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Upcoming GZDoom shooter Selaco will have Steam Workshop support
26 Feb 2024 at 6:17 pm UTC Likes: 5

Quoting: JarmerThis is easily one of my most anticipated games. One thing I didn't know though: the upcoming launch is the EA launch ... I totally thought it was the final game launching. Oh well ... I hope it goes well for them but I'll be waiting until full release.
The dev chimed in on the EA launch in a previous article here:

"I can't stress enough that the Early Access build can be considered a full game by itself. Our goal is *not* to deliver only a fraction of the game before we launch the rest, its an approach to Early Access that I personally dislike. We do the opposite."

and a lot more details in the original EA announcement [External Link].

I'm on the fence myself, buy on launch or wait?

Wine 9.3 out now with Internet Proxy support improvements, New HID pointer device driver
25 Feb 2024 at 8:52 pm UTC

Quoting: tpauIs the Battle.net Crash fixed?
If you mean this bug [External Link], then no.

Proton 9.0 now in Beta with improved game compatibility for Steam Deck / Linux
25 Feb 2024 at 4:39 pm UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: Evil PenguinSo what's newer at the moment? Proton Experimental or Proton 9 beta?
There's no experimental branch for 9 yet, so Proton 9 is newer.

Steam users redeemed over $80 million in physical wallet cards in December 2023
22 Feb 2024 at 3:51 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: PenglingHere, have this link to make it better.
Oh gosh! I had no idea that was a thing.

I would be real tempted if they had the art of rally soundtrack on vinyl!

EmulationStation Desktop Edition (ES-DE) gets new default look and different font sizes
19 Feb 2024 at 10:27 pm UTC Likes: 2

export LANG=es_DE.UTF-8

Buen Tag!
Este nombre ist verwirrend!

Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol.3 is example of how to do retro right
19 Feb 2024 at 3:35 pm UTC Likes: 2

Well, I can't speak for my fellow compatriots, but I personally never visit the loo without a carefully made toaplan! :tongue:

Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 adding EA AntiCheat, breaking it on Steam Deck / Linux
15 Feb 2024 at 4:07 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: PenglingAs Thomas Hesse of Sony once famously opined, "Most people don’t even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?".
Famous last words I hope. Before they put the blindfold on and gave him his final cigarette? :whistle:

Steam Next Fest 2024 was the biggest for Valve and game devs yet
14 Feb 2024 at 1:24 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: AndroidNougat7It really remembered me on my early childhood days in which I tried demos on PS2. That was great days back then.
For me it was the demos in the PC Gamer magazine, CD Gamer. My bread and butter during those halcyon childhood years.

Wine 9.2 brings Mono updates, system tray fixes and more
12 Feb 2024 at 7:36 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: Doktor-MandrakeSeeing the bug fix for dolphin emulator got me wondering what would be the reason to use it over the native build, I'm assuming to use the direct x api but now just makes me wonder which games work better on it because vulkan on native seems to work great on the games I've tested
You would have to ask the bug reporter exactly why, but one reason to test FLOSS Windows applications with Wine is that it's much easier to see how they use a specific API. Source code is available, so you can skip the debugger.

In this case Dolphin seems to have exposed a limitation in the Windows.Gaming.Input API in Wine.

Driving survival game Pacific Drive is very cool - here's the fix for Steam Deck / Linux
8 Feb 2024 at 4:40 pm UTC Likes: 1

Car Mechanic Simulator crossed with STALKER? Love it!