Quoting: wytrabbitI don't understand the reason to automatically assume the worst. There is no definitive evidence supporting either theory, so why not keep an open mind? You don't have to get your hopes up, but you're making assumptions without any support. Microsoft bought them but we're not privy to how much control and influence MS exerts on inXile internally. Being negative at this point benefits nobody.

You can assume knowing who MS are, especially Phil Spencer and their whole gaming division that he commands. Where is their participation in the Vulkan working group? If they can't even do that much, how do you think they view Linux gaming altogether?

See also: https://www.mcvuk.com/aint-no-party-like-an-xbox-party-aaron-greenberg-clarifies-exclusivity-stance-and-explains-why-the-upcoming-x019-is-coming-to-london/ [External Link]

Thinking about the next game from Obsidian, InXile or Ninja Theory, all those studios, just like our existing internal studios, whether it’s 343 or Turn 10, they’re going to be focused on making those games for our platforms. So we have no plans to expand any of those exclusive first-party titles to any other consoles,” Greenberg states categorically to us.

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We’ve been able to work with Steam so that we’re enabling that community to also be able to play across Windows 10 and console.

Note only Windows 10 and console (Xbox). No word on Linux.

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Quoting: wytrabbitTo all the people last year who immediately assumed inXile being acquired by Microsoft meant the end of their Linux ports, you should try to keep an open mind next time.

Wasteland 3 had Linux release commitment from inXile before they were bought by MS. I backed their campaign for it while they were still and independent company. And MS so far didn't interfere with that.

But I wouldn't use it for setting the expectation of what to come. Their future games might as well become all locked into MS only systems.

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Quoting: EikeIs that a current offer?
Because... "Working with OEMs throughout the hardware product cycle from design through production and maintenance"...

Yes, it is. Shows also Valve are still working on it. But they might have commitments to partners, it's not a guarantee about future plans.

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Quoting: TheRiddickMeanwhile NVIDIA is doing their driver code all by themselves in-house.
Surprised they haven't gone open-source yet and ditch the binary method, my guess as to why they haven't is because their drivers have a lot of cheats and hacks that would make them look real bad if opened up to public eyes.

Or more like they don't care and don't get the point of open source in general.

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Another interesting position is from Valve for SteamOS developers: https://www.valvesoftware.com/en/jobs?job_id=36 [External Link]

Though CodeWeavers one is better, since it's a firmly FOSS option, which is not so common.

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Epic should get up from the sofa, and implement high performance parallelized Vulkan renderer, instead of "archiving" it:

https://trello.com/c/lzLwtb5P/124-vulkan-for-pc-and-linux [External Link]

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Soundtrack reminds the Shadow Warrior.

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GOG users are getting the short end of the stick. Oh, well. At least I got the Windows build of the game, so I can try it in Wine+dxvk.

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Not sure what GOG users are getting though. Probably the hole from the bagel ;)

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Downer news (pun intended): https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/112359230/we-happy-few-welcome-to-wellington-wells-you-saucy/posts/2532809 [External Link]

:(

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