Quoting: buenaventuraI wonder what "open platform" they were thinking then.

FreeBSD!! Everyone is ignoring the obvious: It's the year of the FreeBSD gaming desktop!! They're going to do it just to spite Linux users ;-)

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Quoting: Liotheif Linux isn't even on the roadmap, what other platforms are there?

they're secretly targetting FreeBSD

Ack, you beat me to the joke! Fortnite coming in 2019 to FreeBSD! Cross-platform to let FreeBSD'ers in on the fun!

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Quoting: GuestWhy would anyone care about a new gaming store? They won't be able to compete with steam anyway. And for us - linux gamers - epic doesn't exist.

As pointed out above in various posts, reasons to care are:

- There are exclusives coming to Epic to which we won't have access (bye bye Rebel Galaxy Outlaw)
- They (and Discord) are now potentially blowing up the pricing model that has been sustaining Linux-friendly stores like Valve and GOG
- There's Tencent, a huge Chinese company with tentacles all over the industry (including Discord) with tons of money and influence and Chinese companies in other industries have not hesitated to use that money and influence to artifically undercut (dumping) and extinguish competitors.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeIt's kind of tough to say at this early stage what effect it'll have...

True that... There are some studios dropping Linux efforts and saying, in effect, use Proton (but not outright supporting it), and other devs (see the article here on Clone Drone in the Danger Zone) changing their games to make them work on Proton, so it could go either way... It could explode as studios develop for Proton, or, well, nothing could happen. 2019 will tell us a lot...

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Great news. Looking forward to this title!

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Quoting: jensNo, avoiding Wine would be kind of counterproductive (someone needs to test the base components of Steam Play :D)

And now that Steam Play counts our play time of Windows titles as Linux use in the reports developers see, I actually see the use of Steam Play as a way to send devs a message we are out there...

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Quoting: TheRiddickI'd be more into a coop survival experience then PvP...

The way I've played it is coop survival, and it was a blast that way. Its PvP actually I don't think is very good, other games are much better at that. But coop is great.

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Quoting: liquid_linuxI suggest we make a tournament on GOL or maybe set up a play schedule so we all can meet up and play the game.

I guess I will be buying it, hope we can play some time.

Absolutely, count me in. There are lots of games I'd love to do such scheduling or maybe have a Linux team (Rocket League!). Does the site have an area for such coordination?

PS: I seem to remember there being a number of players for Interstellar Marines who I think had a Friday night schedule. I'll check...

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Quoting: MichaelDNThat's cool but 'no tux no bucks'.

In this era, I personally think that's counterproductive, especially when you have a dev in this case who's modifying the game so it works for the tux...

I'm the one who originally reached out to the dev on MP and let Liam know about this as well, and I can't recommend the game highly enough. The swordplay mechanics are great, it's a genuinely funny game, and it has my favorite battle royale implementation of any game I've played (a dozen or so robots facing off with lightsabers, arrows, and hammers... what could be more fun?). Performance is terrific and the gameplay is very balanced...

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QuoteHonestly, I still think Interstellar Marines is more interesting than a lot of FPS titles coming out even recently, it has such a fantastic atmosphere and the game mechanics are pretty solid. I really do hope it sees a resurgence in 2019. Every time I jump in and manage to get a game online, I always have a good time.

100% agree. It's enormously atmospheric, and spooky too. I've jumped at times. Level design needs some work, but I'm so happy it's still under development. I check every few days to see if anyone is playing (sadly, there rarely is) as I've had some great co-op matches there. Unfortunately, their Steam forums are toxic due to hate aimed at the devs due to the, ah, relaxed development timeframe. Do they have a better community elsewhere?

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