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Obsidian: Developing For Linux Was Not Worth It
31 Aug 2015 at 11:04 am UTC Likes: 3
Hearthlands Is Exactly The Type Of City-builder A Lazy Sunday Needs For Linux Gamers
23 Aug 2015 at 4:08 pm UTC
Seems more like Sierra "City Builders" series clone. Thanks, I'll stick with Zeus or Pharaoh run in Wine :D
The Sales Page Returns
9 Aug 2015 at 5:25 pm UTC
And what about the idea of ditching the page and replacing it with recurrent posts featuring best sales?

Would be best to have both, I think...
Insurgency Tactical FPS Still Looking To Support Linux, Developers Working On A Solution
9 Aug 2015 at 5:22 pm UTC
Oh great, can't wait when I'll be able to stop using Wine for this one :) This is one of my favourite games and maintaning two Steam clients (one native and one run under Wine) is a slight inconvenience :)
Virtual Programming Have Been Busy, Looks Like They Are Doing The Arma 3 Port
1 Aug 2015 at 9:05 am UTC
My experience: from one side, flawless playthrough of SpecOps: The Line, from the other, horrible performance of Stronghold 3 Gold and Witcher 2... I guess I'll just wait for the port report on GOL ^_^
Volo Airsport, An Air Gliding Game Released For Linux, We Have Keys To Throw At You
25 Jul 2015 at 9:29 pm UTC Likes: 1
So I can feel like real government official and spy on people! ;)
Unturned, A Highly Rated Free To Play Survival Game Released For Linux
8 Jul 2015 at 4:03 pm UTC
Very cool, it was available already as a preview build, but I encountered some problems while playing it :)
Opinion: Why We Want Native Ports Only
5 Jul 2015 at 5:16 pm UTC Likes: 2
This industry has enough problems with ports from consoles to PC (last shitstorm with Batman: Arkham Knight proved it once again), at that point we should be grateful we are getting anything at all, really ;)

If you are not familiar with the gaming industry you might overrate developers capabilities of keeping and maintaining their own source code after as short time as, let's say, two years. Not to mention, that wrapping technologies REALLY are often cheaper to use.

You want developers to learn how to multiplatform? That is very nice of you. But hey, they do not own you a thing. So stop acting like you are entitled to any kind of treatment and if you don't like something, just do not buy it.

Don't get me wrong, I am all for native ports. But just understand, that is not always possible. And that a bad native port is way worse than a good wrapper.
MegaSphere, A Seriously Good Looking Sci-fi Platformer With A Big Gun
5 Jul 2015 at 4:55 pm UTC
Does anyone remember the game called Abuse? It was available in Debian repositories some time ago... Anyway, my thoughts after seeing this trailer: Abuse and... Portal (after seeing the last scene from the trailer).

Nice that it is going to be available on Linux, even though trailer and their webpage has only Windows and Mac logos :)
Happy Birthday To GamingOnLinux, Six Years In The Making
5 Jul 2015 at 11:08 am UTC
Happy birthday, GOL, Liam and the community!

Now, stop being dicks to developers. Yes, even when they're wrong. Yes, even when they're being dicks.