Not having epic game store is a feature. That platform is so garbage that it supporting linux will just make linux worse.
It took Epic three years to implement a shopping cart on their store, I don’t think their idea of “soon” lines up with anyone else’s.
I dont think there is much overlap of people using Steam Deck and using Epic Games Store.
I’ve been collecting the free games, and they have some cute ones for kids.
Unifideck is a great Decky Loader plug-in.
Dozens
The most significant thing about this development is that Timmy (CEO) was extremely vocal about being basically anti-Linux. So this is, in a way, the market (and also Valve largely) forcing his hand, which is the way things should work in an educated society. It’s the way capitalists like the pretend the world works.
Hopefully Ubisoft gets the message soon.
maybe ypu can fibd domething different but i never saw his stance as “anti” linux but more 'linux isnt worth the time". being honest, i thinn its more that microsoft has bern very good to epic, however microsft has gone through too many identity crises.
either way, i do think there is a good future gaming on linux and linux in general.
I don’t know that MS has “identity crises”. Windows just shifted from being a tool for people to use computers to a tool for Microsoft to use people.
GOG also said they are working on Linux support for over a decade ago. Some developer saying something unofficial in a Discord server isn’t enough for me to believe this will happen soon. Also, if they have a native Linux application, that plays the Windows games through Proton (or any of its variants), then will they support their own games on Linux too? Will Fortnite be playable on Linux?
GOG finally posted a job opening to hire a Linux developer recently
Fun Fact, Unreal Engine has supported Linux for a long time, which would be pretty much the only reason I would ever install Epic Gamea Store. The fuckers work for the CCP.
Weren’t they just bought out by Saudis?
Oh shit, they aren’t the same? My bad. They both are filth, so I assumed they had the same owners. Same shit, different company I guess.
Hey maybe I’ll actually play some of those free games Ive been collecting for years
If it’s on SteamOS (Deck, Machine or DIY), check out the Unifideck plugin for Decky Loader.
If that’s all you use the EGS for, you can just use the Heroic games launcher. heroicgameslauncher.com/
Cool thanks, I’ll give it a try
Wait does apex legends work in Linux?
I finally got a graphics card from this decade, and I kept trying to play it the other day but it kept giving me anticheat errors before I even got into the game.
Never played it before. Ended up playing slipgate and an athletic young lady let me play cyberpunk a bit.
Nope - anything made by Epic, EA, Ubisoft, Riot or Rockstar is blocked from working on Linux, and the list is actually growing with For Honor being blocked soon
I play Ubisoft games on Bazzite, an atomic distro. Works great, no issues at all.
Ooh, well apologies to all those companies but I guess I won’t be playing any of their games.
I don’t think there’s anything that a game could do that would convince me to install windows for it.
I’ve personally ditched most gaming as a result, same as I mostly stopped following media after DRM became a thing a decade or so ago. I wish more people did the same, because interacting with people while being intentionally unaware of popular culture is difficult
Use GoG. DRM free games. You can download the installer and distribute it for backups. Do anything you like.
Great news for all 2 of them that wish to use EGS.
No big deal if they don’t manage to make EAC work on Linux for all usage cases. Fortnite itself still refuses to support Linux, and if that’s the case, why would Epic bother to port its Game Store there?
Technically EAC already works via Proton, can even already spy on Linux via Symlinks to access the entire file system and monitor active processes.
And even then, that is still not enough supervision for a growing amount of developers. Latest in the trend: Sony, with Marvel Tŏkon
Took 25 years too long… But OK. Better now than never.
