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Latest Comments by Xpander
Don't Starve Beta (currently with NaCL for linux only)
15 Jan 2013 at 12:01 am UTC

yeah its not really confirmed but they want to do that after release.

Will there be a Mac Steam version?
Yup! We'll release it on Steam for Mac eventually, we just want to simplify and focus our development efforts during the beta. One platform at a time (But you can play on Chrome right now! And, if you unlock the Chrome Early Beta-Access now, you'll get it on Steam as well once it launches! Just grab the Steam code from the menu of your Chrome game.)

Is it coming to [name your platform]?
We're interested in other platforms for Don’t Starve, but we want to best support our current players now on the PC and Chrome versions. One thing at a time!

Oceania a new MMORPG based on Unigine
15 Jan 2013 at 3:06 pm UTC

Regnum Online ofc is boring. they are doing it all wrong, its utter PvE grind to level30 or something before u can go into RvR.
they should make some PvP content for early levels.
PvE is boring in MMORPGs if there is no good storyline.

Oceania a new MMORPG based on Unigine
14 Jan 2013 at 2:44 pm UTC

i'm vice versa to MaximB. i get bored of RPG's, because of boring grind.
i like more MMORPGs, where the social aspect is pretty strong and PvP fights spice up the game for me.
fighting against real players always more fun for me than fighting against scripted A.I.
+ pvp adds more variety.

looking forward to this one.

Euro Truck Simulator 2 Linux Port
15 Jan 2013 at 3:27 pm UTC

Quoting: "KIAaze, post: 7674, member: 16"I saw this game mentioned on a french "game review" show recently. The show makes it look boring and I have to admit it doesn't appeal to me as well, unless there are some gameplay elements I'm missing...
Anyway, for those who understand French, it's a funny video on various simulation games: http://www.joueurdugrenier.fr/joueur-du-grenier-les-simulations-pc/ [External Link] :)

edit: This is probably how I would have fun with it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=omgc8M2NESs [External Link] ^^

inded the driving around is quite boring, but thats not all that the game offers.
u can manage ur company, hiring new drivers etc.
+ the game is highly modable, there are tons of mods out there to enrich your game experience.

Euro Truck Simulator 2 Linux Port
13 Jan 2013 at 8:12 pm UTC

here is my short gameplay video.
visuals from trailer are from game and it does look pretty good imo..

View video on youtube.com

Steam based console "Piston" shown at CES
9 Jan 2013 at 3:22 pm UTC

yep the Xi3 videos show that it has HD7000
so its probably AMD APU.

Blizzard apparently bringing a game to Linux this year
6 Jan 2013 at 10:35 pm UTC

its quite a waste to port some old games imo.
well at least for me they havent done anything i would play lately. used to play WoW back in the days tho..and still play warcraft 3 from time to time. but the newest stuff is pretty pointless for me..
nothing innovative, just same old shit with new shiny graphics, goes to all activision blizzard titles and activision alone.
also their money milking stuff... bleh from me...

but probably millions will say other things about those games so why not.

Linux based Steam console confirmed for this year!
6 Jan 2013 at 10:31 pm UTC

there are more than those. who plays EA games anyway? nothing good hasnt been coming from there lately anyway...
same with Activisions-Blizzard .. just milking the money with few franchises they own. and just tweaking little bit the graphical quality every year without bringing anything innovative to the table.

well while many gamers do play EA, Activision and ubisoft games - there are still lots more than those.
Square Enix, Capcom, Bethesda(Zenimax), 2K Games, Eidos, all kinds of Sony departments, THQ, Rockstar, Gamersfirst (K2 Network) just to name some of them

Linux based Steam console confirmed for this year!
6 Jan 2013 at 12:30 pm UTC

im sure they have been in talks with big publishers to get their new titles to steambox. so probably they are quite well prepared for it already atm, if it really wants to come out this year.
about the old games. i guess its just the choice of the publishers, if its worth to port them to earn extra cash, wont really hurt steambox sales imo, cuz if there are some big hits coming right on the launch day, people will buy it anyway.

Steam working towards better supporting other distros!
29 Dec 2012 at 6:58 pm UTC

Quoting: "Bumadar, post: 7385, member: 93"xpander, sorry but it does not, i have it running without root and without anything in /bin etc
yes u do because u just extract the package and resolve ur dependency hell by hand. but thats not the way it will work in the future.
this thread was about that steam is now focusing to make the packages available for other distros as well.
currently all non ubuntu based distros had to do a lot of work to get it working.
specially on 64bit systems.