s04e08 – In the Winter of 2666

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DerRidda and HER0 01 talk about the release of the remaining Saints Row ports, future mech games, and the latest happenings in the Linux gaming world.

Introduction

00:00:19 @HeroOhOne introduces
00:00:20 @DerRidda

Our Gaming

00:00:27 @DerRidda has been playing Insurgency [http://store.steampowered.com/app/222880], Payday 2 [http://store.steampowered.com/app/218620], Saints Row 2 [http://store.steampowered.com/app/9480], and Saints Row: The Third [http://store.steampowered.com/app/55230]
00:00:37 @HeroOhOne has been playing Payday 2 [http://store.steampowered.com/app/218620] and Windward [http://www.tasharen.com/presskit/sheet.php?p=windward]

SteamLUG Community Stuff

00:00:57 Past Events
Daedalus - No Escape [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/707437285802900413]
Payday 2 [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/707437285802900569]
Team Fortress 2 [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/707437285802908375]
Coffin Dodgers [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/707437285802908561]
00:02:15 Upcoming Events
King Arthur's Gold [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/707437285802911398]
War Thunder [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/707437285802911560]
Fistful of Frags [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/707437285802916839]
XCOM 2 [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/707437285802917037]
00:02:31 @ValiantCheese released Tiny Chooper Raceway, a game made with Godot Engine [https://github.com/Cheeseness/tiny-chopper-raceway]

Steam/Valve News

00:03:32 Steam beta update includes a better performing Vulkan overlay [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta#announcements/detail/887582442903066807]
00:04:04 HTC Vive has been launched [http://www.steamvr.com]
Not yet working on Linux
00:04:50 GDC Steam Controller talk is now available [http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1023606]

Tech News

00:05:55 radeonsi and mesa have support for OpenGL 4.2 [https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2016-April/112547.html]
00:06:32 Vulkan support has been added to some Android devices [http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2016/04/android-n-developer-preview-2-out-today.html]
00:07:10 Unity editor version 5.4.0b13 has been released for Linux [http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/unity-on-linux-release-notes-and-known-issues.350256/#post-2586478]
00:07:53 Godot Engine 2.0.2 is now available [https://godotengine.org/article/maintenance-release-godot-2-0-2]

General Gaming News

00:08:38 The Talos Principle beta Vulkan performance has been improved [http://steamcommunity.com/app/257510/discussions/0/371919771762680354]
DerRidda had his frame rate double between this beta and the last [http://pastebin.com/9bTUQRJW]
Vulkan command line flag is +gfx_strAPI "VLK"
00:09:57 Savage Resurrection has been revealed [http://savrez.com]
00:11:22 Hand of Fate 2 has been announced [http://store.steampowered.com/app/456670]
00:12:07 Don't Starve Together is leaving Early Access on April 21st [http://forums.kleientertainment.com/topic/66132-dont-starve-together-leaving-early-access]
00:12:26 Enter the Gungeon released [http://store.steampowered.com/app/311690]
00:13:27 Saints Row 2 and Saints Row: The Third ports have been released [http://steamcommunity.com/games/55230/announcements/detail/608359266016307449]
00:16:32 ARK: Survival of the Fittest [http://steamcommunity.com/games/407530/announcements/detail/868441862309808608]
00:17:33 Golf With Friends [https://steamcommunity.com/games/431240/announcements/detail/841420191442565760]
00:18:01 SpeedRunners port by @flibitijibibo is now out of beta [http://steamcommunity.com/app/207140/discussions/2/412448792351455365/#c371919771763603290]
00:18:22 Dark Horizons: Mechanized Corps is to come to Linux soon [http://steamcommunity.com/games/dhmc/announcements/detail/821153936375835024]
00:20:21 Heavy Gear Assault is also shown to have a Linux port in the works [https://heavygear.com/uploads/8c6898b3a9a20aa674da44aee38d152994453abc.png]
00:21:01 These mech games add to one we already have on Linux, Strike Suite Zero [http://strikesuitzero.com]
00:21:17 Homefront: The Revolution gameplay video is available [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE0FoI1mpQc]
Linux port is not to be released on day 1 [https://twitter.com/DSDambuster/status/720613271536017408]

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