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Compulsion Games confirm a Linux version of We Happy Few is coming next year
23 Dec 2018 at 9:44 am UTC Likes: 1

I'm glad they are still working on it. As a backer of both We Happy Few and The Bard's Tale IV, I'm still waiting for both to release Linux versions.

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Some thoughts on Linux gaming in 2018, an end of year review
20 Dec 2018 at 8:14 pm UTC Likes: 1

I don't agree that all hangs on Feral. In fact, I haven't played any of their games. And there are enough other games in my backlog that I haven't finished yet. It doesn't look like there is games deficit.

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Some thoughts on Linux gaming in 2018, an end of year review
20 Dec 2018 at 6:50 pm UTC Likes: 4

MS also swallowed Compulsion Games, inXile and Obsidian this year. So far it's not clear what it will mean, but likely they are lost to Linux gaming now.

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Some thoughts on Linux gaming in 2018, an end of year review
19 Dec 2018 at 3:54 pm UTC Likes: 3

Sadly, I don't see VP ports coming to GOG anymore. At least some from Aspyr do appear there. And of course, nothing from Feral at all so far.

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The itch.io Winter Sale is live with plenty of indie games going cheap
19 Dec 2018 at 3:48 pm UTC Likes: 1

Helium Rain is on sale too: https://deimos-games.itch.io/helium-rain [External Link]

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Dead In Vinland, an impressive looking survival management sim just added a Linux beta
18 Dec 2018 at 10:56 pm UTC Likes: 1

I remember when it came out on GOG, I was wondering why they didn't release it for Linux. Good to know they are working on it!

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VK9, the project that aims to support Direct3D 9 over Vulkan has hit another milestone
17 Dec 2018 at 4:04 am UTC

Quoting: KristianBut if running a game under Wine reduces the FPS say from 150 to 100 or from 200 to 150 the general public will tend to perceive that as an utter failure and totally unacceptable. It will dissuade them from switching and the Linux marketshare will stay low.

Perception is everything.

I highly doubt you'll be able to notice framerate drop from 200 to 150 fps. As you said, perception is everything. So if Wine has some performance hit, but it's above noticeable - who cares.

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VK9, the project that aims to support Direct3D 9 over Vulkan has hit another milestone
16 Dec 2018 at 8:51 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: jensAre there any heavy weight DX9 games?

The Witcher 2 is quite heavy (Windows version is using DX9), but it has an OpenGL wrapped port by Virtual Programming already.

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Distance, the awesome racing platformer has a new mini-campaign out
16 Dec 2018 at 1:46 am UTC

I don't see any update for it in the Humble account.

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Valve have some serious competition, with the Epic Games Store being announced
9 Dec 2018 at 10:11 pm UTC

Quoting: EhvisDo they actually sell anything right now? When they opened, everything was on "coming soon". That said, I seriously doubt you'll be able to do anything without the Epic Launcher.

Why not? If they claimed they don't enforce any DRM themselves, nothing stops them from providing DRM-free packages as long as developers that sell through them aren't DRM proponents. I don't expect them to be like GOG, but they can be at least like Humble and sell some games DRM-free.

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