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We'll probably pick up the game eventually, after its price starts to get deep discounts in seasonal Steam sales. I'm looking forward to exploring the dev team's take on Japan, though; it's a country I've long wanted to visit in person.

My partners and I have Forza Horizon 4 and 5 in our Steam Family Library, and both of them are quite fun. They run well on our assorted Linux PCs (I've mostly played 4 on my Steam Deck; haven't tried 5 on it yet, what with its huge disk space requirements). I've also got a physical copy of FH2 for Xbox 360 that I found at a thrift store once; I haven't finished it, but it's also a good time. Safe to say that I'm a fan of Forza at this point, and I hope it continues to get quality PC versions.

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Man I'm such a sucker for these games. Mexico was a blast, and now Japan should be awesome! I think I will wait a bit though, patches / updates, and a discount sound good to me.

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Quoting: ScottCarammellshame, I actually really enjoyed Fortnite in my pre-Linux days and was hoping it'd finally come here someday. looking less likely by the day.

Quoting: dubigrasu

And we'll be kicking off the next generation of Epic with huge launch plans towards the end of the year.

So, Linux support?

Quoting: Aaron SparksMaybe it’s time to be open to allowing Linux users to play your games Tim Sweeney? Usually you would want to capitalize on an untapped market. I’m sure if shareholders actually got to vote on this they could have save some of those 1000 people’s jobs. What a douche.

That's NEVER gonna happen - Tim Sweeny is openly anti-Linux, and he's quite vocal about it, too. If you're really keen, you can play it on your Stream Deck via Remote Play... It takes a bit of mucking around to get the settings just right, so gameplay is smooth; but it works.

Quoting: ExpalphalogIt's all little kids now. Not sure exactly when the shift happened, but Fortnite's audience has skewed to elementary aged kids.

I'm in my 40s and I play it... For like, three months, get bored, don't play it for three months, rinse and repeat.

I like the "battle royal" / elimination thing, it's not super fast-paced for the entire game round, it balances leisurely exploring in a multiplayer environment with bursts of semi-fast-paced gameplay, it can involve strategy at times. Other multiplayer games are always lacking in one or more of these areas.

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I'm also pretty excited for this. War Thunder is likely my most played PvP game, having started playing around the time of its release, playing on and off since. Gaijin adding this feels a little bit strange to me, considering Enlisted exists, but I'm excited for it nonetheless.

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We're really doing this again? Remember the last time you brought up comparisons to well-respected games, Ian? Will you also be shutting down Splitgate 2 Arena Reloaded servers for that game's launch like you did with the previous?

That said, the new season looks to be possibly the most promising thing they've shown off for this game, but I guess we'll see if it's enough before they potentially abandon ship, again.

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Quoting: poke86Cool, though if I'm not mistaken they're only referring to the device and not the OS... So they might want you to install Windows on your Deck 😅

Not quoted here, but mentioned elsewhere in the announcement: "For players who own a PC gaming handheld device, such as the Steam Deck or Xbox ROG Ally, you can explore Japan on the go with all your progress intact thanks to cross-save, which is available on every platform Forza Horizon 6 can be played on. That includes Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC, Steam and SteamOS devices, PC gaming handhelds, and the PlayStation 5 version coming later this year."

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> Will you be picking it up?

yes, but not at that price

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Missed opportunity for Fellowship of the GNOME

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Quoting: chr

Spoiler, click me

I was gonna simply report it with a thoughtful comment, but then decided that it might do more good to share my personal opinion publicly (and potentially receive other opinions of what we are or want to be):

I get it that piracy is normal or even necessary for certain demographics (inequality is quite bad even inside countries or districts 😔!). But I don't think we should risk skirting quite that far this line of permitted speech about content punishable by those who hold power in our globalized society. I don't believe these power structures or their very selective enforcement are fair. (Corporations scraping for AI training data being another egregious example of this, also undermining even more semblance of a rules-based society; On the other hand, I'm glad copyrights are far less strictly enforced in poorer countries (in my experience)).

