One of the Heroic devs is working on project Xodus, which is aiming to make game pass and other windows store games work on Linux/steam deck. They already have Xbox logins, license checks, and game downloads working, but are still working on the games themselves.
An important note:
That being said, the Xodus project is targeting games using Microsoft's newer GDK and MSIXVC format. Older apps that use the UWP format, such as many games released during the Windows 8 and early Windows 10 period (Forza Horizon 3, Gears of War 4), aren't planned to be supported.
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TootSweet@lemmy.world · 50 pts · 1d
jtrek@startrek.website · 38 pts · 1d
I'm still in the "Microsoft can fuck off and die" camp, so I don't imagine I'll be using this.
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz · 11 pts · 1d
A fair stance to take
AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social · 16 pts · 1d
Wow! I am like... not interested at all. It's microslop, I wouldn't touch it even if it were free.
hdnsmbt@feddit.org · 15 pts · 23h
Yeah, but that would mean giving money to Microsoft. Pass.
ISolox@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 17h
Guys even if you hate microslop, this is not a bad thing to have the option for those who do use it. If it gets more people over to Linux I only see that as a good thing.
Flamekebab@piefed.social · 12 pts · 20h
There was a time where that would have mattered.
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip · 5 pts · 17h
Why bother? They're shuttering most of the developers they bought up
ISolox@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 17h
Even though I don't use gamepass, it's not a bad thing to have the option.
dan1101@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 10h
Microsoft will break things faster than hobby devs can keep up.
Runecrush376@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 16h
to be honest i dont care about game passes, i prefer to buy my games on gog so i can have them drm free. But this is indeed a cool thing. A lot of people still dualboot for these xbox gamepass things.
frtzngbllr@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 17h
I hate Microslop just like anyone else, but the Forza Horizon games currently have me have a dualboot system. (Got them ALL in the xbox store)
MystValkyrie@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 16h
I'd do this if it meant I could finally play Halo 5, but I'd likely unsubscribe immediately after. And I've been eyeing Phantom Dust on the Windows Store for a while.
Game Pass doesn't feel worth installing/dual-booting Windows over, so I appreciate that this project exists. In a roundabout way, I think this could lessen folks' dependence on Microsoft in the long run.
ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 9h
Can't wait to give Microsoft ever more money for not owning my games. Profit off of me harder, daddy.
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 1d
Too little, way too late.
dan69@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 18h
Agreed, no amount of money or effort id endorse this. Especially when you easily spend 30-50$ to build a decent indie and non indie game list just for your steamdeck!
cenariodantesco@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d
MystValkyrie@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 16h