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News - SiN Reloaded from Nightdive Studios arrives this year and there's a new trailer
By Calinou, 9 Mar 2026 at 8:17 pm UTC

I've had this game on my steam wishlist for a long time but seeing this trailer only makes me think: -Why, oh why couldn't this game get the same treatment that "System Shock" got with it's remake, or "Half-Life" got with the release of "Black Mesa".
The budgets for these remakes are much higher, I think there's not much more to it.

I think this looks pretty good, but I do miss the blob shadows that the Quake 2 re-release had under the character models. Looking at the trailer, I also don't think this is running at a 40 Hz tickrate like the Q2 re-release, it seems to have kept the original 10 Hz tickrate. This means it'll have significant input lag, unfortunately.

News - PRAGMATA from Capcom has the release date moved closer in April
By scaine, 9 Mar 2026 at 7:36 pm UTC

It's Capcom, so, Denuvo encumbered, which is a shame, as this is another title I'd definitely buy otherwise.

News - SiN Reloaded from Nightdive Studios arrives this year and there's a new trailer
By Cyba.Cowboy, 9 Mar 2026 at 7:24 pm UTC

Hopefully this is playable under SteamOS - I have the original games, and they are broken under SteamOS, which means that I can't play them on my Steam Deck.

News - You can grab the Mafia: Trilogy, Far Cry Primal, Pentiment and more in this game bundle
By Drawing Pixels, 9 Mar 2026 at 7:07 pm UTC

Wasn't able to buy it due to the Harry Potter being included, J.K. Rowling actively funds anti-trans groups and laws. I'm not comfortable funding the person working to remove the safety and rights of my friends, family and myself. 😅

News - SiN Reloaded from Nightdive Studios arrives this year and there's a new trailer
By Feist, 9 Mar 2026 at 6:56 pm UTC

I'm not that into "fancy graphics" in a general sense but..."Old 3D" from (roughly speaking) the time before the release of "Half-Life 2", that is graphics that I have a bit of a hard time enjoying.

I've had this game on my steam wishlist for a long time but seeing this trailer only makes me think: -Why, oh why couldn't this game get the same treatment that "System Shock" got with it's remake, or "Half-Life" got with the release of "Black Mesa".

News - Denuvo has been removed from DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake
By SlayerTheChikken, 9 Mar 2026 at 6:52 pm UTC

Just letting you guys know the reason for the removal might have to do with it being defeated again, they are likely removing it from older titles before the high seas get to it for reputational reasons. Just speculation though.

News - You can grab the Mafia: Trilogy, Far Cry Primal, Pentiment and more in this game bundle
By UltraAltesBrot, 9 Mar 2026 at 6:46 pm UTC

Great bundle, but I don't get why buyers should support an industry lobby group as a... charity?!

News - Valve give Team Fortress 2 a big bug-fix update
By UltraAltesBrot, 9 Mar 2026 at 6:31 pm UTC

  • Fixed a bug where certain custom maps would not load assets correctly on Linux
Finally this got fixed. Still waiting for Valve to also push it to CS:S and the other orange box games, since it's [being tracked on Github](https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Source-1-Games/issues/6868) for well over a year now.

News - CachyOS update brings improvements for PC gaming handhelds, the installer and more
By fenglengshun, 9 Mar 2026 at 6:27 pm UTC

Been using CachyOS for a month since migrating from Bazzite. It's been pretty smooth so far.

Octopi seems rough at first, being more like Synaptics or dnfdragora, but once I got used to it I actually quite like it due to how fast and to-the-point it is - it's kinda like having an ultra efficient search engine to Arch packages and AUR.

I still do install stuff on Distrobox and Flatpak for mitigation reasons. But the host system overall is pretty well thought out. It feels like they just set Arch up for you, include many optimization in the backend, and otherwise unintrusively give you Arch with just a couple of nice-to-have and decent out-of-box-experience.

I think that's what makes it stand out from Manjaro, Garuda, Endeavour. It still feels like Arch, as the nice-to-haves and the defaults feels seamless even though they absolutely set things up for you... Arguably pretty aggressively. I think it's because it feels unopinioated regarding stuff that people notice, while actually setting things up for you.

News - Valve give Team Fortress 2 a big bug-fix update
By Philadelphus, 9 Mar 2026 at 6:26 pm UTC

  • Improved Medi Gun heal target selection to prioritize teammate directly under crosshair when teammates are close together (community fix from wget)

  • Improved targetid selection to replicate Medi Gun heal target selection (community fix from wget)
Love to see it as a Medic main. And all these community-contributed fixes, in general.

Now I'm wondering what the longest period of time a game has gone between release and some sort of update (bug fix, content addition, whatever) is? 🤔

News - Sony PlayStation reportedly moving away from PC ports
By Mountain Man, 9 Mar 2026 at 6:20 pm UTC

Quoting: dimko
Quoting: Mountain ManSony doesn't want to sell games, they want to sell PlayStations and lock customers inside their walled garden.
What is profit from locking someone into their walled garden? Define it and explain how it benefits them. :D
When someone buys a PlayStation, they're naturally going to want to buy games for it, and when they buy a PlayStation game, Sony gets a bigger cut of that sale than they would selling that same game on PC. The more games someone buys for their PlayStation, the more vested they are in the platform, and the more likely they are to buy the next iteration of the console, and the cycle repeats.

News - Denuvo has been removed from DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake
By doragasu, 9 Mar 2026 at 6:17 pm UTC

Quoting: dibzNot all that uncommon of a practice. At least some publishers tend to use things like Denuvo for release date protection, and past that for the initial few weeks of sales (which for most games is the majority of sales/the most important). Then they remove it because it's no longer actually needed in a business sense.
Then you have UbiSoft that does not remove it even for 10+ year old indie games like Scott Pilgrim.