I wouldn't mind the comment quite as much if the commenter were risking mentioning punishable activities in order to provide more substantive value to the community AND they were subtle about it. There is a time and place to fight the power, but I feel this comment would be as valuable without allusions to piracy.

Any thoughts?

I appreciate you being open with your perspective. As anyone will probably notice, it can be difficult to find online discussion about console emulation without the pervasive subtext of the black flag.

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No, they do specifically mention SteamOS too.

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Cool, though if I'm not mistaken they're only referring to the device and not the OS... So they might want you to install Windows on your Deck 😅

Edit : article updated 👍

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Bit early isn't it? Not April 1st quite yet. 🍌

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I hope they success with this!

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Last time I checked GemRB it had serious stability issues with the classic games and it was still incompatible with most of the mods out there.
I don't think there was ever a need or anything like popular demand to support those EE that already worked very well on Linux.

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Another option is Sunset Overdrive (https://store.steampowered.com/app/847370/Sunset_Overdrive/)

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Quoting: AndrewWHighly recommend Sword & Sworcery. It was pretty groundbreaking for the time, and the art and soundtrack are both amazing. Steam Deck verified. https://store.steampowered.com/app/204060/Superbrothers_Sword__Sworcery_EP/

Hell yeah. Jim Guthrie's soundtracks (and his solo albums) are pretty great. I have started this game several times and never finished it. Need to finally do that.

Mad Max is a bit repetitive, but otherwise a very enjoyable and overlooked game. When it released with Linux support waaay back before Proton, it felt like Linux was finally being taken seriously...and then it got Vulkan support added and had Windows parity. Best AAA(?) game experience on Linux since the Loki ports. Just looked up when Loki stopped existing and holy shit am I old.

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Quoting: KrejsyLainenHow is this a thing? Almost every gamedeveloper nowadays are using unreal engine + they have the epic store, how are they this impacted by just Fortnite losing players?

"When Fortnite launched in 2017, Epic was a 500-person company—known primarily for producing the Gears of War franchise and creating the industry-leading game development software, Unreal Engine. It was booking about $100 million per year in revenue. A year later, Epic made a staggering $5.6 billion in revenue. Ninety-seven percent of it was from Fortnite."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattcraig/2023/11/10/epic-games-unreal-engine-fortnite-game-developers-sypherpk/

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Quoting: mr-victory

Quoting: ToddLI remember back then when I was visiting the SteamDeck Reddit page

How time flies, I did the same and I don't even recall when I stopped. Perhaps it was around the time the subreddit had its mod changed and became like instagram

I stopped visiting it when it got to the point that people didn't follow the rules the mods had in place for people that kept posting photos of their Steam Deck and got tired of seeing those dumb memes like smelling the Steam Deck (which continues to gets posted to this day when I last checked) or the numerous times someone would post/repost about the Steam Deck being used for controlling a rocket during the Ukraine/Russia war.

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The game got it wrong. Nazgul have tie and bow tie nowaday, and they are glorified in main media and politics.

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Quoting: KrejsyLainenHow is this a thing? Almost every gamedeveloper nowadays are using unreal engine + they have the epic store, how are they this impacted by just Fortnite losing players?

I was also confused by the letter describing epic as if it is "fortnite company". They have their store, UE with its own royalty fees, some subsidiaries.

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Maybe it’s time to be open to allowing Linux users to play your games Tim Sweeney? Usually you would want to capitalize on an untapped market. I’m sure if shareholders actually got to vote on this they could have save some of those 1000 people’s jobs. What a douche.

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Highly recommend Sword & Sworcery. It was pretty groundbreaking for the time, and the art and soundtrack are both amazing. Steam Deck verified. https://store.steampowered.com/app/204060/Superbrothers_Sword__Sworcery_EP/

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How is this a thing? Almost every gamedeveloper nowadays are using unreal engine + they have the epic store, how are they this impacted by just Fortnite losing players?

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Quoting: GustyGhostRemember fellow pirat er, gamers, tools like this hold increasing value in an age of games being selectively withdrawn from PC.

