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Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation inches closer to a Linux release with Vulkan
4 January 2019 at 12:32 am UTC

Quoting: Thetargos
Quoting: mylka
Quoting: CFWhitman
Quoting: mylkathis game doesnt even have 200 players and is almost 3yrs old

https://steamdb.info/app/507490/graphs/

why are they making a linux port?

i am not complaining, but i dont get it. RUST has over 40.000 players and they drop linux support
https://steamdb.info/app/252490/graphs/

ARMA 3
https://steamdb.info/app/107410/graphs/
over 12000.... dropped linux

i just dont get it

In my experience, publishers with smaller audiences are more likely to seek additional buyers on other systems. If a game has 40,000 players, the publisher says, "Who needs Linux? We've got 40,000 players. Cancelling support will alienate Linux users? Meh, who cares? It's not worth the support headache." On the other hand if a game has 1,500 players, the publisher says, "Where else can we look for buyers? Will Linux and/or Mac support really cost us that much more?"

what you are saying is big companies dont want more money.
that makes no sense to me.
Still ActiVision/Vivendi(Blizzard), EA, Ubisoft, et al seem to not want more money... even though Square Enix has shown good faith examples.

They're too busy implementing gambling mechanics and micro-transactions into their games to care about Linux. That's sadly where the big money is. Yes, it's dystopia.

Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation inches closer to a Linux release with Vulkan
3 January 2019 at 9:49 pm UTC

Quoting: mylkalets take tomb raider. this game is already 50% off and it runs with proton and they still make a linux version

I tried the demo on Proton and while it works, it's not exactly great. I wouldn't play the entire game like that. I had a few crashes and pretty bad performance. Feral will deliver a much better experience with their port and I fully intend to buy it whenever they release it.

Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation inches closer to a Linux release with Vulkan
3 January 2019 at 5:50 pm UTC

Quoting: CFWhitmanOn Windows, this is just another RTS, but on Linux it might be the RTS.

Maybe for some people it could be, but I can think of a whole bunch of RTS games that we already have and are much more interesting.

Our top Linux picks released in 2018, the GamingOnLinux editor awards
30 December 2018 at 1:49 pm UTC Likes: 1

Games I've enjoyed this year, in no particular order, regardless of release year, and including things I used Proton for:

  • The Long Dark

  • NieR: Automata

  • Dark Souls

  • Dark Souls II: SotFS

  • Dark Souls III

  • Doki Doki Literature Club

  • Tacoma

  • Borderlands 2

  • The Red Strings Club

  • Rise of the Tomb Raider

  • Life is Strange: Before the Storm

  • Hollow Knight

Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation inches closer to a Linux release with Vulkan
29 December 2018 at 9:39 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: pete910To be honest I hope they optimise the **** out of their Vulkan render to show DX12 up :D

No qualms in waiting for the Linux port if that's what they do!

Their Vulkan renderer has been available for a while on Windows as an alternative to d3d12, and IIRC performance is similar. Great for Windows 7 users who don't have access to d3d12.

The adventure platformer Celeste is going to get some new levels after selling 500K copies
28 December 2018 at 5:02 pm UTC

QuoteAm I mad for not taking a look yet?

We are in the same boat, but I'm very tempted to try this one. It's just that I have so many other games which I am in the middle of right now.

The Long Dark has a huge update to revamp the first two episodes, has Unity issues on NVIDIA
19 December 2018 at 11:19 am UTC

Played several hours of survival mode yesterday. No new issues for me as an AMD user. The game is 100% playable and enjoyable but there are some minor issues which existed previous to the patch as well. More specifically, every now and then (once per minute or so?) the screen flashes with a colourful corrupt frame. Just one frame though, so it disappears quickly and doesn't really affect gameplay beyond being slightly annoying. The other issue is that I've had a couple of crash to desktop. I had one yesterday. All in all I would guess I've had three or four throughout my 85 hours of total gameplay.

The Long Dark has a huge update to revamp the first two episodes, has Unity issues on NVIDIA
18 December 2018 at 1:13 pm UTC Likes: 1

Cool! Got this recently and I've been playing survival mode but deliberately avoided Wintermute because I knew this update was coming. Time to jump in I guess!

Jujubee confirm the submarine disaster game KURSK will be on Linux in Q1 2019
17 December 2018 at 1:05 pm UTC

Quoting: Eike
Quoting: Brisse18 years ago and still etched into my memory. Am I getting old?

If you can still remember... no, absolutely not.
But this will change, too. :p

This is true :D

Jujubee confirm the submarine disaster game KURSK will be on Linux in Q1 2019
17 December 2018 at 12:48 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quotethe dramatic events which shook the world at that time

18 years ago and still etched into my memory. Am I getting old?