Leftovers: Gaming
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First Steps with OpenVR and the Vive on Linux
First up, if you're looking for my upcoming Vive unboxing video, this isn't it!
When my Vive arrived earlier this month, I'd decided to let it sit in its box for a while. The most recent communication regarding official support was "We are working on it but it's not ready yet," and I had a lot of other work to focus on.
About a month ago, an OSVR contributor had mentioned in the OpenHMD IRC channel that OSVR had a driver that interfaced with Valve's Vive driver and allowed OSVR to support the Vive under Linux. I didn't have time to look into it, but was glad to know that even if Linux support wasn't being advertised as ready by Valve, that there was something tangible to work with.
The Vive's official launch came and went without advertised Linux support and it seemed that those users who did have Vives hadn't managed to jump through the correct hoops to get it functioning on Linux until last night when Linux user and developer SketchStick nudged me to take a look at some successes he'd had.
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Shadwen, the new stealth game from Frozenbyte has released with day 1 Linux support
Shadwen the brand new action and stealth game from Frozenbyte is now officially available. I can't wait to give it a go.
I have requested review codes, so I will have to wait and see if Frozenbyte reply on that. Samsai has a copy so hopefully he will livestream it for you guys on Friday.
Update: Frozenbyte have given me a copy. Thoughts to come when I've put time into it.It's nice to see Frozenbyte do something a bit different after Trine, so hopefully it's as good as it looks.
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Frozenbyte's Shadwen Launches, Recommends NVIDIA Proprietary Driver On Linux
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Hearts of Iron IV officially up for pre-order and will feature Linux support, releases June 6th
Paradox fans may want to know that Hearts of Iron IV is officially available to pre-order and there's a trailer.
It will release on June 6th with a basic price of £34.99 for the smallest edition available right up to £67.99.
I've not played any of the previous games (which don't have Linux support), so I look forward to seeing what all the fuss is about. I am sure quite a number of people are excited by having this on Linux.
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Unreal Tournament on Linux, checking up on the progress by Epic Games and how to get it running on Linux
For those that don't know, or forgot, the new Unreal Tournament does in fact have a Linux version. I check on it now and then and it's really starting to come together.
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