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Bearded Giant Games have announced the 3D dogfighting game Space Mercs
6 May 2019 at 2:20 pm UTC

Yeah, I'd agree it's not looking like a HOTAS kind of title :). For an estimated $10, it sure looks like fun, though!

Valve have released the full details of the Valve Index VR system, limited pre-orders tomorrow
2 May 2019 at 3:24 am UTC

Quoting: kuhpunkt
Quoting: iiariNot using VR, can I ask a stupid question? Will this system allow you to use VR for existing titles out there (including Proton?), or only for games written specifically for this system?

Fully compatible with older VR games.
Ok, so that's interesting, and makes this worth thinking about...

Valve have released the full details of the Valve Index VR system, limited pre-orders tomorrow
1 May 2019 at 2:40 pm UTC

Not using VR, can I ask a stupid question? Will this system allow you to use VR for existing titles out there (including Proton?), or only for games written specifically for this system?

You can now easily run the Epic Store on Linux with Lutris, Epic suggests applying for a grant
18 April 2019 at 5:36 pm UTC

Quoting: Audi
Quoting: omer666@epic, look at Quake Champions. That's the kind of games we want to play: Violent, fast-paced FPS. Not some gimmicky nonsense for kids.

I agree. In watching videos of Fortnite, it just looks slow and boring. I play Ballistic Overkill. The game is fast paced, fun to play and runs great on Linux.
I agree. I tried Fortnite on someone else's machine, and I didn't see the appeal at all. Give me Ballistic Overkill any day...

DiRT 4 officially released for Linux, port from Feral Interactive
1 April 2019 at 2:38 am UTC

Quoting: FredOWhy does Dirt 4, which is a nearly 2 year old game, cost more than Dirt Rally 2 which has just been released. I'll buy this once they've sorted out their pricing. :|

Awesome to see another Vulkan port from Feral though - good job!
Agreed. I love Feral and their work, but the price on this strikes me as a bit dear. I might wait for sale on this one...

The Linux port of DiRT 4 from Feral Interactive is releasing March 28th
27 March 2019 at 10:35 pm UTC

Quoting: jens
Quoting: Xpander(sadly FFB doesn't work with proton)

Is this meant as a general statement or specific to DR2? I'm playing Assetto Corsa Competizione with Steam Play/Proton and FFB works just wonderfully with my G25.
Maybe to DR2, and a few other titles. I think Project Cars works with Proton without FFB, but if you run it through Wine FFB works...

No Man's Sky runs very nicely on Linux with Steam Play, huge online feature update and VR support coming
26 March 2019 at 7:56 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: jens* I still think that Proton users are also the beta testers for Valves upcoming streaming platform, which is absolutely fine for me, win-win for both. I could be very wrong though ;).
I think (more like hope?) that you're right as well. A Stadia like streaming service that also happens to include your entire existing library is super appealing to me...

No Man's Sky runs very nicely on Linux with Steam Play, huge online feature update and VR support coming
26 March 2019 at 7:27 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: PatolaNote: if Liam implemented a filtering system, I would definitely skip articles with "retro" or "pixel art"...
Haha, now that's one filter I'd use too! I'd rather 100 emulator/Proton posts than a single pixel art article :) :P To each their own...

It reminds me of a trend in auto fandom online. There's a car aftermarket trade show called SEMA and many of the vehicles displayed run towards the, ah, garish. Each year, all the major car blogs, websites, etc dutifully cover the many SEMA intros, and for a solid 4-6 days we're all inundated by photo after photo and article after article about these garish SEMA creations. It's soul killing. I'd estimate a solid 60% of car readers just check-out for that SEMA week and come back later, and there's always a big argument on site forums about whether these sites should cover SEMA at all, with passionate pro and con debaters every year...

I guess Proton is our SEMA (or maybe it's pixel art)...

No Man's Sky runs very nicely on Linux with Steam Play, huge online feature update and VR support coming
26 March 2019 at 6:39 pm UTC Likes: 4

Just to add my $0.02 to what others (including Liam) have posted with which I agree, No Man's Sky is one of those "big" titles (along with things like Witcher 3, the GTA series, etc) that people wanted to make sure ran on Proton in the beginning. I think it for a while was in the top tier of ProtonDB reporting numbers, so the interest is there. For those people who say, "I wouldn't consider Linux for gaming unless [fill in the blank] runs," NMS is probably one of those big titles and, happily, it does, and I see nothing wrong with highlighting that...

BTW: Now that things like Elite Dangerous, EA Battlefront, and Star Citizen can run on Linux, I was racking my brain thinking of what titles I'd even put on my wishlist anymore that *can't* be made to run on Linux. The only one I could think of was Planetside 2... Quite terrific progress has been made...