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As Epic Games continue ignoring Linux / Steam Deck for Fortnite they're putting it on Windows Arm
15 Mar 2025 at 6:27 pm UTC Likes: 1

If that is true, why would you choose Epic over GOG, since GOG sell games that let you own it for life? They both have open source launchers, they both have popular storefronts, but Epic offers the same licensing as Steam where you don't actually own the game just a license to play it.

GOG also only sells you a licence to play it - that's how software works. It's exactly the same if you buy a physical copy, for that matter.

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NVIDIA RTX Remix released, plus Half-Life 2 RTX demo arrives March 18 - looking way too bright
14 Mar 2025 at 1:38 pm UTC Likes: 11

They've shown off some more footage of it, and I'm thoroughly torn on it. I love the idea of enhancing games, and the newer textures look like a big improvement while keeping the style but overall this looks far too bright and shiny and just seems like it's lost part of what made it special. Still, as another sort-of tech demo of what the possibilities are with such upgrades, it's still quite interesting.

Yeah, it's a sign of the conflict with their art direction. They've got to show that it's doing something rather than stopping at looks good, so it often dips into looks worse.

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Time-travelling adventure Old Skies from Wadjet Eye Games arrives April 23
12 Mar 2025 at 1:36 pm UTC

I'm really looking forward to this. I hope the text won't be too small on the Deck.

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I hope Valve are watching closely with Microsoft working towards an Xbox Handheld
12 Mar 2025 at 1:33 pm UTC Likes: 7

Microsoft has more buckets of cash than Valve, has a long-standing manufacturing and logistics pipeline, and has Xbox brand recognition outside of PC gaming. They've bought almost all of the big publishers so they can simply demand that those games are playable on their device rather than having to rely on 0.7% of a slice of the gaming market to nudge developers in the right direction.

But Valve don't have any option but to stay the course. They aren't going to submit to Microsoft even if they haven't yet become a Linux-first company. The biggest strategic move they can make is to improve their own logistics pipeline to allow worldwide distribution - the biggest flaw of the Deck has always been that people that want one can't get one.

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Steam update adds Game Notes to the web, demo installs on profile game list, 8BitDo Micro support
11 Mar 2025 at 1:25 pm UTC Likes: 1

There already is a don't ask again option when you get multiple choices on how to launch a game. On desktop it's a tickbox "Always use this option", can't remember how it's shown on Steam Deck.

On the Deck it's a binary sub-menu - you have to choose between "ask each time" and "don't ask again" before it will launch at all.

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Studio Fizbin will be closing after releasing Reignbreaker
4 Mar 2025 at 4:32 pm UTC Likes: 5

That's pretty terrible messaging. "Shut down without releasing the game" isn't necessarily better, but they're saying "this game won't be good enough" (because if they were confident it would sell like hot cakes they wouldn't need to close) and "this game won't be fixed" (because the people that might fix it aren't there). All before the game is even on sale.

Still, best of luck to the devs wherever they end up next.

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Acclaim Entertainment returns to 'support indie developers and reignite classic franchises'
4 Mar 2025 at 4:15 pm UTC Likes: 3

Goodwill from nostalgia could serve as a useful focal point for talent, but the only thing that will actually matter is early big success. Nostalgia won't be enough on its own. Sega and Atari are only limping along. Acclaim would have to aim for "at least as good as Anapurna" if they're to get any momentum.

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No support for Assassin's Creed Shadows on Steam Deck at launch
3 Mar 2025 at 12:11 pm UTC Likes: 12

An increasing amount of brand-new AAA games are just beyond the capability of the Steam Deck.

I view it more as "an increasing amount of brand-new AAA games don't run well on any hardware, but high-end rigs can power through for a mostly-tolerable experience if you don't mind stuttering."

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Steam sees a big rise in Simplified Chinese for February 2025 bringing Linux down below 2%
2 Mar 2025 at 9:21 pm UTC Likes: 4

Isn't Windows 10 end-of-life coming up pretty soon?

October.

Or end of Steam support for it, or something?

Steam only dropped support for Windows 7 & 8 at the beginning of last year, and they've been EOL for ages. Even then they only got dropped because they got dropped by Chrome.

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NVIDIA stable driver 570.124.04 released for Linux with VRR for multiple displays and various bug fixes
27 Feb 2025 at 7:01 pm UTC

The NVidia installer now asks "Multiple kernel module types are available for this system. Which would you like to use?" with the options being "NVIDIA Proprietary" and "MIT/GPL" - anyone care to summarize what you get with MIT/GPL?

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/nvidia-switching-to-open-kernel-modules-by-default-in-future-driver-update-for-turing/

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