Yup, instabuy. No idea what the game is about, but it looks like a weird mix of Destiny and Borderlands. I'm buying it immediately if they sort out a Linux release. Pretty exciting!

[EDIT: Just noticed that these are the same guys behind Sir, You are being Hunted, which was a lot of fun.]

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The team behind this did a pretty cool AMA [External Link] a few hours back, worth checking out. I think I'll be picking this up, but since I just dished out on DoW III, I'll give my poor wallet a few weeks to recover.

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Well, I was going to say "their loss", because I'd rather buy on GoG than Steam, if Galaxy was available. However... it's not that simple.

Here's my Steam purchase list since the start of July (yeah, it's been a pretty crazy 6 weeks - this isn't really normal, but it helps paint the picture actually):

19 Aug, 2017 Dawn of War III                29.99
3 Aug, 2017 Near Death                 3.62
2 Aug, 2017 Tacoma                        14.99
2 Aug, 2017 Cloudbase Prime               6.99
31 Jul, 2017 Solar Gun                 0.99
29 Jul, 2017 Full Throttle Remastered 7.36
19 Jul, 2017 Downward                 5.24
4 Jul, 2017 Dragon's Lair                 3.49
4 Jul, 2017 Fumiko!                         2.49
3 Jul, 2017 Ballistic Overkill         7.19

I was going to say "Hah! GoG missed out on £82.35 in the last 6 weeks alone, from just one Linux gamer, because they don't have Galaxy". And it's kind of true.

But I can't. Because it turns out that Tacoma and Full Throttle are the only games on that list that are actually available from GoG!

I kind of assumed that there would be most/nearly all. Sure, Ballistic Overkill probably uses Steam net code? Maybe? And probably Dawn of War III... although that title is more likely a simple DRM issue. But the rest are all prime candidates, I'd have thought.

Anyway, in summary, I don't buy anything from GoG because they don't have Galaxy. And until that changes, that's pretty much my position.

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I wish I could spend money on a wheel and really get into my racing games, but the last time such a title really grabbed me was Forza 2, about 8 years ago when I still had a console! I didn't buy Dirt Rally and honestly, I'd struggle to buy this. I did just spend £30 on Dawn of War III on the Humble store though, went to redeem my code in Steam and discovered a shiny 50% off voucher... enjoy my wasted tenner, Feral! :)

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Quoting: m2mg2Just to clarify, has Feral actually said Bioshock remastered isn't coming to Linux?

I still haven't seen a statement to that effect. Just the generic, we have nothing to report on Linux at this time.

Well, okay, just to clarify then: you will never see Feral saying that Bioshock Remaster isn't coming to Linux.

Ever.

Because, who knows? It might happen. Some day. And on that day, Feral will announce it. Until then, vague, indirect deflection is all you'll get.

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Quoting: Ehvis

Quoting: m2mg2I understand that. That wasn't what I was referring to. I am familiar with the process. I asked whether they had said more than that, like "we will not be releasing a Linux version".

They did not. Just the aforementioned standard reply.

Y'see, that's weird: you say you're familiar with the process, but then ask if they've said more than that. But as Ehvis notes, the process is they will never say more than that. The closest Feral have ever come to saying "no" is "we haven't announced anything". Kind of frustrating really, but you can see why they do it that way. I guess anything can change at the drop of a hat in the Publishing/Developing world of games.

When was the last Feral release? I'm itching for a new, big announcement! I wish I was into Total Warhammer...

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Quoting: Eike

Quoting: ShmerlCompulsion are only going to start working on Linux support soon [External Link]. Hopefully some interesting update is coming.

Well, that's late. (I always fear such late ports will result in bad sale numbers and thus in a lower probability of later ports.) Thanks for sharing!

I believe the whole project is late, not really specific to Linux support. Might be wrong, but they're not even at full release yet and I think they always planned Linux for after that.

I'm just delighted they're still talking about it and have it on their plans. Hopefully it pans out.

I'm not completely convinced by the price though. The graphics do look beautiful, but it's nearly £25 and that's competing with some pretty stunning titles. That said, it's my kind of game, so I'll likely pick it up, even with the premium tag attached!

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Love this style of game, but (going against popular opinion on here...) I hate lo-res graphics. When done right, it can be pretty beautiful, but I can't behind this, or Crawl. I can't even get behind HyperLight Drifter, apparently one of the most beautiful retro-style games out there. I suffered 4 hours of Teleglitch before I realised that I couldn't even tell the difference between humans, mutants and robots due to the incredible lack of any detail whatsoever.

Pixel games can be great (Halfway, Final Station, Dungeon Warfare, Nuclear Throne, Hero Siege and many, many others), but when the resolution is so low that I struggle to read text... I know that game isn't for me.

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Quoting: razing32Now if only they would solve the camping issue... :(

Most of the maps have multiple spawn points. I've had occasional games when a superior team does manage to peg both exits, but it's rare. In my experience. I'm a big fan of Ballistic Overkill. It's not perfect, but there's a lot to like.

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Not a dig at GOL at all, but this article is quite funny as a result of the Feral radar. The article can be summed as basically: "A game we can't identify has possibly been delayed by an indeterminate amount of time, pushing back a release date we haven't been told about, but the Mac version of this unknown game, might still be on track, also for a unknown release date".

I'm glad we cleared this up.

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