I was gonna simply report it with a thoughtful comment, but then decided that it might do more good to share my personal opinion publicly (and potentially receive other opinions of what we are or want to be):

I get it that piracy is normal or even necessary for certain demographics (inequality is quite bad even inside countries or districts 😔!). But I don't think we should risk skirting quite that far this line of permitted speech about content punishable by those who hold power in our globalized society. I don't believe these power structures or their very selective enforcement are fair. (Corporations scraping for AI training data being another egregious example of this, also undermining even more semblance of a rules-based society; On the other hand, I'm glad copyrights are far less strictly enforced in poorer countries (in my experience)).

I wouldn't mind the comment quite as much if the commenter were risking mentioning punishable activities in order to provide more substantive value to the community AND they were subtle about it. There is a time and place to fight the power, but I feel this comment would be as valuable without allusions to piracy.

Any thoughts?

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Quoting: dimkoWhen comes to actual coding - game was and still is in poor optimization state.

The game has also had a huge RAM and VRAM leak in the Vulkan Linux build for a long time now, it's not present in the OpenGL version but the downside of that is that performance isn't as good.
Apparently the leaks aren't present in the Vulkan Windows builds but unfortunately running the game with Proton gets you kicked from servers with the anti-cheat enabled which is required for crossplay.

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ended up picking up old world , it was on my wishlist for a good while but at 90% off for only about 4usd its hard to beat even if idk when i'll get around to it

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Quoting: voxAlso I was under the impression that this site's position was somewhat apolitical.

To paraphrase the best surrealist Spanish film of all time; "I am apolitical. On the right, like my father all his life." [Amanece que no es poco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_Breaks,_Which_Is_No_Small_Thing)

I've put the above because your nickname is the same as the current biggest far-right party in Spain.

Being "apolitical" does not exist. Every single action carries political weight, and if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.

Quoting: voxGreat Britain

LOL. Do you have any real information?

Quoting: eggroleWhat's the old saying: if you make peaceful revolution impossible, you make violent revolution inevitable?

Revolutions ARE violent. You picking on racialized people is NOT a revolution.

Quoting: eggroleThere are plenty of people today that see the forced acceptance of your ideas as "the man", particularly when the governments of the world seem to enforce these views...

Even if this were true, which it isn't, let's do a little imagination game.

The government enforcing equal rights to LGBTQ+ and racialized people does not hurt anyone.
The government cutting mental health support, transitioning opportunities and acceptance of refugees, kills people.

The government investing in Palantir, ICE and the military, kills people.
The government funding medical, educational and infrastructure services, saves people.

Quoting: eggroleRape gangs in Europe

Are these the [gang rapes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Manada_rape_case) you refer to?

They are all Spanish, and one of them a member of the Civil Guard (Military police).

And if anything on the above didn't make it clear; I'm here for the Chiapas and Rojavas of the world. To stand with the Mapuches, the Berbers and Inuits. To support Cubans, Palestinians and Iranians. To align with the Irish and Basque.

Fuck being nice to Fascists and Nazis. Fuck capitalist policies that enable racism, neo-colonialism and neo-imperialism.

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Quoting: Phlebiac

Quoting: SakuretsuNow I just need to wait for Fedora to update their packages.

The negativo17 "fedora-multimedia" repo has it.

When I looked before I only saw the beta version there.
Gonna give it another look.

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Quoting: robvv

Quoting: pb

Quoting: robvvMaybe now's the time for Epic to stop giving away free games each week?

"How to drop your market share from 1% to 0.1% in one simple step"

So they have a smaller market share than Linux, then? ;-)

I don't want to get too deep into it, but a quick google search says Epic has 3% in PC games market. If you exclude fortnite, 1% is probably still too generous. Personally, I don't know anyone who bought anything from Epic (including the few people who play Fortnite), so in my bubble it's pretty much Steam, then GOG, then itch, then nothing. ;-)

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nvidia has been cooking with drivers lately. which is suprising.
595 drivers (compared to 580 and 590) gave be pretty nice perf boost. Not that i had issues with perf before that, but always nice to gain some more.
no issues to report so far.

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