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Somethings moving over at Linux Game Publishing...
25 Jul 2012 at 4:30 am UTC
Essentially my thoughts on it - they are going to have to become more competitive and until they are I can not really support them. Remove the DRM and release a competitive product.
25 Jul 2012 at 4:30 am UTC
Quoting: "Eddward, post: 5044, member: 78"So any how, it will be nice if LGP can get going again. But the market has gotten bigger. If they keep their DRM in future products, I know it can fail and I have other choices now.
Essentially my thoughts on it - they are going to have to become more competitive and until they are I can not really support them. Remove the DRM and release a competitive product.
Somethings moving over at Linux Game Publishing...
22 Jul 2012 at 3:17 pm UTC
Not about the DRM I am not. I am still loath to Steamworks and it is the main thing that gives me pause whenever I consider using Steam. This is why I am still very much in the Desura camp myself.
Possibly, though LGP is not the only the company Larabel does this to. I will submit that LGP is the one that has tried to do the most for Linux, so it is worse in that respect though.
22 Jul 2012 at 3:17 pm UTC
Quoting: "Bumadar, post: 5019, member: 93"but so is steam which we are all exited about :)
Not about the DRM I am not. I am still loath to Steamworks and it is the main thing that gives me pause whenever I consider using Steam. This is why I am still very much in the Desura camp myself.
Quoting: "Bumadar, post: 5018, member: 93"agree, but that is something totally different then writing pieces about them still being invalid and create the mood he does where people fanaticly want LGP to go bust. its more then trollish, its like doing his best to make a company look bad or irelevant
Possibly, though LGP is not the only the company Larabel does this to. I will submit that LGP is the one that has tried to do the most for Linux, so it is worse in that respect though.
Somethings moving over at Linux Game Publishing...
22 Jul 2012 at 4:30 am UTC
When I already own several of the games they sell with no DRM restrictions from another service, the joke happens to be on them. No matter how benevolent they try to make their DRM, it is still a bad practice and it did bite people who purchased LGP titles during their now infamous server outage. I personally do not find it to be defensible.
22 Jul 2012 at 4:30 am UTC
Quoting: "gbudny, post: 5010"Ridiculous DRM? This is a joke?
When I already own several of the games they sell with no DRM restrictions from another service, the joke happens to be on them. No matter how benevolent they try to make their DRM, it is still a bad practice and it did bite people who purchased LGP titles during their now infamous server outage. I personally do not find it to be defensible.
Somethings moving over at Linux Game Publishing...
21 Jul 2012 at 6:53 pm UTC
21 Jul 2012 at 6:53 pm UTC
One thing LGP has always been good for has been support of their old games. My only concern is that when they have released updates they have often bundled them with the new DRM system. I really hope that they remove that - I can not really cheer them on until they do.
LGP does also have the problem that it's competition has gotten stiffer. I mean, Desura is directly offering several titles that LGP has (Postal 2, Shadowgrounds, Shadowgrounds: Survivor) with updated Linux builds for far less than LGP is asking for, not to mention they ship without the ridiculous DRM measures. There is also the fact that Indie games and LGP are often in the same niche (since LGP ported a lot of older Indie games), meaning that they are facing a lot more competition from in-house Linux developers than they ever did before. They do have to up their game now. It is not just them playing in the sandbox anymore.
But I do agree that Larabel does tend to be a bit trollish - but he is like that about everything. :rolleyes:
LGP does also have the problem that it's competition has gotten stiffer. I mean, Desura is directly offering several titles that LGP has (Postal 2, Shadowgrounds, Shadowgrounds: Survivor) with updated Linux builds for far less than LGP is asking for, not to mention they ship without the ridiculous DRM measures. There is also the fact that Indie games and LGP are often in the same niche (since LGP ported a lot of older Indie games), meaning that they are facing a lot more competition from in-house Linux developers than they ever did before. They do have to up their game now. It is not just them playing in the sandbox anymore.
But I do agree that Larabel does tend to be a bit trollish - but he is like that about everything. :rolleyes:
First screenshot from Wasteland 2
21 Jul 2012 at 6:56 pm UTC
21 Jul 2012 at 6:56 pm UTC
It is only on Unity - what did they expect? It looks pretty good to me.
Serious Sam 3: BFE - running on Linux!
26 Jul 2012 at 1:56 am UTC
26 Jul 2012 at 1:56 am UTC
A bit more information has come out:
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/25/serious-sam-3-bfe-runs-screaming-to-linux-via-steam/ [External Link]
It makes me wonder if we might still see a Rage Linux release - after all, that game is tied down to Steamworks and is OpenGL already. I can see Valve trying to do some arm twisting to make it happen - especially since Carmark is not against a Linux port in theory.
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/25/serious-sam-3-bfe-runs-screaming-to-linux-via-steam/ [External Link]
It makes me wonder if we might still see a Rage Linux release - after all, that game is tied down to Steamworks and is OpenGL already. I can see Valve trying to do some arm twisting to make it happen - especially since Carmark is not against a Linux port in theory.
Serious Sam 3: BFE - running on Linux!
19 Jul 2012 at 5:59 pm UTC
19 Jul 2012 at 5:59 pm UTC
Plus if they release their redone versions of The First and Secound Encounter on Linux then maybe they could be played natively without having to fall though the floor all of the god damn time? :rolleyes:
Serious Sam 3: BFE - running on Linux!
18 Jul 2012 at 8:15 pm UTC
18 Jul 2012 at 8:15 pm UTC
Just to copy paste from another thread:
Not surprised - Croteam did basically say the only reason they did not want to release a Linux version was because of the lack of Steam. Someone should check up on the Red Orchestra guys and see if they were serious about that as well.
Not surprised - Croteam did basically say the only reason they did not want to release a Linux version was because of the lack of Steam. Someone should check up on the Red Orchestra guys and see if they were serious about that as well.
Build a Bundle
18 Jul 2012 at 8:02 pm UTC
18 Jul 2012 at 8:02 pm UTC
Neat, although I already purchase Postal 1 during a Desura sale. Nice to see an update from Biart though.
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