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  • An update on what's happening with Crazy Justice, the Battle Royale game from Black Riddles Studio

    It's been a rather turbulent time for Black Riddles Studio, with Crazy Justice [Official Site, Steam] originally being scheduled to release in Early Access in July. I contacted Fig to see if they knew what was going on, who got an answer from Black Riddles for me. First, let's sum up the situation for those not up to speed.

  • What Subset Games (FTL, Into the Breach) think of Valve's Steam Play

    Subset Games [Official Site] are a developer I was especially keen to speak to about Valve's Steam Play system, since Into the Breach is included as a white-listed game by Valve even though they're working on a Linux version.

    Into the Breach is an interesting turn-based strategy game about the remnants of human civilization being threatened by gigantic creatures breeding beneath the earth. They confirmed back in early August that Into the Breach's Linux version was in "active development", so I thought their viewpoint might be quite interesting given the situation.

    They first made it clear they are doing a Linux version, then their programmer Mathew expanded on it a bit.

  • Overwatch Players Using Linux Get Accidentally Banned

    Overwatch is definitely one of the best FPS games around. Even despite the fact that is has been out for over 2 years now, it remains highly popular due to its varied roster of characters and the team-based mechanics. While everything hasn’t been smooth sailing, the game has also largely avoided any major issues as it develops further.

    In a report via PCGamesN though, Linux users of the game had a nasty surprise after they found their Overwatch accounts had been permanently banned.

  • Blizzard Throws Permanent Bans For Overwatch Players Using Linux

    Well, this is quite an interesting situation the players of Overwatch have found themselves.

    It seems like Overwatch players who have been using the Linux operating system to play Blizzard’s hero shooter game have now been banned, like permanently.

    Just recently when bans took place, players found out that their choice of OS was the reason for such bans. There is a lot of unrest among the community as fans are not too happy with this situation, they have been pushed into.

    As you may know that Overwatch has been playable on Linux for quite some time now and fans have been using this opportunity to play using, Linux operating system.

Blizzard has unbanned Overwatch players who were using Linux

  • Blizzard has unbanned Overwatch players who were using Linux

    Blizzard has recently, and unexpectedly, banned several Overwatch players who have been using Linux as their operating system. After several players confirmed the inconvenience on Reddit, Blizzard responded with PR statements and unbans.

    Several players reported being banned for simply using Linux while playing Overwatch, with the automated system detecting an apparently unusual chat program that has not been officially authorized.

    Considering that Blizzard did in fact authorise playing Overwatch on Linux and even on Macs that use emulated Windows, it was rather odd that players got banned for using the opportunity. It was even worse since there was no warning they could be banned and their accounts got suspended out of the blue.

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