Quoting: toorSega was involved in The cave as well

Sure they published that but that was down to the development studio, Double Fine Productions, supporting Linux.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Does anybody have some kind of list of what kind of third party DRM is used on Desura and how it works(one time online authentication with subsequent offline mode, limited activations, constant online DRM, etc)?

View this comment - View article - View full comments

For those that don't know: This is published by Sega and developed by its subisidiary Sports Interactive.

So now we can add another major publisher to the list of those supporting Linux.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Wow, this bit could potentially be huge: "Newer builds of UE 3 have Linux/Mac support however they are greatly different from our build."

Linux officialy supported by Epic (again)? How come we haven't heard about this until now? Can anyone get any other dev team to verify this?

Edit:

What I mean is couldn't they just be talking about the OpenGL support that comes with the official Mac OSX version? That is not quite Linux support.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

While there is a still insufficient data for a projection the trend for this is actually down. Now it is at 18% instead of 21%. Hardly a cause for optimism. As for why I filter using Kicktraq? That has to do with my personality type and wanting to avoid disappointments in my life. I don't want to waste time and energy getting excited about a Kickstarter campaign and following it, reading updates, etc only for it to fail.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: Cheeseness

Quoting: KristianThe Heavy Gear kickstarter won't make it. It is only trending towards 21%. So it is irrelevant for Linux gaming since it is irrelevant in general.

Kicktraq's trends are not projections, and don't take into account any of the dynamics of crowdfunding. They even state in their own blog [External Link] that trends should be taken "with a grain of salt".

Their projection cones give a slightly better idea of possibility space, but since this campaign is only a couple of days old, there's not enough data to calculate those.

Yes I know that, but it IS an early indication and I know of no example of any game that has had the required turnaround to make it after such an extremely weak start and there is nothing about the project that makes me believe otherwise. It is only at 2% of the funds gathered with almost 10% of the time passed. Somehow I don't see this project suddenly increase its pledge rate per day to the fivefold of what it is currently. 

Given the initial data, the concept involved and what we have seen with other similar Kickstarter campaigns I am more than comfortable with pronouncing doom over the Heavy Gear Assault kickstarter campaign. There is no industry heavy weight behind it, there is no real press coverage, etc

Personally I use Kicktraq as a filter for what Kickstarter projects I back. I back DRM free games with Linux support, a strong concept, (typically) people with a good track record behind it and a Kicktraq trend (or preferably projection) that gives me hope that it will make it. So far that system has served me really well.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

The Heavy Gear kickstarter won't make it. It is only trending towards 21%. So it is irrelevant for Linux gaming since it is irrelevant in general.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Anyone here think that it is just a coincidence that Epic stopped supporting Linux after signing with Microsoft as a publisher?

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Steam should work as closely as possible to the way it work under Windows, including auto updates of both Steam it self and the games.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Shank 2 doesn't show up under Linux where all the games from all the different HIB's are listed but it does show up under Linux when I select Humble Indie Bundle 7.

View this comment - View article - View full comments