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Latest Comments by rustybroomhandle
Total War: WARHAMMER II confirmed for Linux, to release later this year
18 Jun 2018 at 10:23 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: SadLYES!!! AT LAST!!!

Edit: oh.. kinda sad this was the "Proud seat of lucifer" though ..I guess they decided to reveal it because of the steam summer sales (I remember them saying that as long as a port gets announced they get a share, so maybe that is the reason - BUT not sure if this is the case with this port).
Same. Definitely was looking forward to this, but was also hoping that clue would be something else.

inXile Entertainment are doing a remaster of the original Wasteland, should support Linux
12 Jun 2018 at 7:28 am UTC

Quoting: torstenchrThey better support linux - i joined the original campaign and they promised linux back then... iirc.
I did not even know there was a cammpaign for this remaster.

Linux game porter Ryan 'Icculus' Gordon is looking for new games to bring to Linux
11 Jun 2018 at 7:32 am UTC Likes: 2

How about the entire Spiderweb Software back catalogue?

Beep boop the Feral Interactive port radar has a UFO sighting for a new Linux port
4 Jun 2018 at 10:41 am UTC

Kiiinda hoping it's not Final Fantasy XV because even on Windows the system requirements are a tad on the heavy side.

Beep boop the Feral Interactive port radar has a UFO sighting for a new Linux port
1 Jun 2018 at 9:02 am UTC Likes: 5

Allow me to suggest a theory about why some big publishers are seemingly anti-Linux.

Ahem. :)

*cracks knuckles*

There is a weird thing in investment where you can get more money invested in your company by dropping the right buzzwords. "Blockchain" *kaching* ... "machine learning" *kaching* ... "Augmented reality" *kaching*.

These investors know bugger-all about tech, but they love money and will happily take risks on "the next big thing".

Now back to game publishers that are listed on the stock market. I suspect their reasoning for being opposed to Linux generally is that they are afraid their stock price would fall if they make what is perceived to be bad business decisions. The word "Linux" was so toxic once upon a time that even Ubuntu did not use the word anywhere on their web site for a while. (See also: Android)

Things are different now, but these are people with loads of money that are generally out of touch.

I think the trick is for "Linux" to become a positive buzzword in business. In some small way I think Microsoft might actually be helping with this as they expand their Linux server business. Unfortunately, this is tech-facing, not consumer-facing.

Anyhoo - big-money buzzwords, investors, stock prices.

Re-Legion is a cyberpunk RTS where you convert citizens into your cult, will support Linux
29 May 2018 at 5:15 pm UTC Likes: 15

I'm sure we all want to convert people to our cult that supports Linux. :)

There's hints of the 'SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics' pack coming to Linux
23 May 2018 at 6:31 pm UTC Likes: 1

Nice. My first job after military service was as a games reviewer in a print magazine. The Megadrive was the dominant platform here, so it was mostly those games.

Paradox haven't decided if their new game Imperator: Rome will be on Linux (update: it will!)
22 May 2018 at 12:31 pm UTC Likes: 1

The thing with Age of Wonders: Planetfall is that it is also announced for XBox One, so in all likelihood, the Microsoft thing will happen where the dev/publisher is not even allowed to mention any non Microsoft platforms for a set period of time.

Open-world roguelike RPG 'Stoneshard' will have Linux support, nearly hit the Kickstarter goal
22 May 2018 at 9:33 am UTC

Really nice looking. I want basically this but not procgen or roguelike.