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Steam / Steam Deck Beta update brings improvements for Startup Animations, Steam Input and more
7 Jan 2025 at 10:16 am UTC Likes: 2
7 Jan 2025 at 10:16 am UTC Likes: 2
It's interesting to see the startup animation improvements, likely another step towards better support of running Steam / SteamOS on more handheld devices that we expect to see launching with or updating with support for SteamOS this year.And TVs, since they're going to be 16:9 rather than 16:10.
Slavic fantasy story-driven mystery adventure The End of the Sun releases January 29
3 Jan 2025 at 12:50 pm UTC
3 Jan 2025 at 12:50 pm UTC
Hmm.
The initial graphics preset is set to 'Highest' and is not automatically adjusted based on hardware. For minimal requirements, we recommend changing the graphics preset in the main menu before starting a new game.If they've identified that it's an issue, they really could do with identifying a solution before release. Especially if they'd like the green tick.
Valve saw a record-breaking 19,000 games released on Steam in 2024
2 Jan 2025 at 6:45 pm UTC
2 Jan 2025 at 6:45 pm UTC
Also of note is that that's 52 games released per day. Pretty crazy.
Valve saw a record-breaking 19,000 games released on Steam in 2024
2 Jan 2025 at 12:34 pm UTC
2 Jan 2025 at 12:34 pm UTC
I don't know why the Instant Search results of SteamDB are slightly different from their other releases page, but that lists 18,863 games with a release year of 2024, of which 2,143 were Linux native.
Firaxis reveal Sid Meier's Civilization VII system requirements for Linux
24 Dec 2024 at 11:34 am UTC
24 Dec 2024 at 11:34 am UTC
I genuinely wonder to what extend Aspyr and Feral's ports are Linux native.Exactly the same as Valve's are. Compiled for Linux with fixes applied as necessary, with graphics translated from Direct3D to native APIs - using ToGL or DXVK for Valve, and using IndirectX for Feral.
Valve will join Lenovo at CES 2025 for the future of gaming handhelds
22 Dec 2024 at 4:56 pm UTC Likes: 1
22 Dec 2024 at 4:56 pm UTC Likes: 1
i dont know why quote is broken but...https://www.gamingonlinux.com/forum/topic/6463/
Steam Winter Sale is live and Steam Awards voting is now open
20 Dec 2024 at 4:38 pm UTC
20 Dec 2024 at 4:38 pm UTC
Quoting: rcritIt also adds "Earn even more Steam Sale trading cards by crafting game badges." but I have no idea what that means. Craft them out of what exactly?Games come with cards you can collect. Playing those games gives you about half of the cards from the set. If you get the whole set, by buying or trading the remaining cards from other players, you can trade those in for a game-specific badge. That's referred to as "crafting" by Valve. Crafting badges makes you eligible for "booster packs" of other cards.
Steam Replay for 2024 is live to show off all those hours you played
20 Dec 2024 at 3:27 am UTC Likes: 3
20 Dec 2024 at 3:27 am UTC Likes: 3
Quoting: EikePLG needs to get a Deck to make their statistics less boring.Quoting: Purple Library GuyHuh. Mine didn't give me a %Linux. I assume it's 100%, but it didn't say as far as I could figure.I guess it's not displaying the statistics if it's too boring.
The upcoming Lenovo Legion Go S may come with a SteamOS Linux version
20 Dec 2024 at 3:23 am UTC Likes: 2
20 Dec 2024 at 3:23 am UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: sarmadI still don't see how this can be legal. If you are buying a machine from retail then yes, they can't remove the license because the license is tied to the machine. But, if you are the manufacturer, not the retailer, then you should be able to manufacture a new machine and not assign a Windows license to it. I don't see how any legal contract can prevent you from doing whatever you want with your own product. Volume licensing is about buying volumes of licenses, but how you use those licenses shouldn't be Microsoft's business. If I buy 1000 licenses and I manufacture 1500 laptops, then the extra 500 laptops is mine and I don't have to pay Microsoft for an extra 500 licenses. I don't see how Microsoft can add a contract term that says "if you build more machines than the number of licenses you've bought, then you have to buy more licenses". I guess the only way for Microsoft to impose such a term is to be a joint owner of the hardware brand itself.The way it used to work was that you had to buy a licence for every machine you sold because obviously Microsoft software was the only software OEMs would want to use, and so obviously all the other machines were using pirated Microsoft software. I'm pretty sure that the antitrust case was the catalyst for them stopping that practise. Then it became that if the volume licensing was, say, $75 per machine, then OEMs could get a discount to, say, $20 per machine if they "voluntarily" only sold Windows machines. Plus Microsoft would give them a bag of money (or further unit discounts) if they plastered "$OEM recommends Windows" everywhere.
Steam Replay for 2024 is live to show off all those hours you played
19 Dec 2024 at 3:25 am UTC Likes: 7
19 Dec 2024 at 3:25 am UTC Likes: 7
Quoting: emphyAny way to disable this creepy tracking?Sure. Put Steam into offline mode.
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