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Valheim hits 6 million sales, gets a small teaser for a big update
19 Mar 2021 at 5:57 pm UTC Likes: 2

The Valve patch they're waiting for is likely related to the SDR issues they mentioned in https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/892970/view/3058478454632856786 [External Link]

valve are also working on fixes to the SDR system (used when connecting to non-dedicated servers)

EVE Online getting a full browser-based version with EVE Anywhere, will work on Linux
17 Mar 2021 at 4:21 pm UTC Likes: 2

Agreed. Useragent sniffing to decide whether to show content or an 'unsupported browser' message is terrible practice. Test whether the browser has the capabilities required, and if it does then show the content.

Windows 'not an emulator' compatibility tool Wine 6.4 out now
13 Mar 2021 at 11:18 am UTC Likes: 1

Could anyone give me a one-sentence summary on the difference between emulators and translation layers?
Emulators emulate, translation layers don't. :P

The tenth Norse world sure is busy as Valheim hits 5 million sold
4 Mar 2021 at 12:11 pm UTC

Bronze is a PITA, but those who say it's quickly replaced must've been extremely lucky when it came to exploring swamps. I've played for ~60 hours and have yet to find any
Spoiler, click me
sunken crypts

Valheim still growing with 4 million sales, hits top 5 of most played games on Steam ever
3 Mar 2021 at 3:08 pm UTC Likes: 1

Whoops, five million now: https://steamcommunity.com/games/892970/announcements/detail/3055101388621224472 [External Link]

Took them a bit longer to reach this milestone -- a week rather than five days for the last million -- maybe they're losing their touch. :grin:

There's no stopping the Viking invasion as Valheim hits 3 million sales
19 Feb 2021 at 11:29 pm UTC Likes: 1

I've played for ~40 hours so far, and I haven't even defeated the second boss yet. Hell, I only just made a boat and discovered my fourth biome (swamp). I'm not worried about running out of content before the next update.

Since Liam asked for screenshots, here's a couple of my main base:
Riverside [External Link]
Riverside portals/bee hives/smelters [External Link]

Valheim is now one of the most successful survival games on Steam with two million sold
19 Feb 2021 at 3:19 pm UTC Likes: 4

Up to three million now: https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/892970/announcements/detail/3059603718053006419 [External Link]

Just goes to show that games with mead in them sell well. ;D

GTA III and Vice City get reverse engineered with a new game engine
17 Feb 2021 at 3:42 pm UTC

I'm kinda curious what the 'RE' stands for. It's probably something obvious, but all I can think of is 'Resident Evil'...