A new GOG Galaxy is coming in 2027 with full Linux support

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• BigFanofStuff@lemmy.cafe ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Can’t wait, I’m hoping they release a flatpak at some point my all my immutable homies

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  • Hanrahan@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    yeah, I’m hoping so!

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• CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Heroic works fine but I appreciate the gesture.

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  • zhyl@feddit.uk ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    For me it’s definitely more about legitimacy, recognition and signalling to the market.

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    • Kraiden@piefed.social ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      This. I don’t use GOG much, primarily because I’m lazy and just want all my games in the same place, but this is still fantastic news! It’s one less barrier to ditching Windows as the defacto gaming os. It’s also signaling to developers that the market share of users they cut off by explicitly excluding Linux (through kernel anti cheat or however else) is growing.

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  • scops@reddthat.com ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This isn’t news for us already on Linux so much as it is yet another signal to Windows users that gaming on Linux is viable and worth investigating.

    GOG and CDPR are closely related, so if nothing else, this means a high likelihood of launch day support for The Witcher 4 on Linux (or at least Proton), and THAT is a big deal.

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  • ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Do cloud saves work yet? They haven’t turned themselves on for me by default, so I’m guessing Heroic still considers the feature to be unreliable. That and proper achievement integration are my two most desired features for an official client.

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    • jacobydehunter@lemmy.zip ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They’re never on by default, but you can turn them on for each game that supports it. I’ve never had trouble!

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• jlow@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Let’s hope it’s not slopped!

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• mesamunefire@piefed.social ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Good! an official client! Hopefully it works with Steam Deck/Steam machine.

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• CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yeeeaaaah booooooy!

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• VerdantTome@programming.dev ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Just as long as I can still keep downloading standalone installers for both existing and future titles.

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There are already a few games that REQUIRE galaxy to run, unfortunately.

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    • diaphragmwp@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      See! I kept stating this! Nobody believed me.

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    • ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Only for multiplayer, unless I missed something. It’s their biggest glaring omission, but Galaxy is always optional or else their business model falls apart, and I understand that letting the platform take care of the multiplayer was an olive branch developers had been begging for.

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• marxismtomorrow@lemmy.today ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  But will it actually fix the numerous games that still ship with outdated dependencies without providing said dependencies?

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