The main reason why game publishers refuse to support Linux isn't the "low market share" drama. It's the lack of potential backroom licensing and exclusivity deals. You can't ask for money for Linux exclusives because Linux is open source. Nobody owns it so there is nobody you can ask for money. And that's where the big money is made. In B2B deals.

Game devs routinely approach Microsoft for extra funding in exchange for exclusivity deals and/or licensing adjustments. You can't do that with Linux.

Those deals are struck before the game is made while actual sales might be below expectations. These deals influence the game's dev cycle. Big money calls the shots often before there is a playable demo.

The whole "Linux has a low market share" drama is BS.

There are a lot of backroom licensing deals that companies like Valve don't talk about because of NDAs. And those can really chip away at their profits.

That's why Valve supports Linux. Because Steam is a digital game publishing platform and it's in their own best interests to not share profits with anyone else via backroom licensing and exclusivity deals.

By making Linux mainstream they ensure the game will work on steam without having to deal with third parties like Microsoft. It's a huge leverage when B2B licensing is involved.

Linux essentially ensures Valve doesn't have to worry about any of that in the long term because nobody owns Linux so nobody from the Linux side will come and ask them for money. And their investments in Linux are minimal from a financial point of view. There are ~79 people working on Steam. And only a fraction of them work on Linux support.

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Initially developed and released by Gearbox Software in 2001, second Half-Life add-on, Half-Life: Blue Shift is a return to the Black Mesa Research Facility and another look at the Incident's consequences from the eyes of Gordon Freeman's best friend - Barney Calhoun.

In 2012, Crowbar Collective has delighted Half-Life fans with release of the magnificent Half-Life remake, but there are still no released remakes for add-ons. This is when we are coming in - HECU Collective are developing the Black Mesa: Blue Shift - a free remake with use of Black Mesa resources and style. We will try to stay as close to the original Blue Shift and Black Mesa as possible. Our mod will be releasing partially, chapter by chapter, so those who are not patient for the full release will finally have something to play!

News:

HECU Collective’s Blue Shift mod’s Chapter 5: Focal Point is out now.

Installation: (Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Pop!_OS derivatives)

1) Subscribe to Black Mesa: Blue Shift on Steam Workshop.

2) Opt-in public-beta branch of Black Mesa. (THIS IS IMPORTANT!)

3) Download Black Mesa.

4) Copy Black Mesa: Blue Shift mod folder into Black Mesa's directory.

cp -R ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/workshop/content/362890/2424633574/bshift ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Black\ Mesa

Sound fix:

5a) Install pip and ValvePython's vpk:

sudo apt install pip pip install vpk --break-system-packages

5b) Extract sound and move sound files:

~/.local/bin/vpk -x ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Black\ Mesa/bshift/audio ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Black\ Mesa/bshift/bshift_sound_dir.vpk && mv ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Black\ Mesa/bshift/audio/sound ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Black\ Mesa/bshift && rm -d ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Black\ Mesa/bshift/audio

Font fix:

6a) Download, extract and move new Black Mesa: Blue Shift's fonts.

cd ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Black\ Mesa/bshift && mkdir ui cd ui && mkdir fonts cd ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Black\ Mesa/bshift wget https://web.archive.org/web/20221219205348if_/https://dl.retzo.net/dl/1686337449-8/fontsblueshift.zip unzip fontsblueshift.zip -d ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Black\ Mesa/bshift/ui/fonts

Source, Original Source

7) Edit game launch options of Black Mesa:

AMD/Intel:

mesa_glthread=true %command% -game bshift +developer 0 -oldgameui -disabledxvk

Nvidia:

__GL_THREADED_OPTIMIZATION=1 %command% -game bshift +developer 0 -oldgameui -disabledxvk

That's it, enjoy!

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According to a report from Reuters, Sony are currently in talks to buy Kadokawa Corporation, the owner of ELDEN RING developer FromSoftware.

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Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Available in Beta for The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, is the new The Binding of Isaac: Repentance+ update that brings online co-op.

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Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

I have downloaded Steam from flathub.

I created a folder in my hard drive for steam, Whenever i try to download my games to my other drive it gives me a disk write error. What can i do to fix this?

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Now in Early Access, Arcane Wilds gives a slightly different take on the base-building RTS genre and comes with Linux support.

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I'm trying to get The Amazing Spider-Man 1 to run smoothly on Linux Mint using Lutris, but I've been struggling with all kinds of performance and visual issues. I've tried messing around with different versions of Wine, Proton, and DXVK, but nothing is quite right. Here’s a rundown of what I’ve tried so far:

Wine 9.21 Staging:

- With DXVK: Doesn't work at all.

- Without DXVK: No luck either.

Proton 9.0-3:

- With DXVK: The visuals are fine, but the performance takes a huge hit.

- Without DXVK: It runs, but the performance is rough and there are some visual glitches.

Proton 8.0-3:

- With DXVK: Performance is bad, visuals are fine, but some keyboard keys don’t respond.

- Without DXVK: Performance is better, but visual bugs show up and some keys still don’t work. Plus, it crashes after about 5 minutes.

