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Rust Survival Game From FacePunch Is Heading To Steam
1 November 2013 at 4:13 am UTC

It hasnt happened yet.
i own it and it shows up on my linux games list but absolutely no files yet.

it works kind a well in wine though..but has lots of issues like expected for a game thats in alpha.

it looks promising title... lets wait and see

Linux Gamers - Youtube Channel Collection
30 October 2013 at 7:47 pm UTC

Quoting: Quote from Cheeseness
Quoting: Quote from manfaceThe video for gols channel is wrong.
I can chance it, but I'm not sure what it should be. The one that's there now seems to be from the Gaming On Linux YouTube channel (or has it since been fixed?).
it has been correct all the time.
only my channel trailer changed recently ... and hasnt been updated since i cant edit my own article :(
correct link should be: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2s0VAuXKf8

Worms Reloaded looks set to hit Linux
15 October 2013 at 5:41 pm UTC

and its in the new humblebundle

the game is not yet downloadable via steam though.. subs are missing from depot

The Dark Mod Stealth Game Standalone 2.0 Now Available
13 October 2013 at 6:49 am UTC

the updater is pain yeah. some mirrors its picking are super slow, so you have to babysit it and restart all the time and hope its picking faster server for some files.

Total War: Rome II Will Be Ported To Linux
10 October 2013 at 3:14 pm UTC

so wikipedia is pure lies?

"Longtime Linux kernel developer Matthew Garrett criticized choice of licensing for Canonical's software projects, particularly Mir. Unlike X.Org Server and Wayland, both under MIT License, Mir is licensed under GPLv3 – "an odd one" for "GPLv3-hostile markets" – but contributors are required to sign an agreement that "grants Canonical the right to relicense your contribution under their choice of license. This means that, despite not being the sole copyright holder, Canonical are free to relicense your code under a proprietary license". He concludes that this creates asymmetry where "you end up with a situation that looks awfully like Canonical wanting to squash competition by making it impossible for anyone else to sell modified versions of Canonical's software in the same market".[30][31][32][33] Garrett’s concerns were echoed by Bradley M. Kuhn,[34][35] Executive Director of the Software Freedom Conservancy.[36]"

Total War: Rome II Will Be Ported To Linux
10 October 2013 at 2:45 pm UTC

what i meant by that was that ubuntu is going their own way, specialy with the Mir and its license. So if SteamOS is based on that and games will be released with only Mir support then other distros are doomed, cause of the Mir's license.
Other than that i dont mind either. if they use "Standards" of linux world then it should be no problem for other distros

Total War: Rome II Will Be Ported To Linux
10 October 2013 at 1:35 pm UTC

Offtopic:
wait the SteamOS is confirmed to be based on Ubuntu?
Last time i heard about it, it seemed that they were basing it to gentoo

City of Titans May Only Get A Wine Port
8 October 2013 at 4:04 pm UTC

for me personaly it doesnt matter if its wine port or native.. if the features and performance is on par with other OS and there are no issues with that port im totally fine with it.

Frictional Games Teases New Game With Trailer
1 October 2013 at 4:57 pm UTC

can't wait...seems interesting.
and Pigs was fine also, not as good as dark decent though, but still good imo.

Wine Testing: Does The D3D Patch Boost Performance?
19 September 2013 at 2:25 am UTC

i did run some benchmarks
namely Valley in wine:

patched wine: http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28788188/wine-valley-CSMT_enabled.png
normal wine: http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28788188/wine-valley-CSMT_disabled.png

the difference is huge.
that was with my 560Ti. got 660Ti now.