

The state of software and how companies behave digitally is entirely responsibility of the consumer, just gather some courage and demand what you want, and don't yield if the company doesn't support your platform and privacy concerns.

Proton is not a replacement and if you value yourself as a consumer you should never be complacent with a proton version.


The amount of people that don't understand the difference between native gaming and Proton is simply astonishing. This isn't the only game to go a similar route, with ARK: Survival Evolved recently putting the Linux Native version behind a Beta. It also has a Steam Deck Playable rating, which uses Proton now too. For Linux users though you can use Proton to run the Windows version, which fully works. Unfortunately, this means that Party Functionality, including Private Multiplayer, is no longer available in Armello on MacOSX and native Linux platforms." but they don't go on to name whatever company that is.įor the Native Linux and macOS versions, they're still functional and up to date they just don't have the new party system or private matches. Giving a little more detail on their official site it mentions how "The service provider we use for Armello’s multiplayer infrastructure has decided to cease support for their party services on MacOSX and Linux. Due to the severity of this one, we've removed any advertising of support for Linux & Mac from Steam (and shortly Humble Bundle), though folks can still purchase and play those versions.". In the news post they mention how there's "No Party Functionality (including Private Games) on MacOSX & native Linux. Armello, a grim fairy-tale board game from League of Geeks no longer advertises that it supports Linux and macOS due to their new party system that landed with the cross-play update.
