Linux gaming has been rumbling along in the background for some time. However, this seems to be the year it reaches a wider audience, as proper Linux support has become a much-requested feature for many platforms.
Next up is the Epic Games Store/Launcher, it seems, as an Epic dev has responded to a user query about Linux support with an emoji saying "soon." The conversation was spotted (and indeed, screenshotted) by Mr_Madafaka on Reddit.
"But not for the preview release," says Onepercentnachos on the Epic Games Store Discord community server. "As you can imagine, we need to do more than simply have a build of the launcher that can run natively on Linux."
Even some of our own team have made the leap...
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