Dota 2 Reborn Entering Beta Next Week - Valve's First Source 2 Game

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Phoronix: Dota 2 Reborn Entering Beta Next Week - Valve's First Source 2 Game

By this time next week, Valve's first Source 2 Engine game should be available in open beta...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Dota-2-Reborn-Next-Week

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[mike4]

Hopefully with Vulkan support to not fall behind Metal.

[kalin]

I'm super exited Im fan of dota and custom games.

[humbug]

Hopefully with Vulkan support to not fall behind Metal.

They already have it working with Vulkan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hth4u65zfc

But they have to wait for Khronos to finalize the spec and everybody to release drivers.

[Maxjen]

It would be cool if they also use that new UI framework they mention for engine tools. This looks a bit unpolished compared to UE4 and Unity.

[Guest]

Doubt vulcan support right out of the bat would be good for anything but testing vulcan (emulated) drivers.

Anyways, don't expect too much at first, valve is known to release first and fix problems later, but hopefully it will get better over time and surpass DX<->OGL driver over time in terms of performance.