DerRidda, HER0 01, and Nemoder discuss an eclectic collection of Linux gaming news.

Introduction

  • 00:00:18 @HeroOhOne introduces
  • 00:00:21 @DerRidda
  • 00:00:23 Nemoder

Our Gaming

  • 00:00:29 @DerRidda has been playing Tomb Raider [http://store.steampowered.com/app/203160]
  • 00:00:44 Nemoder has been playing Dwarf Fortress [http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves] and Dota 2 [http://store.steampowered.com/app/570]
  • 00:00:55 @HeroOhOne has been playing Dota 2 [http://store.steampowered.com/app/570] and Shadwen [https://www.shadwen.com]

SteamLUG Community Stuff

  • 00:02:26 Past Events
  • No More Room in Hell [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/699558652724939803]
  • SpeedRunners [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/699558652724939887]
  • Dota 2 [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/692806085452627500]
  • Insurgency - Day of Infamy mod [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/692806085452627691]
  • 00:05:14 Upcoming Events
  • Distance [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/692806085452648671]
  • Stellaris [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/692806085452648890]
  • Sword Coast Legends [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/692806085452662811]
  • Payday 2 [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/692806085452662910]
  • 00:05:32 Day of the Tentacle Remastered [http://dott.doublefine.com] Linux port is nearing completion, thanks to @ValiantCheese

Steam/Valve News

  • 00:06:01 Dota 2 Vulkan support has been updated to fix flickering on NVIDIA GPUs [https://www.dota2.com/news/updates/22092]
  • 00:06:49 SteamOS 2.80 Beta released [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse/discussions/1/364042703856198459]
  • 00:07:31 Over half a million Steam Controllers have been sold [https://steamcommunity.com/games/353370/announcements/detail/883083192033975013]
  • As this includes bundled units, Ars Technica interprets this as a failure of Steam Machines [http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/06/its-time-to-declare-valves-steam-machines-doa]
  • 00:09:55 Steam Dev Days 2016 will take place on the 12th and 13th of October [https://steamcommunity.com/devdays]
  • 00:11:17 The HTC Vive is now shipping within 2-3 business days of being ordered [https://www.htc.com/us/about/newsroom/2016/htc-and-valave-bring-virtual-reality-to-life/]
  • Some computer stores in the USA will be stocking and demoing them

Tech News

  • 00:12:12 Unity Engine has switched to a subscription based payment model [https://store.unity.com] [https://blogs.unity3d.com/2016/06/05/subscription-why]
  • @DerRidda suggests contributing to Godot Engine instead [https://godotengine.org/donate]
  • 00:15:09 Unreal Engine 4.12 is out now [https://www.unrealengine.com/blog/unreal-engine-4-12-released]
  • Includes support for OSVR [http://www.osvr.org]
  • 00:15:56 AMD RX 480 has been announced [https://www.amd.com/en-us/press-releases/Pages/radeon-rx-480-2016may31.aspx]
  • VR ready GPU for 199 USD
  • 00:16:52 Vulkan Dev Days videos are available [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYO7XTAX41FMmTe9XqW2eR0j9jTthoF5v]

General Gaming News

  • 00:17:42 Gog Connect program has surfaced [https://connect.gog.com]
  • 00:18:52 Please Don't Touch Anything is out now [https://steamcommunity.com/games/354240/announcements/detail/604985283923826309]
  • 00:19:29 Dead Island [http://store.steampowered.com/app/383150] and Dead Island Riptide [http://store.steampowered.com/app/383180] Definitive Edition ports have been released [https://steamcommunity.com/games/383180/announcements/detail/951763086359168637]
  • Engine is based on the same used in Dying Light
  • 00:21:02 Life is Strange is being ported by Feral [https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/life-is-strange-is-coming-to-linux-steamos-by-feral-interactive.7324#62342]
  • 00:21:29 Brigador is now available [http://store.steampowered.com/app/274500]
  • 00:21:57 Oxenfree has been ported to Linux [https://steamcommunity.com/app/388880/discussions/0/451850213953511172/?ctp=7#c350533172684545727]
  • 00:22:21 Torment: Tides of Numenera release has been delayed [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/torment-tides-of-numenera/posts/1598831]
  • 00:23:51 EVE Online has an unofficial native launcher [https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=482663]
  • Downloads Wine and the game preconfigured
  • 00:25:51 Rocket League port is almost ready [https://steamcommunity.com/app/252950/discussions/0/458604254463362128/?ctp=3#c357287935550758463]
  • 00:26:19 Overlord 1 and 2 ports have been announced by Virtual Programming [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ljXNFVVzgk]
  • 00:26:44 Defect is in Early Access [http://store.steampowered.com/app/352370]
  • 00:27:33 Salt and Sanctuary [http://store.steampowered.com/app/283640] Linux beta is now available, thanks to @flibitijibibo [https://steamcommunity.com/app/283640/discussions/8/350532795335062942]
  • 00:28:23 SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell demo has been released [http://store.steampowered.com/app/457210]
  • 00:29:26 Hitman [http://store.steampowered.com/app/236870] has signs of a Linux port in progress [https://steamdb.info/app/236870/depots]
  • 00:30:24 Many summer sales are running on various game stores, with all the hottest deals
  • Gog [https://www.gog.com], Paradox Interactive [https://www.paradoxplaza.com/featured-deals], Humble [https://www.humblebundle.com/store]
  • Steam Summer Sale is rumored to start on the 23rd
  • 00:33:23 Crea is now out of Early Access [http://store.steampowered.com/app/280520]

Crowdfunding

  • 00:34:41 ZED, a puzzle game by one of the artists of Myst [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1368459285/zed]
  • 00:35:36 Transmission, a mysterious action/adventure game [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paperunicorn/transmission]

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