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Half-Life: Alyx Releasing In March 2020 With Linux Support
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Hi Michael,
anything to share concerning a Linux version?
AFAIK, Phoronix was the only source claiming it will get a Linux version.
Now that HL:Alyx has a fixed release date Valve still has not commented on any question about Linux.
And they obviously try hard to do so.
The recent AMA got plenty questions about Linux and I don't think they just missed it.
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Originally posted by birdie View PostIs Valve secretly in love with Russia? The clip is full of references to the USSR/Russia.- 0:30 wall painting, a traffic sign
- 0:38 ИНТЕНД armlet
- 0:43 Volga car, a registration plate, elektrichka, probably a board with a Russian text on top of the nearest building
- 0:52 RIGA SZ-912 СБЕГИ, REALITY DEFINED - what? 😃 There's never been such a car
- 0:56 boxes: "ЦЕНТРАЛЬНЫЙ ЗООПАРК", "СУХОЙ ЗАВТРАК", "СЛИВОЧНОЕ МАСЛО", "ПЕЧЕНЬЕ"
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I wonder if this is a proper game or another tech demo. And I'm glad that this is not HL3 or Episode 3. Valve HQ would have been on fire by now...
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Originally posted by profoundWHALE View PostPortal 2 used the same engine and is roughly the same game, as "Portal"
This game is a new engine, with new interface, and new game concept.
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Phoronix: Half-Life: Alyx Releasing In March 2020 With Linux Support While releasing the game on time might be more of a challenge, Valve did deliver in announcing Half-Life: Alyx as scheduled as their new flagship virtual-reality game... http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Half-Life-Alyx-Released
Phoronix: Half-Life: Alyx Releasing In March 2020 With Linux Support While releasing the game on time might be more of a challenge, Valve did deliver in announcing Half-Life: Alyx as scheduled as their new flagship virtual-reality game... http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Half-Life-Alyx-Released
I think the SteamBox and Linux compatibility are insurance. Microsoft has made it clear they have aspirations to wall off their desktop OS behind an app store unless you have a Pro or Enterprise SKU. Apple I'm sure has the same aspirations.. Valve has said they do not want to revenue share with these closed environments. Actively encouraging Linux, wine, and Vulkan supportgives them, and the industry options if Microsoft and Apple go that route.
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Dude. News sites will often say "trusted sources" or "contacts inside _____ company"
Pull yourself together. Even if they don't release it on Linux, Michael's job is to tell us what people are doing/saying. If they speak to him about a breaking story, whether it's "official" or not, he's going to report on it.
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Originally posted by randomsalad View Post
That's not what was said at all. What they did say, quite literally was: ""Right now we can only confirm windows for this product".
Pay attention to the word "confirm". What is or what isn't happening on other platforms is officially unconfirmed, so noone knows, but "there will be no support at all" is a gross misrepresentation of their statement.
Though given the state of VR on different platforms, it makes perfect sense for this to, sadly, be Windows-only for now, since last I checked, VR on linux simply isn't ready yet. And that is probably the main culprit stopping a multiplatform release from being reality.
Second, That's basically what I said. They said that there is no official linux support confirmed AS OF RIGHT NOW, which is what I said. I personally think that Valve probably will add linux support at some point, maybe even before launch, but that doesn't mean that this article and it's headline aren't an absolute insulting mess.
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Originally posted by ernstp View Post
They've just started investing _more_ in projects like DXVK, Mesa ACO compiler, SteamVR for Linux is getting constant updates, Fossilize and secure compile, etc etc so that's not the impression I'm getting.
I suspect they lose much more on Epic and Origin than Windows store so again, why bother with Linux? I can't figure it out.
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