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GTA III and Vice City get reverse engineered with a new game engine
17 Feb 2021 at 4:34 pm UTC

Quoting: hardpenguin
Quoting: FaalagornI haven't tested them yet, but they are both available as Luxtorpeda packages: https://luxtorpeda-dev.github.io/packages.html [External Link]
Yup, that way I played through GTA3 on Steam just a week or two ago!

So it's 100% completable on this engine? How about VC? I've never played either, but I have them on Steam, might as well try...

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Metro Exodus still due on Linux this year, Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition announced
16 Feb 2021 at 12:59 pm UTC

Quoting: CyrilAnd you see not a word about GOG release... For the macOS version they mention explicitly some stores, but for Linux it's just Steam... Tell me I'm wrong... :neutral:

Reading between the lines, they are probably porting for platforms that need the Linux version for their current or upcoming cloud...

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System76 tease shots of their custom Keyboard and release the source code
11 Feb 2021 at 10:00 am UTC Likes: 1

Looks a bit small, and no numpad...

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Total War: WARHAMMER III announced and confirmed for Linux by Feral Interactive
3 Feb 2021 at 3:25 pm UTC Likes: 4

Tomb Raider, Hitman, Total War: Warhammer... Everyone makes a trilogy but not Valve. :cry: :whistle:

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Saber Interactive / Embracer Group acquire Aspyr Media, Gearbox
3 Feb 2021 at 11:16 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: ErzfeindWhooo! Hope this leads to a Linux port for Borderlands 3, now that Gearbox and Aspyr are practically the same company :)

It's already ported (to Stadia). :whistle:

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Ludusavi seems like a pretty good open source game save backup tool
2 Feb 2021 at 3:04 pm UTC Likes: 4

I just start steam with a script saying:
HOME=/home/pb/saves steam $@
so I have all Steam games' saves in one place, instead of them being scattered all over my home dir.
I imagine this can be easily done with other clients as well, such as lutris, gamehub, minigalaxy or legendary/heroic

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Google shutting their internal game dev studios, focusing directly on Stadia tech
1 Feb 2021 at 10:35 pm UTC Likes: 1

Probably they realised that exclusives will never pull as many people as hit games from other studios. Like Cyberpunk 2077.

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Valve abusing the market power of Steam on game pricing according to a lawsuit
1 Feb 2021 at 4:23 pm UTC

Quoting: TheSHEEEPor the claim is indeed baseless - which I still think is unlikely because why make an entirely baseless claim to waste your time and money (lawyers, etc.) with?

Indeed, why? To find the reason, follow the money. Who paid the lawyers preparing the lawsuit? Some five random indie guys? I doubt it. :whistle:

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Valve abusing the market power of Steam on game pricing according to a lawsuit
1 Feb 2021 at 2:16 pm UTC Likes: 3

That part: "keep the price of their games the same on Steam as other platforms" can be understood in two different manners.
1. Valve doesn't want the game to be available cheaper elsewhere.
2. Valve doesn't want the devs to take advantage of Steam's popularity and price the games higher on that platform.

If there was no such clause, who wants to bet if the games would be cheaper on other stores or just more expensive on Steam? :whistle:

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Tencent now own majority stake in Don't Starve and Oxygen Not Included creator Klei
23 Jan 2021 at 3:53 am UTC Likes: 1