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Epic Launches Program to Pay Devs to Bring Old Games to Epic Games Store - IGN (www.ign.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ampersandrew@kbin.social to c/gaming@kbin.social

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It's an incentive for devs to put their back catalogues to EGS, after they just laid off 800 employees because they spend too much money. Is it just me, or does everyone besides Epic know what the problem is with EGS?

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[–] thingsiplay@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know about Heroic, but I refuse to support a company that is so much against Linux. They purchased Rocket League and took away the perfectly functioning Linux version back then (and made it unplayable for a while for me). Why would I pay Epic Games money, if they don't support Linux, while Valve actively pays developers to program and help the Linux world of sides?

I'm not interested into Heroic Game Launcher. It does not address the problems I have with Epic and does not support everything Steam has, when I purchase it on Epic Games.

[–] resketreke@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just so you know, Heroic also supports GOG and Prime Gaming, you can still find some good use for it.

[–] thingsiplay@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the past I have used Lutris for itch.io and Humble Bundle (and GOG), plus the additional games provided through Lutris scripts itself. So I would use Lutris over Heroic, as it supports itch.io and Humble and for the familiarity I already have with the software.

[–] resketreke@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

For some reason Lutris gives me trouble when downloading GOG games quite often, so I was forced to look for alternatives and that's when I found about Heroic