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After eating up lots of game studios Embracer Group set to close a bunch
13 Jun 2023 at 1:25 pm UTC Likes: 4

THQ Nordic as well as Koch Media (not to be confused with Koch Industries) ring a bell in terms of point and click history... :cry:

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Unsettling first-person exploration game Interior Worlds gets a Linux version
12 Jun 2023 at 3:33 pm UTC Likes: 8

Quoting: IvancilloA game about taking photos with a camera?

Better take your camera and go outside to take some fancy real life photos.

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Well, the thing about this argument is that I do (may) like walking through abandoned mental hospitals at night (taking photos), fighting dragons or exploring mars in a computer game - but I don't want to do that in real life.

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Overkill drops Linux support for PAYDAY 2
10 Jun 2023 at 2:49 pm UTC

Quoting: stormtux
Quoting: Eike[...]but Half-Life (Alyx) sure does.
Are you sure? On the Steam store I do not see the Linux icon or the minimum requirements for Linux :huh: .
https://store.steampowered.com/app/546560/HalfLife_Alyx/ [External Link]

Oops!
I'm quite sure people played through it natively, but I'm very surprised that it doesn't have the icon!

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Overkill drops Linux support for PAYDAY 2
10 Jun 2023 at 7:38 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Purple Library Guy
Quoting: Whitewolfe80Native triple a games are a thing of the past.
Were native triple A games every really a thing of the present?

Not regularly, but a few did happen. I don't know if Total War counts as triple A, but Half-Life (Alyx) sure does.

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Overkill drops Linux support for PAYDAY 2
9 Jun 2023 at 5:25 pm UTC

Quoting: slaapliedje
Quoting: Guest
Quoting: slaapliedjeWeird, pretty sure Monaco worked for me when it came out.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/113020/discussions/4/630802343848424492/#c666824800759604947 [External Link]
Huh, well I have 58min of play time, but suure enough it crashes, even after making the change to the shaderfile.

Worked for me as well, at the time when it was free to keep at Steam.
What would I need to test to say "It still works!"?

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GuliKit reveal an upgraded anti-drift thumbstick module for Steam Deck
9 Jun 2023 at 1:23 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: Mohandevir
Quoting: Eike
Quoting: RealChrisThere Is Absolutely ZERO Reason To Mod The OEMs Steam Deck Joysticks, They Work Just Fine As Is, This Is Just In Case You Receive A Defective Unit After Your Warranty
I stopped reading here due to all that capitalization.

I haven't got problems with the sticks either, but then, joystick feel like something gone for good in the early Nineties to me. ;)
That's what I was asking: Is there a glaring issue with the OEM sticks that I'm not aware off, like the Nintendo Switch? Personally, I'm not going to mess with my Steam Deck, if it's not broken. I would like a 1tb nvme upgrade and I'm hesitant for the same reason.

That's one thing I would like to see in a Steam Deck2: an easy way to swap the storage, without taking it apart.

Never change a running system...

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Overkill drops Linux support for PAYDAY 2
9 Jun 2023 at 1:12 pm UTC

Quoting: GuestIt's mainly older titles, 2000s and earlier. But for a Linux game from Steam that doesn't work: Monaco.
I booted it up sometime last year, and it instantly crashed.
As it turns out, it's a known issue since launch, that they never fixed. The entire issue is solved by modifying a shader file.

I did meet a handful of games that didn't work correctly when I bought and played them, but I returned those. Sometimes it was somewhat subtle, like Born Punk, where everything worked except displaying the lore.

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GuliKit reveal an upgraded anti-drift thumbstick module for Steam Deck
9 Jun 2023 at 10:56 am UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: RealChrisThere Is Absolutely ZERO Reason To Mod The OEMs Steam Deck Joysticks, They Work Just Fine As Is, This Is Just In Case You Receive A Defective Unit After Your Warranty

I stopped reading here due to all that capitalization.

I haven't got problems with the sticks either, but then, joystick feel like something gone for good in the early Nineties to me. ;)

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Overkill drops Linux support for PAYDAY 2
9 Jun 2023 at 10:53 am UTC

Quoting: ArdjeI am actually just glad if they keep supporting proton.
The fact is: proton is the only middle ware that guarantees support for the next 20 years. Not because it acts like windows, in fact it doesn't. Unlike windows, proton guarantees a fixed API and bug compatibility.
None of my original Linux games still work, but their windows counter parts work without problems or patches on proton. And no, they don't work on windows 11 either.

Well, I could hardly believe the situation with native Linux games is that bad, so I tried it on my side. I redownloaded and started the first 10 games I got for Linux on Steam, from late 2012 to mid 2013.(*) Every single one of them is running without problems and without any tinkering on my 2023 system.

(*) My PAYDAY: I got some new collectible cards. :D

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Overkill drops Linux support for PAYDAY 2
8 Jun 2023 at 5:21 pm UTC Likes: 5