For some Proton goodness:

• Death Stranding [External Link] is half price


• The Witcher 3 [External Link] is a fiver


• My second favourite game of all time, Noita [External Link], is a tenner


• Oldie, but goldie, Batman: Arkham Asylum [External Link] is less than four quid.


• So is Arkham City [External Link].


• For retro, the original Deus Ex [External Link] is less than a pound.

And for VR lovers (or not, it supports non-VR too), there's always Elite:Dangerous [External Link], for a fiver.

Happy gaming!

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Quoting: TheSHEEEP

Quoting: g000hBeing an Epic Store exclusive means that "for now" it won't have a native Linux build. Maybe that'll change assuming it eventually appears on Steam.

That's what I would expect.

A linux build is fairly useless on EGS, so I wouldn't bother with that either until Steam release.
But given that Unexplored 1 has a linux build, I don't see a reason to assume 2 won't.

Yep, fair point. I haven't heard them deny that there would be a Linux build. But going exclusive on Epic doesn't suggest that it's front and foremost for them. But hey, Klei took an exclusive on Griftlands, but still followed through with Linux support, so anything is possible.

Fingers crossed. I've watched a couple of streams of FuryForged playing it and it's a significant upgrade graphically and story-wise, but with much of the same deep dungeoneering that you see in the original.

Edit to add - This older LinuxGameNews article [External Link] suggests that there will indeed be a Linux build when the game launches on Steam in 2022!

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: elmapul4)people will just install windows on it anyway to get more games, so why bother.

That does bring up a good point but if Valve only supported some form of Linux on it, more might keep it that way. Either way, it would be a boost to Linux gaming if the main way to use it is with let's say SteamOS 3.0.

I love the idea of this. For years, the Linux crowd has taken Windows or Mac devices, handhelds, consoles and more, and put Linux on them. Can you imagine if Valve knocked out a killer device, running Linux, and people had to hack it in order to put Windows on it? Lovely. Stupid, but delicious.

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I really enjoyed this game, but realised that I'd have to invested a LOT of hours to actually become good at it. Amazing atmosphere though, and reasonably simple to pick up. Just feels a bit brutal sometimes when you open a door into a room, realise there's a death robot in there and you literally can't get away from it... assuming you even have a chance to react before being blown into small pieces!

Then again, that brutality was a big contributor to the excellent atmosphere I mentioned! :grin:

Also nice to hear decent things about the Linux community, that balances the scales a bit from the reputation earned through the Witcher 2 debacle. Also nice to see a greater than one percent sales figure... even if it's still on the low side. Proves yet again that the Steam survey just doesn't paint an accurate picture of the sales you can expect... even if it's probably "accurate enough" to know that the numbers will be extremely low.

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That's my cue to try it again, for sure. Nice!

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I appreciate you writing this, Hythlodaeus. Horrible loss for his family, his fans, and the project as a whole.

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Driver SanFran will always be the daddy in my opinion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTkxzQDo0ng [External Link]

But this is a great project and I think I'll end up trying it too, assuming this project survives!

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Victoria was a secret until now.

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That's a weirdly underwhelming trailer for what looks like a pretty sweet retro-inspired game! I hope they do the RPG elements some justice as I find that those can carry me through any criticism of the shooting elements or weakness in the story.

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Quoting: miszterxCool! Do you have recommendation for "Linux" notebook with nvidia GPU? Or brand or vendor for this topic?
Thx

Systems 76 have quite a few options.

https://system76.com/laptops [External Link]

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