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The Stanley Parable to get an Ultra Deluxe edition with new stuff next year
7 Dec 2018 at 12:05 pm UTC Likes: 2
7 Dec 2018 at 12:05 pm UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: theghostNever played it, guess this is my chance to finally give it a try. Although it seems very strange. :huh:If you're not happy with very strange, it's probably not worth it...
The Stanley Parable to get an Ultra Deluxe edition with new stuff next year
7 Dec 2018 at 11:11 am UTC Likes: 2
7 Dec 2018 at 11:11 am UTC Likes: 2
I don't know if it's available for Linux (think so), but the demo is also absolutely worth it, even if you played the actual game.
Valve have some serious competition, with the Epic Games Store being announced
7 Dec 2018 at 11:06 am UTC Likes: 4
7 Dec 2018 at 11:06 am UTC Likes: 4
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Quoting: Guest[Good read, witten January 2018]Article like...
So You Want To Compete With Steam
https://www.fortressofdoors.com/so-you-want-to-compete-with-steam/ [External Link]
Many good points are addressed, and strictly within the PC space.
Straight up bribe players to use your systemNew shop like...
Epic Games store and our partners team up to give you a free game every two weeksYou shouldn't have linked the article, now they know...!
The Mirror Lied, a short adventure from the creator of To the Moon adds Linux support
3 Dec 2018 at 10:32 am UTC
3 Dec 2018 at 10:32 am UTC
Cool! I even thought about installing Proton *shudder* for this game. Didn't expect them to port a freebie.
Valve have adjusted their revenue share for bigger titles on Steam
3 Dec 2018 at 10:29 am UTC
People are stating that Valve has not been eagerly making games for a long time (half a decade) with a reason. And, which is the main point... they are crestfallen! They are aching for HL3, Portal 3, L4D3! What Valve has been releasing 5 years ago and last week was disappointing their hopes. From what I read, you're longing for Half-Life 3 as well. (Which seems to be a reason for your strong feelings to me.)
Speculation ahead: Half-Life 3 will never come. They didn't even dare to call HL2Ep1 & 2 "Half-Life 3". No game could satisfy what people are dreaming of, that's why there will be no such game. Not even (or maybe even less likely then) when people riot.
3 Dec 2018 at 10:29 am UTC
Quoting: kuhpunktOf course it's everywhere. I see opinion pieces, I see comment sections... everywhere are people who say that Valve is dead as a game developer, that they will never make games again, because they earn their money with Steam and that there will never be a Half-Life 3 unless we riot (slightly hyperbolic).Valve didn't publish a single game for five years between Dota 2 (2013) and Artifact (2018). (Before that, they released 24 games in 14 years.) Both games are from genres that do attract a lot of people, but are uninteresting to a lot, probably an even bigger lot of people as well. And neither MOBAs nor TCGs are what people loved Valve for as a developing house.
People are stating that Valve has not been eagerly making games for a long time (half a decade) with a reason. And, which is the main point... they are crestfallen! They are aching for HL3, Portal 3, L4D3! What Valve has been releasing 5 years ago and last week was disappointing their hopes. From what I read, you're longing for Half-Life 3 as well. (Which seems to be a reason for your strong feelings to me.)
Speculation ahead: Half-Life 3 will never come. They didn't even dare to call HL2Ep1 & 2 "Half-Life 3". No game could satisfy what people are dreaming of, that's why there will be no such game. Not even (or maybe even less likely then) when people riot.
Quoting: kuhpunktBut I'm still waiting for an answer to the question what people think what the game developers at Valve did for the past couple of years? All I got was them swimming in Scrooge McDuck's money bin.It's a good question I wish I could answer. Caring for their long-term games sure provides some work, but I wonder for how long for how many developers. Is there a number of developers known by the way? My guess is that for such a lucrative company, their output is not too important. Because, what I guess you can agree on: Valve is making the vast majority of its money by selling foreign games.
