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Battle Chasers: Nightwar has silently removed mentions of Linux support a few hours before release (updated)
3 October 2017 at 2:34 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: mcphailErm, I hate to break it to you, but Kickstarter has nothing to do with investment. "Backers" do not get shares in the company or profits. It is only a preorder mechanism disguised as an investment to circumvent expectations of a guaranteed product at the end of the process. It is preordering made worse.

That's because you understand investment in terms of shares. Crowdfunding is an investment, but not in your regular corporate understanding. Backers enable the project, and their dividends is the creation of the project itself (and depending on their tier, the final product for free later).

Pre-orders on the other hand don't enable anything, they are usually done for already nearly completed project, so it's just an interest free loan that developers take from customers. That's the key difference.

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Battle Chasers: Nightwar has silently removed mentions of Linux support a few hours before release (updated)
3 October 2017 at 2:32 pm UTC

GOG release article should mention that if they are honest. Often they let it slide silently, which I don't like at all.

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The latest Steam Hardware Survey shows Linux market-share has declined again
3 October 2017 at 12:31 am UTC Likes: 5

I think people should stop paying attention to Steam survey. Its usefulness is close to zero.

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RUINER still may not come to Linux, encountering technical issues
3 October 2017 at 12:27 am UTC Likes: 1

I think they mean they didn't expect that problem. And I'm glad they'll focus on Linux first, before macOS. "Not talking about it" isn't smart though, since they won't get any help from the community. They need to learn from Everspace.

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Tooth and Tail updated with GOG & Steam compatible multiplayer
28 September 2017 at 4:33 pm UTC

Quoting: hatniXIt would be nice, if someone from GOG would say something about the status of Galaxy for Linux. Because is seems this is not the only game that misses the Linux version on GOG for that reason.

I guessed you missed what they already said about it.

See also this thread.

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Caveman Warriors, the rather sweet platformer that supports 1-4 players is now out
27 September 2017 at 10:20 pm UTC

Quoting: Apopas
Quoting: ShmerlWhere do they sell the DRM-free version?
In their site.

Ah, I see it, thanks. It's actually Humble Bundle widget. But it's indeed Windows only, weirdly.

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Game developer 'Atlus' issues a DMCA takedown against open source PS3 emulator
27 September 2017 at 9:06 pm UTC Likes: 5

How is it even applicable with DMCA? Emulation and reverse engineering is legal. No one should be nice to bullies who abuse the law and issue illegal takedowns.

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Caveman Warriors, the rather sweet platformer that supports 1-4 players is now out
27 September 2017 at 4:59 pm UTC