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Titan Quest RPG could see a Linux version in future
18 June 2016 at 4:37 pm UTC

Hmm.. I think I remember this game when I Was a young padawan, it was quite hard and had to play for days.
So I have downloaded a trainer and have finished that game with GOD MODE Cheats
Even with cheats it took a long time to finish it ...

NO REGRETS!!!

The impressive 2D cyberpunk action-RPG Dex is now DRM free on GOG
18 June 2016 at 5:35 am UTC Likes: 1

GOG should have given steam keys as well on every game purchase, like Humble.
Both DRM Free and Steam Key.

In this way they satisfy both DRM Free Fanatics and Steam User fanatics and it will certainly increase their sales.

As for me thats the only reason I dont buy games from GOG and I still dont understand why they are not doing this.

Here's my own Linux OpenGL vs Vulkan test for Dota 2, not much difference for me
16 June 2016 at 5:19 am UTC

There are new NVIDIA drivers out with Added support for the following GPUs:

GeForce GTX 1080
GeForce GTX 1070

and many bug fixes...

http://www.nvidia.co.uk/download/driverResults.aspx/104314/en-uk

Also can someone please post in details step by step how I can do this Dota 2 benchmarks?
I would like to do some benchmarks with my GTX980

Is weird that I cant find any info on this , on every benchmark site noone explains how they did their benchmarks step by step.

Things I feel Valve need to address to help SteamOS really be something fantastic
10 June 2016 at 7:59 pm UTC Likes: 6

Very Nice article however there a lot of wrongs and rights here but I dont have time to analyze everything right now :P

So since I dont have time I would just express my opinion

Now the situation for Linux Gamers is BAD before was Extremely very bad! :P

If I was a fanatic gamer I wouldnt switched to Linux , who the heck would switch to Linux if all the new games are getting released to Windows?

Dark Souls 3?
NBA 2k17?
Watch Dogs 2?
MAFIA III?
Battlefield 1?

I can keep going on ...

All the broadcaster , TWITCH TV Gamers , youtubers etc there is no way that would ever switch to Linux if that is keep going NOT IN A MILLLION!!!
Have you ever saw a Windows Live streamer popular gamer?? they have like more than 8k people watching their shows is not that simple to switch to Linux for a gamer.

You remember the days when people were saying "Windows is for Gamers!" ?
Well that is what Valve is trying to do, turn the tables upside down which is not that simple and make people to say "Dude you still playing in Windows? lol? Linux is for Gamers!"

So in order for SteamOS to succeed the answer is very simple but yet very complicated to be implemented.

Linux is not ready yet for Gamers and Valve knows it better than us. Vulkan needs to get mature, it will need another 1 year at least to outperform Windows. VGA Drivers need a lot of improvements and so many other things need to settle out.
Developers have to release day 1 titles for Linux as well and if Valve or any other AAA company manages to release some titles exclusively for Linux then you will see many people switching to Linux.

So in short :

1. Make it easy for developer to elease all the games at day 1 for Steams OS
2. Outperform Windows FPS at gaming with Vulkan
3. Release exclusive games for Linux even for 3-6 months
4. Improve Linux OS , system, drivers , etc

Torment: Tides of Numenera delayed until 2017, partnering with a publisher
10 June 2016 at 4:52 am UTC Likes: 1

For all off my kickstarter projects I dont mind the delays , they can take as much time they want so as to deliver a quality product something that will worth the wait... :)

I have backed up a lot of games in order that I will have the chance to play it as a Linux user and provide feedback but unfortunately that is not happening anytime soon with almost all the games I have kickstarter so far.
Anyway that is the least to bother me and I really dont have a problem with that.
I have many games to keep me busy so no worries.

What it bothers me the most is that a lot of game developers are developing an early access windows version only so at the end when the game is finished they thing that they will just press the magic button and have all the builds available for ALL OS and consoles instantly ready and working perfectly.
Unfortunately in many cases that scenario was not working as intended and many developers had to spend another 2-3 years in order to port their games to other OS or Consoles.

No Wip Builds for Mac or Linux
No Beta Builds for Mac or Linux
No Steam Early access for Mac or Linux

So I just hope that on the release date they will have the promise builds available....

Minecraft 1.10 released, adds Polar Bears and more
8 June 2016 at 8:43 pm UTC

well I have never played this game and I dont think I will ever will...
no time at all and besides that I am extremely good at destroying things than building things... :D

Hearts of Iron IV released with day-1 Linux & SteamOS support thanks to Paradox
6 June 2016 at 5:15 pm UTC

5mins in the game got lost,
tried tutorial for another 10mins got lost again = ALT + F4...
I guess another strategy bites the dust... next... :|

What have you been playing on Linux recently and what do you think about it?
5 June 2016 at 5:35 pm UTC

I am more of a fighter/PVP/Action gamer but I dont like fps games .
I like competitive games that last 5-30mins or 1h Max like speed runners or hearthstone for example.
Well actually Dark Souls or Street Fighter or Rocket League I can say are the kind of games I would prefer to play but unfortunately I cant. :(

So I played Wand Wars a bit. Not that much of a fight but is a nice game to pass your time.

Wand Wars
http://store.steampowered.com/app/422110

Also since I had nothing to play I have beta test on Linux the NADI Project.

It is free so give it a try if you like exploration games and a nice creepy story :P

Well you have 2 options , either fast save yourself in 1 hour or complete the whole story :P

http://store.steampowered.com/app/474010/?snr=1_5_9__205

Next month marks seven years of me running GamingOnLinux, how should we celebrate?
4 June 2016 at 8:15 pm UTC Likes: 1

Here is my idea
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Create a huge virtual birthday cake with GamingOnLinux Logo and 7 candles and cut it in small squares according to the numbers that will participate.

for example if you have 100 participants you will cut the cake in 100 pieces.

So how we play this game?

We will do it Live on Twitch and if you can create a nice Virtual Cake and broadcast it Live that would be awesome :D

Each participant submits a request or a giveaway so that the other participant has to do it but everything has to be under Linux Gaming or Under Linux OS. Each request or giveaway will be summited secretly to Liam by a pm

Each one who submits a request or a give away is automatically a participant so in case he or her missed the live broadcast his assignment will be posted to the forum of what he or she has to do :P

For example

cake piece No. 1 --> Finish the Game Hand of Fate
cake piece No. 2 --> Do the achievement of the Game Fran Bow --> I found my way out

Or we can add some Hilarious requests or whatever your imagination desires but not very offensive requests just things under Linux or if you fill very generous you can give away some nice Linux games.

So we do this small party Live on Twitch TV and the participants get a random cake number.
So at the end all people will have to do something and some other may get some nice giveaways.

Ofc we will open a forum with the tasks that everyone has to do and the participants have to post pictures that they have done the requested assignment..

Hope you like this idea :D