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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[–] 39 points 3 months ago (1 child)

I'm still in the "Microsoft can fuck off and die" camp, so I don't imagine I'll be using this.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 51 points 3 months ago

    Wow! I am like... not interested at all. It's microslop, I wouldn't touch it even if it were free.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago

    There was a time where that would have mattered.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Microsoft will break things faster than hobby devs can keep up.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Why bother? They're shuttering most of the developers they bought up

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    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)

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    Can't wait to give Microsoft ever more money for not owning my games. Profit off of me harder, daddy.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child)

    I have but one title in the Microsoft Store library that I'd like to revisit here on Linux sometime before their game servers gets shut down: Sea of Thieves. I don't know what made me think buying a game there was a good idea..
    But this Xodus project is giving me hope!
    It's bold to host the project on Github though
    ..
    Oh, UWP is not going to be supported.. Probably means I'll never get to play Sea of Thieves again :(

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)