Humble Indie Bundle 9 released

Re:Humble Indie Bundle 9 released by ekianjo on Wednesday September 11, 2013 @07:38PM (#6370951)

Well there's Metro Last Light coming up very soon it seems, that's a sign that AAA gaming may be entering the dance slowly. On the indie side in the end of July Andy, the creator of Monaco, confirmed the upcoming Linux port. I bought Monaco when it came out for Windows, but I hardly played it since I'm spending most of my time under Linux. NOw, knowing this game is coming on Linux made my day.

And this HB9 is excellent. Very much in the tradition of the best ones from 2012.

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Re:Humble Indie Bundle 9 released by johnchristopher on Thursday September 12, 2013 @06:43AM (#6373252)

Unreal 2004, quake3, W:ET, etc. Those AAA games already entered the dance and it didn't work out as well as their windows versions. I would not bet a cent on Metro Last Light changing anything to gaming on linux.

It is always "about to change soon" with games on Linux.

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Re:Humble Indie Bundle 9 released by eterm on Thursday September 12, 2013 @07:42AM (#6373430)

Steam for linux is a game-changer though. While previous efforts (there was a surge around 2000 with the likes of Q3, NWN etc) lacked cohesion, there is a convenient banner under which to promote games on linux and real stats on how many people are actually playing games on linux rather than the overhyped estimates of the past.

Linux gaming in the past has too much been about poor-grade clones of popular games. Now via Steam Linux is getting a lot of real games delivered, and in a manner where the publisher/developer can see the true impact of the decisions to port.

So no, Metro: LL might not change anything itself, but it is a sign that other stuff is having a real effect and that there is a pull.

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