Proton 7.0-3:

- With DXVK: It runs, but the performance is poor.

- Without DXVK: No go.

Proton 5.13-6:

- With DXVK: It works, but it’s still pretty laggy.

- Without DXVK: Doesn’t work at all.

Has anyone managed to get this game running decently on Linux? I'd love to hear any tips or tweaks to fix the performance and visuals. Thanks

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Hi. I bought a HP Victus 16-R1061NT 9J263EA a few days ago, then installed EndeavourOS Linux to it. Everything is working fine except the games from Lutris.

First thing I did after the set up was installing Nvidia drivers(my computer has a RTX4060) and then, optimus-manager(Works fine right now.). Second thing was installing wine, wine-ge, ge-proton, Lutris and Steam. From it, then I installed its latest version of Proton.

I had a few games from a Windows installation. I copied them over to a folder in my Linux set up and created a prefix for them, then added them both to Lutris and Steam.

Now, when I launch them from Lutris, nothing initially happens. But when I do super+tab or play for a few minutes, games gets stuck.(Doesn't matter which fork of wine that I'm using, all of them produces the same issue) I can then stop them from Lutris. However, this doesn't happens in Steam. The games work perfectly fine, even after doing super+tab and returning back.

What can be the cause of this? And what can be a solution for it?

Also, I want to use a single prefix(or a main folder for all prefix foldersş due multiple reasons. I can't set that up in Proton too. How to do this? Weirdly, in Steam the games which was first run at Lutris uses the Lutris prefix while the others are using their own prefixes.

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I currently installed heroic games launcher and Roblox on my Ubuntu Linux and whenever I run Roblox it crashes every time same with Roblox. Studio I try to run GTA 5 to it also crashes js there a fix for this?

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I have Mint 22 on my Asus Zephyrus G14, which has an Nvidia 3060 card.

I'd like to run games that aren't on Steam or GoG, nor are they listed on the Lutris site.

I generally have these games backed up as ISO files.

WINE is installed.

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https://preview.redd.it/qgn2f2ifhs1e1.png?width=650&format=png&auto=webp&s=0a0a765667beb00d465073c29785464f7f89f70b

i'm new to linux so i have issues with knowing what to do in such situations, been using linux mint 22. i bought the witcher 2 on sale on gog and had lots of trouble from the installing part, but once i got over it, the game refuses to start and this is what shows up. i've tried to install the missing files many times and succeeded with some i got from another reddit wich apparently were needed, maybe, but the ones on the print with 'not found' just says it doesn't exist so i really don't know what to do. i don't know what the others are either. i can provide more informations about the notebook or something if needed, just let me know. (sorry if the english is bad, it's not my native language).

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Hi! I recently decided to try out Lutris so that I could play some Battlenet games and encountered this graphical glitch when trying to open WoW Classic for example.

WoW Classic artifacting / glitching when opened via Battle.net on Lutris

I should have most of the correct Nvidia drivers, and I did follow the lutris install documentation from their GitHub. I thought this might be a Wine thing, but it even happens on other certain applications natively in Arch; another example being when I open submenus on Steam the submenu will have that same artifacting effect on it.

Steam submenus such as right clicking attributes give the same glitching effect

I'd love suggestions, because I'm not sure if I'm just missing a driver or if it's something else. Here is a quick neofetch for troubleshooting:

Neofetch

I will update this thread and mark as solved if I find out how to get it fixed, so that it can be of help to others later!

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Hello, since i wasnt sure which flair to add, i popped it into the support one.

I just have one question, is playing on Battleye secured servers, easy anti cheat secured games safe on linux?

VAC is not a threat bcs of steamdeck, and vanguard isnt even something i care about cuz i dont play neither lol or valorant.

So how is linux, EAC and BE?

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A little background: I play The Finals using my mobile hotspot (10gb/mo). Internet in my apartment building is very poor, to the point of taking 15 minutes for a 34mb update. I move my entire PC setup to update games and my system when necessary.

So, I've updated The Finals, and hop on my hotspot to play a few rounds. There is no 'update' button, just 'play' (Steam). I launch the game, and proceed to be absolutely useless due to lag. I look over at my other monitor, and see the game is downloading updates while I'm playing. I've already burned up 3/4 of my monthly hotspot in one night due to this. So, I close the game and think "I'll just let it update I guess". Update stops, and the 'play' button is shown. I reopen the game, and it launches, and proceeds to download updates. I have no idea why it's doing it this way, and I don't really feel like going get destroyed by a boss in Lies of P until I get access to internet again, as my hotspot got sucked up instantaneously

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Z4txj9t7s

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The game crashes on launch and only starts with proton, but then it won't work with VAC secured servers. Using a beta for an older version doesn't allow you to play on servers made for the new version. It seems like this is a common problem, having checked the Steam discussions for HL2:DM.

Edit: Upon further research, it seems like an issue has been opened about this on GitHub:
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Source-1-Games/issues/6556

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I'm thinking of swapping to linux and wanted to know which should i pick for gaming

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Installed wine and Steam through pi-apps Not really sure what I did to make it work because it wasn't working but now it is

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