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Feral Interactive are teasing another Linux port
3 December 2018 at 1:20 am UTC Likes: 2

Where are we going? - clearly all paths lead to Rome
Bellerophon riding on Pegasus is the emblem of the World War II British Airborne Forces.

Conclusion: TW:Rome II


Flushing point = Waterloo

Conclusion: Napoleon: Total War Imperial Edition

Artifact is an exciting and engrossing card game from Valve, out now
29 November 2018 at 7:27 pm UTC

I do not get these games. They are visually annoying. They are worse in the sound department. They try to bind you long term by making you invest more money. So even if there is a good game buried underneath...why do people bother?

BATTLETECH for Linux updated, releases Flashpoint expansion – some thoughts
29 November 2018 at 12:31 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: GuestHB screwed up. Broken promises, long delays, and dubious communcation about it. But they're being given a free pass because people believe their money isn't worth as much as someone else's.
They sure did and I was as annoyed as you still seem to be, but in the end they started comunicating again and delivered. It is time to bury the hatchet.
That does not mean we should forget what has happened and not draw our conclusions concerning pre-financing future releases, but there a much more offending players out there than a small company that delivered a delayed product.
The game is good. It'a native Linux title. What else can we ask for?

An update on the cross-platform Civilization VI patch for Linux and the recently announced expansion
28 November 2018 at 2:48 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: hardpenguinTl;dr: making multiplayer code cross-platform compatible is extremely hard if it was first written with specific hardware, architecture and operating system in mind.
Sure for a single title that seems a valid argument, but given the amount of titles in the Total War series since the first port....one might lean more towards: get this shit done already if you want me and at least two of my gaming buddies as customers!

BATTLETECH for Linux updated, releases Flashpoint expansion – some thoughts
27 November 2018 at 8:32 pm UTC Likes: 4

If it is feature complete, multiplayer works cross platform (maybe someone with a fast internet connection can confirm?) and the 2 known issues are the only abnormality then I'd say it is a good thing they consider it a Beta internally and continue improving it.

BATTLETECH for Linux updated, releases Flashpoint expansion – some thoughts
27 November 2018 at 8:16 pm UTC Likes: 1

It's not a Beta.
Linux is on the main branch.
Localisation (and possibly a fix for the infinite loading screens on non US-desktops) is still Beta, but that is true for other OS as well.

Some underappreciated gems going cheaper in the current sales, ends tomorrow
26 November 2018 at 8:08 pm UTC Likes: 1

Rive is definitely a good buy.

Assault Android Cactus
also fun

I would like to add
Adventures of Shuggy | Steam and Toki Tori | Steam to the list

War Thunder’s “Masters of the Sea” update places naval forces in open beta testing
25 October 2018 at 10:56 pm UTC

Quoting: m0nt3What is wrong with the linux client?

Pro: it's still playable

Con: performance got a lot worse after patches some months back; graphical bugs got introduces and not fixed; proper AA does not work on Linux, nor does does surround sound despite both being launcher option for years. 1st person gunner positions are only modelled under DirectX.

If they ever finish their Vulkan integration things might change, but for now I am pissed enough that I deleted the game after years of playing.