is visible. When's the last time you hid in a bush in a Source game?

Factorio 0.16 is out with artillery, cliffs, more high-res graphics and more
16 Dec 2017 at 7:08 am UTC

Quoting: hjahre
Quoting: 14... I really hate buying EA games. ...
I guess this is true for each meaning of EA games? :P
Oh, not consistently. There are times I don't like the EA brands and then there are games I like a lot. I'm not a total EA hater.

Steam client updated, brings in Shader Pre-Caching for OpenGL and Vulkan
15 Dec 2017 at 1:44 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: GuestAnd FINALLY fixes the full-screen video issue, don't forget that one!
Glad you pointed that out! Watching videos in the Steam client has been really lame.

Factorio 0.16 is out with artillery, cliffs, more high-res graphics and more
15 Dec 2017 at 1:39 am UTC

Early Access is a big reason I haven't bought this game yet. Even though I break my rule at times, I really hate buying EA games. A friend of mine has been wanting me to buy this game since before it was on Steam, and I keep saying I will buy it when it's complete.

The GOG winter sale is on, you can grab Grim Fandango Remastered for free
12 Dec 2017 at 7:05 pm UTC Likes: 1

I'm most tempted by Icewind Dale, which has nothing to do with the fact that I'm reading the fourth Legend of Drizzt book right now. ;)

Fantasy city-building strategy game 'Hearthlands' adds a peaceful win condition
12 Dec 2017 at 3:46 am UTC

I don't think I've ever had a problem running the games Liam mentions with dual monitors. Do you have a default selected? Also, I know Liam uses Ubuntu, but KDE has an option to open windows on the monitor where your cursor is. I have that turned on.

The Linux-powered Ataribox will be available to pre-order on December 14th
12 Dec 2017 at 3:33 am UTC

Is it really $300? I haven't seen the price posted. If that's true, that's too much based off the spit of info we have. To me, it sounds like it's only powerful enough to play old pixel games. If that's the case, it should be more like $100 for the convenience package and good looks. Otherwise, I'll just hook up a $100 computer from Craigslist to my TV.

Humble Bundle have some interesting deals going on for Linux gamers
2 Dec 2017 at 6:30 pm UTC Likes: 1

I was subbed to the monthly one for a few months this Summer, but I paused and eventually completely canceled after a few months of poor Linux games. I'm doing what stretch does and only buying one month at a time depending on the headliner(s).

Even though the value of this month's bundle is very, very good, I'm simply not interested in those single player games. If DoW III had a co-op campaign like the DoW II games did, then I'd buy it no question. But if it's a single player campaign... well, I'm pretty much only interested in RPG's these days.

Wine 3.0 RC1 should be out in early December, final release likely in January
30 Nov 2017 at 1:30 am UTC

After decidedly not installing Wine on my system for the past four years or so, I finally did it a few day ago for WoW. I have WoW installed on my Windows 7 drive but I got too tired of rebooting into Windows. I was only booting to Windows about every 20 days or so, but I've been doing it more frequently due to ESO, PUBG, and now WoW. After setting up WoW in Wine on the family computer that doesn't have Windows, I convinced myself to do the same on my tower. Sure, it's not a win for Linux gamers to play in Wine, but it's a win for me to boot into Windows less. Besides, booting into Windows isn't a win for Linux gamers either.

Anyway, now that I'm a consumer of Wine (at least until I let my WoW sub run out), update news is nice to see. :)