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Half-Life: Alyx now available on Linux with Vulkan
15 May 2020 at 9:12 pm UTC Likes: 7

I have the VR headset but not the AMD graphics card, anyway I'll test it as soon as I can.
This is amazing that Valve continues to push Linux gaming further and further, congrats to them they deserves my support <3

Valve drops support for SteamVR on macOS to focus on Linux & Windows
1 May 2020 at 11:11 am UTC Likes: 23

While it's sad for Mac owners, it's perfectly understandable as the platform is becoming less open for developpers outsisde of Apple's walled garden. And if the rumor of Apple to drop x86 in favor of Arm is true it will be even more difficult to support.

Assassin's Creed Valhalla announced, will release on Stadia but no Steam release (EGS)
1 May 2020 at 11:03 am UTC Likes: 2

While I trully enjoyed Assassin Creed Odyssey, which works perfectly on Steamplay/Proton... I will probably pass on this one until it's reported working perfectly on Lutris with a huge discount.

Steam Play Proton 5.0-7 up for testing with a Release Candidate - Street Fighter V playable
29 Apr 2020 at 6:06 am UTC Likes: 1

I bought SFV just to test it (currently 8 bucks) and Wow... The game will go from "borked" to "platinum" in no time on ProtonDB now :)

Half-Life: Alyx arrives today (Linux should come later) and CS:GO gets Alyx cosmetics
23 Mar 2020 at 6:21 pm UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: GuestIf anyone needed any more proof that Valve cares about pushing Windows more than Linux, here you go. I thought they'd at least have Linux releasing at the same time, if not releasing Linux first to help promote Linux gaming.

Linux takes the back seat yet again. But as always, at least it's coming. Eventually. Hopefully.
This kind of game must be in development for a long time, and the state of VR on Linux sadly lags behind because of several technical issues (proper to Linux and X11). The dev team had probably to move on while the Linux issues are being worked on.
Delaying the game to solve Linux issues first would have been mad considering the small audience.

Half-Life: Alyx arrives today (Linux should come later) and CS:GO gets Alyx cosmetics
23 Mar 2020 at 11:35 am UTC Likes: 1

I think it's best if they can do both a VR and a non VR game (not the same one). But they should keep doing some VR games, because the VR gear is expensive, and we also need more games to justify its purchase.

Half-Life: Alyx arrives today (Linux should come later) and CS:GO gets Alyx cosmetics
23 Mar 2020 at 10:29 am UTC Likes: 1

I can't wait to play this game... Unfortunately my Valve Index is still weeks away from shipping (I guess covid-19 is not helping), and I probably won't be able to play it before next month. I'll have to dodge the spoilers until then.

Half-Life: Alyx support for Linux aiming to arrive with Vulkan support post-release
18 Mar 2020 at 9:32 pm UTC Likes: 2

My Valve Index is on its way, but I won't get it before launch time.
So I won't complain about the lack of native Linux support at launch. As Liam I understand that such a big game started its development way before Vulkan become a thing, so that probably explain the lack of official Linux support for now.

Feral Interactive are asking what you want ported to Linux again
14 Jan 2020 at 12:50 pm UTC

1. Cyberpunk 2077
2. Death stranding
3. The division 2 (actually unplayable on Wine/Proton because of anti-cheat)

Feral Interactive's lead Vulkan developer is moving onto something new
13 Dec 2019 at 1:08 pm UTC Likes: 1

Thanks for the good work Alex... Hopefuly Feral will manage to do some great Linux ports with the great Linux and Vulkan programmers remaining.