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Epic Games Store: Launcher to get Linux version
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this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2026
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GOG was worth supporting for that reason ( until their recent little Nazi incident...) but Epic is far worse for the games industry than anything steam has ever done. Holding games ~~hostage~~ exclusive to try and force people to use their shitty platform is much worse than steam saying the steam price has to match the lowest price off-steam...
Got link for the incident?
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/gog-apologizes-for-emailing-nazi-runes-to-its-followers/
You know it's the devs decision if they want to be exclusive? https://store.epicgames.com/distribution/revenue-programs/epic-first-run-program?lang=en-US