Quoting: Quote from Sabun

Quoting: Quotetitlecoming to Linux: [Painkiller: Hell & Damnation](http://www.painkillergame.com/index.php).

It really feels like this game isn't coming... I read somewhere that it's sales weren't so good, which is likely why the Linux release is delayed. I was certain they said it would come out months ago. I hope it does come out for Linux though, I really do.

Funnily enough I was on SteamDB earlier today and noticed that Painkiller just updated its linux build. I guess you never know, right? Fingers crossed - I'd like to play it, and I long ago stopped buying games until they have their little penguin logo on Steam. :)
SteamDB reference is here : http://steamdb.info/app/214870/#section_history

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I've played about 230 hours of KF now, about 40 of those on Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit with a GTX670. I was getting all those bugs initially. I played a bit over the weekend and nearly all of them are resolved... kind of. I say kind of because for 6 waves, everything was perfect. Then something glitched during wave 7... like a v-sync hiccup, and suddenly some of the textures were missing again.


The only level it bothers me though is West London, where most of the ground textures are missing. Office is missing ground texture too, but only in the car park, so you rarely see it (the car park is a death trap best avoided, at least on Hard/Nightmare modes). A few pipes lose their texture. And are you still getting the crossbow texture error? That was fixed months ago, I thought.

With the exception of the crossbow scope, it's hardly making the game unplayable though. A distraction at worst.

And I'll say it again, it seems odd to pour derision on a developer's attempts to release for your platform because an ancient, badly ported game doesn't work too well on your system. I find that attitude incredibly frustrating. Now imagine if I was the said developer. Frustrating AND demotivating.

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Quoting: Quote from QydfacThere port of KF is horrific (nvidia texture bugs and low fps)

I'm worried.

Their port wasn't theirs, technically. I believe it was ported after the fact by Icculus? Not sure that you should be worried about more support for linux rather than none at all. I'll take AAA games with a few texture errors over no AAA games, myself.

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That's it finally got its linux badge on Steam now (it showed up yesterday, here in the UK). If I wasn't knee deep in Mark of the Ninja, I'd have bought it already. Maybe one for next weekend though.

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Quoting: Quote from muntdefemsI could certainly be the puzzler-platformers' advocate (the more retro and pixelated the better :P) but I honestly think two weekly columns are enough...

For instance, I'd love to write a little piece about this (Unity3D-made) little marvel I discovered a couple of days ago thanks to the LGC. Maybe I'll do it on Monday. ^_^

I discovered this one yesterday... not sure how? Not on Steam, maybe? Anyway, looks amazing :
http://ringrunner.net/

And yeah, Life Goes On looks superb too. Like a mix of Rogue Legacy and Trine!

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Finally got the survey in September. And since I haven't used Windows once since the first week in August, I know it definitely counted against the linux total. Still, there are reports of windows users getting prompted regularly, and this is my first survey since Dec 2012! Admittedly, I hardly ever got prompted on Windows either...

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Loved that video. You're using almost exactly my system to do the test too (processor, graphics card), so it's pretty depressing to think that the highest quality setting on Unigine can pretty much cripple my system!

I may have to download that benchmark and give it a try though! Is it freely available, or a purchase?

Great video - well done.

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Just watched their trailer on Desura - it looks absolutely stunning! Now do I buy it on Desura, or wait for it on Steam...

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Quoting: Quote from Anonymous

Quoting: Quote from SabunA possible temporary Linux & SteamOS exclusive[...]?

Valve would be crazy not to do exactly this.

Not if it is advertised right, Call it Early access and SteamOS is the only officially supported OS (and just happens to work on Linux). 

Windows/Mac/Linux all get access to the finished product when it officially launches.

Yeah, that might work. Platform exclusives aren't Valve's style generally, I think, but there must be a section at Valve furiously thinking of ways that they can make this a SteamOS exclusive without incurring the backlash of angry Windows gamers.

Ultimately, they know who butters their bread, and while they definitely want SteamOS to succeed, alienating their current customers is a risky venture.

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Nah, it's not ridiculous, Samsai, it's based on valid concerns over DRM, that's all. I'm a realist about this now and I use Steam, but I have no grudge over people who don't feel the same way.

And Valve didn't "make Linux gaming a thing", I'd argue that Humble Bundle did that and Valve saw an opportunity that was aligned to their business needs (closed markets forming on Mac/Windows that would shut them out). So even though I like the company, let's not be going all holier-than-thou with them - their decision are based on economic drivers, not passion for the platform.

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