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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past announced

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    ahatlikethat
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    As a linux gamer this part has me feeling apprehensive: I really hope the Proton folks are on top of it.

    As a linux gamer this part has me feeling apprehensive:

    Only processors supported on Windows 11 will be supported by us.
    Only graphics cards with ongoing active driver support for gaming on Windows 11 will be supported.

    I really hope the Proton folks are on top of it.

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    1. JCAPER
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      I don’t know about the technical details, but the new boss of CDProjekt has been talking about how he wants to make GOG work natively on Linux. It would be contradictory if the studio didn’t work...

      I don’t know about the technical details, but the new boss of CDProjekt has been talking about how he wants to make GOG work natively on Linux.

      It would be contradictory if the studio didn’t work on making sure that their games work on Linux as well

      4 votes
    2. zod000
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      There were Linux native versions for every other Witcher 3 DLC, so I don't know that proton comes into play here.

      There were Linux native versions for every other Witcher 3 DLC, so I don't know that proton comes into play here.

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    3. Carrow
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      Based on the context, my impression is "supported" means "tested and will provide bug fixes for." Hopefully it doesn't mean they'll put in a linux-breaking game launcher... If I had a dollar for...

      Based on the context, my impression is "supported" means "tested and will provide bug fixes for." Hopefully it doesn't mean they'll put in a linux-breaking game launcher... If I had a dollar for every game that felt the need to do that over ten years after release, well, I wouldn't have no dollars.

  2. tomorrow-never-knows
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    An unexpected announcement, but a very welcome one to be sure. CDPR have even teamed up with Fool's Theory to get some original Witcher devs back in the mix.

    An unexpected announcement, but a very welcome one to be sure. CDPR have even teamed up with Fool's Theory to get some original Witcher devs back in the mix.

    3 votes