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Latest Comments by RussianNeuroMancer
Mesa has a patch from a Valve developer to help ARK Survival Evolved run on the open source drivers
3 Feb 2017 at 10:23 pm UTC Likes: 6

I don't think this is good idea. Wouldn't it will be better to ask game developers fix their engine?

I also pretty sure someday they will decide to update their engine, probably require higher OpenGL version, discover that Mesa for some reason report 3.2 to the game while support 4.5 or 4.6, they could make another workaround, instead of fixing thing right way, or straight declare Mesa as unsupported driver.

The story of grey market G2A worsens, I really do recommend to stay away
3 Feb 2017 at 4:49 am UTC

Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoThat is something that Steam, Humble, Greenman, GOG, etc will NEVER NEVER NEVER do because, unlike G2A, they don't understand how the real economy works outside their bubble...
Actually you can pay on Steam and GOG with Yandex.Wallet or QIWI Wallet (Russian electronic cash wallets) and you can pay with Bitcoin on Humble Store. So they do support local payment methods besides usual VISA/MasterCard/PayPal, but probably not for all countries.

Here’s some interesting answers from Gabe Newell and Valve from the reddit AMA
18 Jan 2017 at 5:09 am UTC

Quoting: sarmadValve is now also over-relying on Windows and have an alternative that they are not brave enough to push full-speed
Right now Linux gaming not in the state that can be accepted by general audience. Many papercuts need to be fixed first (like Steam Runtime issues, Mesa-specific games issues, and get-this-damn-Optimus-tearfree issues, etc.) Maybe a little bit later, when new Steam Beta with Steam Runtime fixes will be pushed to stable channel, stable Ubuntu get Xorg Server 1.19 and Mesa with many game-specific fixes? Yep, I wish that happen ^_^

Aspyr Media state no news about the 'feasibility' of Civilization VI on Linux until after the holidays
22 Dec 2016 at 8:17 pm UTC

Quoting: rustybroomhandleGot this email from Aspyr:

The criminal underworld of Mafia III is coming soon to Mac! Travel back to 1968 and explore the large open world of New Bordeaux as Lincoln Clay. When his surrogate family, the black mob, is betrayed and wiped out by the Italian Mafia, Lincoln builds a new family on the ashes of the old and blazes a path of military-grade revenge through those responsible.
No mention of Linux. Could very well be that Linux is just not priority for them any more.
It's Mafia III after all, so who cares?

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/mafia-iii [External Link]

AMDGPU-PRO 16.50 actually released, with FreeSync and wider GPU support
8 Dec 2016 at 10:47 pm UTC

AMD is aiming for out-of-the box support with open source driver, so you doesn't need to install proprietary driver (also lately it tend to be slower than open driver).

What one game would blow your mind if it came to Linux & SteamOS?
2 Dec 2016 at 11:39 am UTC Likes: 1

Uncharted 4 would be mind blowing.

You have no excuse not to own Company of Heroes 2 now, Humble Bundle Company of Heroes bundle is live
4 Oct 2016 at 7:59 pm UTC

I have excuse - maybe I want to give Feral more money? (When I find time to play this game later.)