I hope SquareEnix continues the trend and removes Denuvo from the latest "Paranormasight" soon. I really enjoyed the first one and was surprised when I found out this has Denuvo (first one hadn't).

News - DG2: Defense Grid 2 - Aftermath DLC finally comes to PC
By Purple Library Guy, 9 Mar 2026 at 5:52 pm UTC

This is about the only tower defence game I've actually played. It was fairly good . . . maybe I'll get the DLC.

News - Valve reconfirm the Steam Frame, Steam Machine and Steam Controller are due in 2026
By Purple Library Guy, 9 Mar 2026 at 5:48 pm UTC

Quoting: suchYou say "SODIMM" to most people and they'll look at you funny.
Hey! Who are you calling "so dim"?!

News - PRAGMATA from Capcom has the release date moved closer in April
By Cley_Faye, 9 Mar 2026 at 5:18 pm UTC

Quoting: JarmerI really want to try and like this game, but I had SUCH a horrible technical experience with Dragons Dogma 2 I feel like I can't trust capcom anymore :(
For what it's worth, on my PC that's starting to show it's age, the demo ran flawlessly, whether it's about performances or (lack of) technical issues. I was pleasantly surprised.

But it's always prudent to wait a bit after releases with these.

News - Denuvo has been removed from DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake
By hardpenguin, 9 Mar 2026 at 5:17 pm UTC

And again it is being proven to us it is better to wait with buying a mainstream game 🥲

News - Valve reconfirm the Steam Frame, Steam Machine and Steam Controller are due in 2026
By Bumadar, 9 Mar 2026 at 3:39 pm UTC

Valve should talk to Sony, if a hacker can do [this (sorry its on X)](https://x.com/theflow0/status/2030011206040256841) imagine what they can do together 😀

News - Denuvo has been removed from DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake
By dibz, 9 Mar 2026 at 3:36 pm UTC

Not all that uncommon of a practice. At least some publishers tend to use things like Denuvo for release date protection, and past that for the initial few weeks of sales (which for most games is the majority of sales/the most important). Then they remove it because it's no longer actually needed in a business sense.

News - Ubuntu and Fedora devs comment on California's new Digital Age Assurance Act
By Eike, 9 Mar 2026 at 2:53 pm UTC

There used to be a "non-US" variant of Debian due to crpyto restrictions (decades ago): https://wiki.debian.org/non-US

News - Sony PlayStation reportedly moving away from PC ports
By dimko, 9 Mar 2026 at 2:45 pm UTC

Quoting: Mountain Man
Quoting: ChromedicHi, new here
In a perfect-Ish world
PS4/PS5 runs on a heavily modified version of FreeBSD OS which is similar but not the same as Linux.
Instead of porting their exclusive games to Windows, why not making the Linux only exclusive. In doing so, Microsoft/Xbox next-gen will not be able to run them.
Am not a developer but since the kernels are similar, wouldn’t porting to Linux be quicker than Windows?
Doing so, they can still put their games on Steam or their own store/launcher
Sony doesn't want to sell games, they want to sell PlayStations and lock customers inside their walled garden.
What is profit from locking someone into their walled garden? Define it and explain how it benefits them. :D

News - Sony PlayStation reportedly moving away from PC ports
By Mountain Man, 9 Mar 2026 at 2:42 pm UTC

Quoting: ChromedicHi, new here
In a perfect-Ish world
PS4/PS5 runs on a heavily modified version of FreeBSD OS which is similar but not the same as Linux.
Instead of porting their exclusive games to Windows, why not making the Linux only exclusive. In doing so, Microsoft/Xbox next-gen will not be able to run them.
Am not a developer but since the kernels are similar, wouldn’t porting to Linux be quicker than Windows?
Doing so, they can still put their games on Steam or their own store/launcher
Sony doesn't want to sell games, they want to sell PlayStations and lock customers inside their walled garden.

News - PRAGMATA from Capcom has the release date moved closer in April
By Jarmer, 9 Mar 2026 at 2:10 pm UTC

I really want to try and like this game, but I had SUCH a horrible technical experience with Dragons Dogma 2 I feel like I can't trust capcom anymore :(

News - You can grab the Mafia: Trilogy, Far Cry Primal, Pentiment and more in this game bundle
By Jarmer, 9 Mar 2026 at 2:08 pm UTC

^ agreed, this is a great bundle! Anyone who doesn't have these games should absolutely hop on this.

News - CachyOS update brings improvements for PC gaming handhelds, the installer and more
By Jarmer, 9 Mar 2026 at 2:03 pm UTC

I've been running cachy since probably middle of last year and it's been a wonderful experience. No problems whatsoever that I can remember. The "octopi" package manager takes a bit of getting used to, but once I was over that, it's been smooth sailing ever since. Highly recommended distro, and getting even better all the time! When Epoch 2 of Cosmic DE comes out, I'll reflash my entire system with cachy cosmic.

News - EA Javelin Anticheat job listing mentions future support for Linux and Proton
By mr-victory, 9 Mar 2026 at 1:43 pm UTC

Quoting: pete910Is all anti cheat just client side? as in there are no checks or communication from client to sever ?
On games with good security, you have both.

News - You can grab the Mafia: Trilogy, Far Cry Primal, Pentiment and more in this game bundle
By hardpenguin, 9 Mar 2026 at 1:36 pm UTC

This is actually a really good bundle. I feel silly for getting most of these games already 🙈

News - DG2: Defense Grid 2 - Aftermath DLC finally comes to PC
By neolith, 9 Mar 2026 at 12:23 pm UTC

Oh wow – didn't see that coming! Guess I'll be playing Defense Grid again! 😀