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Humble are doing a Paradox Interactive weekend sale, some good deals for Linux gamers
4 October 2018 at 7:21 pm UTC Likes: 10

Also just to make sure as many people hear about it as possible: GOG are currently giving away Shadow Warrior 2 for the next ~42ish hours.

It's a shame that a native Linux version never happened (I'd have bought it long ago if it did), but now thanks to their giveaway I've made a Wine wrapper for it :)

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GOG are doing a 'Back to School Sale' with plenty of Linux games on sale
4 September 2018 at 1:17 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: GustyGhostValve has given you a run for your money.

Well, a multi-billion dollar corporation vs one guy working alone in his spare time... :p

Quoting: GustyGhostAlso do you have any wrapper for Need for Speed Most Wanted (2005)?

I don't have that game

Quoting: GuestI’d definitely buy Elex if it was for Linux, but not paying 20€ for a Windows game.

Yeah, even with things running great thanks to the likes of Proton, DXVK etc. and easier than ever to get set up with SteamPlay & my wrappers I still strongly recommend that people wait for big discounts before buying any Windows-only games, in order to give developers/publishers some incentive to properly support Linux & release more native ports.

Quoting: baccilusWhat is the best way to get FEAR 2 to run on Linux. I bought a copy from GOG. I also have Codeweaver's crossover.

Try https://www.gog.com/forum/fear_series/fear_fear_2_for_linux :)

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GOG are doing a 'Back to School Sale' with plenty of Linux games on sale
3 September 2018 at 7:04 pm UTC Likes: 12

Older/classic games currently on sale on GOG that I've made Wine wrappers for:

Crysis
Crysis Warhead
Deus Ex GOTY Edition
Driftmoon
FEAR Platinum
FEAR 2: Project Origin + Reborn
Magrunner: Dark Pulse
MDK
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault War Chest
Mirror's Edge
The Saboteur
Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition
The Witcher 3 GOTY

Flash deals:

Dragon Age: Origins
Jade Empire: Special Edition

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Wine 3.11 and Wine Staging 3.11 both got released recently
26 June 2018 at 2:23 pm UTC

Quoting: yar4eFinally! After 7 years of existence bug with flickering sky in Mafia 2 was fixed in 3.11! Now the game runs near perfect!

The flickering sky issue with Mafia 2 is still present with 3.11/3.11-staging. The shadows issue was actually fixed with Wine 3.7 but was only officially closed with this release.

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Feral Interactive have no plans to put their Linux ports on GOG
19 June 2018 at 12:00 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: Whitewolfe80Yes but i can tell you immediately why DRM exists, Companies like money staff are fond of being paid too. If you release a game drm free on gog i can tell you for a fact it is up on torrent sites day and date and yes even the linux version have been going up lately too. I know this as one of the parts of my job is to monitor several torrenting severs to see what has been uploaded and how often and when gog launch a new game it typically gets uped exactly 5 hours after being avilable for purchase.

Steam's DRM does next to nothing to prevent piracy either, especially in the form as implemented by most developers (i.e. without using CEG, but even when that is used it still doesn't slow the hackers down much). A common way to neuter it is to simply create a custom steam_api.dll/libsteam_api.so that implements a fake version of the Steam API.

This method actually seems to be used quite regularly for GOG re-releases of former Steamworks titles and from what I've read about the GOG version of XCOM:EU I'm guessing it's also the method used for that.

The real question though is: does DRM actually help sales? Because from all of the information I've seen, even when it's effective at stopping piracy for long periods like Denuvo has been this does not translate into an improvement in sales figures.

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Feral Interactive have no plans to put their Linux ports on GOG
18 June 2018 at 11:04 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: johndoeWhat will you do with all your collected games in ten years when no Linux distro ships the old libs it needs to run?
Sure there are some great games that can be played/replayed many times. But these ones normally get remastered at some point of time.
I personally think it's a waste of time and resources to collect games for longer than "a long time lease".

It shouldn't be too big an issue as long as the games are developed well... lots of older Linux games still work now without too much fuss. Plus GOG maintain the games they sell to get & keep them working on modern systems; it's been one of their key selling points right from the very beginning, back when they were "Good Old Games". And then there are also things like Flatpak that can help where dependency conflicts exist.

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Feral Interactive have no plans to put their Linux ports on GOG
18 June 2018 at 7:27 pm UTC Likes: 4

I've started a giveaway over on GOG's forums about contacting Feral to ask about this, to show the demand for it... the chances might not be good but it's worth a try at least.

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We've teamed up with GOG for another fantastic giveaway: Surviving Mars & Iconoclasts
14 June 2018 at 1:19 pm UTC Likes: 2

Not in, but here's one:

https://www.gog.com/news/release_xcom_enemy_unknown_complete_pack - No Linux version...

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GOG are giving away Ziggurat in the second week of their Summer Sale
11 June 2018 at 1:39 pm UTC Likes: 11