Backers will also be able to pledge for rewards like the game on GOG or Steam, physical copies (including a Linux version)

Did they actually confirm that backers will be able to get rewards through GOG? So far they said that they'll distribute through GOG too, which can mean just ability to buy the game there.

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Some interesting articles about Fig:

http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/18/fig-games/ [External Link]
http://www.polygon.com/2015/8/18/9169697/fig-kickstarter-equity-investment-games-outer-wilds-masi-oka [External Link]

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I don't really get the point of "surveys" for a platform that already collects tons of information about its users (up to behavioral patterns like how long people play certain games, what types of games and so on). Doesn't Steam know exactly how many people run it on Linux? Unless they don't really collect such information and it's an opt-in.

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Quoting: Crazy PenguinTo late! I wonder what took them so long.

You can ask developers. It's always a delay on their side. The usual reason - they treat GOG as an afterthought. In other words, Steam monoculture is still strong. But situation is gradually improving.

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Quoting: NelAnyway I checked all their linux games, and all have the same prior warning: " [GAME] is activated with a Steam key..."

Thanks for checking. It's a pity, but kind of expected - they don't own those games.

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Quoting: NelThey give you a steam key.

Ah, a bummer.

Quoting: EikeThere's direct download at least sometimes, it seems: https://www.feralinteractive.com/en/news/280/ [External Link]

That sounds better. Are those actual downloads DRM-free though? Or they require some activation and such?

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I never bought anything in their store before. Is it DRM-free?

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Playing Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl (first playthrough - never played any Stalker games before). In the longer term - still in the middle of Pillars of Eternity.

And to add to the upcoming waiting list: Divinity: Original Sin.

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Quoting: PicoboomQuite honestly, I'm at a bit of a loss to imagine how anyone might be able to misconstrue opposition to EA on Steam as meaning opposition to testing unfinished programs,)

If you view early access program on Steam for what it really is - providing testing versions for people before the release, then opposing having such program could be mistaken for opposing testing, that's why I said it's not what people are opposing, and explained that the problem is not with testing, but with framing this testing like a release and purchase of a product, while it's really nothing of the sort.

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Quoting: ricki42DX11 support or no, until CDPR says that the Witcher 3 port is definitely cancelled I'm not going to buy the Windows version.

I won't do it either. Even though I bought Witcher 2 way before it was released on Linux, and finished it in Wine, I won't do the same thing with Witcher 3, because at this point I don't want to reward slowness or failure to make proper Linux releases.

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