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Microsoft's latest tactics show Gabe Newell of Valve was right to worry
2 Mar 2016 at 11:28 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: GuestJust a little light humour, tuubi. :P
OK. There are a lot of people who think Valve should do exclusives though. Like it's more important to win than to fight fair.

Microsoft's latest tactics show Gabe Newell of Valve was right to worry
2 Mar 2016 at 11:22 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: GuestHL3 timed exclusive to SteamOS would destroy Microsofts plans.
Pull your finger out Gabe !!
If they're one day talking about the evils of walled gardens and building walls the next, they lose much of the goodwill and trust they've built up in recent years. These things are important, for gamers and game developers alike.

Microsoft's latest tactics show Gabe Newell of Valve was right to worry
2 Mar 2016 at 10:04 am UTC Likes: 9

Quoting: NyamiouRemember Windows XP viruses, Vista, Windows 8, Windows 10 privacy policy, no matter how much they screw up, they always seems to win in the end.
Who says they're winning? They're certainly in the lead still, but they're losing market share on pretty much all fronts. A behemoth like Windows won't just fall overnight.

New Linux & SteamOS gamer survey for March
1 Mar 2016 at 9:43 pm UTC

Quoting: TheBoss
Quoting: fedsop.s. it would be great to be tracked by the survey so I wouldn't have to select the same answers every month!!
I'm afraid as far as I know that's not a feature google docs offers. It would also require people to login.
This isn't doable for a Google Docs form, but login could be avoided by storing the answers in a local cookie. Of course this would need to be opt-in in case you're filling the survey on a public or shared computer/device.

HTC Vive Plans Linux/SteamOS Support For Day 1
1 Mar 2016 at 8:17 am UTC

Quoting: LukeNukemWhat the heck is
Right now the plan is PC or Windows, Linux and Mac
supposed to mean?

It will be released for all of the PC OS's, or it will be released for all of the PC OS's?
At least they made it explicit. If they only said PC, we would be left wondering if they meant Windows only. Wouldn't be the first time.

What game would you most like to see on Linux this year?
29 Feb 2016 at 6:40 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: wolfyrionWhatever game has heavy combat and more action than exploring and doing quests I am fine with that
The opposite of this.

XCOM 2 patch now live for Linux & SteamOS
27 Feb 2016 at 5:35 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Renzatic Gear
Quoting: wojtek88Thanks @tuubi, it seems that's it. I gave it a try and I must say it is a nice way to do a benchmark, but for most cases Steam in-game fps counter does the job (without temperature of course).
I didn't know Steam had a built in FPS counter. Where's it at?
Try Settings -> In-Game. Needs the Steam Overlay to work. It's just a simple FPS display though.

XCOM 2 patch now live for Linux & SteamOS
27 Feb 2016 at 11:53 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: wojtek88
Quoting: Renzatic Gear
Quoting: Mountain ManI've heard the "engine tweaks" were of questionable value anyway.
Oh, and the red sparkly tint in the shadows [External Link] is still around.
Those values showing FPS, temperature on the cores and your graphic card on the left top corner - what software gives you that information?
Looks like GLXOSD [External Link].

Deponia Doomsday coming to Linux on March 1st
26 Feb 2016 at 8:12 am UTC

Quoting: MrokiiBut my biggest problem is that during the play-through I more and more began to hate Rufus.
Yeah, Rufus is a real psychopath. Nothing lovable about this rogue. Poki is really funny though, in English as well. (My high school German classes left me so badly traumatized, I wouldn't dare even try to enjoy his humour in that particular language. I have absolutely nothing against the country or its people, but the language is like my kryptonite.)

Seriously, doesn't Poki know how to write comedy without making the protagonist the least likable character in the story? In any case, a really good adventure game series, despite the MC. Definitely looking forward to this unexpected sequel.

Nvidia Vulkan Driver updated
25 Feb 2016 at 8:41 am UTC

Quoting: dubigrasuIndeed, the Steam Overlay affects Vulkan performance. I disable it entirely for my tests.
Is the overlay composited on top of the game using OpenGL? If that's the case, do OpenGL-based desktop compositors have an effect as well?