You can see this in action on beniwtv's stream!
Here's a link to the vod (as long as it's available):
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/460144333?t=6m40s [External Link]

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Quoting: liamdaweAlso, sorry for the delay everyone. Yesterday was my 31st birthday so I took a rare 100% day off, I'm in catch-up mode now.

Happy belated birthday also here in the forums! 31? Oh, you youngster :D
But don't stress yourself, the Linux community can handle a day without awesome news posted here.

BTT: Yep, Valve is showing what Gabe said back then: Linux is the future of gaming!

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Unfortunately the Index' mic doesn't work on Linux. It's detected as mic in Alsa and PulseAudio, but you get no input signal.

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Looking forward to this device as well. Also to the controllers they are shipping with it.

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Quoting: x_wingEverspace has 75% of discount but I doubt that any Linux gamer that wants to call himself that way doesn't have it yet :P

Well, if you're still unsure if this game is for you, watch some streams coming up tomorrow evening and on Sunday morning (cest) and put your questions in the chat ;)

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Atm I'm playing Doom 3 BFG with Proton. It's still enjoyable, though it didn't age quite well.

Quoting: nullzero

• Everspace - Got it in the summer sale to play in BPM but can't seem to get the hang of it with a gamepad. I'll try to get back my Steam controller and try a custom config later.

Everspace was designed for Keyboard and Mouse, it's in fact a first person shooter in space. I couldn't play it at all with a Steam Controller so far, as I'm really bad at FPS games with controller :D I can kinda cope with Everspace and the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, but Everspace on Switch has a better aim assist than on console/PC.

Nevertheless, let me know if you got a "good" custom config for Everspace.

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Though I understand that devs suggest to pirate or torrent games instead of buying them on G2A... it's not legal. You won't win any case by arguing the dev allowed me on twitter to pirate the game.

Also there are probably some legal sources on G2A, where people just want to sell their unused keys. But yeah, there is also a huge amount of fraudulent keys on it, and that's what hurts the devs. I don't know how much effort it is, to implement a system that checks more or less automatically if a key is valid, but it can't be rocket science.

Heck, from a friend I know whose key got revoked he got even his money back from G2A. They want to be on the market and deliver good service, so it can't be so hard for them to make sure devs don't make a huge loss. Don't get me wrong, I know key sellers are shady and I am buying my stuff from authorized resellers. But people also want to buy games for cheap, some even can't afford anything near full price, so they are looking for cheap prices. Unfortunately they mostly end up with G2A... that's how the free market works. Is all we can do just to urge people not to buy there?

I thougth though that with all the steam, humble, gog, gamesplanet, etc. sales those keysellers would have a hard time... but looks like it still can get cheaper.

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Happy Birthday! I remember several sears ago, when I was searching for Linux (gaming) news and infos, way before Valve started to support Linux, and found GoL. Since then this site is my daily driver. And it will be for the forseeable future ^_^

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From what I've heard recently, Stadia might really bring us an indirect advantage here. Devs have to learn how to develop for Linux if they want to be on Stadia. And as I guess google is not going for big deals with exclusives (at least not promising as many sold copies as Epic does atm), they want to be on as many stores as they can. Especially Steam. And as Steam can distribute (native) Linux versions, why miss out the sales if you have it for Linux already?

So more devs have to go through the "uh-ah", which will increase the Linux experience among developers, thus making it cheaper in general as it can be done faster etc.

Well, I don't know where Microsoft Games Studios want to go. But as they're bringing e.g. the Halo Master Chief collection on Steam, they also just want to have as many customers as they can. And if Paradox can stay independent, they might have the freedom to choose to publish on Stadia and thus on Steam with a Linux version as well. Maaaaybeee...

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Quoting: smantz0rZI talk to a lot of other developers who say "How are you getting hundreds of wishlists on Linux?" and I say "you're not?" and they say "no!" -- "Well, are you building for Linux?" "...no" - "Maybe that's why you're not getting the engagement then."

Seems obvious, doesn't it? :D

But that's pretty cool to read, so those devs you talked to seem to have some interest in our favorite platform. Nevertheless, I've heard from other devs, that their sales are more like what the e.g. steam hardware survey shows. There are exceptions of course, like Helium Rain, who shared some numbers and wrote to have 10% Linux sales. Which is awesome!

I guess it depends on the game, for small studios a Linux version is often worth the effort, for those huge studios maybe not, at least not percentage-wise. Maybe with Stadia it might change a bit, as studios have to develop for Linux. And if it's not a Stadia exclusive, why not also get the Linux sales on e.g. Steam (fingers crossed for Destiny 2 :))

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