@mao_dze_dun: I can't find any indication that Unigine's benchmarks use any of the latest and most advanced OpenGL functionality though. There are reports from 2013 that they're using some features of 4.3, but that doesn't mean Feral is speaking out of their ass. Unigine might even purposely be restricting themselves to extensions and features that are universally and well supported.

As someone in the software business I'd take a strict implementation of a standard or a specification any day over vendor-specific quirks, bottlenecks or loose interpretations, but we just might not be qualified to argue with people actually writing cutting-edge OpenGL when we know little more than what we've read on the intertubes.

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What's wrong with this one? It has "official wine builds" of 1.8 rc3 for all Ubuntu releases starting with Trusty and even one for 12.04 (Precise). I rarely use wine for anything but these packages seem to install and work just fine, at least on Mint 17.

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Bink's Unity plugin has supported Linux since August this year, but I guess the support came too late. Here's the changelog for those interested.

This is really too bad. I guess the game will remain unplayed in my library for the foreseeable future.

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They wouldn't dare do that to Psychonauts, would they? :'(

No backing from me (as if they need it), but I'm sure it'll end up in my library at some point. The first one is an excellent game, no two ways about it.

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Quoting: ElectricPrismI hated GRID 1 because of the realistic controls, maybe if it looks fun in the Live Stream I'd like it. I want something like Twisted Metal or Burnout Paradise - Dirt Showdown quenches most of that style but I wish it was open world ;(

I want good old Driver San Fransisco on Linux. It beats Burnout Paradise hands down.

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Quoting: inlinuxdudeWith their base of operations in Finland, origin of one Linus Torvalds, one would think they would put their tools out for Linux just for the sake of that! :)

That never motivated the Helsinki-based Futuremark to port 3DMark to Linux. Not that we would have had much use for Direct3D benchmarks. :P

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Indivisible is now fully funded and within reach of the first stretch goal with 42 hours left on the clock. Skullgirls wasn't quite my cup of tea even though it looks fantastic, but this one I'm eager to play.

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Quoting: wolfyrionFor example Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Siege,Call of Duty®: Black Ops III,Witcher 3,Fallout 4,METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN, Gamers simply cant say no to these BIG titles.

I can.

Although I sure wouldn't mind if Witcher 3 got ported at some point. The rest of them... meh.

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Quoting: adolsonThat's great and all, but The Dark Mod doesn't use SDL at all right now. If it were such an easy task as you guys seem to think, it would be done by now.

Ah, implementing SDL support from scratch can be a whole different can of worms indeed. I don't know why I thought you were discussing migration from SDL 1. Sorry about that.

Still, I hope someone takes up the task, as SDL 2 solves several problems every cross platform game has to tackle anyway.

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Quoting: ShabbyXI strongly advise against requiring login for the surveys. In the very least, you should have an "anonymous" option.

The prefill part could be done without requiring login. Your answers for the recurring questions could be (optionally) stored in a cookie for filling in the next time you take the survey. In any case a home grown solution would be better than relying on Google, IMHO.

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