Valve have adjusted their revenue share for bigger titles on Steam
3 Dec 2018 at 9:00 am UTC
3 Dec 2018 at 9:00 am UTC
Quoting: kuhpunktThat's about the past, not about "will never make a REAL game again".Quoting: DuncThat's why abandoning game development to concentrate on Steam was a mistake.
Quoting: DuncClearly their eyes have been off the ball. They've let a lot of developers, especially on the creative side, go over recent years. It's one of the reasons many fans have lost hope of ever seeing HL3 or Portal 3.That's about the past, not about "will never make a REAL game again". And developers did leave Valve, and many fans did give up hope.
Quoting: ageresThey made no games since 2011 (I mean REAL games). If they wanted to make one, they would have released it already.That's about the past, not about "will never make a REAL game again".
Quoting: ageresHL2 and CS: Source aren't nothing. CSGO, Dota 2 and Artifact are.That's not even about Valve giving up development.
Quoting: ageresDo you have better guesses what Valve spent their billions on? I don't. Definitely not on game development.That's about the past, not about "will never make a REAL game again". And would you think they spent their (literally) billions on game development?
Quoting: ageresValve don't care about what gamers want anymore, just $$$. I appreciate what Gaben is doing for Linux, but let's get real: Valve is dead as a game development company.Yes, that's what you told you would have read anywhere. I disagree with ageres if he's seeing Valbe as dead as gaming developers forever. Though obviously it isn't their main concern and in my not so humble opinion never will be again.
Quoting: kuhpunktAnd it's not just here. It's everywhere.No, it's not. Discussion was about the last years, not the years to come. Prediction is especially hard when concerning the future, for everybody of us.
Valve have adjusted their revenue share for bigger titles on Steam
3 Dec 2018 at 8:25 am UTC
Citations needed
3 Dec 2018 at 8:25 am UTC
Quoting: kuhpunktDid I say anywhere that game development is their main business? B
[...] But people here claim over and over again that Valve as a game dev is dead and will never make a REAL game again...
Citations needed
CHANGE, a homeless survival game is in Early Access with Linux support
2 Dec 2018 at 6:03 pm UTC
I'd like to hear a homeless person's opinion about what the game shows.
2 Dec 2018 at 6:03 pm UTC
Quoting: oldrocker99If you exchange "hilarious" for say "interesting" or "informative"...Quoting: ison111Is it wrong to say that I think it would be hilarious to get an actual homeless person to play this game and film their reaction?That's just mean.:><:
I'd like to hear a homeless person's opinion about what the game shows.
Valve have adjusted their revenue share for bigger titles on Steam
2 Dec 2018 at 1:49 pm UTC Likes: 1
2 Dec 2018 at 1:49 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: kuhpunktWell, you believing in leaks more than in what Gabe Newell says about his company and presenting your conclusions as facts might be part of the communication problem. As expected, this is not going anywhere. I'm out.Quoting: kuhpunktIt's a fact that they have been working on games all the time. Things like that space game might have fallen apart, sure. Others like HL3 might have slowed down/been restarted due to a lack of interest or whatever... but saying that they haven't been working on anything for the past couple of years is just plain wrong.Yeah, so? There are facts. Things have been leaked. That's no baseless claim. I don't claim to know anything besides that. I don't know what games they will release next (besides In The Valley Of Gods) and when Half-Life 3 will be a thing and what VR games they are exactly working on.
Valve have adjusted their revenue share for bigger titles on Steam
2 Dec 2018 at 12:46 pm UTC
2 Dec 2018 at 12:46 pm UTC
Quoting: kuhpunktQuoting: ageresWith the difference that I don't make claims like you do.Quoting: kuhpunktYou don't know that.You too.
Quoting: kuhpunktIt's a fact that they have been working on games all the time. Things like that space game might have fallen apart, sure. Others like HL3 might have slowed down/been restarted due to a lack of interest or whatever... but saying that they haven't been working on anything for the past couple of years is just plain wrong.
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